I did it with 2 night stay in KL but I think I was lucky. Its was my 4th consecutive visa exempt with extensions each time and a 2 month tourist visa prior. Before that I had been on covid visa extensions with 3 months away in between.
Honestly I wouldn't recommend it. It was stressful. I got escalated to senior immigration and grilled for quite some time before finally allowed in after promising I'd leave on the flight I had already booked.
This was Krabi airport.
Regarding appointment slots, I had no issues in September last year for tourist visa. I got next day to drop off the paperwork and following day to collect visa.
Other visa types may have been a different story, I'm not sure.
Thanks. I'm near Nai Harn beach. Phuket Town would be better though in this occasion as there's other stuff we want to do in town.
Is an appointment needed? Website is not clear
I'm new to Phuket. Used to live in CM and got used to shopping at the local '20 baht' shops.
I'm in Rawai but haven't found any. Are there any of these shops around here?