Advice Please?

[NiceFarang]

I have a Thai Wife husband visa at present that runs out on October 9th 2005.

I am in UK at present with wife returning in early August.

I have just had a new passport and visa is in old passport that was returned to me.

I have had thai-husband visa for 3 years with a view to applying for residence but this idea has now been curtailed as we will not be living in Thailand long term. In fact it is most probable that after this next trip I will only need to return to Thailand for 30 days maximum. So visas may not be an issue after early 2006.

However for this trip it may still be a problem and i would prefer not to have to do visa runs etc..

I would prefer not to renew my thai wife visa as my movements need to be flexible during this period and I would prefer not to have to be in Thailand around Oct 9th plus the date when i have to return which is normally about 45 days later.

Questions:-

A) Initially can I just return to Thailand with both passports and show them the visa in the old one or do I need to do anything else- any problems?

Re A it will allow me to stay in Thailand until Oct 9th. Can I extend this visa for a number of days just by paying a fee without going through the rigmorole of renewing the actual visa? How much and for how many days?

C) I could apply for a normal non imm visa and that would at least give me until beginning of November when entering Thailand. That probably will not be long enough. How long can i extend the 90 days and for what fee rather than doing a visa run?

D) If applying for non imm visa in UK from somewhere like birmingham consul can one get the visa to start from a later date rather than the date that one applies?

E) Is there any problem for me having 2 x visas that are working at the same time such as my thai wife one and a non imm one from UK? May be less of a problem as the new one would be the only one in my new passport.

F) Any other suggestions or ideas?