You might not be able to use the “12 months transfer method” (if that’s what you mean) unless you’re income (40K baht) is earned inside Thailand OR your embassy offers to provide you a a affidavit letter to confirm your income if it’s from abroad, and we know the AUS embassy doesn’t offer this service. Then you’ll need two months seasoning of 400K in a bank account baht to apply.

“In case of having any other income from abroad such as pension

Letter from the applicant’s Embassy in Bangkok verified his monthly pension or other income not less than 40,000 baht”

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A single entry tourist visa gives you 60 days with possibility for a 30 days local extension. A multiple entries tourist visa is valid for six months.

If you’re a citizen of one of the 93 countries entitled to visa exemption, you can just come and get a 60 day’s free stamp upon arrival without any visa and also apply for a 30 days extension at your local immigration.

@Mark *******

I’m not quite sure, the visa would still be valid but they probably won’t approve your entry as the insurance isn’t updated. You normally can’t have an active visa and enter on a visa exemption either. Personally I would just wait to the last day before I’d leave and re-entered to be sure.

@Michael ******

No, the one year Non O-A has already multiple entries. Every time you get stamped in within the first year you get a year stay, even if it’s close to it expires. For your second year on a non O-A visa you’ll need to buy re-entry permits if you leave as the visa itself is expired and you just got a stamp or permission to stay for a year.

If you’re on a regular Non O visa or yearly extensions of stay you’ll always need to buy re-entry permits when you leave or else you’ll cancel your stay and need to apply from scratch again on a visa exemption when you re-enter.

Yes that’s all that’s necessary. The hotels are obligated to register your TM.30 and most hotels do it online when you check in and you can ask for a receipt/confirmation.

@Michael ******

No this is not correct. Non O-A visa itself is a multiple entries visa and you don’t need to purchase any re-entry permits.

If you leave on a Non O without re-entry permit, you’ll cancel your visa.

If you can meet the financial requirements of 65K baht a month, the NZ embassy still offers to provide affidavit letters to confirm your income/pension as I understand. You’ll therefore don’t need to prove 800K baht in a thai bank to apply for a 90 days Non O in country. So if you plan to stay or live in Thailand you best option might be to leave short time before your Non O-A expires, stay a couple of days in a nearby country until it’s expired, re-enter on a 60 days visa exemption and apply for regular a Non O in country with a affidavit letter from your embassy.

@Michael ******

Don’t know about Singapore but Malaysia (KL/Penang) requires health insurance also for a regular Non O. Non citizen can apply.

@Goel *******

You can only apply for a e-visa where you psychically is located when you apply no matter what you passport says. E-visa was initiated during Covid so people physically didn’t need to visit the embassy/consulate where they were located.

@Максим *********

it’s not counted in months anyway.