Mitkof Island

My question is. Why in the world do foreigners travel half way around the world and this is the majority both tourists and expats and they are eating at these places. 7-11, McDonald's , Burger Fling, KFC, Subway. I think if I remember correctly this is Thailand. A constant diet Pad Thai does not count as Thai food.

This first go around I will just likely return to the office but will ask about the mail in option. But afterwards I will likely head to borders. Ok Thanks for your help.

I believe I get my one year extension of stay on this Tuesday June 12th. So you are saying the FIRST time after the first 90 days I have to appear at the office in person again? I can either go in 15 days early or 7 days afterward the date? And after all that I can then leave the country?

In my situation I have two homes one in the south my wife rents and another in the north where I am registered with the immigration office, my main address in Thailand. Because of Covid getting public transportation from my village to Thai Immigration in the north believe it or not is more difficult than if I just take a trip to Malaysia by train and return to my southern home. Besides I enjoy traveling and have never had any big issues crossing borders by land in the past. That is why I traveled to Savannakhet Laos before Covid and got my Type O Multiple Entry Viss/Stamp from there. Sure was a lot less hassle, no bank accounts needed, etc, etc, etc. I just crossed a border every 90 days. But thank you for taking the time to clarify what I can and can not do. Just trying to stay within the guidelines of the law. Have not gotten a clear direct message from the local office. Their English is not that understandable sadly and my Thai is not 100% fluent. So worry things could get lost in translation. And also don,t trust doing anything online with immigration. I would rather be face to face with a person.

So if I make a border run in 90 days to Malaysia with a multiple entry stamp I still have to report in person, online or by mail to the immigration office that issued the extension? Crossing the border would gain me nothing?

Thank you for explaining the difference it is confusing since I applied last time from Savannahket Laos. So if I pay for a multiple entry stamp for 3800 baht do I also have the ability to either stamp at any office or do it online also? I have three options?

If I understand correctly I go to the office again on this Tuesday and will issue me a one year visa not sure if it is multi-entry Type O or single. So I am guessing when I go in that is when I ask for a multiple entry and pay another 3,800 baht plus another 1,900 baht for the one year visit itself. Once this visa is finished plan in the future to just use the Savannkhet, Laos Thai embassy it sure was a far less hassle than this. I paid $200 did not have have to deal with mountains of paperwork, pictures of hose, bank statements, singing my name over 100 times in one visit. Having to pay (party) money for ??? . Never again if I had known what a hassle it was.

Its all a bit confusing since this is the first time I applied for a one year Type O visa for marriage inside of Thailand NOT in America. I return to Petchabun Immigration on Tuesday after they did their house check about three weeks ago. That is I guess when I decide to do 90 day reporting online, visa the office every 90 days or do a border run. I prefer to do a border run as for me much more easy to cross into Laos or Malaysia when I choose stamp and be done with it. I have little trust with any online Thailand anything and every time I return to the office they have their hands out for more money and I sit and sign mountains of paper work. So if I understand correctly. If I have a multi-re-entry stamp given to me at a Immigration office in Petchabun If I cross a border within 90 days I DO NOT have to go to the office nor do anything online?

If I have a multiple entry visa stamp from the Petchabun Immigration office can I also do 90 reporting online if unable to do a border run?

That is what the word multiple entry means.

I have to agree with you 100% and after paying an extra 5000 baht to (make things more easy) I was not pleased just a total custerfrack from the moment I first walked into the office. Who is your agent and how much? So I can end this misery.

Ok Thanks so much for the info this is all new to me since my last visas were either issued in the states or at the Laos office. This is my first getting a visa at an immigration office within Thailand and hopefully my last not worth the hassle and prefer traveling to another country every 90 days.

I will make sure I have a multiple entry stamp from the Petchabun office before traveling to Laos. Would love to change this visa as soon as possible going to the office has been a complicated pain every time I go.

If that is the case. Has anything changed with the Type O Marriage requirements at that office. And , Is it possible to stop my current visa out of the Petchabun office cancel it early and reapply for Laos and get a multiple entry visa there? I much prefer traveling to a border every 90 days then deal with that office any longer.

I signed my name ninety six times (I lost count after that) the same mountain of documents, pictures, new passport pictures, map to house all the exact same stuff (this time even more papers) After over two hours could not get out of there fast enough. Now I return again in another twenty days for another pile of papers, the same old <deleted>, after a house visit and of course under the table money for no good reason. Where does this nightmare end and when does the office in Savannaket Laos finally open so I don,t have to deal with this any more and just cross a land border every 90 days?