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And show the regular income from it... That's the point. Or sign up to a qualifying "soft power" programme.

Tiger_5555555567 You sound very tense. I would genuinely relax a little about it. The talk of changing from 60 days to 30 has been going on for a long time, but that's been nothing from official channels. Flex tickets are generally much more expensive, but of course, if you gift one with miles, then it matters less. Personally, I'd buy a non-flex ticket, and in the extremely unlikely case that the visa-waiver period is reduced, your friend can always get another ticket out of and back into Thailand around the 30 day mark to avoid any difficulties. And that ticket can be a $10 ticket hold only, which is adequate to show evidence of a booked departure. You sound very tense. I would genuinely relax a little about it. The talk of changing from 60 days to 30 has been going on for a long time, but that's been nothing from official channels. Flex tickets are generally much more expensive, but of course, if you gift one with miles, then it matters less. Personally, I'd buy a non-flex ticket, and in the extremely unlikely case that the visa-waiver period is reduced, your friend can always get another ticket out of and back into Thailand around the 30 day mark to avoid any difficulties. And that ticket can be a $10 ticket hold only, which is adequate to show evidence of a booked departure.

OK. Same here, so I provided multiple bank account statements.

I just went with the general guide and gave 3 months of history, to be safe.

Francisco Soriano Om Shanti That's a packing list, not a list of entry requirements! 🙂 Helpful, though.

I didn't even know there was a "system". I've had stamps all over the place in my passport(s) for decades. Makes no difference, other than slowing down the process of checking. I guess it makes less and less difference nowadays with much of the data being electronic.

It's really not hard. Just follow the rules, and success awaits.

No. Why? If they want to use it and transfer me money, then that's fine.

I just had mine approved in 3 days start to finish, and that included a request for additional documents in the middle.

Yes. Loads of us have. No issue.