Tod Daniels

On 7/10/2025 at 3:00 PM, khi kiat farang said:

Do it yourself; $10 for Burma stamp, 300 baht max for boat ride , there and back

Just curious when you last bounced out and back to Kawthaung from the Ranong Pier? 

You seem a little out of touch with the pricing for that bounce nowadays 
 

No issue at all getting a re-entry permit on a 90 day entry from a Non-O visa 

You can get it at the immigration office where you live OR at the airport before you fly out 

Remember though, a re-entry permit doesn't add any time to your 90 day entry stamp, just lets you leave/come back before that stamp runs out 
AND 
Like BrandonJT said get anything banking wise done BEFORE you leave thailand so that you can meet the requirements for the extension you will get once you come back 
 

5 hours ago, dluek said:

Does anyone know if this will get me the initial Non-Imm O visa?

You should have no issue getting the initial 90 day Non-O visa online thru the eVisa website showing proof of funds (400K baht or the equivalent) in an account for only a month. They usually request 3 months of bank statements BUT not 3 months where the balance is over 400K 🙂

If you can't get it there, as you said, worst case you'll come in free stamp, transfer the funds over and go thru the Non-O process in country at the immigration office 

9 minutes ago, roobaa01 said:

the local German officer advised me not to cancel my old passport for they said it would invalid my Thai extension.

That was a FAIL if there ever was one 😞
AND 
That's exactly why the officer at passport control wouldn't stamp you in on the new passport too (because the old one with your current extension re-entry in it wasn't cancelled) 

All you can do is go to the immigration office where you got the extension issued and SEE what they say..

I mean they'll either move the entry stamp to the new passport and then transfer the stamps OR they won't. 

It's only gonna go one of two ways 

You asked this on a Facebook group too I believe. 

Works like this 

If you have a sticker Visa meaning you applied for the Visa before the consulate switch to evisa online pdf you need to get both passports. 

If you have a PDF eVisa, make a copy of the data page of the passport that the Visa was issued under and present that with the print out of the Visa and the new passport. 

No immigration office in the country will move a Visa sticker to another passport so if you have a sticker Visa you carry both passports

3 hours ago, treetops said:

If you do it online and use the spreadsheet to do both at once you will use C01 in the nationality field

are you sure you're not talking about the TM30 online system <- which does allow spread sheet uploads (hotels use it) to file TM30 for guests?

The online TM47 (90 day reporting) does NOT have that feature and each 90 day report has to be filed individually (you can use the same account to file them though) 

I do not see on this screen where you upload a spread sheet 

Deleted this comment because it's not at all relevant

The O/P FINALLY weighed in and stated they renewed their passport in Germany and that they were given BAD info in germany about how his current extension would be invalid in a cancelled passport 😕 (it would not have been like that) 

On 7/7/2025 at 7:36 PM, DrJack54 said:

 

The desk is far right side when you enter queue issue desk area.

Careful with that information. 😮

Effective Monday July 14th BOTH the 90 day reporting (Section A) and the TM30 / Resident Certificate (Section B) are moving up one floor at Chaengwattana to the 3rd floor

Believe it or not the main immigration office is on the 2nd floor and the banks/food court etc are on the ground floor 

49 minutes ago, jeffandgop said:

Why don't you/them try online? That will answer your question

@problemfarang that's your best answer 
try it online 14 days before down until 7 days before the due date and it'll either go thru or it won't. Make sure you match their address to their TM30 (where ever that is) 

https://tm47.immigration.go.th/tm47/#/login

12 hours ago, PoorSucker said:

I always found the consulate in Penang easy

I think you're referring to that consulate before they went to the e Visa online system. 

All three consulates in Malaysia are now not that use friendly

19 hours ago, Liquorice said:

I was under the impression the required 400K THB had to be in a Thai bank account as per previous reports.

Unless I'm mistaken, when the consulates went to evisa, you could show proof of funds in your country again. 

4 hours ago, thaiasia said:

If a thai friend wants to come with me, is it going to pay extra for her?

I would imagine that they would charge, most services charge more when you have a "tag-along-thai" or a "thai-in-tow" on a border bounce

I'd say just bounce on your own and take your Thai friend another time.

Remember you have to have the 400k baht in your account to get the 90 day non o based on raising Thai child ( or the equivalent in funds in a bank in your country) 

www.thaivisaservice.com runs to the Thai consulate in Savannakhet, contact them. 

Remember the requirements for a Non-O visa are dependent on the consulate you apply thru 
THIS is what Chicago has posted to get a Non-O visa from them 

As you can see it's NOT 800k baht OR 65k baht a month, it's 30K USD banked OR 2500USD monthly income 

https://cgchicago.thaiembassy.org/en/page/o-retirement

12 hours ago, Glenn128 said:

is Chiang Mai still the safest bet for flying in internationally for those of us who've been in Thailand "too long"?

Nope, sadly that ship sailed and people are being routinely denied flying in to CNX after milking free 60 day entry stamps too many times. 

Your best bet is to use a safe entry company and have them bring you in to DMK or BKK (I don't know if they do CNX anymore)

SWD Transport does safe entry (they're the border bounce company that's run from On Nut Tesco to the border and back the last 25 years)

www.thaivisaservice.com  

36 minutes ago, atpeace said:

Have others been asked in the last few years? 

The ONLY office that gives people a letter stating to come back in 90 days with an updated bank book is Jomtien 

You will not be asked for anything as far as proof of funds up in Ubon when you go to do your 90 day report.

As you correctly pointed out you WILL indeed have issues next year when you go to get your new yearly extension <- because you failed to meet the seasoning requirements of 800K baht banked for 3 months after the extension was issued. BUT you said you have other options so you seem to have it under control 🙂 

Most universities in thailand can provide the documentation so you can go to the immigration office and apply for the in country 90 day Non-ED visa based on higher education for 2000baht 

You WILL need to have a minimum number of days left on your visa exempt entry stamp (most offices require 15 days left except Chiang Mai requires 21) 

So while you're "browsing around" for universities ASK them if you can do the ED visa inside the country or if you have to go to a consulate in another country to get it 

IF you have to go to a thai consulate to get the 90 day non-ED visa you can use a nearby one. You go there, you log in to the eVisa system you upload the proof you're IN that country (visa/entry stamp) you upload the documents from the school, you fill out the data and you submit the application (most consulates you pay online too) then you wait IN that country until the visa is approved or rejected  

16 hours ago, Kenny202 said:

I always allow for the 2 months seasoning anyway,

wise choice 👍 best of luck with it 

1 hour ago, frankstraube said:

Does the 5 years period begins the day the visa is issued at the embassy

The LTR visa is valid for 10 years,

The 5 year is the ENTRY STAMP you get when you show up here 

1 hour ago, Equatorial said:

I can see the advantages of decoupling the physical visa from the passport.

IMHO there is almost NO advantage to having the eVisa via PDF, if you get a new passport you then need to carry the data page of the old passport along with the PDF that is the visa to get stamped in with the new passport 😞 
 

Where as if you have a hard stamp LTR from the office here, if you get a new passport you go get the LTR, the 5 year stamp and the 5 year multiple re-entry permit inked back in without much fan fare at all 🙂  

To each their own