You do not qualify for Visa on Arrival. That is where people apply for and pay for a 15 day visa at the airport. You are asking about Visa Exempt (being exempt from needing a visa. Not any visa at all).

@Denis ******

The overstay wouldn't matter regardless because the immigration office specifically said the extension isn't ready and to come in on Monday. The situation you are talking about is if your permission to stay expires on a day the immigration office is closed and you go to apply for the extension on the next day it's open, but this person has already applied for the extension.

@Steven *******

Money makes everything possible, but that's not a requirement regardless.

Unless he already has a Thai bank account, he cannot get the non-O inside of Thailand. You are required to show the funds in a Thai bank account to apply in Thailand, and cannot open a bank account unless you already have a long-term visa.

He might be able to show a combination of things to get the non-O visa at the Thai embassy, but that won't help him once he gets to Thailand. For the first 1-year extension, the only option available is showing 800,000 baht in his Thai bank account, or embassy certified income. The US embassy does not do income certification, so the 800,000 in the Thai bank is the only option.

The other option he has is using a visa agent, but that's going to cost anywhere from 30,000-50,000 baht for the first year.

You can apply for a 30-day tourist extension, after that you would need to leave.

@Yaoyu **********

I told you, the ONLY extension you can get is the 1-year extension. There is no other extension available to you. After that you will need to leave Thailand.

You can try returning on visa exempt and see if your immigration office will allow you to apply for a new non-O visa in Thailand. Some offices allow this. It will require a few extra trips to immigration though.

First you apply for the non-O Visa, then you get an "under consideration" stamp with a date to return. You return on that date and get the non-O visa in your passport. Then you wait until 30 days before that time is up and go to apply for your 1-year extension.

@Yaoyu **********

I don't know who you talked to, but TM30 is required for EVERYONE

@David ***************

no, you cannot just get a random extension from a non-O.

There are only 2 extensions available. The 1-year extension and a 60 day "visiting Thai family" extension if you have a Thai spouse or half Thai child. Since this person only mentions 800k then they are getting the retirement visa, so there's no assumption they are married to a Thai.

@Mike *****

then your won't work. You cannot apply for the non-O visa in Thailand unless you have a Thai bank account. And you cannot open a Thai bank account as a tourist. You would need to get married first and then leave Thailand to apply for the visa from a Thai embassy.

Also this is why you give all the details in the original post, because no one can properly answer your question without knowing the details.

No, there is no list. It would be impossible because some activities are accepted by some embassies while not accepted by other embassies.