Opening hours: Mon-Fri
08.00-12.00 / 13.00-16.00 closed on public holidays
As
the visa regulations are constantly changing (in the
last 17 years there has been something new every year)
we cannot give any guarantee or further information!
Visas for Thailand can be applied for online in
Switzerland - please visit this page:
https://www.thaiembassy.ch/Content/Embassy/55.html
Non-O visas cannot be applied for directly in Thailand.
However, extensions of these visas are possible here -
updated 28th January 2025
It is best to visit other sources of information such as
the Phuket Immigration Volunteers to get the latest
information.
Nevertheless, we inform here as up-to-date as possible
and are happy about any information about changes for
updating.
As most Swiss citizens have a Retirement Non-O Visa (minimum
age 50 years),
the information is limited to this visa and refers to
its renewal.
For other visa options, please contact the Phuket
Immigration Office or a Thai Embassy directly.
The most common mistake that leads to the loss of a
retirement visa is forgetting the re-entry permit before
leaving the country.
Take your time and
bring a book, for example - it can take time -
always remain friendly - and come properly dressed.
For all entries into Thailand, your passport must be
valid for at least 6 months. To apply for the new
annual visa, even 18 months (12+6)
Foreigners who enter Thailand on a non-immigrant
visa and live privately must be reported to
Immigration by the landlord or a representative
within 24 hours of each entry. You can also register
your own apartment/house and then make these
registrations online. As the website is mainly in
Thai, a translator will be required.
However, before anything such as visa renewal or
Certificate of Residence can be done, the
registration of the residential address (notification)
must be renewed after an exit and re-entry. See also
below.
After leaving Thailand, the notification expires
automatically.
With a retirement visa, you must also report any change
of location within Thailand.
This means that if you are travelling in Thailand and
are registered in a hotel somewhere, you must register
again immediately on your return.
If you are returning to
Phuket from INLAND, you can report to immigration at
the drive-in and ask for an
UPDATE of the address. This requires the passport with
the last piece of paper ‘RECEIPT OF NOTIFICATION’
Anyone returning to Phuket from abroad must also
report to Immigration within 24 hours
and additionally register with TM 30.
Failure to comply with
these regulations can be penalised with THB 2,000,
registration is free of charge.
Notification Form for House-Master, Owner or the
Possessor of the residence, where the alian has stayed
TM30 is also required to
register guests.
This registration can also be done online.
TM30.immigration.go.th/
First you have to register - whereby the help of a Thai
person is helpful.
You have to register within 24 hours after your return,
the notification is free of charge.
Failure to comply with this regulation can be penalised
with THB 2,000.
You will need the form:
Notification Form for House-Master, Owner
and as a tenant:
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Passport
-
Passport copy
-
Copy
of passport with valid visa
-
Copy
of the landlord's ID card - signed
-
Copy
of the house book
-
Copy
of the tenancy agreement
as an
owner of a house or flat:
-
Passport
-
Copy
of passport
-
Copy
of passport with valid visa
-
Copy
of the purchase contract
-
Copy
of the house book
-
Copy
of the Thai ID card signed by the land owner
Present
these documents to an Immigration Officer who will check the
documents and issue a queue number.
Important: all forms and copies
must be signed.
Apply
for a new annual visa from 30 days before expiry
(only applies to NON-O VISA, for Marriage Visa it is much
more extensive and complicated)
1 day before the visit to Immigration the following should
be organised:
For visas
that require 800,000 THB deposit:
-
Bank
book (same balance as bank letter - check!)
-
On the
day of the bank statement, there must still be 1 entry
in the bank book (new 2021)
-
and
there should also be a booking on the day of the visa
application. (new 2023)
-
Copies
of bank book: 1st page + all pages from last visa.
Balance must always be at least 800,000 THB for 3 months
after a visa is issued.
Thereafter never fall below 400,000, 2 months before a
new visa application must be topped up again to 800,000
THB.
Confirmation letter from the bank about the balance +
bank statement since the last visa was issued (costs SCB
and Krungsri Bank 200 THB)
Immigration accepts confirmations up to 2 days old.
1 - 3
Alternatively, you can also apply for a pension certificate
from the CH Embassy in Bangkok.
You have to be registered there, it costs something and
takes a few days. Minimum pension 65'000 THB per month.Beantragen der Visa-Erneuerung
-
Queue
outside at the entrance at the end of office 303 on the
right from 08.00 (opens at 08.30)
-
Blue
waiting numbers will be distributed at the entrance. If
you arrive later, you must ask for them inside.
-
When
the blue number is called, you can go to the officer in
the room, who will check your papers and give you a
white waiting number.
-
If the
white waiting number is called out, you can go to the
officer at the back of the room, who will look at the
papers again and also collect the
money - 1,900 baht. At the same time you can ask for a
re-entry permit, which costs 1,000 B for single and
3,800 for multiple.
A new 90-day note is usually issued at the same time.
-
You
will then receive a number with the pick-up date the
next day at the same location.
Prepared documents
-
Form ‘tm7’ - visa application (same as
new visa)
emty form
Attach 1 photo to the back
of the form with 2 bostiches (Attention: only 1 sheet, print
front and back!)
Enter your telephone number under the photo (new 2023). Note
the telephone number and e-mail address next to the
signature.-
Bank book updated to the balance of
the bank confirmation with balance never below THB
800'000 during the last 3 months before and after the
visa.
In between minimum THB 400'000.
- Copies of bank book page 1 and
all pages since last visa.
- Statement (bank statement) from
the bank for 12 months. (There should be a booking on
the day of the statement)
There should also be a booking on the day of the visa
application. (new 2023)
- Confirmation letter from the
bank about the balance. (costs 200 THB at SCB Bank)
Alternative to this: Proof of pension (see above) plus
copy of bank book or card
- Passport
- 1 copy of passport page 0+1
- 1 copy of passport with the
last entry stamp
- 1 copy of passport with
departure card (if still available)
- 1 copy of passport with
Registration of Stay (notification of place of residence
- see above)
- 1 copy of passport with current
visa and all old visas in the passport
- 1 copy of the passport change
page (if a new passport was made)
- Copies of all old visa pages
are often required - so it is best to copy the entire
passport.
- 1 photo of the applicant (full
body, long trousers) with house + house number, + photo
of upper body with house number (new 2023) copied onto
A4 sheet.
- In addition to this copy of the
photo, 1 form is available in front of the office, which
you must sign and take with you
Form TM2
- 1 site plan of the house e.g.
from Google Maps with GPS coordinates
- Another form will be presented
at the entrance to sign. (also sign in Thai text)
-
Overstay Formular
Important: all forms and copies
must be signed.
Single oder Multiple Re-Entry-Permit
If you want to leave Thailand and continue to claim your
visa after re-entry, you need a re-entry permit.
Those who do not have it on re-entry
start at ZERO
Costs 1,000 THB for ‘single entry’ or 3,800 THB for
‘multiple entry’ (lower floor on the road to the exit)
Prepared documentsPass
-
Form Re-Entry-Permit
with 1 photo on it.
Also enter the telephone number with the signature.
- 1 copy of passport with the
last entry stamp
- 1 copy of passport with
departure card (if still available)
- 1 copy of passport with new
visa
Present
these documents to an Immigration Officer who will check the
documents and issue a queue number.
Important: all forms and copies
must be signed.
ONLY those departing directly from Suvarnabumi International
Airport can apply for a Re-Entry Permit before departure,
daily Immigration Zone 2.
Present documents as above. (Waiting time 15 - 60 minutes).
No photo required. Fee 1200 Baht.
90 days show up
Failure to do so will result in penalties: 500 B per day for
overstay up to an entry ban
Electronically: 14-7 days (exactly) before renewal
deadline
this does not work if you apply for 90 days for the first
time and after a passport change.
You must then appear in person at the Immigration Office.
You must first open an account at the Immigration Office. To
do this, go to the website:
https://tm47.immigration.go.th/tm47/#/login, fill in the
application form and send it off.
You will then receive a password which, together with your
e-mail address, will give you access to fill in the
Form TM 47.
Same internet address as above.
Once everything has been completed and sent, you will
receive an automatic confirmation,
that the form has been accepted and the completed.
(However, this is not yet a 90-days confirmation)
Approx. 2-3 days later you will receive the confirmation and
the form with the next appointment, which should be kept in
your passport.
In person 14 days
before and up to 7 days after the 90-day deadline
New at Phuket Town Immigration (Talad Yai - Saphan Hin):
Drive-in after the entrance.
Or lower floor on the road to the exit, get a waiting ticket
from the immigration assistant
Take with you: Passport with 90 days deadline
Form TM 47
No form is required at the ‘DRIVE THROUGH’ counter.
90 days is always free - so don't pay anything!
Certificate of
Registration
Used, for
example, if you want to buy or sell a car, apply for a
driving licence,
want to have the overcharged 20% VST on interest refunded by
Switzerland, etc.
Prepared documents (lower floor on the road to the exit)
-
Passport
-
1 copy
of passport 1st page
-
1 copy
passport visa
-
1 copy
of passport departure card (if still available)
-
1 copy
of Notification Form (TM30)
-
1 photo
per desired certificate
Application
form
(new
2024 changes constantly)
Important: all forms and copies
must be signed.
Fee 400 THB
per Certificate
Present
these documents to an immigration officer, who will check
the documents and issue a queue number.
New
Passport - Visa transfer
When someone receives a new passport, the old one is
cancelled beforehand - except for the visa pages.
Documents needed:
Important: all forms and copies
must be signed.
At the
entrance on the left lower floor last office 103 opens at
08.30
An officer checks the papers, if OK waiting numbers are
distributed
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