@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).

@Eric ******

I met a cop recently, who was vaping a very big electronic cigarette. Asking him about it, he said he took it / confiscated it off some poor schmuck since they are illegal. TIT.

1) Up to 90 days is easy: Get a regular TR Tourist Visa, that gives you 60 days in Thailand and can be added another 30 days at any Thai Immigration office. 2) If you want / are ready to (briefly) travel neighbor countrires, you can do border bounces. You could make use of a Multiple Entry Tourist Visa or just another back to back single entry tourist visa (or even a visa exemption) then. 3) If you want to stay up to a year but are not yet committed to retire long-term: Look into the Non-Immigrant Visa (O-A) - available to Canadians, without the need to transfer money into Thailand.

@Geoffrey *****

There are several options to solve this. A fully refundable return flight ticket (which you could change of cancel once entered Thailand). A cheap throw away ticket by either bus or train into any nearby country. A borrowed return ticket (there is actual services in the internet offering that against a small fee). Make your pick.