@Linhof ********

At least with e-visa you will still have your passport to enter visa-exempt (assume your country has visa exempt status). When I did mine last year I needed to post my passport with my application. With visa exempt you will need to ensure your airline will let you board without the visa or without an onward ticket for the 30 days that visa exempt provides. I have heard that some people did receive their visa late when already in Thailand. To active it you would just exit and re-enter the country with a printout of the visa PDF.

If you haven't got all the documentation ready to submit then you would be cutting it close to your departure date, but that would depend on your embassy's current processing time and whether they use the eVisa system as that may save you a few days.

A METV does require a higher bank balance history to qualify. If don’t have savings then stick to your plan

Do as Brandon suggests. No need for flight home as that date is so far out. Just in, out, then back in again is required. They already establish that you have a lot of funds due to the financial requirements.

@Karol ***********

indeed you should be careful entering after reaching 180 days in country over the past year. Only last week I was initially denied entry at DMK airport with the officer quoting these words "I cannot let you in as you have been in the country already for more than 180 days as a regular tourist". I had a well prepared genuine reason for his superior to let me in after recently maxing out my METV.

need to be in country for minimum 3 months for a real girl to be serious and interested. Those with real jobs wont have much time to meet those on a short stay so plan to maximize a tourist visa length at least. Those apps you can usually filter those who have a university qualification so can focus on those girls.

For the actual visa you need to read the requirements listed on the embassy/consulate website who you are applying from. Email them if you are unsure as some may be flexible. Some embassies requirements are not always the same and differences between visa types. The multi entry tourist visa for instance at my country embassy required accomodation for the entire period until my first plane flight out. If want to move around you can always make changeable bookings. Single entry tourist visa I have been told they only needed first night. So best to read the embassy’s requirements

These are the current Bangkok bank requirements. It was a lot easier before a year ago when they tightened up on requirements

@Robert **********

with documents to purchase a condo?

@Robert **********

They can go ask. As most have discovered, "This is Thailand" and not everything they do or write is logical. Though this is the general list. Theres no harm in asking.