Have you considered not flying via Bangkok and flying into Chiang Mai instead? You're coming from the US, which means you'll have a layover in East Asia and you can fly directly into Chiang Mai from mainland China, South Korea, or Taiwan with a full-service airline. You can also pay excess on discount airlines like HK Express if you fly through Hong Kong.

Sell the power tools - as you're coming from the US, they'll all be 110v and you will need a step-down converter to use them.

@Todd ********

No probs.

@Todd ********

That's a single-entry tourist visa. A multi-entry tourist visa is valid for six months from when it's issued. Op can enter and exit as often as they please in those six months, getting 60 days per entry, extendedable by 30 at immigration.

I can probably find some other sources, but here's the first one I found in Google.

@Todd ********

no, it's from the day it's issued.

@Jaymie *******

both are Non-Imm visas so shouldn't be a problem.

@Brandon ***********

Since when have tourists been able to get five-year licenses? A five-year license requires a Non-Imm visa, according to the DLT.

@Johan *******

an educated guess - your Phuket TM30 isnt in the computer system yet. Depending on the office, they can take months and month to appear. Wont be a problem in person.

@Jeremy *******

when they first arrive, not when they already have a TM30 at the address and have gone away and returned. If someone has temporarily left the address and comes back, they are not arriving, they are returning -the article is as clear as day. And again, this has been confirmed directly with CM Immigration itself.

The first time a person turns up at an address, TM30 has to be filed. But if the person has gone away for a few days or week on holiday and comes back, they're not arriving; they're returning. It's written in plain English "They do not need to file the reports again if the guests leave the premises only temporarily and then return."