Anser to question one is no and you didn’t really have to book any ticket for the application.

It’s always recommended to stay and wait for your visa, but option two is used by several people as backup in situations like this. The main thing is that you fulfilled the requirements when you applied, applied from your current location and can prove that you also left from this location/country.

The only difference is the paper itself.

When you apply for a tourist visa you prove who you are, where you are, that you have a ticket and want to go to Thailand for a 60 days stay based on tourism.

When you enter on a 60 days visa exemption you also prove who you are, where you came from, that you had a ticket and now want to get stamped in for a 60 days stay based on tourism.

Besides this all requirements are the same.

@Nenz ********

Who said this. People from the Philippines with Philippine passport are entitled to a 60 days visa exemption after the new Scheme introduced in July last year.

If you hold a Philippine passport

@Nenz ********

(ref your previous comments here), you’re entitled to a 60 days visa exemption and free stamp upon arrival and you’ll be fine with your 60 days return/onward ticket.

This is for you address registration TM.30, but PIBICS is a registration to check if you’re previously blacklisted from Thailand.

@Nav *******

Visit your embassy in Bangkok and see what they can do.

@Unconventional ******

People with passports from Philippines or/and Germany are entitled to a 60 days visa exemption and free stamp upon entry which also could be extended with additional 30 days at your local immigration. Previously, until 15 July last year, the visa exemption was 30 days.

@Unconventional ******

Yes, and then entitled to a 60 days visa exemption upon arrival in Thailand. The only requirement are 1) Onward ticket within 60 days 2) Proof of accommodation 3) Cash equal to 20K baht

@Unconventional ******

If you’re going for a "trip" to Thailand and are among the 93 countries entitled to a 60 days visa exemption upon arrival on the same conditions as your Philippine partner, you’ll only need to prove cash equal to 20K baht pr person if it’s asked for, some proof of accommodation and an onward ticket within 60 days. Rarely checked at the immigration but you might risk your airline will ask for the onward ticket during check in. No guarantee is required.

@James ********

Should be possible if you apply for the initial 90 days from abroad or inside Thailand early in one periode, get a single re-entry permit, leave and apply the extension next time.