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Re-entry permit

Keeping your permission to stay when you leave Thailand and come back.

Last checked 25 September 2026 By Louis Ross, DTV holder in Chiang Mai 3 sources

This guide is generated from the same sourced rule data as the MyThailand app, last checked 25 September 2026. Each point shows its source. Points marked Unverified have no primary source yet, so check them with your immigration office.

Get a re-entry permit before leaving Thailand, so you keep your current permission to stay

Who this is for

  • This applies if you're planning to leave Thailand and come back, and you want to keep your current permission to stay, like an annual extension. Leave without one, and your permission to stay ends.

    Source: Bangkok Immigration Division 1: re-entry permit (Official), checked 25 September 2026

  • Essential if you're on a Non-O retirement or marriage extension. If you're on a DTV with an extension, it's not confirmed yet whether you'd ever actually need one.

    Unverified Derived from the general rule, checked 25 September 2026

  • Choose single (one trip) or multiple (every trip within your remaining permitted stay).

    Source: immigration.go.th fee page (Thai) (Official), checked 25 September 2026

When

  • This comes up when you log a planned trip abroad while holding an extension or another permission worth keeping.

    Source: Bangkok Immigration Division 1: re-entry permit (Official), checked 25 September 2026

  • It's valid until your current permission to stay ends. It doesn't extend your stay.

    Source: Bangkok Immigration Division 1: re-entry permit (Official), checked 25 September 2026

  • A single permit covers one trip. A multiple permit covers every trip until your permission expires. A new annual extension needs a new permit.

    Unverified Derived from “remaining period” wording, checked 25 September 2026

Ways to do it

Steps

  1. Decide single or multiple

    Single is 1,000 THB; multiple is 3,800 THB. Multiple pays off from the 4th trip.

    Source: Bangkok Immigration Division 1: re-entry permit (Official), checked 25 September 2026

  2. Fill in form TM.8 and attach a photoonline

    4x6 cm, taken within roughly 6 months (the English wording on the form is garbled; treated as “within 6 months” with a caveat).

    Source: Bangkok Immigration Division 1: re-entry permit (Official), checked 25 September 2026

  3. Copy your passport pages

    Bio data page, expiry page, edits page if any, last entry stamp, and extension stamp if any.

    Source: Bangkok Immigration Division 1: re-entry permit (Official), checked 25 September 2026

  4. Apply at an office or the airportin person

    In person at the immigration office for your area, or at Passport Control (international departures) on the day you leave, where offered.

    Source: Bangkok Immigration Division 1: re-entry permit (Official), checked 25 September 2026

  5. Leave and re-enter

    The officer stamps your entry against the permit; your previous “admitted until” date stays in force.

    Source: Bangkok Immigration Division 1: re-entry permit (Official), checked 25 September 2026

  6. Log your return

    Your 90-day count restarts at day 1. Your landlord must file a new TM30.

    Source: Bangkok Immigration Division 1: 90-day report (Official), checked 25 September 2026

Documents

Fees

Common problems

  • Leaving without a permit while on an extension terminates the permission to stay. The most costly mistake in this group of processes.

    Source: Bangkok Immigration Division 1: re-entry permit (Official), checked 25 September 2026

  • Assuming the airport counter is always available. Confirmed for Bangkok airports only; Chiang Mai isn't confirmed yet.

    Unverified Not confirmed for Chiang Mai airport, checked 25 September 2026

  • Expecting it to extend your stay. It only keeps the remaining period.

    Source: Bangkok Immigration Division 1: re-entry permit (Official), checked 25 September 2026

Office: Chiang Mai Immigration

71 M.3 Airport Road, Suthep, Mueang, Chiang Mai 50200
Mon–Fri 08:30–16:30

Source: Bangkok Immigration Division 1: re-entry permit (Official), checked 25 September 2026

  • A Chiang Mai-specific re-entry checklist isn't published online.

    Unverified No primary source yet, checked 25 September 2026

  • Whether there's a re-entry desk at Chiang Mai International Airport departures isn't confirmed yet.

    Unverified Not confirmed, checked 25 September 2026

  • At the office counter, expect roughly 2 to 3 hours.

    Source: Founder field report, Chiang Mai (Founder field report), checked 26 September 2026

Sources

Independent guide, not the Thai government, not legal advice. Your passport stamp is the final word. Check with Thai Immigration. How we check our sources.

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