Best visa option for 5 month stay

[persimmon]

Hi , I had it all planned out - Enter visa exempt ( 60 days ) then extend at immigration ( another 30 ) . Then border bounce at Nonghai over the bridge and back ( another 60 ) . Job done . But now it`s all changed again - maybe now only 30 days VEE and the requirement to spend 2 nights in Vientienne instead of coming straight back .

Just had a look at the visa options ... SETV gets you 60 ( + 30 ) , retirement gets you 90 . Then there`s the O-A that needs insurance . I have the required 800,000 in an account , so what are my best options ? TINA .

[DrJack54]

15 hours ago, persimmon said:

Hi , I had it all planned out - Enter visa exempt ( 60 days ) then extend at immigration ( another 30 ) . Then border bounce at Nonghai over the bridge and back ( another 60 ) . Job done

It's still job done. 

As yet no confirmation on change of visa exempt from 60 back to 30.

Even if a night or two required in Laos surely that's not a deal breaker. 

Where would you be located in Thailand. 

A bounce to Cambodia with agent minivan run most likely same day bounce. 

Alternatively obtain a Non O retirement since you have the 800k in bank. 

Non O-A don't even think a out it. 

Yes a SETV would work.. 

Passport country? 

 

The Non O e-Visa is sweet in that it would be bullet proof. 

90 stamp on arrival. 

No visit immigration for extension and the border bounce to complete the 5 month plan. 

[persimmon]

Hi , thanks for that . The Non O retirement ( 90 days ) e-visa might be ok if the 60 VEE goes back to 30 . Would it be possible to extend this by another 30 days at immigration . I hope to visit 3 places this time - Prachuap KK ( not much there but has a nice beach ) Patts , and Udon . Never been anywhere in Laos before , so was hoping to avoid having to stay there but it looks like that might be a better option for me than the Cambo run ( did that by minibus a few yrs ago and didn`t enjoy it ) .

[DrJack54]

3 minutes ago, persimmon said:

Would it be possible to extend this by another 30 days at immigration

A non O eg retirement cannot be extended by 30 days.

The only extension option is 12 months that does not suit your requirements.

The Non O would provide a 90 day stamp then you could do a border bounce for a 60 day visa exempt entry 

[Liquorice]

Should the VE revert to 30 days before your planned arrival, then a Non Imm 0 (90 days) + border hop and VE entry (30 days) + 30 day extension.