Hi,

I have been in Thailand since December 25th 2022. First on an Visa exemption 45 + 30 days. Then flight to Vietnam, came back 5 days later and entered via Tourist Visa 60 + 30 days. That one is ending on June 11th.

Now I applied for the 5 yrs Elite Visa (never overstayed or had other trouble) 10 days ago. They told me via support that the verification may take up to 2-3 months and gave me the advice to leave the country and come back once the visa is verified. My plan is to leave on June 11th to Vietnam and come back around June 15th on an exemption or Tourist Visa and then during the 30+30 or 60+30 days get my elite approved.

What are the chances to get rejected on the bkk airport on my 3rd try to enter the country in a row? Will it help if I tell them that I applied for the elite?

Also I applied to the Elite Visa through the official website Thailandelite.com and they told me the payment has to be done within 3 working days. I found that weird. I read somewhere that you have 10 working days to do the payment. I am sure 3 days will be not enough if I use Wise. I asked them if I can do a split payment since Wise is limited to 50k thb per transfer. So for 600k that would be 12 transfers. They said yes split transfers are ok. But I don’t want to trigger some red flags at wise by doing 12 transfers in one day.

I currently stay in bkk and I try to get a bank account but so far had no luck on a tourist visa. My plan is to get a Thai bank account, make the 600k thb ready and pay as soon as the elite visa got approved. Any advice to what specific bank still makes a bank account on a tourist visa? By Specific bank I mean eg. go to Icon Siam floor x bank x and they will help you.