you can technically get roughly 15 months out of a non-o multiple visa

where are you applying

Yea, you are supposed to within 24 hours here in Chiang rai

for immigration check in? you are right. just assumed OP didnt have either of those.

only extension of stay can check in 90days at immigration. if its just a non o multiple, you have to do a border run every 90

im in cr as well

you should have a receipt from the last time you did it. just tell them you left and came back, they will look up your house owners name, and they will see your name there and give you a new receipt. i never fill out a new form when i do it

Americans have it yes

Wouldn't hurt just incase, but I did not. They didn't ask any questions. I was in and out both times within 2 minutes.

I went to Seoul because I have done the one in Lao at savannkhet before and from Chiang Rai it is so far away. It takes 2 days to get there two days there and then two days to come back so that's already a week. And a stone's throw away from the amount of plane ticket is to Seoul. I had some friends that I stayed with in seoul so that covered my housing but food isn't too expensive, it's a bit more than Thailand but all things considered Seoul is still a pretty cheap place to be. I will for sure never do this visa in laos again now that I know that I can do this in seoul. To me, it's worth the little extra money.