DrJack54

Skip all the rubbish along with insurance requirement. Enter Thailand visa exempt or tourist visa and obtain non O retirement in Thailand.

What extension did you apply for. No TM30 requirement can be hit and miss

First up imo you have sidetracked this thread. If you have questions I suggest you start with new thread Also best for your friend to post directly. As for your last last question regarding TM6.... They were only suspended approx July 2. Your friend should have a tm6 from previous entry and it could be asked for.

CW went with that briefly late last year. Not sure if it's done now at CW For my thinking I wish immigration offices would stay out of it. 90 day reports have nothing to do with annual extensions. My last extension (CW) November 2021 the io noticed my report was due and started doing one. I said no thankyou. I do myself.

You are making simple sound difficult. It is required for continuous stay in Thailand of 90 days. If at any stage you exit Thailand your 90 day clock starts again upon reentry.

Read uj reply above.

Was this non O volunteering organized by an agent or did your friend actually do volunteering work for an organization

Only requires 45 days. Three options. 1. Obtain 30 day extension to current permit followed by border run.. 2. Do border run and obtain 30 day extension to that visa exempt entry. 3. Obtain tourist visa at nearby consulate eg Vientiane. Option 1or 2 best.

Hope I can add this here, may be of help to OP also. So I'm also soon doing a short trip to Oz. Regarding the "proof" of vaccination. Do I need obtain the "certificate" from my Morprom app or just screenshot my vaccination records on the app. Also concerned what airline (Jetstar) may require. Ta.

That's new. Is apply AM and pick up next day PM possible? Can't imagine where they conduct the appointment. That joint is an oversized telephone box.

As others have mentioned she could have used agent from elsewhere. Pattaya very popular. The stamps will be done up country. The reason for my quip earlier is that only 12 days left on current permit is too short.

Lucky man.

Exactly. People that don't bother with the 3 month "come back Freddy" face zero consequences. There are couple of other offices that play this game.

Many folk using money in bank method just leave it in bank year round. You are required to have funds remain in bank for 3 months after application then not below 400k and back up to 800k two months prior to following extension application

That should work. Not sure where you are thinking for the new non O in Vietnam but Saigon has a helpful efficient Thai consulate.

Jomtien is one of very few offices that ask to view bankbook 3 months later. In any event it's irrelevant as the whole 12 months will be examined to see if compliance was done. Also the case at Jomtien.

Each 60 day entry can be extended by 30 so you would need exit every 3 months approx. I already outlined that. In any event you have few options above. If they don't suit then find a more flexible country. You could even buy an PE visa. Pricey

That won't work. For her extension prior to Aug 12 she would require to meet the financial requirements for the previous 12 months. She has not. BTW she has left it with 12 days on current permission of stay. Short term solution is to exit Thailand and reenter visa exempt or tourist visa.

Obviously you have your own reasons for excluding border runs to obtain a tourist visa or visa exempt. Non-ed studying eg Thai has requirements. You should at least consider METV. Note with a METV each entry gives 60 day stamp and that can be extended by 30 days. An metv can give you up to almost 9 months stay. After that you can do border runs to take it up to 12 month stay. You could also enter with a SETV and obtain extension. By then obtaining another tourist visa (eg Vientiane) and extension makes 6 months. Etc. Clearly you must be under 50 as a non O retirement would be best option.

I assume you mean border run for visa exempt entry. Note: you can only obtain 2 visa exempt entries by land per calendar year. You need state how long you wish to stay in Thailand for best advice

No You can only obtain one 30 day extension per entry from a visa exempt or tourist visa.

Yes read your reply to uj. Don't think you will have any issue with 90 report online

Thinking your immigration office would need to have updated your new pp #. That would occur if you have had your stamps, visa info transfered to new pp.

Non O based on retirement extensions does not require insurance.

You can add CW. There are approx 75 immigration offices. As I stated previously very few allow 45 days early..