What should we do if the Non-Immigration O visa's 'under consideration' stamp expires while we are out of Thailand?

okay we finally got to the bottom of this

The O/P's partner is NOT applying for the initial 90 day Non-O trailing spouse VISA. They have that already. 😮 As she clearly stated in the opening sentence 🙂

What they did apply for was the matching year extension based on being married to a foreigner who legally works here. 🙂 When they did that they got a 3 week under consideration stamp INKED into their passport.

This is actually part of the year extension the person will get when they go back on the date the under consideration stamp runs out to get the extension that matches their spouse's inked in.

Because they're not going to be IN the country when this current under consideration stamp expires, IF they don't want to lose this whole thing and start all over from ZERO they need to go to the immigration office.

When they're there they show proof they will not be in the country when the stamp runs out, get the officer to extend the under consideration stamp and THEN buy a re-entry permit to keep this stamp 'alive' so they can get stamped back in on it when they return to thailand after their holiday.

All you can do is GO to your immigration office with your passport and his and see if they'll ink in the stamp early. Worst they can say is no and you lose everything and you start all over from scratch applying for the Non-O visa and then the matching extension.

There is no one on here that can tell you IF it's gonna cause any issues because the first one came off the rails, ASK the immigration office when you go there this week to see if they can do that stamp early