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Is the re-entry permit valid for the calendar year or through the end of the current visa?

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Feb 18, 2025

4 days ago

Merlyn ******

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is the re-entry permit for calendar year or through end of current visa?

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The validity of a re-entry permit in Thailand depends on the type of visa. Generally, a re-entry permit lasts until the end of the current stay permit stamp, not until the visa's expiration date. For example, if you hold an OA visa, the re-entry permit is valid for one year from the date of entry, but it will expire on the same date as your stay permit stamp, not the visa itself.

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Vin *********

Depends on the visa.

My OA, re-entry is good for 1 year upon entry. That would be 365 days past my visa if I re-entered on the last day of my visa.

3 days ago

Gregor **********

@Vin ********

That’s not really 100% how a Non-Imm-O/A visa works

The visa has a validity of ONE YEAR from the date it is issued.

The visa comes with a multi re-entry permit included, which is valid for the duration of the visa validity

*** when you enter, you will get stamped in for 365 days

Now, given you waited 4 weeks after the visa got issued, before you flew to Thailand, the remaining visa validity will be 11 months from the day you entered, and the remaining validity of the multi re-entry permit will also be only 11 months.

*** if you fail to exit and re-enter before the visa validity expires, you can only stay until the date that you got stamped upon the entry

You only get stamped into the “second year stay permit” of a Non-O/A visa, if you exit and re-enter before the visa expires, but you won’t have a re-entry permit any more after the expiry of the visa validity

2 days ago

Vin *********

@Gregor *********

Precisly what I said.

2 days ago

Gregor **********

@Vin ********

Vin Burnett

You are wrong when you wrote

“it depends. My OA, re-entry is good for 1 year upon entry. That would be 365 days past my visa if I re-entered on the last day of my visa”

This part of your post is wrong: “re-entry is good for 1 year upon entry. That would be 365 days past my visa”

No, the re-entry is NOT good for one year

It is only good for the time left of your visa validity, which can never correspond to the same day of you have entered Thailand

2 days ago

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Gregor **********

Lloyd ********

@Vin ********

Totally different, the op is asking about re-entry permit, not multiple entry visas.

3 days ago

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Lloyd ********

Michael ***************

Neither - you can enter untill before your "Visa" ((Extension) ends

3 days ago

Bob **********

Visa

4 days ago

Gregor **********

the expiry of a visa validity and the expiry of a stay permit stamp are TWO completely different dates! If you buy a re-entry permit, it will expire on the same date as your stay permit. It will NOT expire on the date the visa validity expires

4 days ago

Tod *********

a re-entry permit lasts as long as the stamp you're currently here on does.

4 days ago

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Tod *********

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