I have a multiple entry retirement visa and have left for work every 3 months and returned in 3-4 months but they have never extended my visa for another year based on my return date. Can anyone tell me why ?
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The poster is experiencing issues with their multiple entry retirement visa not being extended upon returning to Thailand. Comments suggest the poster may not actually have a valid visa and might only have an 'extension of stay' stamp. Clarification is sought on whether the poster obtained their visa from a Thai consulate abroad or within Thailand, as the source of the visa affects extension eligibility.
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and until I hear from the O/P I'm gonna close this post.
Then again, I could be totally wrong 😮 (shocking as that might be for everyone 😛 ) ,
So let's start out with WHERE did you get this "multi-entry retirement visa"?
Did you buy it from the thai consulate in your country before you came here (where it required a background check, a medical certificate and proof of funds in your country)
OR
did you come here and get it issued inside the country at an immigration office (which would have been a 90 day Non-O visa, followed by a year extension of stay and then a multi-re-entry permit) ?
I would bet that you do NOT have ANY visa at all and if you looked at your stamp you would see it says "extension of stay permitted until" and has a date stamped for how long that extension is good for
AND
I would also bet that you have a multiple re-entry permt (another stamp) that's good for that length of time as well.
That extension and re-entry doesn't get you stamped in for a new year when you come back it gets you stamped in until your current extension expires.
The ONLY visa that gets a year entry stamp on entry is the year-long, multi-entry OA visa you by at the thai consulate in YOUR country before you come here.