Oh feign surprise.

Long-term and border hopping are incompatible. Immigration is clamping down and people using back to back free visa exempt stamps.

Malaysia is not a great choice.

@Arendarski ******

as others have noted, depending on which office has jurisdiction over where you live you can apply from 45 to 30 days before your stamp expires. Beware that the 800,000 baht must season for 2 months before you apply. So basically you have to get the money in the account within the first 30 days of getting your non-O

Did you convert to Non O inside Thailand, or did you apply online at a Thai embassy abroad? Your post is unclear about how and where you got the Non O.

Even if you could get an in country extension, you'd have to do a border bounce next time regardless. You might as well get accustomed to bouncing every 180 days as the in country extension process is a nightmare.

Plenty of people have ID for a permanent address like their parents home, but don't actually live there. The embassy simply wants to know that you're actually in the country.

I think you misunderstand the qualifying schemes to get a DTV they are digital nomad which includes workcation freelancers and remote workers and the other scheme is soft power which is Thai cultural activities such as Muay Thai. Also there is no income requirement. I don't know how you run a bar or a restaurant remotely and I think you veered off. Also there's not really a standard of paperwork to supply each Embassy decides on its own pretty much according to the application. Yes brief cover letters help explain individual scenarios and help the embassy to understand your application. But applying under the premise that you have a bar with or without income, it's going to be rejected as I can't see how you fit one of the entry schemes. Also it isn't proving income, the 500K is proving financial stability funding.

@Bernard **********

you would be able to stay up until the date of your current permission to stay stamp.

Life is such a struggle