𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗗𝗔𝗖 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟯𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲

NO it can be done from 3 days before you arrive right down until you go to stamp in to thailand (there are kiosks in the arrival hall)

𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲

YES just because you do a TDAC doesn't have anything to do with the TM30 you file when you come back in from abroad

@Mouseen ******

nope you show that you stay/live IN the area where you're applying for the extension

Showing you own a condo in Phuket isn't gonna cut any ice trying to get a yearly extension in Chiang Mai

And you're going to need to get a TM30 filed on the address where you're staying in Chiang Mai as well as lease, maybe land lord thai i/d, house book listing,

this is a generic list of what can be required for extensions based on retirement, it is NOT office specific and Chiang Mai may require different things, BUT this will get you close 🙂

In Chiang Mai you can apply for a new extension when you have 45 days or less left on your current stamp <meaning from 45 days before right on down to the day your current stamp expires

Obviously the closer to the expiration date you apply the less chance you have to correct any issues (missing documents, etc) that come up in the application process. 😮

𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 (𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟵𝘁𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝘁𝗵) 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮?

As I said you can apply right up until the date your stamp expires (and if it expires on a weekend or a day the immigration office is closed but you go the very next day they're open you can even apply then too without getting an overstay fine) 🙂

𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗽𝘀/𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀.

The worry is you don't have every document, copy, bank statement, bank letter, updated bank book, TM30, lease, etc that you need and you run yourself out of time 😕 So that burden is on you to get it right in the time you have left 🙂

𝗜𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗸 𝗶𝗳 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?

That wouldn't happen. C/M doesn't have you come back and get the passport on another day.

You would apply before the stamp expires and they issue that extension the same day.

@Gal ******

IF your consulate here indeed issues the affidavit of income from abroad notary letter they will know exactly how it needs to be worded,

Believe me you aren't the first foreigner to ask for one (IF they issue them) 🙂

As posters correctly stated at most offices you can file for an extension of stay when you have 30 days or less left on your current stamp and a few offices (Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Buriram Samut Prakan, Phuket, and others) allow you to do it when you have 45 days or less left on your stamp

What you should do is go to your immigration office and get the hand out listing the requirements needed at that specific office for the marriage extension and while you're there ask them what's the earliest you can file for the year extension

This is posted on the Thai Consulate in Frankfurt website 😮

good question

@Paul ********

(y)

Correct, it's a "one and done" type of extension and you can only get it once on any visa/extension

So if the O/P has gotten it before on this extension they're on now (since they started with it from the Non-O visa) they couldn't get it again..

Nope you cannot,

That extension is issued for the real reason of "กรณีใช้ชีวิตในบั้นปลาย" <- which says in the instance of living out the end of your life 😮 (now you see why they call it "retirement" in english 😛 )

and

there is a clause that says มีอายุเกิน 50 ปีขึ้นไป <- be 50 years or older

They won't let you switch to that extension until you hit 50

Now you say you're on a yearly extension based on marriage to a thai national, so you might ask them if you could get the 60 day visit thai family extension and that could "buy you the time" until you turn 50 so you could apply for the year extension based on retirement after that 60 days winds down