I'm really a bit disappointed with Thai Immigration.

I travel a lot, and my passport book was full. I asked the Chiang Mai Immigration office to move my Visa Extension (based on Retirement), and my Multi Re-entry permit to a new passport book.

In the new passport, officials painstakingly recreated many, of not all of the previous visa entries, and then proceeded to add "correct copy" signature stamps below each catagory.

Now, three pages are already consumed.

Why couldn't they just put the visa and the re-entry stamp on the first page and use the computer records at every desk to review the prior stamps if necessary? Why do they have to be recreated in my passport?

I realize begpackers and visa abusers' histories needs to be reviewed at the borders, but isn't that what the computers are for? Cant annual visa holders be exempted from copying all the stamps

This is going to get ridiculous if I stay here for 10+ years. Not to mention the time it will take to review and re-stamp 20+ annual visas and then add "correct copy" stamps into a new passport in 2034.

MY other hope is that one day much of this application and renewal process can be automated and moved online. Cheaper and more efficient.

Hello admins and everyone,

I would like to ask about "Stamps transferring process to new passport"

My current visa is Non-O Spouse Visa.

I have all documents needed.

Question is: Does my husband need to be present for this process?

Thank you very much for sharing your experiences! :)

I am flying to Bangkok from Manila on Saturday. What are the most current rules on COVID and vaccinations and other issues. I am American and usually have no trouble getting a visa on arrival. I am bringing a Filipina friend. Any advice as to what I can expect?

Didn't receive a stamp on arrival at Suvarnabhumi Airport? Feelings of panic set in as I scanned the last four over five pages of my passport in a taxi heading to Hua Hin. An unusually friendly immigration official welcomed my returned to Thailand, laughing when he said you will need to go to immigration again. I asked my taxi driver to change the destination from my condo to Hua Hin immigration and sort out this mess. In the back of my very tired mind I'm thinking arrest and deportation, due to my using covid extentions on my previous trips. Then I remembered Tod Daniels an expert in these matters and massaged him. He quickly replied with an unusually blunt reply "I don't believe you at all. Sorry it's a tiny red entry stamp and you don't get into the country without it. You don't receive a TM6 departure card anymore, but you definitely got stamped in."

In my panicked state of mind sent Tod a picture of the last page of my passport. Then calmed down a little. I scanned every page of my passport starting at the first page. I knew it wasn't in the last 5 pages and had nothing to lose looking over the many years of stamps. There it was 7 pages from the end. Feeling like a complete idiot immediately messaged Tod the super news and he replied "imagine that"! I would have given him a big hug if he was there.

It seems in recent years Thai immigration has changed their stamping policy of wasting page after page of our passports and now there looking for and filling in any open spots they can find. Good on them for doing this. I hope one day your truly rewarded for the service your providing travelers to the land of smiles. Thanks again Tod your a diamond!

Currently I'm holding Thai PR ( Blue book). I have applied my re-entry permit at the Thai immigration

Completed Part 1 &2

1) Immigration stamp my residency blue book (1 year)

2) Immigration stamp my passport (1 year multiple)

Would like to find out the following , when I depart at the airport, am I expecting the immigration officer to stamp the following

1) My passport ?

2) Residency Book ?

Went to CW today to get my stamps transfered to my new passport. While there I asked if it was necessary to file a new TM30. The IO said that as long as I haven’t changed address, there was NO need to file a new TM30.

I just received my non-immigrant ED visa to learn Thai on 4th April and collected my new passport afer that, and I managed to transfer the stamps and multiple re-entry permit from the old passport to the new one. I am posting this because my langauge school couldn't really advise me on how to transfer the stamps. My school advised me not to collect my new passport until my NON-ED visa has been issued.

I am a Singapore passport holder, and I entered Thailand on a ผ.30 status (visa exempt for tourism for 30 days) and then extended my stay for 30 days on the basis of tourism. I then applied for an in-country NON-ED visa with the help of my language school. After getting my visa and collecting my passport, I went back to Chaeng Wattana to attempt to transfer the stamps. However, I was informed that since I entered visa-exempt (ผ.30), I had to go to Muang Thong Thani Counter K first to get the visa exempt stamps (including the extension based on tourism) transferred first and then return to Chaeng Wattana to get the NON-ED stamp and the re-entry permit transferred. At Chaeng Wattana, I went to counter C/C1 to transfer the NON-ED stamp (not including the visa, since it has already been stamped as used). The transfer of the re-entry permit was done at counter C2. The transfers were all completely free of charge. I was also told that to apply for an extension of stay based on studying Thai, I still require my old passport.

Documents submitted (for both Muang Thong Thani and Chaeng Wattana counter C/C1, unless otherwise stated):

- original old and new passports

- photocopy of TM.6 (I never submitted the original)

- original embassy letter (Muang Thong Thani took it, so Chaeng Wattana didn't need it)

- photocopies of the biodata page of both my old and new passports

- photocopy of my entry stamp (the red one given at immigration checkpoints, NOT the NON-ED in-country admitted stamp)

- photocopy of my extension stamp based on tourism

- photocopy of my NON-ED visa + stamps

- two transfer of stamps forms (one for MTT and the other for CW).

Counter C2 (re-entry permit counter) at Chaeng Wattana did not need any photocopies, just my old and new passports.

I also successfully exited Thailand at the Sadao land border crossing with Malaysia today (and successfully entered Malaysia). Might be good information for those considering going to Malaysia or doing a border/visa run by land. I flew from Bangkok to Hat Yai to get to the border. Requirements to enter Malaysia can be found at [members only]/

Krabi Immigration Update:

Just closed the loop on my under consideration stamp dated April 14th. I figured I'd better try today since Songkran is next week.

It took 10-15 minutes. I just explained what I was doing there to one of the helpers and she ran off with my passport for 10 min and came back with shiny new stamp.

Stamped until May 29th.

Again with the questions.

I will receive my new UK passport at the end of April, maybe a little earlier.

My 90 day report is due latest 4 June, can I wait till then or earlier say 10-15 days to:

a) have the stamps transferred to the new passport and same day,

b) do the 90 day report on the new passport?

Thanks Guys

I have a lot of Thai visa's in my passport including Tourist, edu, and work. My most recent is a multiple entry tourist good for up to 9 months that I got in New York. I need one more tourist visa before I fly back to the US. I only have 3 pages left in my passport (in different spots throughout the book). I'm thinking about flying to Kuala Lumpur to get my tourist visa but I heard it's harder than Vientiene. In Malaysia I don't need a visa but in Laos I do. This will take up more space, and I'm not sure how much space I need for my Thai visa and stamps. Thanks for any advice :)