@Anita ************

the problem is: on the phone, many people just talk any nonsense they pull out of their noses, without real knowledge. A colleague of mine once got told a WRONG info by a KLM Airline staff member . . . . . . That's why I NEVER rely on any advices given on a phone call. I rely only on answers given by email - because I can print it and take it to the Check-in counter, in case some nutcase has a different opinion

@Samantha *******

it is good for all citizens of 93 countries who can enter Thailand visa-exempt

@Keith *******

I didn't pay anything for the transfer of my Retirement Extension stamp into my new passport on the Immigration Sisaket. It shows that the rules differ between different Immigrations throughout Thailand. I bet you didn't get a receipt for the 500 Baht, so you probably paid for a round of lunch for the office staff 😇

@Galen ******

"because it has the stamp of his Non-O-Retirement visa?" . . . . . since the E-Visa system got introduced by every Thai embassy worldwide, there are no more "retirement visa stamps" (which used to be stickers anyways, not stamps) except if he received an initial Non-O visa on Immigration through the "change of visa type"

@Galen ******

the extension stamp gets transferred ONCE, and after this it is done & dusted. The retirement visa" has already become "used" or invalid when he entered Thailand. The old Non-Imm-O visa itseld was a .pdf document printed on paper. There is no visa that gets transferred. Only the stay permit stamp gets transferred. If he entered on a new passport and showed the Immigration officer the Extension stamp inside his old passport, all he got is a new entry stamp ("admitted until") in his new passport with a remark that he used a re-entry permit ("non-Re")

Immigration doesn’t transfer any visa . . . they will only transfer your „extension of stay permit stamp“ to your new passport

You should do it soon, as you must also update your passport number with the mobile phone provider and your Thai bank as well, as soon as possible before your “retirement extension” expires

@Alan *******

they don't ask you twice because they see in their computer that you got either a return ticket or an onward ticket

@Samantha *******

that's all the same thing - this rule applies to citizens of 93 nations who can enter Thailand visa-exempt and receive a 60-days stay permit

no worries:

@Anita ************

You could not be more wrong! EMIRATES is one of few airlines that will accept a return flight ticket within 90 days for somebody who wants to fly to Thailand without a visa. EMIRATES does acknowledge that you can extend the 60 days stay permit you receive when entering visa-exempt, by 30 more days for 1900 THB on Immigration. This policy is described on the website of the EMIRATES