Tod Daniels

Dunno what they're talking about but it's exactly why you NEVER EVER trust an embassy about anything to do with entry/stay to thailand, They hawk VISAS and that's where their 'expertise' ends Nothing is gonna stop you from leaving the country after that initial 90 days runs out OTHER than getting a year extension by meeting the financial & document requirements for the extension OR getting the one time 60 day visit thai family extension <- if you're married to a thai or have half thai children (and even this only will give you 5 months in country before you have to exit) Just so you're clear, you can't get a multiple entry tourist visa INSIDE thailand and you have to be in the country whose thai consulate you apply thru in order to use the eVisa online webportal to buy a visa 😕 I'd say come in on the 90 day single entry Non-O visa, then when that runs down, use a service to bounce you out and back by a land border to get a free 60 day entry stamp THEN take the 30 day extension on that for 1900baht at the immigration office. That gives you the 6 months you wannna be here with just one bounce out/back and one 30 day extension

because of the way the COUNT overstay Just like I said in my earlier comment under 24 hours overstay no fine, over 24 hours overstay (even by a minute), you get fined for TWO days.

That is not correct, In Bangkok the soonest you can apply for a yearly extension from a Non-O visa is when you have 45 days or less left on the current stamp (IF you meet the proof of funds seasoning) The extension is a year ADDED to the expiration date of the 90 day non-O stamp you say you will enter on NO not at all, there is NO under consideration stamp for extensions based on retirement they are issued the day they're applied for I don't know of any people who had their first yearly extensions based on retirement from Chaengwattana after coming in on a Non-O visa who had home visits. That's not to say they don't ever do it, but it is really REALLY rare. .

seems pretty succinctly spelled out 😛 I'd wager even people wading in the shallow end of the gene pool would be able to glom onto it 😉

pulled out bad info and hopefully got it right in the post below 😞 couldn't delete this comment

only appears to be tripping people up who either don't keep the correct funds in all the time (which is NOT an immigration requirement) OR people who use "service providers" to bank the money Just had a couple people who use B/B get their extension based on marriage banking 400K and one got their retirement extension banking 800K and neither had to sign anything to get the letter or the statement from the bank. BUT those two people bank the money full time in the account (they're active accounts but the never let the balance go below the threshold the previous year.. There appears to be a LOT of leeway on when the bank decides to strong arm people into signing that "you'll keep the funds in for 4 months from today" paper

seeing as you need to get the year detail transaction report from your thai bank account showing the international transfer code on the previous years incoming transfers I highly doubt that immigrations cares you used WISE to move the money. (I mean probably couldn't hurt to have it with you) but can't see them asking for it seeing as they have no clue how you moved the money here and they use your bank book and transaction codes from your bank to see that they're international origin. They just wanna see you hit the monthly minimum required international transfer, each month, every month for the previous 12 months before you apply for your next extension

I would bet dollars to durian you signed most of them without having the slightest idea what they were 😮 They are just handed to you when you're sitting there and you print your name on the top and sign them 😉 They have been having people sign the notice of overstay, the "terms and conditions" for your extension and the "statement" for quite a few years now both for retirement, marriage and raising kids extensions

Okay whether you believe it or not this is how they calculate overstay at the airport, Example if you have a stamp that expires today Aug 1st, you have until 11:59PM August 2nd to stamp out of the country the second it clicks over to Aug 3rd (at midnight) you're going to get a 2 day overstay fine or 500X2=1000baht That's just how they count it when exiting by air under 24 hours overstay no fine, over 24 hours overstay (even by a minute), you get fined for TWO days.

I have nothing to do with these services BUT unless I'm mistaken I know they can get Bangkok stamps at C/W contact AS Services https://www.facebook.com/aservicesthb/ or contact Elite Concierge https://www.facebook.com/EliteConciergeThailand/

dunno what office you use, BUT that is the exception rather than the rule, at most offices you just show up on the date the U/C stamp runs out, (because as a rule that's when your file is sitting on someones desk waiting for you to turn up to get the year inked in) I think the O/P should show that they will be out of the country when the 'standard' 30 day u/c stamp would run out and ask if there is a work around

You don't say where you're applying, and at least in Bangkok they switched to 21 day (3 week) under consideration stamps However if you're at an office that still uses 30 day u/c stamps and it's added to your current expiration date, IF that date fell on a weekend I think they'd have you come in the following monday. Seeing as you're intending to travel take proof you're leaving (flight confirmation) with you when you apply for the yearly extension and make sure to have the officer know you're fixing to fly out so if possible you can get the year extension inked in (and buy a re-entry permit) before you leave

I stopped looking for anything remotely resembling 'logic' here in the glorious "Land 'O Thaiz" a long long time ago 😛

I have had them take up to 6 weeks to get the 90 day report receipt back in the mail. I wouldn't do anything, just wait it out and IF you don't get it before your NEXT 90 day due date, take the EMS tracking confirmation of receipt of this report to the office with the NEXT 90 day report They have a whole box of undelivered envelopes of receipts when you go in and many times peoples' return letters are in it

Boy you're a day late and a dollar short with your information 😕 There is no appt system for the Vientiane consulate since they went to online eVisa applications only back in Jan 1st 2025 😮 Now the process works like this you go to Lao, you log into the online eVisa system, you fill out and upload the required fields/documents, including proof you're IN Lao (visa/entry stamp) you use the hotel you're staying at as your "current address" you use your thai address here as your "permanent address", you submit the application, you PRINT out the confirmation and take that to the embassy between 9-11 M-F to pay for the visa in cash THEN you wait in Lao until it's approved. They will email you the PDF which is your visa, print it and hand it to the officer at passport control when you stamp in to the country