I am facing following situation: I have been on a retirement visa for a few years but want to change it as I will only be in Thailand for a few months per year. I have tried to get the DTV visa which has not yet been approved.
Now I am planning to leave on Jan 8, 2025 and come back 2 days later on a tourist visa which will hopefully grant me a 60 days stay. I am planning then to extent for another 30 days.
I am leaving for Germany around the 28th March but had planned to go to Japan within this 30 days extension time (around 15-25 March).
Or should I not get an extension at all, do a 5 day overstay, pay and come back 10 days on another normal tourist visa before I go to Germany until October.
Is this at all possible?
TLDR : Answer Summary
The user is transitioning from a retirement visa to a tourist visa while planning multiple trips out of Thailand. They seek advice on the feasibility of obtaining a tourist visa, extensions, and the implications of overstaying. Community members strongly advise against planning to overstay, recommending instead to utilize visa-exempt entries and extensions for tourist stays, and encouraging having flight tickets ready for immigration checks. Options such as a multiple reentry permit on the retirement visa were also suggested.
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