judokrab

Nonsense. For example, when a tourist wants to apply for a non-O visa here (e.g. for retirement or marriage) they have to have a bank account *first*.

You other option is to get a one year (90 days per entry) marriage visa from Savanakhet.

re #1. A border run takes up only half a page ... not two pages. And probably not even that (there is often space on other pages to squeeze in small stamps). re #2, No, you would not have to do another order run after the 30 days had expired. You can get a 30 day extension in-country.

You are right. Then he doesn't have a problem.

No. You do not need a visa (as DrJack54 already explained). You can leave and re-enter, getting a visa-exempt entry stamp. HOWEVER... either with or without a visa, you can only get stamped in up until the expiry date of your passport in any case. The same situation would apply even if your wife co-operated fully: immigration will not give you a one year extension ... they will only give you an extension up until the expiry date of your passport. If you look at it properly, your only problem is that you did not apply for a new passport soon enough (the problem is *not* your wife, and the problem is *not* the number of pages remaining in your passport).

"Special operation"

Champers question ("Did you give your password to someone?") is highly relevant to your original question, which was: "My phone was stolen and bank app was compromised, had money transferred to some Thai guy. Police gave me a report to give to my bank to investigate further, I guess to get the full name and a/c number. So, they'll have all the details of the guy who received the stolen money. What are the chances of having this returned? " You used a dumbass password, so that significantly reduces your chances ... to about zero.

17/3/2023 is a Friday. If you stay away for four weeks, you will get back Tuesday 14/3/2023. That should be just enough time to get everything done, provided there are no hiccups getting bank letters. If you run out of time, you can apply for a 60-day "visit Thai family" extension. That requires all the same paperwork except that no financial data needs to be provided.

What Ubon Joe said is correct, but if you got divorced before you got your first extension, you cannot go ahead and get an extension based on some other criteria. Your first extension must match the reason for your visa. In that case, you could simply go ahead and apply for a new 90-day O-visa based on the new criteria.

Whether you are "retired" or not has nothing to do with it. If you are over 50, you are eligible for a retirement visa regardless.

No, you cannot extend by both 30 days and 60 days ... you have to choose one or the other.

Yeah. What he was was even worse. He called us "ไอ้พวกฝรั่ง". That could be translated as "bstrd Farang". And the word "ไอ้" carries connotations of being less than human: animals. Thus the "dirty" connotation. (The word "bstrd" above to bypass the censor.)

They vaccinated 142 foreigners on Thursday at McCormick (over 80 years old, via expatvac), and are doing the over 75 year-olds today (Friday).

What mistranslation? I read the original quote in Thai.

Check to see if you can easily qualify for a O or OA visa in your home country. They are all either 90 days or 365 days. Then add on the extra 60-day "visit Thai Family" extension. Some countries only require money to be in the bank the day you apply, so you may be able to borrow it.

There is not (and never has been) any rule that says that you are only allowed to be here like that "for only 180 days in a year." That is a lie told by immigration officers at the borders. However, they do have a level of discretion to be able to turn people away.

You cannot do both a TOURIST EXTENSION and a VISIT THAI FAMILY EXTENSION on the same entry. You cannot get a COVID EXTENSION until you have exhausted one of the above. (You can always try your luck though.)