BrandonJT

Depends on how quickly you get back to Thailand in order to cancel your non-B extension. The fine for failing to cancel is charged at 500 baht per day from the day you stopped working (which is actually the day your permission to stay ended, not the day your extension expired). If you already capped out at the 20,000 baht after 40 days, then I wouldn't do anything. Sometimes it can be overlooked and you won't hear about it again. Better to wait until they fine you rather than volunteer to pay. Also if you have a DTV you possibly won't ever need to go to immigration so they would never know they are supposed to fine you, just do border bounces instead of trying to do the extension we know nothing about yet. So, if you are back soon after you stopped working, go cancel and pay the fine, but if you already maxxed out the fine, ignore it until they call you out.

There's only 2 Laos borders (Chiang Saen and Chiang Khong) that require you spend ONE night in Laos.

All the information is on their website. Including booking your appointment and how long it takes to process.

You probably need to find out what time they open new appointment slots and be ready right at that time. I imagine there are a large amount of Burmese that want visas to Thailand with the current situation.

1) They don't put a stamp in your passport. Your visa is a pdf document e-mailed to you. 2) You must be physically in the country. You must prove you are physically in the country, by showing the stamp in your passport from when you entered the country as well as the reservation for where you are staying in the country. There have also been multiple reports of "spot-checks" a few days after you submit your application for proof that you are STILL in the country.

I believe Yangon is also an option, but might also require an appointment? Those are the last 2 possibilities now that everywhere else has switched to e-visa already. Once Laos and Myanmar switch to e-visa, it will be gone altogether.

If you arrive before they open you get a queue for the queue. So you might be #100 then, but by the time everyone in front of you gets to the queue where they are going, your queue might still only have a couple of people because not everyone wants your counter.

1) Read different people's reports. Some locations are better for different circumstances. 2) Laos does not support e-visa. You apply in person. Anywhere that supports e-visa you are not even allowed on the property of the embassy. All visa matters are handled through the e-visa system. 3) Each embassy sets their own requirements. Check the embassy website for what they require.

No re-entry permit. It's a multiple entry visa already. You get a brand new stamp each time you enter.

1) Yes, it is a multiple entry visa so you'll get a new 180 day stamp every time you enter Thailand. 2) No you cannot apply in Thailand. You must travel to a country and apply through the Thai embassy where you physically are at the time. Proof of your current location is generally your entry stamp to that country in your passport and possibly a hotel reservation that shows you are staying in that country if you are applying online through e-visa. If you don't show this then your application will be rejected and your fee for the visa will be forfeit. 3) That is why many people think the requirements will become more strict than they already have over time, and possibly new restrictions when entering with a DTV or applying for extension. But as things stand right now, yes it is that simple.

The purpose is to indicate that you overstayed. The fact that they accepted your extension application is not related in any way. If you overstay, you pay a fine and get a stamp. Completely separately they also accepted your extension application.

The Royal Gazette publication for the law that created the DTV very specifically calls it a tourist visa, special classification.

There is no regulation that states that you cannot do this. And this is not suspicious behavior. You'll be fine.

It was part of the new package of measures that created the DTV. There's just not much clarity on it, but I do know that some people have already received it. I haven't heard anyone comment about the re-entry part though. https://image.mfa.go.th/mfa/0/91fPdh6NtO/VISA_Information/Non-ED_Revised_16_July_2024.pdf

Read reports from 2 people on Facebook just this week that were shocked they were asked for this by immigration at the airport.

This information is over a year old, so it may have changed. But if you arrived before the office opened you would get queue ticket, but not a queue ticket for your actual counter, it is just a ticket for entering the immigration office. Then when the office opened they would let people in based on the queues they held, and then you can go to get your actual queue for your counter. When I arrived about 30 minutes early I was already well past #100 to enter the office when it opened. Obviously not all of these people are going to the same counter as you though.

Apply in the morning and get the visa later that day. (based on previous reports)

Many immigration offices will require you to get the 30 day tourist extension before they will let you apply for the Thai family extension. You'd be better off just getting the tourist extension then immediately applying for the marriage visa if you are married and have the paperwork. You must have 14-21 days left on your stay to be able to apply for the marriage non-O visa, as this will be your "under consideration" period so you can't just wait until the last minute to apply.

The only "refusal" I've read about at the airport was that someone was refused a multiple re-entry permit at the airport and was only allowed to purchase a single re-entry permit. Don't remember what the details were, but not a huge deal either way.

This headline is hilarious. Why are you trying to regulate illegal factories? They're illegal! They don't care about regulations!

Did you really just try to compare per-person average in a country of 1.4 billion people to the per-person average of Indians in Thailand? How is that relevant AT ALL? Of course when you average it across that size of a generally poor country, you are going to get a low number. You are simply massaging the statistics to prove your false narrative. The upper echelons of a country are the ones that can afford to travel, not the lower 80% The GDP per person in India is 3 times lower than Thailand? They have 20 times the population of Thailand! There is a hell of a lot more wealth there than there is in Thailand and in most countries. Who cares what the GDP per person is? The country's wealth isn't distributed across the entire population. India has 167 billionaires, which puts it 3rd in the world for number of billionaires. Even an average distribution of wealth means that India has way more wealthy citizens than almost any country in the world.

They are not talking about the former PM. They are talking about the person referenced in this article. "Prayut Siripanich, a member of the ruling party and deputy chairman of the joint House-Senate committee on the referendum bill"

That post is from July 2023, long before e-visa. I don't know what the e-visa processing time is for that embassy though.

The system hasn't even been online for a month, and it's looking like you're not going to get what you are asking for. So use how it works at every other embassy in the world that has already been on e-visa for 2 years now. You meet the requirements that the embassy has on their website, since that's the embassy processing the e-visa application.

The Thai embassy in Paris is the worst example you could use. They are known to be the worst embassy (tied with Ottawa) for processing e-visa. Multiple weeks if not multiple months to process applications. And then if they take so long that the date on the ticket you uploaded passes, they will cancel the application. Most other embassies will still issue the visa even if the date on the ticket passed, and then you can just border bounce to use your visa.