Question!: I am a US citizen flying with my 9 year old. We flew into Thailand May 19th and I received the visa on arrival. I extended once for 30 days (overstayed by 2 days by accident smh) and just extended Monday , they only gave me 7 days for some reason.

Wondering what are the best companies to use to do a border run? How much they charge? Would I need to bring my daughter? Will they charge for her also even though she doesn’t need a stamp (she’s exempt because of age)

Hi, I am new to the page and have a few questions. First, my situation. My wife and I are retiring next month and plan on moving to Thailand a few months after that. We are from the US. I will be 50 but my wife will not be. We plan on getting a retirement Non O visa, requiring a deposit into a Thai bank. our original plan was to get to Thailand on a tourist visa, extend it once, if needed, while we worked, in Thailand, on obtaining my Non O visa and getting my wife added as a dependent. I have been told this is a viable option. I have also been told that, since my wife does not qualify for her own Non O visa, and she would be a dependent, I would have to obtain the Non O visa from a Thai embassy in the US before arriving in Thailand.

Can anyone shed some light on which is the correct procedure? We would prefer to do everything in Thailand, if its possible, but we dont want to show up and learn that we needed the Non O visa before arriving.

Thanks!

I am wondering if this scenario would work. I arrived in Thailand on a visa exempt which will expire on August 24th. If I extend this visa another 30 days could I then do a 60 day COVID extension? After this I was going to use the 60 day to visit my Thai wife extension. After this one expired I was going to get the 90 Non O for being married which I would then convert to the 1 year extension of stay based on being married. I am a US citizen.

While I understand that it’s recommended to apply for a Non-Immigrant B Visa domestically, I really don’t feel like mailing things to DC with a potential massive waiting time when I’m probably leaving very soon. Would there be any issue with waiting until I arrive to apply where things would be far quicker and easier to do in person?

More specifically, is there any issue with me planning to: Enter Thailand on the automatic US Citizen 30-day tourist visa thing -> Apply for and get the 90-day Non-Immigrant B Visa -> Apply for and get a Work Permit