@Andy ***********

(1) and (2) is the requirements for a Non O in country. (3) is allowed at some immigrations for extension of stay.

I’m know I’m not wrong as this has been a subject several times, and if the IO accepts previous transactions for your Non O it’s only between you and him.

@Andy ***********

Yes, but then your stay also is terminated.

There’s no official regulation regarding this and therefore between you and the IO and immigration you use.

The regulations gives three alternatives regarding financial requirements

(1) Income with affidavit letter.

(2) 800K baht

(3) A combination of (1) and (2) 800K in total for the extension.

Even the (3) is not accepted by all immigrations for extensions. So if they will accept this alternative without any regulations is between you and them without any regulations.

@Andy ***********

I know people have done it this way, but I don’t know if all immigrations will accept it. You’ll need to cancel your stay anyway, leave and re-enter with or apply for a Non O.

There’s no legal way around depositing 800K baht for the first year to get a legitimate stay in Thailand. An agent can give you an expensive non legal stay in Thailand by bypassing formal requirements and you’ll be stuck with an agent for all the future.

@Dieter ******

Yes I know there’s always people willing to help you with something at a real cost at 1900 baht for 20 to 40K baht with getting a non legitimate stay in Thailand. One day it might be cracked down be the government and you’ll need to leave.

@Dieter ******

If you decide to jump on the agent train to bypass the formal requirements for stay in Thailand by letting an agent “borrow” you the money, you’ll also get stuck with an agent for all your future extensions. So If you use an agent to bypass the money in the bank requirement, next year when you go to apply for an extension you'll be denied. You must supply 12 months of bank statements to prove you continued to the meet the requirements last year which is that you must keep the 800,000 baht in the bank for 3 months after you received your extension, and it cannot drop below 400,000 the rest of the year. You'll need the agent to bypass these requirements again for next year. Or if your agent disappeared for a few days and returned with stamps from a completely different province hundreds of km away, you'll also have to use an agent again next time because everyone knows how you got your extension, as those stamps come from provinces known for this and are completely obvious to immigration.

There’s no official statement regarding this. She will most certainly be able to get another 60 days visa exemption. If she does short trips abroad within this 60 days period, she will probably be able to re-enter on a technically new 60 days visa exemption as well. The main thing is not how many times you enter on a visa exemption, but how many days you stay in total within this or a period of time.

Unfortunately it’s not possible to get a re-entry permit on a visa exemption, but it’s a huge difference between maximising visa exemptions and re-enter several time in a shorter period of time an still be considered as a genuine tourist in Thailand.

@Amari ******

I disagree with

@Stuart ********

here if you intend to do more than two entries and spend more than six months in Thailand. Then I would applied for a METV.

The reason is that I just spooked to a father from the US that sendt his son with a completely clean travelling history to Thailand for doing Muay Thai for a period. Since they didn’t manage to do all the paper for a DTV he was told just to do border bounce with visa exemption. He entered fine and did two exemption with extension and spend six months in Chiang Mai. On his third try to enter on visa exemption with a plane from Vietnam he was denied entry and they didn’t even allow him to go and pick up his belongings. Now he’s alone in Malaysia and try to apply for a visa and his father in the US is quite sad and would never sent him if he knew that after six months it could be a gamble to get back in.

There’s no official statement regarding this, but as I’ve said before, if you maximise two visa exemptions in a row or in a shorter period of time, the rest could become a gamble.

The first time you’ll always need to do it in person.

This is two alternative ways to fulfil the financial requirements, but you can only use monthly income after showing proof of twelve months consecutive transfers, unless your embassy offers to give you a affidavit letter regarding income. The first year or if you apply for a Non O in Thailand you’ll need to prove yourself with 800K baht in your Thai bank account.