Elite visa is the most suitable one for this requirement.

Unless you stay in a hotel, you need to file TM30

@Michael *******

Then it is easy. You get a 30 day stamp without any further formalities which you can extend in the country by another 30 days. “visa on arrival” is for certain nationalities, like India.

What nationality do you have?

As often as you are being considered a 100% tourist or not in a function that would actually require a proper visa.

Thanks to the team for investing a tremendous time for helping others with formalities.

Anyone was successful in Jomtien/Pattaya?

I live in Myanmar. Emirates flights from BKK to Europe are almost always at least 10k THB cheaper than from RGN. I tend to avoid starting the flight from BKK though in order to avoid adding up too many previous entrance stamps to Thailand.

I used to work for UN, had a non-immigrant "F" visa and was officially exempted from 90 day reporting and TM30. But this was 4 years ago.

I am in the same situation. I am based in Myanmar and have to do a border bounce every 70 days.

Of course I like the amenities of the land of smiles, go there with return flight, hotel booking and cash. I usually only stay a few days in Thailand.

So far no problems, but I am alternating now with short trips to Singapore and Malaysia and try to have 3 months breaks between my visits to Thailand.