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The course I have signed up for is 2 days per week for 2 hours per day but I noticed the documentation the school gave me to submit for my visa showed the course was for 5 days per week for 4 hours per day! Submitted to the Thai embassy in London on a Friday evening and the visa had been emailed by the time I woke on the Sunday morning so they must have liked it.

Thanks for the information and queue selection advice! She asked me whether I have accommodation and when I answered yes told me I have been in Thailand a lot and although she will allow entry that next time I should get the right visa. She certainly didn’t write extensive notes but was probably typing for long enough to say something like “warning given of last tourist entry”. I did try to politely question the process but she didn’t really understand and with a queue forming behind there wasn’t the opportunity to pursue.

Thanks for the replies. It is a difficult situation as I am meeting the rules for each visa which I can apply for online in 20 minutes and receive in a matter of days and happy to fly back to the UK every 3 months for short trips. However it seems the thai authorities do not want long term tourists under 50 in the country and with villa rental and relationship here (in no particular order) I do not want to be denied entry. Does anyone know if it is possible to arrange an appointment with immigration where I can explain my circumstances, prove I am not working and get some sort of clearance or otherwise? (I understand the problem with applying for clearance is when they say no but at least with this information I can make other arrangements.) I turn 50 in 13 months time so I will also investigate converting my current tourist visa to a 12 month educational visa and going back to school to see me to my half century.

Ok thank you for the advice. I will apply for the multi entry visa next time.

Arriving at Phuket Airport today from the UK, the immigration officer advised that I have spent a long time in Thailand recently and although she will allow entry I should apply for the 'correct visa' next time. Unfortunately her english was not sufficient to explain what visa she would consider correct or let me know if I will actually have a problem entering next time (and to be fair we wouldn't have got past greetings with my thai). I am a 48 year old retired UK national with a yearly property rental contract in Phuket ending in December 2022. My intention until I get to 50 is to spend 90 day trips in Thailand and then a few weeks in between back in the UK. Post covid I was in Thailand for 5 months from June 21 (60 day tourist visa , 30 day extension, 60 day covid extension) and then from beginning of January 2022 for 3 months (60 day tourist visa, 30 day extension). I have never overstayed. Today I entered with a 60 day tourist visa and a flight home on the 90th day which she didn't ask to see. My question is whether i need to be concerned that i may have a problem entering in the future. I have read that you are allowed unlimited entries via airports in a calendar year so can I put this down to an over-enthusiastic officer or am I likely to have a problem next time? Is it possible and indeed advisable to raise this at Phuket immigration on this trip or just ignore it? Perhaps a multi-entry visa would be better? I did apply for a multiple entry tourist visa in early 2000 but they withdrew the visa when covid first hit and pocketed my £150 fee so since then I have been applying for single entry visas. Thanks in advance.

Not sure the Krabi element makes any difference. I actually went to a cheap airport hotel and waited for the result which came through about 6 hours later.

When I flew into Phuket on the 5th after going through immigration and baggage reclaim I did my covid test immediately outside the terminal. Once done you were directed to the gaggle of drivers holding name boards. I don't think they'd know or care whether the drivers worked for the hotel or not and although I had booked with the hotel it wasn't checked at any point.

I entered with a 60 day tourist visa which I had initially extended 30 days. They didn’t want a 90 day report during my first 60 day covid extension but did ask for one whilst I was at CW arranging my second 60 day extension.

At CW for my second covid extension I was asked me to fill in a 90 day report form whilst with the immigration officer.

I have now received two covid 60 day extensions at CW. On each occasion I listed my current address on the relevant forms but was not asked to provide any evidence or asked about future addresses. In fact I wasn't asked any questions and the process was very straight forward. (I would recommend you dress smartly and try to be polite when you visit!)

I went to CW this morning to obtain a 60 day Covid extension with 3 working days left on my Visa. I got there at 7.30am (an hour before opening) and was first in the J queue and out within 15mins of opening. Maybe worth saying that the 60 days commence from the date you go to the immigration office and not from the end of the original visa.