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How close to the end of the 30 day visa-exempt period should one be before one applies for the 30-day extension of visa-exempt travel? Thanks!

Thanks. Which is more of a sure thing: the 30 day extension of visa exempt entry, or a new 30 day visa exempt period?

We (30-something husband and wife, two small children: all American) have a 90 day trip all booked to Thailand, arriving September 6. We made the mistake of thinking the E-Visa site would list all the requirements for the visa. But the site fails to distinguish between different visa types, and nearly two weeks after our seemingly complete submissions, we got letters asking for FBI background checks, landlord tax IDs, etc. But we had booked with AirBnB! Today I find buried in the Washington DC Thai Embassy site that for a 90-day special tourist visa, AirBnB is not allowed! An option is to try to get a 60 day visa and then hope to extend. But we don't have the 15 days we'd have to allow for processing. And we'd have to buy plane tickets out of Thailand on the 60th day which we may not be able to refund. I also sent one of the documents the embassy website says is required off to another government agency for another purpose and can't get another copy in the next couple days. The E-Visa submission instructions did not mention it. I may be able to get it in a week though. So I'm considering two options: 1. A. Enter Thailand on September 6 with 30 day visa exemptions 1. B. Leave Thailand altogether after 30 days. eating half of the lodging cost for the middle part of the trip (fortunately the cheapest part of the trip), which cannot be refunded 1. C. Go somewhere else in Asia, probably Indonesia, until day 60 of the trip 1. D. Return to Thailand for the last 30 days on another visa exemption 2. A. Enter Thailand on September 6 with 30 day visa exemptions 2. B. Cross a border by plane after 30 days one way or another (days 29-61 of the trip are scheduled for Chiang Mai). Re-enter the same day with another visa exemption 2. C Again cross a border by plane on the 60th day, reentering the same day, for a third consecutive visa-exempt stay How likely is option 2 to work? Can two consecutive visa-exempt stays be granted like that? I see that I am allowed 2 entries via land/sea crossings per calendar year but that such entry only allows 15 day stays, so it would have to be by plane. Where should we fly to from Chiang Mai for same-day return? Thanks!

Childcare, Jack.

Thanks! Yes we plan to stay in Koh Samui with day trips to Koh Phangan, Chiang Mai with day trips to Chiang Ria, and Phuket with day trips to Krabi. Last questions: if only one I were to take Thai classes, could my wife get some visa as my spouse? And would there be Thai income taxes with the education visa?

Yes, we are in a somewhat unique situation. We are considering staying for some years and the upcoming trip is to test the waters. We have had a lot of exposure to Thai culture (kind of a long story) but my wife has never been there. If all goes well we would try to stay. I have a PhD, work remotely, and work in tech, so the complicated new long-term resident visa might work for us also. I see that "Digital industry" is a "targeted industry." We wouldn't qualify under any of its other clauses. It's not clear if even this one would work because my employer is not a Thai entity. The language learning option may be best for now. Any thoughts on that?

OK so for the studying Thai visa, we (adults) would still have to renew every 90 days? Which would involve demonstrating to an immigration officer that our Thai is indeed improving?

Thank you both. If my wife and I were to get Non Ed visas, would there be some related visa our kids could get? They are quite young.

We would be interested in staying a year or more if possible.

Hi everyone. My wife and our two young kinds have a trip planned to Thailand in September, coming from the US (we are American). We plan to stay 90 days but would like the option to stay longer. The Thai E-Visa site has two similar visa options that could apply to us, the 90 day tourist visa (only single entry possible) and the Tourism/Leisure option (multiple entry possible). Can the latter be for longer than 90 days? Is there any option for us to stay in Thailand longer than 90 days without leaving the country and getting new visas? For context my wife and I are both in our 30s.