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Not sure what you mean by a re-entry permit but BKK airport doesn't close. There are flights departing all through the night, the airport operates 24 hours.

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I've never had to try it myself in BKK, but I've read that you are supposed to go to Immigration for a re-entry permit, and the desk at the airport is only for emergencies ....sounds ridiculous, but TIT !
Have you tried the thaivisa.com for the latest info ?

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Seems you may be in luck

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This service is offered for a fee of 200 Baht plus the 1000 for the permit, and is available at passport control 2 from 06.00 - 24.00, and you have to have already checked in for your flight

200 baht fee....There we go!

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FCG, when you have certain types of visa here (usually attached to a Work Permit) and it's renewed for another year, (2 years now, I think - our agent always does it), you need to get a re-entry permit before leaving Thailand for any reason. It's stupid really, but it's the equivalent of re-activating the visa (which they already gave you - but it's the TIT factor). This is normally done at a local Immigration office. Even though, yes, the airport operates 24/7 that particular desk and function closes at midnight. Leaving without the re-entry is a big deal!

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You can get a multiple re-entry permit if thats what you are going to need ...I believe it costs around 4000baht compared to 1000 for a single re-entry

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FCG, as Mike said, people like me get a multi-entry. If you work here and just trip home or to Bali once a year, then the single re-entry is cheaper.

No, they don't shoot you if your forget - but going out without it voids everything attached to it. One simply wouldn't leave the country until it had been sorted, and I know of only one man who did - untold dramas that took lots of brown bags and tears to rectify.

Similartly, two Dutch friends on Retirement Visas who spend half a year here and half a year back in Euroland went to renew their visas. When the Immigration Dept checked the bank records, they calculated that the required funds were deposited TWO WEEKS later than the required cut-off date. Renewal was refused and they were told they'd have to start all over again to apply for visas - despite having a file that went back 12 years! Again, it took a lot of hustling and hassling to sort it out - Embassy "contacts" in the end!

Here there's an awful lot of official stuff that IS black or white - there is no grey. Luckily, with such things as motorway speeding, it's many shades of grey and NO black or white! TIT rules OK!

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OP, you can also obtain one on Saturday mornings at the old immigration at Suan Plu if the trip to Chaeng Wattana is too much for you.

It's 3,800 baht for a multiple.