You should not provide any information that is not directly related to your visa application. Having a Thai girlfriend has nothing to do with your visa application.

@Max ************

But many embassies no longer offer that

It might be a contributing factor, but THIS is the reason it has become more difficult.



"In April 2025, Thailand made a bold regulatory move by passing the Royal Decree on Measures for the Prevention and Suppression of Technology Crimes (No. 2) B.E. 2568 (2025). Supported by the Bank of Thailand (BOT), this legislation holds financial institutions accountable for failing to prevent fraud—even in cases where the victim seemingly authorized the transaction under false pretenses."

Thai banks are no longer willing to take ANY risk at all, as they are now liable for any fraud. It all comes down to them not wanting to lose a single cent.

@Julie *************

I don't actually know of any embassies that still offer this

@Doug ******

An agent will help you get a bank account, then convert you from tourist to non-O visa, then get a 1-year extension from that visa, and possibly also a multiple re-entry permit.

@Hamad *******

It will never be noticed when you get stamped in. Those officers have nothing to do with 90-day reports.

@Julie *************

First of all, you need to figure out the different between non-O and non-OA. With the non-OA you don't have to tie any money up, you use money in your home bank account to qualify for a 1-year multiple entry visa. The caveat is that the requirements are higher than the non-O, and you also have to have mandatory health insurance.

With the non-O, you can show money in your home country for the initial 90 day visa, but then once you get to Thailand you have to quickly open the bank account and transfer the money to use for the 1-year extension.

You don't need any type of visa to sign a lease. The landlord doesn't care what type of visa you are on, they just want your rent payment.

If you are even considering elite visa, and the crazy expense of that, look at the LTR Visa first. If you can qualify for it, it's the best visa available currently.

@Tee ********

gl.inet have a very user friendly Wireguard server built into the router. You'll need to do port forwarding from your mom's router to the gl.inet router though.

Anonymous participant 136 have plugins for that, but that really that important except for very specific purposes

@Bobby ********

I have VPN routers at my house and my brother's house for backup 😂