What options do I have to fix my visa situation in Thailand after using a 45-day exemption?

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@David *****

it appears you have several problems.

1 - it appears you didn't go to the immigration office before hand to get the hand out, talk to them or to find out that you needed a minimum number of days left on the current stamp to apply for the initial 90 day Non-O. 😕

2 - You come from a country whose embassy does not issue the income affidavit meaning you cannot use monthly income to get either the initial 90 day Non-O visa OR the first year extension using monthly income.

For the initial 90 day Non-O visa and the first yearly extension you can only use the banked money method by transferring in 800K baht in to a thai bank account in your name only.

Now the first step in getting this sorted out is getting you on a stamp that allows you to apply for the initial 90 day Non-O and then the year extension <- meaning BEFORE the 20th (which you say is your expiration date of your current extension stamp) you need to bounce out and back <- go to a border, stamp out of thailand, stamp in and out of another country and then stamp back IN to thailand to get a new 30 day visa exempt entry (which you can also extend for 30 more days at the immigration office if you need to)

Post on a group related to where you live asking about border bounce/visa run companies and use one to get you to the border and back to get on a NEW entry stamp.

You have some time before this stamp expires, so go to the immigration office, get the hand out talk to them about the requirements and see what you can do.

@David *****

, Did you get the requirement handout from the Samui office? check it carefully, if you have already. If not, go there again to get a copy. Here is a general list of requirements for in-country Non-O retirement issued by Immigration Bureau HQ, but Samui has their own specific list if I remember right.

/9.FOR-RETIREMENT-PURPOSES-50-YEARS-OLD-NON-O.pdf

You also need 800k baht transferred to a Thai bank from overseas before you can apply

You need at least 15 or 21 days left on your current permitted to stay period. As you mention the last day is May 20th and today is May 8, the count is 12. Nothing to do with the way you entered Thailand. Leave Thailand, come back with new Visa Exempt Entry for 30 days and go the next morning to the Immigration Office for the conversion.

It's because you don't have enough time left on your current stamp. Most offices (including Samui if I remember right) require you to have a minimum of 15 days remaining with your current stamp when you apply for an initial in-country Non-O visa. You say your stamp is until 20th May, so you got short of one weekend, unfortunately.

You already got a tourism extension, so you need to do a border-bounce so that you can apply for your visa, unless you are married to a Thai or have a Thai child which allows you to apply for 60 day visit family extension.

Or you can go to visa-run for an initial Non-O retirement visa.