BrandonJT

The dictionary definition is irrelevant. We are talking about Thai laws and policies.

It's not going to be possible to convert to the 90 day non-O visa, because you cannot "convert" from a non-immigrant visa to another non-immigrant visa. What you can do is convert from one extension to a different extension. So are you currently on an education extension, or are you on the initial 90 day non-ED visa? If you are on the non-ED visa, you have no options. You would have to leave Thailand and either apply for the non-O visa outside of Thailand or return as a tourist and then convert the non-O based on marriage. If you are on an extension, what you would need to do is check with your immigration office first that they will allow you to cancel your education extension and then apply for a new extension based on marriage to Thai. If they say they can do that, then you would get paperwork from your school that lets you cancel your education extension, take that to the immigration office to cancel your education extension, and then immediately apply for extension based on marriage to Thai. You will need to have the 400,000 in your bank account for 2 full months at the time you apply for the extension, so if the money has not already been in your account for 2 full months, you will either need to apply for the education extension to give time for your money to season, then do what I said previously, or you would need to cancel your education extension and apply for the 60 day "visiting Thai family" extension based on having a Thai wife.

Has nothing to do with that. You can't do analytics on a mountain of paper forms. If it's all digitized, they can then do analytics. Who is arriving from where. Where are they going after they arrive. Etc. That type of data is very valuable for tourism purposes and other things.

https://evisa.gov.vn/

So when they had the paper TM6 you just ripped it up in front of the immigration officers and they let you in?

It doesn't start yet. You won't be required to do 90-day report until you're on the 1-year extension of stay. As your visa will give you permission for 90 days so not long enough to require 90 day report. When you go in and apply for and receive your extension, they will put a slip of paper in your passport telling you the date of your first 90-day report.

A tourist visa and a non-immigrant visa are not the same thing at all.

Yes, the document requirement is much lower. But the requirement that you can only get it in your home country or a country of permanent residence still remains.

There's no such thing as "wasting" a visa exempt entry because they are not limited to a certain number. There is a transit visa, but it's for people who do not qualify for visa exempt or visa on arrival, and need to cross through passport control for some reason while transiting.

A DTV is a special tourist visa, as written in the royal gazette order that created the visa. (Google Translate of the order below)

That should be fine. Most of the borders that require 1-2 nights stay, are for those bouncing on visa exempt. Having a visa should bypass that requirement. Though I would suggest avoiding Poipet regardless of your circumstances.

Try using Facebook messenger if the embassy has a Facebook page. Thai embassies are notoriously bad at replying to e-mail or answering the phone, but they seem okay at answering Facebook sometimes.

Many embassy websites say 10K for visa on arrival, 20k for visa exempt. 20k for family visa on arrival, 40k for family visa exempt. I was personally asked to show 20k at Suvarnabhumi.

No. The new high speed railway is going to Vientiene. Nowhere near Chiang Rai

Don't worry, if that starts to happen they'll start requiring you to show your plane ticket out of Thailand in order to enter.

Did you not already have a mobile account in your name, or you needed a new one specifically for this transaction?

How are the poor going to get poorer? They won't be allowed within 10 km of these places. 50 million baht bank balance required.

That's exactly what I'm saying. You are exactly right, the biggest agents are the ones that had this happen. Because they were opening so many accounts at the same bank branch. It threw red flags to the government and those bank branches stopped dealing with those agents as the government started looking at them as to why they were having so many foreign bank accounts opened daily. There's a reason it was ONLY the large agents that had to stop providing that service. And now they are getting back up and running with new bank branches.' All the other agents never had any problems, never had to stop, and are still using their same banks.

When has Thailand, especially Tourism ministers, ever cared a whit about capacity. The only thing they ever talk about is MORE MORE MORE, BOOST BOOST BOOST.

Each embassy gets to decide their own policy on this. But not likely to have any issues if they are spaced out at least 3-4 months apart.

Fixed it

Wasn't the whole point of legalizing gambling/casinos to get regulations in place on the industry and bring the money from the streets into the casinos so it could be taxed? This law will not change the gambling that goes on in Thailand through illegal online casinos and gambling dens even one tiny bit.

First you would need police officers that actually work... The offenders that had money would just pay to either have it removed and have their freedom, or just pay off the officers if they responded to an alert. For anyone that didn't have money, the officers wouldn't bother responding to an alert from the ankle monitor because there wouldn't be any money in it for them.

Although I will admit the portion size has also shrunk there

You can't pick and choose the statistic that makes your point sound better. Bullet points below courtesy of Gemini. The relationship between money supply and inflation is complex, and economists have differing views on which measure, M1 or M2, is a better indicator. However, generally, M2 is more closely watched when analyzing the potential impact on inflation. Here's why: M2's Broader Scope: M2 includes a wider range of assets, capturing a more comprehensive view of the money available in the economy. This broader perspective is often considered more relevant when assessing inflationary pressures. It includes assets that, while not as immediately liquid as those in M1, can still be readily converted to cash, influencing spending and thus, inflation. Historical Correlation: Historically, M2 has shown a stronger correlation with inflation than M1. This has led many economists to rely more heavily on M2 when forecasting inflation. So yes, there was certainly an increase in 2020, but not nearly what you are trying to make it look like with M1. The vast majority of the price increases came from corporate greed, with many of them admitting they were raising prices as much as possible to see when people would stop paying it, and to a lesser extend supply chain uncertainty.