@David ********

the owner of this group offers "safe entry" at the major airports. It starts at 2000 baht but the final price depends on your travel history. You can fill out this form and then select it as an option on the next page. They'll reach out to get copies of every page in your passport to send it to their contacts in the airport and get your price. If they can't help you they will tell you upfront.

@Letty *******

I cannot find anywhere the embassy states their processing time for evisa. Their last announcement was in December saying they were switching to evisa but nothing since then. Most embassies are 15 business days, but if you get asked for more information the timer starts over. Also Monday and Tuesday are Thai holidays.

@Letty *******

WHAT EMBASSY?

@Jordan ****

how is your account not the bank's business? They are now required to pay for any and all frauds and scams. They're going to eliminate every scrap of risk. Tourists present a risk and they'll close those accounts. They don't care about your attendance.

Did you not get a stamp in your passport when you entered Malaysia? That's proof that you are in Malaysia.

A non-O visa is valid for 90 days. You can apply any time within 90 days of your intended arrival date to Thailand.

The Thai embassies in Malaysia are not known to be easy. They are very strict, often request additional documents multiple times, and application processing more than 1 month is not uncommon.

@Stephen ***********

There's not a SINGLE agent in all of Thailand that offers a bank account, conversion from tourist to retirement non-O, and then the 12 month extension, for 12,000 baht. The price you are talking about is for someone who already has the bank account, already has the visa, and is just looking for the 12 month extension. Completely different case.

How about including some actual information in your post?

What visa? What embassy? What passport?

All of those make a difference.

@Wayne ******

It used to be very easy to enter as a Tourist, open a bank account and apply for the visa. Those days are long gone. Now you get the visa before you travel as it's meant to be done.

No reports of issues on re-entry.

If you already have the multiple re-entry permit then you don't need anything else.