So have flights booked for December, staying for 65 days.

Whats best visa options?

Tourist visa will give you 60 days on arrival and you can extend it for another 30 incountry.

Single entry tourist visa (60 days) and 30-day extension at Immigration;

or

Enter Thailand visa exempt (30 days, 29 nights), short break outside Thailand, maybe somewhere like Siem Reap, return for a further 30-day visa exemption, if necessary, get an extension at Immigration.

OK, so that 60 day tourist visa with the extension sounds good.

How do I go about getting that 60 day tourist visa?

16 minutes ago, hackjam said:

OK, so that 60 day tourist visa with the extension sounds good.

How do I go about getting that 60 day tourist visa?

That depends on your nationality.

Look at the website for your country's Thai embassy. In most cases, you will be able to navigate to a page that tells you how to submit a visa application. Often, it is now done using the e-visa system.

20 minutes ago, hackjam said:

OK, so that 60 day tourist visa with the extension sounds good.

How do I go about getting that 60 day tourist visa?

Depends on your country.

Some countries have eVisa for Thailand available.

 

Also your passport determines any nearby countries you can enter visa exempt

 

My receipt would be enter Thailand visa exempt followed by 5+ days in Saigon (return flights are cheap) and then another visa exempt into Thailand.

= 65+ days. 

What country is your passport, You could enter Visa Exempt, 30 days, extend 30 days go back to immigration for another extension which will be refused, and given 7 days to leave. Please correct me if I'm wrong jack.

And where in Thailand will you stay? you could just to a boarder hop to a neighboring country for another 30day exemption.

11 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

What country is your passport, You could enter Visa Exempt, 30 days, extend 30 days go back to immigration for another extension which will be refused, and given 7 days to leave. Please correct me if I'm wrong jack.

And where in Thailand will you stay? you could just to a boarder hop to a neighboring country for another 30day exemption.

That is doable. A side trip by air to somewhere like Saigon or Siem Reap solves the issue of an onward flight out of Thailand within 30 days, and many tourists would find a visit to such places an exciting part of their holiday. It is one of the plausible options.

On 9/13/2023 at 2:41 AM, hackjam said:

So have flights booked for December, staying for 65 days.

Whats best visa options?

Just show up - stay 30 days - visit Laos for a week - come back - stay 30 days and go home.