BrandonJT

At some offices you can apply for an extension when you have 45 days or less left. At all offices, you can apply for an extension when you have 30 days or less left.

No, Chiang Mai is not a safe bet. Many reports of people having issues there. I believe Samui and Krabi are still safe-ish. But better to just fly into BKK or DMK with a safe-entry service.

This is all BS if a lawyer told you this and tried to make it seem like fact. There are a lot of Thai embassies in the world and each one has their own requirements. Some still don't require seasoning, some do. Some never did and some have changed over the last year. Same goes for the other items. There is no yes or no answer for any of these things.

The denial rate of B category visas from the US embassy in Thailand was 22.5% in 2024. So if you consider 77 out of 100 being approved to be a "few" then.... https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Non-Immigrant-Statistics/RefusalRates/FY24.pdf

Absolutely not

No

As mentioned, the requirement of a 90-day report to get a residence certificate has been gone for almost a year. Did you actually go to immigration, or did you just google it?

No problem at all filing a new one. In many provinces you would have to file a new one if you stayed in a hotel and returned home. The only way to get proof of TM30 is by filing a new one.

If you want to apply for the non-O in Thailand, you must be able to prove your 800,000 came from overseas. If it's been a while since the money has been in your account, that may be difficult to prove. It would definitely be easier for you to apply for the non-O visa from a Thai embassy before you travel to Thailand. And that will also save you at least 2 trips to immigration.

Some offices require it, and some do not. If you have the login information, there's absolutely no reason not to do it every time. Then you will neve have any problems.

Nothing has changed in Phuket. It's not 60 days, it's 2 months.

Is this a Thai wife?

You arrived with an actual tourist visa that you applied for and paid for from the Thai e-visa system? If that's the case, for extension in Bangkok you go to Chaeng Watthana. If you arrived without a visa and received a visa exempt stamp, then in Bangkok you go to IT Square Laksi.

The "system" is someone at the local office logging in and approving or rejecting the submission you made.

An education extension can ONLY be cancelled at the immigration office that issued it. Many reports that Chiang Mai is no longer an easy airport to enter.

You're not dealing with immigration. The bank letter is an immigration requirement. You just need the bank statement from any bank, Thai or not, to apply for a visa from a Thai embassy.

Save the money you would have spent on a tourist visa and either use it on a land border bounce agency if you are currently in Thailand, or a safe entry airport agent if you're not currently in Thailand.

Why would your school know if you can get a tourist visa? That's between you and the embassy you decide to apply at. But a tourist visa isn't going to help you with a history like that.

You can only use 65,000 baht transfer per month if it's an international transfer directly into your Thai bank account. Going to the ATM and then depositing the money is not going to cut it. Immigration has no way to see that the money came from overseas, which is a hard requirement.

That's the immigration rule.

You have 7 days to get proof of a submitted TM30. Once filed, you go back into the TM30 system and search for the submission you just made. It can only be found for 7 days. Once you find it, hit the "generate pdf" button and you'll get proof. After 7 days you can no longer get proof. If you want a new proof, you submit a new TM30 and then search for it.

Multiple reports of people getting hassled at on their 2nd entry with METV if they did the 60+30 and left and returned. A tourist is a tourist, whether you are visa exempt or tourist visa, and immigration does not like serial tourist entries.

The agents will just continue to use their existing bank contacts or find new ones, and pay for the paperwork needed. It won't change anything.

As usual, these policies are only going to make life difficult for the people doing it correctly. I doubt agents will have any issues since they are greasing the right palms and it will be business as usual.

No longer an option as of the end of last year.