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Why do I need to visit immigration before leaving Thailand with a retirement visa?

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Feb 22, 2025

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Eric ***************

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I have a retirement visa with a one entry re exit, it says we must visit immigration before leaving the country  on my passport.Any idea  why apart from the obvious.ie visit immigration

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The user is inquiring about the requirement to visit immigration before leaving Thailand on a retirement visa with a single re-entry permit. Community members provide various insights, including the necessity of ensuring the re-entry permit is valid and emphasizing that failure to comply may lead to losing visa status. There are discussions regarding the option of obtaining a re-entry permit either at the airport or through immigration offices, as well as the potential costs associated with these procedures.

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Will you be requiring a 365 day extension for this Non O visa ?

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Jorge ****

A trip to the IO is cheap insurance.

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Robert ********

You should have posted the picture that you commented in an answer right in the post.

Then everybody would have told you that you do not have a re-entry permit and need to get one before leaving the country.

Either at the immigration or right before the passport checks at the airports.

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Eric ***************

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In my application I.ask for one

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Peter ****************

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On y'r picture, there is NO re-entry permit.

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Greg ***********

It seems you got a 90-days non-imm-O visa by way of “change of visa type” from Immigration inside Thailand

If you want to extend this to a 1-year stay permit, you need to apply for from up to 30 days before the 90 daysw stay permit expires

While you can buy a re-entry permit and exit Thailand, you need to be back in time to apply for the 1-year Extension of Stay Permit

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Colin *********

You have entered, which is half and exit is the other half, if you leave thats the other half, end of retirement visa, you need a leave exemption form 1000buats from the airport you must look for the sign for it they are there

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Colin *********

You have entered, which is half and exit is the other half, how long do you have left on the retirement visa ????

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Colin *********

The question is how many time are you going to leave the country and how long is the life of retirement visa to run ,

Just go into airport and look for the sign it re-enter permit, or go to immigration office and ask for re-enter permit i think it about a 1000buats it so you do not lose your visa/yearly extention

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Willem ****

Sorry but its a very hard to read text. I am not sure you really know what you write about. Its not clear.

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Eric ***************

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I have a retirement visa with a rentry exit visa, but stamped on it says I.myst visit immigration before leaving

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John *********

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to paraphrase, it states “you have the visa but if you plan to leave the country you will need to visit immigration to get a re-entry permit because it also clearly states you don’t have a re-entry permit.” It also states your visa expires on April 23, 2025.

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Willem ****

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That is not a standard text in either the visa stamp, extension stamp or re-entry stamp.

Can you show this remark?

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David *****

They can do it at the airport too

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Eric ***************

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thanks

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Eric ***************

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I have an re entry permit

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Phil *******

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What makes you think you have a re-entry permit?

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Graham ******

@Eric **************

Post a photo of it please so everyone is sure what you have

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Eric ***************

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Thanks

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Eric ***************

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Andy **********

@Eric **************

that is just a standard retirement visa, do you have another stamp in your passport stating single or multiple re-entry permit??

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Graham ******

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That is not a re-entry permit, it tell you that you need to purchase one before leaving to maintain your current Non-O Visa status and admitted to date otherwise it terminates when you exit

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John *********

so correct. I lost my Non-O 3 years ago because I was unaware of the re-entry permit rule. I won’t make that mistake again.

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Stuart *********

Not really too sure what you’re asking here.

If you have a (single) re-entry permit then you can leave and come back and you’ll get the same date you’re already stamped for.

If you don’t have a re-entry permit you need to visit an immigration office to get one or get one at the airport just before you fly out.

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