When you got your extension of stay did they staple a new 90-Day Report Receipt/Next Appointment Notice into your passport? If yes, go by the Next Appointment date on that. If no, then go by the Next Appointment date on your old Next Appointment Notice. Often in my experience, I do get a new 90-Day Report Receipt/Next Appointment Notice when I extend my stay.

Bangkok Bank can be used with Wise to transfer monthly amounts with documentation of overseas transfer to satisfy immigration requirements for long-term extensions of stay. Krungsri Bank has a Mee Tae Dai Savings Account with slightly higher interest rate than other savings accounts, interest earned daily and paid monthly. Charles Schwab Bank reimburses you for the 220 baht ATM withdrawal fee. Those are some good banks. Generally, you're looking for the lowest fees for the things you're planning to do. If you're going to use SWIFT to transfer money to Thailand look for an American bank that will give you the lowest SWIFT transfer fee.

@Kev ***

No. Especially now that the Thai government has "clarified" that expats will be vaccinated in Thailand for free as part of the vaccination program. Vaccinations under the program which involves locally produced AstraZeneca are expected to begin in June. They have promised that some means will be made available for expats to register for and receive the vaccination. It doesn't exist currently, although some expats have been able to register and even obtain appointments in June. Most expats have not been able to register via mor prom whether or not they had a pink ID card. I was able to register online in Phuket (which has a separate website for residents) by having a yellow house registration book which contains a Thai National ID number but have not been able to schedule an appointment yet.

It's probably the case that expats were never intended to use mor prom (or the Phuket alternative, for that matter). In any case, for the vast majority, it doesn't work. Whatever system expats are intended to use hasn't been fielded yet, but they have until June to get it up and running.

@Kev ***

Well, at least some are being vaccinated at US Embassy Bangkok, if the following is to be believed:

You asked specifically about Bangkok. As a practical matter, I would expect US Embassy Bangkok to be among the last embassies to get the vaccine. Bangkok is a plum diplomatic posting. Places likely to get the vaccine before Bangkok are places like Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia. Also, bear in mind that the Thai government's current position is that all people in Thailand will be able to be vaccinated, and the US has no reason to not believe this. The timeframe is being worked out, of course. After everyone in the US is vaccinated possibly places like US Embassy Bangkok might be covered, at least for the government employees. Contractors might have to fend for themselves.

Short answer is no. Longer answer...

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Some immigration offices allow you to apply as early as 45 days before your expiration date. Even if Pattaya is not one of those offices I don't think it would hurt to visit the office in person and ask if they would make an exception for you because of your travel plan. The worst that can happen is that they will say no.

If you're here on an annual extension of stay for purpose of marriage to a Thai or being the parent of a Thai child, then yes, 04 Non-1 year.

@Calvin ********

No one knows whether the covid-19 extension will be available for sale beyond May 30. These deadlines have been extended in the past but past performance is no guarantee of future results. All you are more or less guaranteed is 45 days on a visa-exempt entry and one 30 day extension after that. If the covid-19 extension is available when those days are done then you could apply for it, a 60-day extension. But that would require immigration to extend the May 30 deadline, something that's happened in the past but hasn't happened yet. Normally, it's a last-minute thing, sometimes beyond the last minute. You can expect very little advance notice if it is extended.

Up until May 6 arrival in Thailand you can do 7-10 day quarantine based on vaccination status if your Certificate of Entry (CoE) was issued prior to May 1. Anyone with a CoE issued May 1 or after will be doing 14-day quarantine. This is the announcement made after the CCSA meeting on Thursday: