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When is the latest I can visit my mother in Australia before applying for my Non-O Marriage visa extension in Thailand?

Non-O Marriage Visa Visa Extension Re-entry Permit Thailand Immigration Visa Application Process

Jul 19, 2025

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Hello everybody 👋 

I fly in and arrive back into Phuket Thailand  to start my Non O Marriage visa on Thursday 25th September 2025.

I worked out December 23rd is 90 days after 25/09/25 if you include the arrival day.

My mother has been unwell in Sydney Australia and I want to visit her around late October 2025 getting a re-entry permit to do so.

I just wanted to make sure incase the dates change to visit my mother when do I have to do this visit before to be back in Thailand in time to apply for my Visa Extension in phuket?

Is it 30 days before December 23rd?

Or in some cases I read you can apply 45 days before depending where you are.

Is there anything else I am Missing?

Thanks in advance 🙏

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The user is seeking clarification on the timeline for visiting a sick relative in Australia, specifically what the latest possible date for that visit could be in relation to applying for a visa extension for their Non-O Marriage visa in Thailand. They are considering both a 30-day and a 45-day advance application period and have received advice from others regarding visa application timelines.

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Frank ************

You will need photos of you and your wife in the house, garden, in front of your house with the house number showing and anything else they can think up

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Billy ******

So if I come from USA fly from a 90 Day visa and when I get to Thailand apply for retirement visa right

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Billy ******

All I have is a passport 30 day

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Billy ******

They told me you couldn’t open a bank account up unless you had it 90 day visa Bangkok bank thailand

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Billy ******

So I don’t have to file in Chicago and USA at the embassy for a 90 day visa or retirement visa

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Brandon ************

The "90 day visa" is a non-O which IS the retirement visa.

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Billy ******

@Brandon ***********

what is the price of the non-Visa just curious I’ve seen online, but I’m not sure what it is

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John **********

No. Apply for the 90 day Non-O visa before you fly. Get to Thailand, open a bank account and deposit the funds you need to show and in the last 30 days of your Non-O apply for a 12 months extension of stay based on retirement

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Stephen ********

If your over 50 Peter, apply for a retirement visa, with multiple entries, before I left Australia, I applied for a non-o 90 day single entry visa, when I got here, I applied for my retirement visa through Anna’s visa in Hua Hin, they did everything and took two days.

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Ho ******

@Stephen *******

Non O multiple no longer exists.

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Stephen ********

well I’m sorry to say, that is what is stamped in my passport and it was only done a month ago

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Stephen ********

Hi Billy, depends on what extras you want, I took the multi entry with mine, all up I paid 21,000.

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John **********

@Stephen *******

to get a 90 day Non-O visa inside Thailand is 2000 baht and a 12 month extension of stay is 1900 baht

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@Stephen *******

how much retirement visa of your over 50 I’m 67 did it cost

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Anthony ********

@Stephen *******

I just think your punctuation is wrong. Full stop after “ entries”. Capital “B” ( before/Before)

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Stephen ********

Hi Graham, in my eyes, if I read between the lines, that’s what I wrote!!!!!

I actually got 16 months with my retirement visa, in my passport, it’s stamped retirement, so my terminology is correct.

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Graham ******

@Stephen *******

show me where it says visa for the 12 months then

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Stephen ********

retirement as stamped

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Stephen ********

Multiple entry as stamped

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Graham ******

@Stephen *******

Extension of Stay stamp as I said, not a Visa.

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@Stephen *******

Nope. Y'r initial non O visa is "USED" (stamp on visa). Look on the stamp in y'r passport. It 'says' (red stamp 'retirement' indeed) but also 'extension of stay permitted..........'. This is not a visa anymore !

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a visa simply is a document stating the reason you are entering, it's good for X days permission to stay in the country, it's used up upon entry (unless it's multiple entry). To stay longer you apply for an EXTENSION of stay. From that time onward you are on an extension of your permission to stay, the reason being whatever the visa was, such as retirement. Terminology is important because different rules apply to being on a visa permission to stay stamp or on an extension permission to stay stamp. Your stamp says PERMISSION TO STAY UNTIL. It doesn't say visa until, or retirement until.

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@Stephen *******

No you got your retirement (over 50) Non-O in Australia and in Thailand you applied for a 12 month Extension of Stay (based on being over 50). Terminology is key.

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Max *************

Well, you're actually extending your 12 months permission to stay, if the terminology is important, and I do agree, it is. 👍

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@Max ************

Terminology is key because the incountry Non-O does not need to be seasoned funds (except for maybe 2 Offices) and usually needs to show as an international transfer. An Extension of Stay will always require the funds to be seasoned and does not require to be from an international transfer. Significant differences.

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Brandon ************

You CAN apply 30 days before in all offices and 45 days in some. But that doesn't mean you have to. You can apply up until the last day of your permission to stay.

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