I had one of those a few years ago, but had to leave the country due to an emergency and they simply stamped me out. Returned many times since then and I was never asked about it.

Just so you know, if you want to study Thai again and receive an ED visa, you need to get your transcripts from your former school and hand them over to the new one in case you want to change schools

Worst case scenario you get an extension. I doubt they will get rid of those

@Dirk *************

I doubt with what is going on now that there will be a 30 day visa exemption and you could still extend it anyway, like in the past, or get a tourist visa

@Per-Arne **********

some of us have money and I understand why they would abuse exemptions and tv’s since there are no written rules regarding how long you can stay. If Thai authorities want to stop what the OP is doing they should write some rules (like 180 days on x visa and so on)

@Richard *******

the people here trying to define here what a tourist is are splitting hairs like the interpreters of the Talmudic law. Unless you work in Thailand they cannot prove you are not a tourist.

@Ralph ******

unless he works he is still a tourist in my opinion

@Juergen ****

You use ATMS and it will cost you a lot, between 3-5€ per transaction. Kasikorn debit cards work outside the country, used it in China

@Bent ************

how does showing an e mail to a officer make the process easier? Those booths are made so that you either have to hand your phone to them or put the screen to the window which is awkward and pointless especially since Cambodia made the same thing, but better. If anything this whole thing will just make queues longer, especially at land borders. There is no internet in the border areas anyway so it’s no guarantee you can open your e mail, or it can take ages until you get mobile internet connection.

@Dca ****

saw these things done at Vietnamese immigration, show e mail with the visa. It’s awkward and time consuming, sometimes people do not get internet, app does not load and I do not want to hand my phone for them to stare at it. Unless they give you a QR code to scan at air and land borders it’s a total waste of time.

So instead of the old form now I have to print out an e mail and show it at immigration. Makes absolutely no sense. Even Cambodia managed to make this process easier