It needs to be in a bank account.

@Phil ******

of course you do

Having a DTV does not automatically make you eligible for opening a bank account.

May get a agent who can help, but many of them are also unable to help you after the banks tightened their rules recently.

Still 60 day visa exemption. And no real plans on changing it. Just rumours.

But if they do change it back to 30 days, you can apply for a regular tourist visa from the online eVisa portal.

TM30 will be required.

Your hotel should give a receipt to you if you ask.

Maybe just ask them to file it again and get a fresh receipt.

If they are not filing your TM30 registration, they are not following the laws.

The consensus seems to be that it's easier to just head out of country and come back in though. Going to Immigration to extend requires much of the same, if not all of the same documents as you applied with, and some need to be more recent and up to date.

Your Passport and your printed visa.

You can also do a Multiple Entry Tourist Visa if you plan on traveling around SEA when you're first here.

The Non OA seems like a solid choice for you

Anonymous participant 941 plenty of things can happen that would benefit from travel insurance.

Bad news:

You have to be 20 to even apply for it.

And you will need 500,000 baht or equivalent in your countries currency, saved in a bank account.

The applications itself costs around 10-15,000 baht depending on where you apply. With some places being far more expensive ( New Zealand, looking at you! )

Good news:

You're only 19 and can spend time saving up for that goal, while you work on getting a higher income per month. $400 won't get you much here.

It's good to have dreams and goals though.

Keep the dreams, work towards the goals.

Good luck!