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What should I know about retirement extension to stay and re-entry permits in Thailand?

Retirement Visa Extension of Stay Multiple Exit/Re-Entry Permit Thai Immigration Rules Visa Regulations

Jun 27, 2018

8 years ago

Vincent *************

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Retirement - Extension to stay for 1 year and the Multiple Exit/Re-entry permit.

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I was given a Retirement extension to stay last year which took me up to 25th June 2018.

I also was given a multiple exit/re-entry with went up to 25th June 2018.

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Then this year (in early June) I was given a new Retirement Extension to stay dated up to 25th June 2019.

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I then went to Dubai June 19th 2018 and returned June 20th .

Immigration at the airport stamped me in with a note that I could stay until June 25th 2018!

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I went to my local immigration to ask what was going on.

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They told me that the multiple exit/re-entry permit was for my previous Retirement extension of stay (ending June 25th 2018)  and that because I did not have a new multiple exit/re-entry that my new Retirement extension had to be cancelled!

HORRORS!

After almost 90 minutes  they then said because I had returned before June 25th 2018 that it would be OK.

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I then applied for a new Multiple exit/re-entry permit and when I got my passport back I had a new 90 day report notification in it!.

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TLDR : Answer Summary

A user details their experience with retirement visa extensions and multiple exit/re-entry permits in Thailand. After receiving a new retirement extension valid until June 2019, the user faced confusion upon returning from Dubai regarding the validity of their multiple exit/re-entry permit, which was tied to their previous extension. Local immigration clarified that their new extension required a new re-entry permit, but ultimately, the user was allowed to stay due to their return date being prior to the expiration of their original extension.

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Tod *********

You are SO lucky. re-entry permits are extension specific :O IF you get a new extension get a NEW re-entry permit. The old one was technically invalidated when you got the new extension because a re-entry permit is thai'd :O err tied to an extension.

Once again, you are super lucky, by rights they could have given you just a 30 day visa exempt entry and made you start ALL over from scratch because you got a year extension then didn't get a matching re-entry permit

8 years ago

Jonathan *************

@Al ******

thanks. I understood. But it flies in the face of logic to me. (TIT) :)

8 years ago

Al *******

@Jonathan ************

no, not unreasonable. Read the response from Tod.

8 years ago

Vincent *************

ORIGINAL POSTER

yes but cash flow at the time lead me to wait ! needless to say Today I got multiple re-entry permits for Julie and myself!!

8 years ago

Jonathan *************

nor me, BUT surely you are planning on trips outside of Thailand within the next year, so why not save yourself a visit and a queue?

8 years ago

Vincent *************

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@Jonathan ************

never crossed my mind that I would need to. Nobody ever told me that the exit/re-entry was tied to the retirement extension

8 years ago

Jonathan *************

just, WOW . Sympathies David, you musta been sweating over that one. Totally unreasonable imo that a valid multiple re-entry permit still valid should be invalidated because of a new extention of stay. Of course if following the better safe than sorry philosophy, why didn't you "buy" a new multiple re-entry permit when you got the new extension?

8 years ago

Vincent *************

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wow then yes super lucky.. although they said I could process the new extension with in my 30 days which I guess could have been extended! but WOW!!! good to have a 'Kind' local Immigration office.

8 years ago

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