@Brian ********

I’ve seen frost there last ‘Winter’, but it was one of those “whore frosts” (I think that’s what it’s called) so it was still in the ‘teens’ Celsius …

I’ve been to Doi Inthanon once and Mon Jam (45 minutes north of Chiang Mia) where no AC was needed at night (Canadian, so room temperature for me is 20. 22 tops.)

I need to prove I was single (my Thai-wife in Canada died, and I was remarrying my 2nd Thai wife in Thailand)

If I recall correctly I need to get the death certificate from Canada and then a recent tax return showing my single status … I brought this to the Canadian embassy to get notarized by them, then I think I had to take all the documents to an official translation service to get all those documents and letter from the Canadian consulate translated and notarized by them … then I was able to get my new marriage certificate … then I handed all the documents over to my immigration agent and let them handle the rest.

This was around 2020 so I may have some steps confused, but I think this is essentially what you are looking at having to do.

@Pete ******

as was mine in Chiang Mai. They wanted a hand drawn map … my immigration agent drew it for me.???

@Kool ******

Oh, I agree … in fact I would classify much of Thailands technology on par, or even better than Western technology. But that being said, I trust Thailand given its legal traditions of civil law and more libertarian, real libertarian, not the Western bastardization of it, to stay out of your business unless necessary (about 3 years ago the new national ‘police chief’ outlawed checkpoint traffic stops for a while, believing they were too much a violation of privacy.) As for more ‘Westernized’ countries? I wouldn’t trust them as far as I could throw them … not after seeing how the Canadian government (I’m Canadian) treated the Trucker’s protestors (or watching how the laws are abused by gov in the USA & Europe in terms if weaponizing speech and abusing legal powers.)

Sorry, I guess that was a minor rant … point is, I wouldn’t worry so much about Thailand or SEA, but Westernized countries might decide that you’re not just a forgetful tourist … it may be that a minor overstay wold not flag the computers, whereas an immigration cop having a bad day might notice the stamp and decide you need further scrutiny.

Glen Scott The ‘overstay’ is recorded on your passport, so while this is meaningless in Thailand (ie. not likely to cause you any issues in the future when returning to Thailand) personally I would renew my passport as soon as possible … it can cause issues with other countries if any immigration officer notices the overstay stamp … certainly not guaranteed to cause issue, but it does happen (my sister in law had a 1 day overstay in South Korea and was refused entry to Japan, at the airport immigration, because of it.)

Just something to consider … as I saw this can happen ‘first’ hand I personally, if necessary, would have a little ‘coffee’ accident and get a new passport.

I can verify that my Sister in law, overstayed one day in South Korea, her next stop was to visit Japan for a week … the overstay in South Korea got her refused entry into Japan and she had to book a flight out immediately.

Nope … If I somehow get an overstay stamp in my passport I will purposely damage it and apply for a new one. Maybe I am being paranoid, but why take chance?

For Thailand immigration purposes?Probably not (unless as already mentioned, you get caught by police on an overstay, in which case that could be a very serious problem indeed.)

For travel to other countries, that might also cause a problem. The overstay will be noted on your passport and could be cause for denial of entry for that other country (I had a sister in law, overstayed in Korea 1 day and was refused entry into Japan, was held at the airport immigration ‘jail’ and had to immediately book a flight out.)

You do you, but personally I would pay for the extension, or if that wasn’t possible I would rebook my flight to make sure I had no follow-on issues … if I had just mistakenly overstayed, I personally would spill coffee on my passport and apply for a new one … having an overstay in your passport is just not worth the chance.)

@Ray *********

I believe for the 40K per month option that too must be in a Thai bank account and ‘seeded’ for a few months before you apply for the visa … unless you’re a citizen of one of the few countries that still provide ‘income verification letters’ from their embassies & consulates (Canada, and some European countries … USA, UK & Australia no longer provide these so you will need to have a Thai bank account that meets the requirements for money & timing.)

@Geraldine *************

lol, I got everything wrong, didn't I? ... That said, I believe Wise it's a British company ... But I may be wrong ... Again!! Lol

@John **********

I'm up in Chiang Mai ... One Vivid Curfew, and 1 minor accident and a few 'wave throughs' at check points and have had nothing but pleasant experiences.

Do they volunteer for something other than immigration information service? I can't imagine Thai police doing anything to do with actual law enforcement using foreign volunteers!?