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Should be straight forward and the advantage you have is an appointment slot. Before your appointment, take your paperwork including appointment confirmation straight to the booking counter inside, to the right of the information counter. No need to get any queue number from outside. From there they will take your paperwork and ask you to be seated somewhere near counters 7 and 8. You will then be called for a photo and anything else they may require. Whilst you may not be in and out according to your 20-minute time slot, even if busy, you should be finished inside an hour. As you are extending, a reminder your bank letter will need to be of a 12-month statement type. I recently did mine with an appointment and have never seen so many people there, yet everything ran smoothly, the staff I spoke with were all helpful, I was in and out in 50 minutes, which is no big deal for something once a year.

R I P Joe Thanks for all your help, your knowledge was 2nd to none.....????

Looks like visa exempt to me minus 1 day which could depend on your arrival time, or the IO has coordinated with your outward flight date. Whether or not you can extend or not, will probably depend on your history and amount of land crossings per year. If you are one of those who lives here on free visas instead of the appropriate long-term visa to do so, then your extension may be denied. For an accurate answer, contact the immigration office concerned.

Usually after 12 months of inactivity, the account will be frozen until you visit the branch with your passport and sign a form to reactivate. There is no other way. Unfortunately, any interest payments to the account doesn't count as activity. I'm surprised you were able to deposit into the account whilst frozen, even deposits are usually rejected. If your balance is said over 2000B your account even in a couple of years' time should have the same balance as the day it was frozen, less than that, however, attract monthly service fees, depending on the bank, once the fees erode the account to a zero balance, that account will be permanently closed.

Probably easiest option is to take your passport to your phone provider in order to get a replacement SIM the same number as your lost one, then you can verify with Wise as before.

Think the "genuine" tourist won't be too worried as they usually go home within 30 days, or some within 60 after a 30-day extension. The long-term stayers, without the correct visa though, may feel a little aggrieved. End of the day though, they are not actually tourists. ....