I checked all the posts #vientianelaosthaiconsulate but unfortunately did not find anything answering my question, so it would be great to get some advice this way.

I am currently on an O-A retirement extension in Thailand, but would like to switch to a 90 day retirement O visa, applied for in Vientiane after breaking the O-A line by entering Laos close to the end of my current extension of stay without buying a re-entry permit before.

Now I see on the Vientiane visa application form that I will have to chose from 'single-', 'double-' and 'multiple entry'. My plan would be to return to Thailand after the visa has been issued and then apply for the 1-year-extension of stay in due time at my local immigration office. But I will have to leave Thailand for a short trip to Germany about one month after I will get the visa in Vientiane.

So, should I apply for the visa with double or multiple entry already in Vientiane or just with single entry and then in Thailand buy a re-entry permit for my trip to Germany? Do these two approaches result in different consequences/requirements regarding my return to Thailand and/or my intended extension of stay? Or would it be advisable to schedule the visa application (with single entry) that early, that my Germany trip would be only after the first extension of stay, i.e. later than 90 days after issue of the visa (and buy a re-entry permit then)? I understood, I can quit my current extension of stay at any time by leaving Thailand without a re-entry permit, right?

Sorry, if all this sounds rather trivial, but I of course want to avoid risking the visa and/or extension of stay.

Thanking you so much in advance,

Carsten

I am here for many years based on an actual 0 visa, getting yearly retirement extentions.

I have read recently that with a re-entry I would now need to produce proof of a "health insurance". Although I have an European health insurance, I do not necessarily want to get involved in any paperwork.

Anybody knows about "re-entry" based on "non-immi 0 extentions" ? Thank you.

Planning to go to Australia in October for a family thing and while there will renew my partner's OA. He is in his second OA year and will have a multiple re-entry permit.

In the event that the OA application is rejected (say for incomplete documents and we don't have time to resubmit) will his multiple re-entry permit be cancelled? Will this complicate subsequent OA applications or extensions based on retirement?