Do I need to contact the Thai consulate for a visa if I'm visiting for 3 months this winter?

@Jim ********

visa exempt entries for Americans and 90+ other nationalities changed from 30 days to 60 days as of mid-July. There is no longer a need for getting a 60 day tourist visa. Just like with 60 day tourist visas, a 60 day visa exempt entry can be extended one time per entry for 30 additional days, thereby giving you 90 days stay. Just show up with your passport. Nothing else needed, although you could always be asked for proof of an onward ticket, proof of funds, or booked accommodations, as has always been the case, but it is highly unlikely for Americans to be asked for this.

Visa excempt, you just book a flight and go.

Don’t need Embassy contact, application, documents.

@Jim ********

No. you get a 60 day visa exemption on entry, then a few weeks before the end of that period you go to a local immigration office and apply for a 30 day extension. You need passport, passport photos, a form (which you can get at immigration) and you may need a TM30. Plus ฿1900.

@Jim ********

yes

@Jim ********

i did 3 times already first two times 30days and 30days extension last one was 60days with 30days extension no problem did last year and half i m from NY and i going back end of this month 60 days and travel to Vietnam

@Jim ********

that's what he's saying, and it's correct.