DrJack54

You did not overstay. You should have exited Thailand on or before Aug 6. IMO ....thinking you will not be given a second tourist visa at Vientiane. On the positive side another poster with extensive history was refused at Savannakhet and subsequently obtained a TV at Vientiane.

That is exactly my impression at my last extension CW. Previously mature women who I had over the years found helpful and confident. The last extension I had young chick. Zero English and seemed like an apprentice.

For retirement it's 800k two months prior to application and three months after and not below 400k for other months

You are very confused. The "60 day to visit wife" is a 60 day extension Your friend could do a border bounce and enter visa exempt and be given a 30 stamp and that can be extended by 60 to visit wife. He could do that twice per calendar year. So 30+60 and repeat= 180days. A better option (depending on how long he wants to stay) is posted by @aluc above

He would be referring to "bank letter" As posted earlier I use two accounts an FD and a savings. My most recent extension was Nov last year. I provided photocopies of the pages of both accounts Immigration clerk had issue with my savings account. Then spoke with supervisor. She explained that my savings account and some months had zero transactions. I use dedicated accounts for immigration. The point is to your earlier question they were not interested in my FD account so thinking all you require is photocopies of pages of FD account. And yes this is New. Previously I just provided copies of bank book pages and many months had no entries. For those using savings account the Bank Statement would be 12 months. Yesterday Kasikorn told me they can do it on the day 200baht

I did mine on August 3 Immigration CW. Still pending. Thinking of going back to mail option.

OP, ....some months back there was a report of some guy sent his elderly mother to KL and back same day for visa exempt entry. Don't recall her history (which is important) anyway immigration gave her much grief on arrival in Thailand. I never understand these threads. Spend a couple of nights. Assume it's Saigon you have in mind.. Ripper place and airport close to the fun district 1.

It's a game. Jomtien immigration makes no record of you returning. Topic covered many times.

Online is 15 days prior up to due date.. the 7 day prior for online was changed . In person is 15 prior and up to 7 days after.

Assume you are referring to Jomtien requiring you to come back to immigration 3 months after extension. Ignore it. That is a rubbish game from Jomtien. They can check it at your next extension.

Can be done online. After autofill change your entry date.

https://aseannow.com/topic/1284614-change-visa-exempt-entry-to-non-o-spouse-visa-in-cw/ Also this thread specific to USA marriage certificate. https://aseannow.com/topic/975674-registering-us-marriage-in-thailand/

Above answer correct. You can go tomorrow and take screenshot of the page where it shows "status"...in your case it will state "pending" and also date when you lodged it. The online that you already made at some stage most likely show "rejected"

For years I used dedicated account for the 800k extension based on retirement at CW. All immigration required was photocopies of my bank book pages. Last year they told me that due to some months of zero entries they require bank statements. I asked to see supervisor. She accepted the application after some polite chit chat. Then was asked to write on my paper work that next year I would provide bank Statements. Edit: the above is regarding savings account. I actually have a FD (600k) and a savings account (200k+) They did not require bank Statements for the FD account. BTW: This was the first time ever that they wanted my TM47 receipt. They make up rubbish as they go along

Thankyou for replies. Just went to Kasikorn. Same day and cost 200baht. Mod can close thread

Explain how you entered Thailand. Visa exempt sometimes referred to visa waiver. Or Visa on Arrival. Assuming you entered visa exempt then with your travel pattern you could obtain as many visa exempt entry via air as often as you like. It's the time spent out of Thailand between visits to Thailand that's important. Folk can run into trouble with too many consecutive back to back entries

Don't do it. Having stated that I have given Thai partner (10yr+) 3 condos and a townhouse (in her name) That sounds like big note myself it's not. The reason is that buying real estate in Thailand can be for various reasons. My example is to provide income for her when I depart. Buying for investment is (mostly) crazy. We rent in Bangkok same place 10 years, wouldn't dream of living in one of the purchased properties. Those properties will probably be worth the same in few years and difficult to sell.

Agree. Thinking the OP is asking about countries were you can live ongoing. One example is Vietnam. AFAIK Vietnam does not have a "retirement visa" aka in Thailand non O retirement with annual extensions. Long time ago I stayed in Vietnam with back to back 3 month multiple. So meant 4 visas per year with exit and reentry every 3 months. Thailand does not have easy options for those under 50 or married to Thai.

Your posts are just so incorrect to the point of ridiculous. Your example in this post of VOA is just one example. "Visa on Arrival" is available for some countries. There are counters airside that issue the visa on arrival for those nationals. VISA EXEMPT entry completely different animal as is available to 64 countries. The terminology is important. We see many posts stating along the lines...... "I entered visa on arrival how do I obtain a visa extension" The answer to that question is ... VOA can only be extended by 7 days. What the poster may have been meaning is "I entered Thailand visa exempt can I obtain an extension" Answer: "Yes by 30 days at immigration office" Nothing "smarty pants " about it.

Just bumping your thread as no replies. This is from Thai gov web...... "Travelers from Korea, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, and Chile will receive permission to stay in Thailand for up to 90 days under Visa Exemption. This applies to both airport and land border entries." From reading the whole article is appears that the two border entries per calendar year applied to Brazilian nationals. Thinking she can stay good length of time. Hopefully someone with first hand experience can reply.

Thankyou. However they are wanting 12 month bank statements. I'm aware Bangkok Bank requires a number of days for this whereas some banks can do it on the spot.

So my last extension CW using "money in bank method" the io advised that next time they wanted Bank Statements. So my question ...is it possible for Kasikorn Bank to issued the bank statements at CW same day as attending for extension? TIA

So rather than vague rant better to outline how you had issues at your immigration office. Also include specific details. From my experience most often it is farang not preparing correct docs.

Thanks but was almost rhetorical question. The agents in Pattaya seem to have more options. Anyway....all a bit off topic The OP has not indicated use of agent or his immigration office. Also the OP has not provided exact dates for planed trip and expiry of current permission of stay. I asked earlier in thread. Without proper engagement from OP,s in any thread then it's pointless.

Which province