DrJack54

What is the expiry date of your permit. Why don't you obtain the extension now. You do not need to do it at CM.

OP, it varies depending on the office. Above post indicates CM is up to 14 days early. Some offices allow it earlier even shortly after arrival. BTW: Just leave out the "Visa on Arrival", there is such a thing but you (I assume) are asking about "visa exempt entry". That gives you a permit valid for 30 days.

At most banks it should be possible with certificate of residence or letter from your embassy to confirm address in Thailand. Certainly would be with Kasikorn. Where did you apply and what status in Thailand? Meaning ..tourist visa, etc

A work permit is not required to open a Thai personal bank account.

The daily rant about Vietnam etc is very boarding. I am very familiar with that country. As Oz citizen I cannot even enter visa exempt. The only tourist visa currently available is single entry 30 day tourist visa. Previously they had 3 month multi and that could be back to back however that is now off the table. You are done with Thailand fine. Goodbye.

ME Non O marriage is excellent option for you.. Valid for 12 months and if you exit/reenter just prior to expiry you would be stamped in for another 90 days. Keep in that every entry you can obtain 60 day extension to visit wife. With your frequent travel you may not bother with that. That visa can easily be obtained from places such as Savannakhet. Few recent threads with good trip reports.

TM30 ...Required. Screenshot from your hotel will do the trick. Edit: when you stated passport. You need to provide photocopies of basic pages. Photo ID page. Page with entry stamp. Last visa stamp if any .

Correct answers posted above. Also you can buy a multi after having obtained a previous single reentry.

What are you typing about. Those living in Thailand on extensions based on retirement using money in the bank method are well aware of the rules. Reporting back to immigration is a nonsense. For anyone that makes a slip up they would simply exit prior to next extension and "start over" Certainly not something that would be done by design. You stated ..."Some offices introduced that additional check to avoid that applicants would use up the 800K once they got the Permission to stay stamp" Say what....if they spent down the 800k they would simply be aware they cannot obtain next extension. Do you think immigration will send out the BMW,s to round them up? I am aware of few immigration offices playing this game. The main one being Jomtien which has in effect stopped that practice. Leaves couple of back water offices.

No. An application for a non O from visa exempt or tourist visa requires 15 prior to expiry. In fact at CM it's 21 days. As for 30 day extension to visa exempt or tourist visa that can be done up till expiry date and as early as ...."depends on the office" Normal is couple of weeks prior however many reports of applying basically just after arrival. Meaning 30 days early.

Disregard some of the post. Common is to apply for 30 day extension couple of weeks early. However often folk apply earlier. As I mentioned in earlier post .. a screenshot of hotel filing his check-in is sufficient.

Point me to ONE report when this has ever occured. Actually don't waste your time. It has NEVER happened.

Your typical Rant. Seriously embarrassing posts.

Yes. You can do a TM30 for him or to keep it simple he could check into cheapest hotel that does TM30 for guests. He would need to ask hotel if one they file TM30 and two can give home screenshot of that. Immigration will issue an extension. BTW...it's irrelevant how many 30 day extensions someone has had

Good point. Some folk think that they need to obtain final stamp by certain date. No.

I have read experienced guys post that immigration does it on purpose to drive us Aliens to use agents. Thinking they have a point. To be fair Thailand makes some rules foolishly. One example is TM30 rules which changed 2020. Not sure what 90 day reports achieve. etc etc.

And when they make you return at 6 months to check 400k , you will trot along? For some folk their immigration office can be light aircraft flight. Push back against nonsense immigration offices. So we have Jomtien and SisaKet on the list. Samui is a rubbish immigration office they might play same game. I'm sure there is couple of others.

I am Soooo much! My last extension retirement at CW they hit me up for bank statements as for some months I had no activity.. Bank book pages this time no good. Previous 9 extensions...no problem. I use dedicated bank account. Often no transactions in a month. Clearly no consolidated transactions. Absolute rubbish. My personal plan was to move to agent when old due to possible mobility issues. Might fast track that. They are poorly trained clerks.

Seriously? With your history clearly you are aware of the game. As you pointed out...you still have one visa exempt entry available. Entry from Laos is preferable over eg Cambodia however this would be third at Nong Khai if you opt for that. Vientiane requires an appointment and overkill if you are leaving in May. Accommodation can be taken care of with site such as Agoda with free cancellation.

On the date prescribed. You could contact immigration to see if it's ready early.

All of which is just rubbish from that immigration office. Firstly you are not required to do 90 day reports in person and secondly you are not required to return back to immigration with bank book in hand and tail between legs. I have never read a report of anyone having a fail with annual extension due to not turning up to immigration 3 months after extention granted. BTW don't allow immigration to staple anything into your pp.

Feel for you. Sometimes we have to slum it even when we are elite.

OP...sounds like you are in Thailand. What do you actually have. You mention "visa run" ... If you have eg METV then you can just exit and reenter via land border or via air. Referred to as bounce. A visa run is to obtain new visa. Example tourist visa. What visa do you have. Don't say eVisa.

No problem. Keep in mind that you need to keep a margin to account for exchange rate fluctuations.

You don't have a visa . You have a permission of stay based on marriage. Your extension will start from end of current permit. You do not lose days. ... Having stated that... your OP is not clear. Perhaps you have a ME Non O marriage that you obtained in eg Savannakhet.