Wanted to confirm that the 800,000 bht needed for the non-o 60 day bank deposit to receive one year extension does NOT have to be shown as an electronic transfer form outside of Thailand.

Thanks

This isn't clear to me so please can someone clarify: when we put 800000 in a bank account in order to get a retirement visa, does it have to stay deposited and never go under 8000000, or can it be withdrawn as we wish, at any time ( but having a smaller balance)?

Hi everyone,

I’m hoping to get some advice from anyone who’s been through this recently.

I’m currently in Thailand on a tourist visa. I was originally on a 12 month student visa that ended in April and since then I’ve had to do a few land border runs while waiting for my business setup and work permit to come through.

Next week I’m heading to Malaysia to apply for and re-enter on a Non-B visa, with my work permit in progress. My only concern is that immigration might look at my passport stamps and notice I’ve had more than two entries this year.

Even though I’ll have the correct visa when I return, I’m still a bit worried about re-entering. Has anyone had a similar experience recently with the new rules? Any advice or insight would be hugely appreciated.

Thanks so much

I entered Thailand on non immigrant o visa for 90 days and leave on March 4 2026. When can I come back into Thailand on a new non immigrant o visa in 2026

If I start a application for non-o evisa in Vientiane how many weeks I have to send the complete application?...is it 2 or 4 weeks?

Thanks!

Hi got my 3 month O marriage visa last week. have an account in bangkok bank from before. Am very happy with it everything has worked well for me but i have read that many have problems should i still open in another bank to get the visa renewed after 3 months

I had many comments on my last post that Kasikorn bank was the easiest to set up account. I just left there because my wife (who has dementia and who won’t even be on the account couldn’t sign her name exactly the same on 3 documents. Again, she won’t even be on the account. Going to try SCB bank. I guess Kasikorn doesn’t want my money.

Question: the 30 day visa extension. Does it begin from the day the visa is extended at immigration or does it begin from the end of the 60 day stamp?..

ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS:

REPEATED VISA EXEMPT ENTRIES & EXTENSIONS ON V/E ENTRIES

I think it's time that we address "the elephant in the room" and that's this 'new rule' about only 2 visa exempt entries per calendar year; the one where they are saying the first entry can get a 30 day extension, any entries after that can get a 7 day extension and if you entered by land on a visa exempt entry you can't get any extension.

Plain and simple there is NO OFFICIAL RULE about this. :O There is no Royal Police Order stating it, nothing has been published in the royal gazette, in short there is abso-tively, posi-lutely nothing out there that makes these "new rules" official..

However that doesn't stop immigration officers at the borders and at immigration offices from enforcing them.. :O We are seeing more and more that people are being denied exiting the country by land (if they're going to just bounce out/back even if they stay out a couple days)

and

we are seeing more and more immigration offices telling people they can get only a 7 day extension on their current visa exempt entry (if they've had other v/e entries this year w/30 day extensions).

There are also reports of immigration offices denying an extension because the visa/exempt entry was made by a land crossing.

SO while there is no official rule, we sure are seeing those "not real rules" being enforced, (albeit haphazardly) at immigration offices and entry points around the country.. In fact Several Immigration offices have made up their own notice and posted it. At least they mentioned that the 2 v/e per year is CALENDAR year and it will 'reset' Jan 1st 2026 :)

We are also seeing a LOT more people pulled aside when flying in free stamp (visa exempt) especially with previous visa exempt entries and not that much time out of the country between them.

My advice if you're "living here" on free back-2-back visa exempt stamps w/30 day extensions STOP doing it :O because you're going to get pulled aside and denied entry sooner rather than later. (and no I don't care if you've been doing it since the rule went from 30 to 60 days back in July 2024, times are different now and you will get caught out on it)

Now they are NOT targeting "real tourists", <- people who come here couple times a year free stamp, tour around then go back to where they came from, then later in the year come back again. The sad thing is it is up to the immigration officer you're standing in front of at passport control to decide what a "real tourist" means :/

Your best bet if you're coming in free stamp, is to have proof of onward travel within the 60 days you'll get stamped in for. Because if the immigration officer is gonna hassle you about anything it will be for proof of onward travel :)

Here is the Public Relation Department of Thailand's "official" press release;

[[[members only])

And here are some graphics that are making their way around the inter-web.. You can see one is specifically from Samui, the rest I dunno, I just pulled the images when I saw them

Wish I had more concrete information for you people, I really do. As of now this is about it

Applied for medical soft power DTV from Bali, Indonesia, I included 2 years of appointments as well as the standard requirements.

Cost - 5,800,000 rupiah - ~£252

Form completed online on Tuesday and approved the following Thursday, 9 days or 7 working days.

We then applied for my spouse on Friday and was approved the following Wednesday 12 days or 8 working days

Arrived in Bangkok on Sunday at Suvarnabhumi airport, no problems on entry, no questions asked.

Since then we went to Perth Aus and returned ysty with no questions asked and no problems 🎉