DrJack54

You have a visa namely METV. You can border bounce same day at places such as NK. You can fly out and back and there is no requirement of how long you need to stay out of Thailand. You do not require an onward flight if re-entering via air as you have a valid ME visa. Obviously to enter countries such as Laos you would require a visa. You can obtain a 30 day extension to every entry from your non O . If you are visa exempt to Vietnam you could consider mini holiday to Saigon. Did it few weeks back. Magic joint.

The only one year visa he could obtain in home country is non O multiple entry (if his country provides that) or a non O-A. The one year ME would require exits every 90 days (without extensions) The non O-A would be foolish as ongoing extensions would require insurance. He could obtain a non O retirement. However that provides 3 month entry stamp on entry and then he would need an extension. Still would need bank account and 800k in the account for the duration of extension.

You won't find recent report of that without residence certificate. Only exception if maybe if you purchased the rubbish insurance they push.

Your first 90 day report can be done in person and also via mail. As for the other part of your post. No.

Here is agent Phuket thread.

1 yes 2 can be either tbh or equivalent currency. 3 yes 4 Dee Money is one option to transfers funds out of Thailand. WISE cannot. 5 no By "Retirement Visa" I'm guessing you mean non O based on retirement with 12 month extension and not non O-A

Bullet proof option. The nice thing that CW does if your return envelope is B4, they return all your photocopies and blank TM47 form.

Many posts re having difficulty is often down to the address field. Perhaps not matching up with what's in the system. Leaving out room # or minor stuff. Fortunately after doing first one online the fields apart from first couple (name and pp #) are autofill.

I'm pretty sure that there is no field to enter TM6 # on new online submission.

You can obtain certificate of residence in Phuket from what you outline. Then possibly a bank account. That would not work in Bangkok. You could consider using agent for the bank account. Not expensive. Yes you can obtain a non O from a visa exempt or tourist visa entry. Without income letter from your embassy you would need to show 12 months of 65k deposits. If you don't want to have the 800k in bank you need an agent. They can do the bank account, non O and extension.

May be the case for Samui. Bank statements are required by some offices for both income method and money in the bank.

Think you will find for income method requires 12 months of statements. Also for money in the bank method for extensions retirement that also requires 12 month of bank statements.

Some immigration offices want to see the funds maintained during under consideration period. Have never read a report of issue if the funds were not maintained apart from a warning.

Photocopy of non O from old pp is sufficient. In addition the information relating to that visa would have been entered into your new pp in very first page. Provide photocopy of that page also.

Leave it blank

It's impossible to obtain 12 month bank statements on same day with some banks. Bangkok Bank being one. No idea of where "up here" is

The OP, used term "bank statement"....he was referring to the "bank letter".....

@djayz small tip. For subsequent online reports be aware that after you fill in first couple of fields (think it's name and pp #) you will notice small magnifying glass symbol.. Hit on that and all the rest is autofill.

Assume you are using this. All you require is your cell. https://tm47.immigration.go.th/tm47/#/register/add

This thread seems to suggest otherwise. https://aseannow.com/topic/1243481-less-than-6-months-left-on-passport/

They should give you visa exempt entry stamp for 45 days currently or 30 days after March 31. 6 months validity rule is not required for entry to Thailand. Having stated that getting down to 3 months validity while overseas is crazy.

What does "runs out soon" Mean? Any entry stamp would only be till expiry of pp. Edit: are you asking about obtaining a visa or reentry visa exempt (border bounce)

Someone correct this if I'm dreaming. Vaguely recall someone being made to obtain the 30 day extension prior to the 60 to visit wife. And no I'm not referring to covid extensions of couple years back.

Agent for what. The OP is about moving away from using an agent in Thailand.

Cross bridge and straight back. There are crossings that do the one night thing. NK is not one of those.