@Nadeem *******

yes but you could also do it in another way. And ditch the first 2 extensions and just exit the country 3 times.

Entry 1 = 60 days. Exit

Entry 2 = 60 days. Exit

Entry 3 = 60 days. But use less and exit with enough time to re enter BEFORE THE VISA EXPIRES.

Entry 4 = 60 additional days. Extend this by 30 days = 9 months

This way you pay less in extensions but you have to border hop.

The easiest border hop (and most beautiful) is Koh Lipe/Langkawi. Direct boat between 2 islands.

Second easiest is Mae Sot. But not beautiful at all 😉

A few rules to remember with border hops. You can only do TWO land deals crossings per calendar year.

So this needs to be planned too.

Other hops need to be by air.

With kids you won’t be harassed so much with immigration on hopping in and out for a year.

Edit* And I would not let the kids go on unpaid overstay extension for the first times. But the last time you need an extension you can just not do it for the kids as they don’t get fined. But they will get an overstay stamp in their passport. If leaving who cares. If coming back you don’t want many of these (save almost 8000 baht here for the kids)

Multi Entry tourist visa will give you 9 months if you play it exactly to the date. + 1 other single entry tourist visa + extension = 3 more months.

It’s a bit of a headache and will take planning but works like this.

Apply METV before you come online in your home country. Apply as close to leaving as possible but leaving enough time to process it.

From the date of processing it’s valid for 6 months to enter/exit/re enter as many times as you like.

Each time being stamped in for a maximum of 60 days, which you can then extend by 30 more days each time without leaving.

Doing the minimum entry/exits would be like this

1st entry = 60 days + 30 day extension

Visa run # 1

2nd entry = 60 days + 30 day extension

Visa run # 2

3rd entry and this one is Essential to plan the date exactly. You need to stamp into thailand for your 3rd entry BEFORE your visa expires. Even if it’s 1-2 days before the 6 months runs up, you will still be stamped in for another 60 days and then be able to extend that by 30 days more.

Once that is done that visa is finished and you would need to either go to a neighboring country’s thai embassy and buy another single entry tourist visa (60 day entry + 30 day extension- taking you to 12 months) Or just do a normal exit/entry hop and get 30 day visa exempt + 30 day extension (taking you to 11 months)

It would really require laying it out on a calendar and having the requirements organized. Like having exit tickets booked, some hotel stays, and proof of travel funds.

Each extension would cost 1900 baht per person. For 6 people that adds up too. As do border hop tickets. X 4 times during the year. Not cheap

But it wouldn’t tie you down to any classes like an education visa would.

I would get it for safety. Signed. Dated and Certified.

And carry her birth certificate with your name on it.

It’s not really up to the Thai Embassy, and I doubt they could even answer you on this.

It could be needed by UK immigration as you exit the UK. It could be required by the airline to check-in and board. It could be Thai immigration asking to see it as you enter or leave again. Etc. too many what ifs. Get the letter certified and travel at ease.

If it’s a separate ticket you need to exit and recheck in.

@Stuart ********

thank you very much. We will get a single Re entry now and a multi Re entry when the extension is processed.

On the website. Click these 3 lines. The next page says 2 options. LOG IN or REGISTER.

Select LOG IN and do the same steps.

Transfers to Thailand take 1-2 days usually.

You can transfer into THB. But you cannot put THB into Wise.

On the wise app. It says LOG IN on the first page. If you have an account simply LOG IN using your email and password.

Then it says SEND MONEY. You select send money and pick your country/ currency/ and type in the account details you want to transfer to.

There are only 3 banks in Thailand that allow over a 50,000 baht transfer. It says this right on wise when making a deposit.

If you do not already have a Wise account the “donor” couldn’t have put your money there.

@Todd ********

same. First time in 15 years our visas were checked like this. Definitely getting stricter

@Todd ********

yes I’m aware. But with the way they checked out visas I’m just assuming if flying with no visa they would want to see an onward flight. They really checked and double checked ours thoroughly

Not sure about for visa exempt… but we just flew from Canada and our visas were asked for and carefully inspected in both Halifax and Montreal when checking in. We all hold long term 5 yr or 90 day visas w extensions and Air Canada needed to see and check all visa details before giving boarding passes. I assume if no visa they would want to see evidence of leaving in a certain time frame.

Just buy a airasia flight to any country flexible to change after you extend.