Tod Daniels so practically speaking that is transferring the rights of the visa in the old passport to the new passport, with the stipulation that you need to present both at border crossings or at immigration if applying for an extension, etc. The statement I was reacting to was "you cannot transfer a visa" which though technically true could likely be misinterpreted as meaning that if you get a new passport then the visa in your old passport will just be invalidated.
thanks. Was looking at the old passport and only saw I got a fresh 60-day entry stamp into Thailand immediately after that and thought it was based on the previous visa from the old passport. What I forgot was that I actually got a brand new 60 day double entry visa in Vientane, not easily noticeable when looking at the passport because whoever put it in left 10 blank pages between the entry stamp to Laos and the new visa for Thailand!
Baah nevermind, I remember fully now I had to get that stamp in order to be able to leave the country with my new passport as it wish issued in Bangkok so had no record of my entering Thailand! It all gets blurry sometimes so many border crossings, different visas and trips to immigration over the years. Feel free to delete my posts on this thread if you like
sorry I got slightly confused, it was the time immediately before I got married after which I got the one year non-0. The time in this example I was on one of the old double entry tourist visas with 2 60 day entries. Took my old passport with the visa in it as well as my new passport to immigration and received this stamp. Did my border to Laos and upon my return received a fresh 60 day stamp
you certainly can transfer a visa from an old passport to a new one, I know because I've done it before with a 1 year multiple entry non-o that still had 6 months validity remaining when my older passport was replaced. It doesn't look the same but immigration gives your new passport a full-page stamp with a whole bunch of scribble on it that effectively transfers the visa to the new passport