@Brandon ***********

would one need to cancel a non-ed visa or is it okay to just leave the country without a re-entry permit?

Try calling it address report instead and they should know what it is. It's illegal for hotels to have foreigners staying with them without reporting it to immigration.

I just got my TM30 without a TM6. Just leave the field empty.

@Paul ******

thanks buddy! Appreciate it

@Paul ******

can you send me a message with the various agents you've found here? I might need to use one soon.

@Paul ******

I've never used an agency to do a real visa run, only border bounces, so I can't answer that.

But yeah, being in Thailand "too long" as a tourist could be a reason for denial.

@Paul ******

no problem. I would recommend going to Vientiane instead if you want an easier process.

@Paul ******

no, the day of collection they only had one guy sitting in the counter handing out the passports and refusing to talk to you because so many people were waiting for their passports.

2 other people got denied too and none of us got an explanation. That's normal in most countries, but it was the fact that they put a visa in my passport and stamped it with a denied-text that was my issue.

That's the only place I've ever had problems. They denied my visa application but still glued the visa in my passport and stamped a big red DENIED text over it, so I had to get a new passport.

@Brandon ***********

thank you Brandon! I appreciate how helpful you always are.