Tod Daniels

The last reports is that both Chiang Khong & Chiang Saen require you to stay out of thailand one night to bounce at those borders..

It does appear that what ever border Samui Visa Run was using down in Malaysia finally will stop the "no bouncing out/back if you got a 30 day extension on the previous entry" nonsense. Looks like business as usual with bouncing down there now

I can confirm that you CAN get a Certificate of Residence from Chaengwattana on any entry stamp WITH a TM30 <- they use that address to mail the COR to you. There is no negotiation on needing it. You need one or you can't get a COR

You have copies of the data page of your passport, your visa/entry stamp, your TM30, fill out the application form, pay 200 baht get a receipt and a Thai Post EMS tracking number

They mail the certificate to you in about 5 days.. Just was with someone who applied this Monday from a visa exempt 60 day entry (actually a 30 day extension on that entry) and they got the certificate today actually 🙂 

On 9/26/2024 at 8:36 AM, atpeace said:

Can I apply for a retirement visa based on 65k income (Wise FTT transfers -not a pension) about a year from now(>12 monthly  FTT transfers) when I will be on a tourist visa.

I have seen immigrations (here in bangkok) turn multiple people away who tried to apply for an in country Non-O visa from a visa exempt/tourist visa entry even though they had proof of 65k baht a month transfers for the previous 12 months.

The officer told each one of those that transfers NOT on the correct visa type (Non-O) didn't count toward the 12 months of transfers required 😮 

They were told to use banked money method to get their initial 90 day Non-O visa and then the year extension.

They were also told they could apply for the second yearly extension using monthly income by transfer method  

I sure would check with your immigration office a LONG time before you're going to try this to make sure it will or won't work

Your post is kind of confusing..

So last time you applied and it was approved in a week, correct?

This time you are trying to apply online within the new window of online applications from 2 weeks before the due date down to 1 week before the due date, correct?

And at this time your application is still pending, correct?

Whether you submitted a 90-day report online has nothing to do if you get the 2,000 baht failure to file a 90-day report within 7 days after it's due fine.

If the report that you filed online is not approved and you run over 7 days after the due date you will pull a 2,000 baht fine.

Submitting a 90-day report online is not the same as having it approved.

13 hours ago, UWEB said:

Just have done my yearly extension, 1900 THB.

12 hours ago, UWEB said:

It was in Hua Hin

Thank you for that info. 👍👍👍

I wish I could close this post now but alas people who write posts can't close them (at least not that I saw)

Looks a LOT like CLICK BAIT to me 😮 

At most offices you can apply for a new yearly extension when you have 30 days or less left on your current stamp

Once you apply and get the 30 day under consideration stamp you CAN indeed leave the country IF you buy a re-entry permit (which will be valid only for that under consideration stamp period) It goes without saying BUT I'll say it anyway, that you need to be back in country on/before the date your under consideration stamp runs out so you can show up at the immigration office on that day to get the year extension inked in

Also with more and more offices doing "home visits" for extensions nowadays let your immigration officer know when you apply you're going to be out of the country during the under consideration period, so that they can work around that if they need to do a home visit

Just now, Jetsam said:

I take it that ME is not available at Vientiane.

the reports where people got year-long multi-entry Non-O visas based on marriage to a thai (even with 2 months of 400k in a bank account) are slim to none..
Savannakhet is the place to go OR HCMC (which is one of the only consulates that will still sell that year/multi-Non-O based on marriage with just 20K baht in the bank)

@Jetsam Savannakhet NEVER listed that they sold the Non-O visa based on marriage in multiple entry

You make an appt online, go there, have 400K baht in a thai bank account for 2 months before you go apply, you need the marriage certificate(s), thai i/d of your wife, her house book listing, copies of your data page, visa to Lao, entry stamp to Lao, 2 passport photos and 5000baht

Takes TWO business days not counting the day you apply for the visa 

they went down to ONE NIGHT out of the country at Chiang Khong (and most likely Chiang Saen) and are handing people this at the thai border when they go to stamp out

The only people I see that Visa being a benefit for are FIFO or people who work rotation and can't physically stay in the country long enough to get the 90-day Non-O burn that down to 30 days, apply for the year extension based on marriage to a thai, wait the under consideration period then go back and get the year extension inked in.

For those people the issue is not about the proof funds it is about the time they can spend in country before they have to leave for their work.

For many of them the year-long, multi-ent entry Non-O is a viable Visa for them.

That is the demographic of people I'm seeing getting that visa at this time

8 hours ago, Mr BBS said:

Savannakhet would not be a convenient option for me.

( money not been there for 2 months)

Sadly, for you, convenience doesn't really factor into it. You want a year-multi Non-O you gotta meet the requirements and go where it's sold

With that being said, you won't get a year long multi entry Non-O visa at Savannakhet without the funds banked for 2 months before you apply.

If you haven't taken the one 60 day visit thai family extension yet do that to buy you time to season the funds.

If you have already taken that, then bounce out&back to get a new free 60 day entry stamp.

You need the funds seasoned 2 months or they'll just give you single entry Non-O

I wouldn't even waste the time going to Vientiane reports of success there, even with 2 months seasoning are hard to find.

My advice, if you want a year-multi Non-O, get your funds seasoned, make an appt, slog on over to Savannakhet and get one.

6 hours ago, Jack1988 said:

Looks like it's only possible 2 times per year in Laos

and you gleaned this bit of misinformation how exactly ? 😕 😮 

I can say with 100% accuracy that there was no issue bouncing out and back at Mukdahan/Savannakhet yesterday.

Here's an out in stamp

35 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Are these reports from folk using border bounce agents (minivan runs) ? 

As I said, the agencies that bounce people to the borders in Chiang Rai province are not full service providers like the agencies in Bangkok or Pattaya

They are just transportation to the border and back. They don't have a prearranged system in place to get people out back like a "real" border bounce company.

The report I got from last night was customers of the bounce companies and people who showed up on their own to Chiang Khong all got stuck coming back.

Also at this time I don't know which side (Thai or Lao) implemented the policy, but I couldn't fault Lao for wanting people stay at least a night in their country to "spread the wealth" some .