@Liz ********

can access immigration for re entry permit from planeside suvarmabhumi ...I did , as did others recently

@Tod ********

even if you stamp out, or go via entrance 1, you can cut round on planeside and access the rentry permit booth immigration area....I discovered recently! 😁

As you get older, and stay longer, the O option advantages outweigh the OA advantages in my view ....

As a german you will be visa exempt, not voa, you will get 45 days plus a 30 day extension

At the end of your second year. Provided you can meet the requirements, you can get further extensions at an immigration office, beyond the second year. Whenever you leave thailand you need a re entry stamp.

Visa exempt entry generally is for a short term vacation or limited function. Doing so 5 times in succession, with some short hops out, isnt really what the system is for. Not too surprised immigration officials are wary of intention. Try to get an appropriate visa for your reasons to spend so long in thailand.

I guess its all about balance of hassle and costs ...for me a non imm o retirement extension works well, being in thailand maybe 8 months a year, I have the money in thailand and the relative loss in interest cost (high interest uk account vs low interest thai account) is about 8000 baht a year, but means I have relatively easy and cheap (1900 baht) in thailand annual extensions, no repeated applications to an embassy, no to and fro to a border. Horses for courses.

I painted the address numbers onto the postbox outside the house at the road

@Tod ********

I did ...but my reply was perhaps a prompt to revisit that option as non imm o (not oa which they may have considered) ...my view being ...best option Tod

Non imm o with retirement extensions ...easy and flexible and gives range of options for visits ...the fact the visa is for 12 month extensions is kinda irrelevant ...