DrJack54

OP, no issue.

Rubbish thread not related to visas and work permits Cannot understand relevance to legal work permits

I'm so over this topic that has been asked about often. Most often from e-Visa for Thailand from eg London while not being in UK. The requirements for eg METV is clear. It needs to be applied for in pp country or country where you have permanent resident status. If you are in Thailand or country that has consulate to apply for eg SETV in Saigon... You should not be applying for e-Visa from London. The usual suspects saw a loop hole. Hopefully Thailand immigration can sort that out quickly. By way of contrast I recently obtained a e-Visa to visit Vietnam while living in Thailand. Completely different animal.

No problem. You need an appointment to apply for tourist visa for Thailand at Saigon. Being USA you need e-Visa for Vietnam. That can be done online.. Simple process takes 5 business days cost $25usd. How many days is your stay in Thailand in total.

When you go through the application process there is a drop down menu option. Single entry OR multiple.

Thinking the 6 months is a "lost in translation" thing in the OP post. Permanent residency status is not obtained by staying 6+ months in any country.

Which category of visa? From your post ...thinking that you do not have permanent residency status in HK. Several folk have asked about applying for example a SETV e-Visa from places such as London while being located in various places such as Laos etc. IMO was a flaw in e visa introduction. Folk asking also if they can get around requirement for the METV being only available in passport country or country where you have permanent resident status

No rule. When someone obtains an extension that provides a permission of stay stamp and you protect that permission by obtaining a reentry permit. In your case if you plan to be out of Thailand for more than a year the best option is to start over. Aside: the reference to 90 day reporting is irrelevant.

No overstay. You can obtain 30 day extension couple of weeks prior to expiry of your exempt stamp. The 30 day extension starts from expiry of stamp regardless of how early you apply for it.. You may need to provide TM30. TM7 etc

No.. In any event the OP was not asking about applying for a non O based on retirement.

Did you read the OP? He was was asking about a ME Non O based on retirement. Your post re based in marriage is completely irrelevant.

OP, @Caldera and @BritTim Have given best advice. what is your plan after exit Thailand? Assume if you plan to reenter Thailand that you have not used your 2 visa exempt visa land border per calendar year.

Report not long ago of multi entry non O 12 month e-visa from UK. (London)

The flight won't be the issue. You need to check if the border crossing you use will process overstay. Nong Khai? How many day overstay

"Anyway you can keep....." :NO You will need start over..

Samut Prakan is a nonsense office.

A point form of documents you provided would be more helpful.. You did not mention one. You did state... "The air conditioning, lack of a queue (and lack of critical perusal of any details) helped the ambience no end." Really?

Stop nonsense posts. Not helpful

Where on earth does that come from. CW imo one of the most consistent immigration offices. CW for example follows change of rules to TM30. CM (one example) does not. I personally have dealt with CW for 10 years and NEVER even filed a TM30. True same address for those 10 yr. I find the OP confusing in this thread. Do you even deal with CW? Please point to "ROGUE OFFICE" examples.

Thinking you are doing the confusing. I use 2 accounts same bank both as dedicated accounts for extensions retirement. One is a fixed account which is 600k+ which covers the months where you can drop to the 400k minimum amount if required. The other is a savings account which normally has 400k. Kasikorn provide one bank letter listing both accounts. Dealing with CW it's easy to do that on day of application. Everyone has their own formula

Some do ..... Think UK do. Few and far between..

Immigration offices vary. Couple of weeks is the norm for extensions from visa exempt and SETV

They may be very nice however regards your TM30... Presumably you would have had a reentry permit for your trip out of Thailand so a TM30 should not be required. Also offices that try to "help" with doing a 90 day report are not really helping. Those using online reporting best to keep 90 reports separate from extension.

Forget income method. You need to maintain 800k + for 3 months after application and for 2 months prior to next application. Not below 400k at other times. Very simple. If funds not an issue some folk (I'm one) just park 800k+ in a dedicated bank account all year round. Avoids accidents

No problem