@Stelar ******

I have no idea, normally your old passport gets invalidated when you pick up the new passport. You but keep the old passport, enter Thailand with the new one, and then have all valid Thai stamps transferred from the old to the new passport. Same applies when you pick up the new passport on the Embassy of your home country in Bangkok.

@Stelar ******

yeah, that's what I thought - he should have visited Immigration while he still was in Thailand, and had the stay permit stamp transferred from the old to the new passport., in order to be able to use the new passport for exiting Thailand AND entering Laos

a good question. The passport with which you are supposed to apply for a Non-Imm-O visa at the Savannakhet Consulate must still have a validity of 6 months or 180 days. You are lucky if your old passport still good for that, because your previous visa is in their system and they will see it. They could ask you why you hadn't transferred the stay permit from the old to the new passport, while you were still in Thailand. Bevause THIS IS what you are supposed to do on Immigration as soon as you have picked up a new passport . . . . . Yet, if the numbers of both passports are the same, I would actually try to use the new passport (and no questions asked) and see what they will do

the airline can refuse boarding if you don't have a flight out of Thailand within the 30 days you will get stamped in

@Phil ****

I keep fingers crossed your plan will succeed

@Phil ****

it would be possible because you can get a 30 days extension on the tourist visa, however on a very tight schedule. And it is also doable on a visa exempt, just need a border run and another visa-exempt entry. That's why everybody says, visit your immigration and ask for the handout of their requirements for the "change of visa type" from TR to 90-days Non-O visa

@Phil ****

it depends on the office. Jomtien is known for demanding that the 800,000.- have to be seasoned for the application to the visa. However they don't want to see the proof the money came from abroad

@Craig *******

I thought for the application to the Non-O visa, no seasoning of the 800,000.- THB is needed ? Only when you apply for the 1-year Extension the money must have seasoned for two months. Was this the Jomtien office?

@Paul *******

i doubt that immigration will allow you METV consecutively and close to each other but you are free to try 🙃 🙂 🙃 I want to see somebody who really cares, Mister Mordue

a problem might arise when your bank needs a full week to supply the 12-month statement. The clock will start running!

That's why this year I will visit my immigration office Sisaket three (!) weeks ahead of the expiry of my extension.

Because my SCB local branch can't supply a 12-month statement on the same day, they can only print the "bank letter of guarantee" showing the recent 2 or 3 months on the same day.

They need to get the 12-month statement from their headquarters. Some banks can print the 12-month statement on the same day.

So I strongly advise to ask your bank how long they take, so you know how early or how late you can show up for your next application to the extension