Clarifications from Thailand? What does that even mean? Spouse or Children mean that if you have a Thai wife and/or Thai child, you still have to show the 500k baht but don't have to show that you work for a company, is a freelancer, remote worker, or that you want to learn muay Thai, cooking, etc. There are 3 options: Work, Hobby, Family, if you fit one of the 3 and have the 500k you can get that visa.
I'm not sure, but I think only once at the beginning since the visa have 5 years validity. It would be weird to ask it with every extension when you can just border bounce instead and at the border they do not ask for such things ever. We will have to wait for royal gazette for more precise details tho.
I just spoke with Thai Visa Centre 3 min ago, they confirmed you can bounce 180 days x 10. They are the owners of this group (you can see their name on the banner above). If you msg them on Line app they will confirm it.
From what I understand the extension is 10k baht but you can do 180 x 10 border bounce instead of 180 + 180 days extension + bounce repeat 4 more times. Less costly to bounce every 180 days.
The cost is NOT 10k every 180 days. Frank is factually correct about everything. It's in writing, if you can't read properly and understand what multi entry means, not his fault.