DrJack54

Seems she flew to KL and back again (same day) to Bangkok. Personally for same day reentry I would have suggested flight return Bangkok to Udon Thani and done a land border exit and reenter at Nong Khai. Stay one night in UT is an option. Or.....a land border bounce using minivan etc. Depends where you are located. Think if she had spent some time in KL the result would have been better.

There have been numerous posts about how quick the process takes. Guess you would add 30 mins at the most for the permit. I live central Bangkok and take half a day to just go to CW for permit and return. Unless someone lives near their immigration office.....I think it's a no brainer

OP, where are you applying for 5 yr licence. You may need to obtain a residence certificate. That will be difficult in Bangkok.

And you seem comfortable with all of those requirements? Amazing. Personally wouldn't even some official enter my home let alone pictures and witnesses (neighbours).

I'm constantly amazed that married farang put up with this nonsense. I can understand jumping through these ridiculous hoops if working or under 50. Or cannot afford to maintain money in the bank. If I was married (in over 50) I would do extensions based on retirement As for home visit and enter house. Are you kidding.

Not according to many including uj earlier in this thread. I will advise others based on his advice. In any event this requirement is only of interest to folk staying often in Thailand and entering visa exempt.

Can't understand your post. The onward flight out of Thailand is required by the airline if flying to Thailand visa exempt. For land border entries visa exempt no exit flight is required

Your first sentence... "Yes op won't need to do anything" Is correct. All the rest is not

As I mentioned earlier. I rent a pad in Bangkok. We like to travel a lot and since covid that is inside Thailand. Stayed in many places and various hotels have done many TM30

Agree. That's the bullet proof option (money in bank) and he look at combo method in the future. Of course he would check with his immigration office to check what they would accept. Keep in mind that he needs a Thai bank account if does not currently have one.

His income amounts to 600k p.a To use combo method he would only need money in bank (200k) for 2 months prior to application and 3 months post application. However he doesn't have embassy letter and they won't accept what's stated above. Most immigration offices will want to see previous 12 months. Be aware that some offices don't even accept combination method.

Yes 75 days. After that you can do couple of border runs and reenter visa exempt and each entry can be extended by 30 days. If you fly out and return I would recommend you obtain a tourist visa.

As uj pointed out. Oz cannot receive embassy letter for income. I can't recall one post where for first extension income or combination method accepted without embassy letter. For your mate it seems most offices require 12 month of transfers prior to day of application for extension retirement.

The airline most certainly want to see onward flight flying that route. I assume carrier such as AirAsia. It will be required 100%

Indeed .. previously there were statements from posters and io along the lines of max 180 per calendar year. etc. That no longer applies. What was introduced is max 2 visa exempt entries via land per calendar year.

All that is incorrect info. You will have no issue at all entering visa exempt. Currently that gives a 45 day stamp. The 45 days is a sweet deal that ends March 31 and reverts back to 30 days. Both tourist visa and visa exempt entry can be extended by 30 days cost 1900baht. You may require an onward flight to show airline at departure. There are options around this silly requirement. Such as rent a flight from eg "onward flight.com". As for certain number of max days in a year or 6 months etc that is incorrect.

I was posting about covid extensions in reply to another poster. Have no idea what your post means.

No. The TM30 report by random hotel is irrelevant. Just one example...I stayed on Koh Samed for 8 months start of covid away from my residence in Bangkok. The OP needs to do nothing.

You can travel with both passports. You can do it when it suits you.

You don't need most of what you stated. When is your return flight ? Within 45 days of landing in Thailand,? Why did you bother with tourist visa.

Do your 90 report online using your wife's address . Or if back home just report using your wife's address.

Ignore. Bye.

Your plan is fine. Be prepared to show your onward flight march 31 for airline at departure to Thailand. Phone screenshot will be fine.

Not at all. There is often posts in various threads about BKK and DMK. For BKK the permit is obtained PRIOR to immigration. At DMK it's just after immigration. Not difficult. Then along come the posts of using fast track at BKK. Then being ushered back to reentry permit office. Ridiculous.

So how much time did you lose in your day obtaining reentry permit at immigration. Including all up travel etc. At airport would take 20-30 minutes max