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Your passport, 1900 baht, 1 4x6 cm photo, and completed TM.7 form.

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Ian ***************
Do it a few days before expiry date. The 30 days is added to that date regardless when you do it.
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If you are flying from NZ to Thailand the airline may also require proof of onward travel ("POOT").
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With METV each entry is 60 days, extendable 30 more.
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You don't extend a SETV at a border checkpoint. Go to the nearest Immigration office.
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Tourist visa at Vientiane would be single entry not multiple
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The "90 days within a 6 month period" is indeed an old rule years ago which was temporarily applied to visa-exempt entries (not tourist visas) and soon after dropped. Unfortunately there are still "official" websites and consular staff expressing this outdated policy.
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Beware the next re-shuffle, "Big Joke" might make things more difficult.

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Ian ***************
There definitely was this facility at Promenada, so should also be in the new (old) location. We spoke to them just before the move and it seemed confirmed.