@Christopher *******

- Have you checked to see if there are any notices listed when you pay stating they have the option to supply another visa in place? If so, and you confirm acknowledgement, then they can do that.

@Jonas ************

- A retirement extension is processed by the Immigration Department. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has no knowledge of what extensions one has/doesn’t have, so that is why one can submit an application via MoFA’s e-visa system. However, MoFA does have record via e-visa, of any visa you received through them. The embassy will tell you that this visa needs to be canceled/expired first, and it can only be canceled by the embassy that originally issued it.

@Jonas ************

- There have been many posts on here where Thai embassies would not process visa applications while the client has another valid visa. If your statement was fully true, that wouldn’t have happened.

@Bob *********

Wrong. When data is incorrect (name, place of passport issued, etc.), you receive a cancellation.

@Christopher *******

- Well, you are not paying for the visa, but for the consideration/review. If they rejected your application, you wouldn’t receive money back. Here, they are technically rejecting but then giving you a consolation prize.

@Jonas ************

- Not true. There are many examples on this page where embassies have refused to issue a new visa because they already have an active visa. They have been told they either need it canceled or expired before a new visa can be issued. Extensions on a visa, made by immigration office are much easier to cancel.

Anonymous participant - prior, you didn’t need to do e-visa. I submitted mine in person back in July. You could have done the same in Bangladesh before Jan. Someone posted last week that they got approved via. Bangladesh.

Anonymous participant - This might be the issue. I would submit using your own account.

@Tore ********

- Visas are active once granted. It has the issued and expiration dates listed clearly, regardless of when you enter (your entry stamp).

Unfortunately, that is the norm with cancelations. Very vague with no details. Which embassy did you apply via and are you in that county now? Someone recently had their application canceled in Vietnam and the paperwork has the visa firm’s email listed. They then reapplied without the firm’s support (information listed) and it was approved. Was the email used in the application the legal firm’s email?