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Steve *******
Check your passport. Some embassies glue a visa in your passport and then stamp it with a DENIED-text. If they did that, you'll need a new passport.

If you don't have anything new in your passport, and you haven't been in Thailand long-term before going to Hanoi, you can enter Thailand on a 45 day visa exempt, which should be enough for your 1 month trip.
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Wise has that exact function. Just click on Convert and then click the auto conversion button and set it up.
Steve *******
First, block the laugh reactors in this group.

Second, yes you can go to a local immigration office and get a 30 day extension if you have a visa exemption stamp.

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Steve *******
Like Miguel said. You have a 60 day visa. Not 90 days.

You can extend it to 90 days when you have 2 weeks left, the date depends on the stamp you get when you enter the country.

Make sure to have a ticket out of the country within 60 days, even if it's a throwaway or a fully refundable/changeable one.
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Hua Hin is the best option for a family friendly visit.

Beaches are okay and if you head a bit more south there are some beautiful places to visit.

Or Koh Larn near Pattaya, but there's not enough to do on that island for 5 days.
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Option 5 is your best choice.

But a better one long term is Option 6: move to the Philippines where a tourist visa can be extended up to 3 years every time you enter the country.
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Use them at 7 or exchange at your bank. And block each of the d-ckheads commenting d-ckhead things here, when you're simply asking for advice.
Steve *******
I use Wise. The rate is almost always the best available and transfers take seconds on week days.

Never tried MoneyGram.
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@John *********
give them praise for doing a good job. It's a sh*tshow where I live.
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@John *********
which immigration office do you go to?

In Pattaya they put the stamps in random places, sometimes skipping several empty pages and stamping in the middle of a new page, for no reason.