@Tylor *******

From a reputable insurance company in one’s respective home country - where one speaks the same language and knows the legal framework. Makes enforcing the insurance pay much easier should one ever need to.

By law: No. By common sense: Absolutely.

@Thai *****************************

That is definitely true! Of all the plenty extensions I got over the last three years, it was never the same procedure. Every immigration office, heck even every immigration officer does things differently and wants different things - although the extension should work exactly the same throughout Thailand. Oh well - part of the game, I guess. I understand why people eventually resort to paying a good premium to agencies to not have to deal with the whole immigration office experience anymore. 😅

@Thai *****************************

Curious: Why can an agency get the covid extension without that “under consideration” nonsense and an individual cannot do without this unnecessary bureaucracy? I guess there is brown envelopes for officials involved, right? Oh man … Thailand.

@Steve *******

TIT. They make shit up on the go. Very common related to immigration here. Very intransparent for us foreigners. Especially those coming from countries with a written rule of law. But oh well.

@Steve *******

Was that changed? Who knows. There is never a single source of written truth with almost anything in Thailand. So best to just bring the equivalent of 20k then, I guess.

10k THB / person for visa exemption entry and 20k THB / person for tourist visa entry. Not very likely anyone will ask - unless you have plenty of stamps and / or extensions (or something shady going on).

@Jeffrey ***

I see. In theory you may in fact have to make use of the consulate in Vietnam then. In reality, I would assume the eVisa in Canada would also go through if you can provide the required uploads.

If you are Canadian just do eVisa with the corresponding Thai consulate in Canada. More hassle free.

I would assume the same that will happen to your husband - if he is on a work based Non-B visa: 24 hours to leave the country (7 days for an extra 1,900 baht extension).