@Pete ******

only when you run into an emergency, you will find out if this insurance will back you up despite your pre-existing conditions. Nothing is guraranteed. They all have a fine print

most Thai private insurance companies will exclude pre-existing conditions. They are profit-oriented private enterprises. If you start costing them too much, they will kick you from the plate. You must be honest and tell them about all pre-existing conditions, or you can end up paying for a few years, and then in a case of illness you will find out that they refuse payment. Nobody can tell you how good an insurance company is, before you don't get into the situation when you need them. That's a moment of awakening for many

*** from exiting the airplane, you can walk to Immigration within 10 to 15 minutes

*** at the Immigration counters, there you might meet a crowd or not. It might take you 5 minutes or another 15 minutes

*** if you don’t have to pick up any luggage, you will have passed Thai customs 1 minute after having entered Thailand

I would like to get a visa for remote working, but I am sorry to say, I haven't started working remotely, yet. . . . . . you should post this on a friday, not now, because that is the bitches' day. 🤣🤣🤣 and I always thought, that there are no stupid questions, instead only stupid answers. But now I need to rethink it

@Ryan *******

it was a 5000.- Euros proof with a bank statement, before Covid, for the application to a 6-months multi entry Tourist Visa 😶in the European Union

@Tod ********

what makes it even more confusing to most people is the fact that the 20,000 THB is the same amount required for two different things:

*** the new financial proof that has to be uploaded when applying for a Tourist Visa in the e-visa system, in the shape of a bank statement

or

*** the proof of 20,000 THB in CASH at a border to Thailand , if asked for by the Immigration official

@Tony *********

it's 93 countries. And when exiting Thailand without a re-entry permit, the STAY PERMIT will get cancelled, not the "visa". The 60-days tourist visa already expires and becomes invalid when entering Thailand. And afaik, you cannot buy a re-entry permit for a tourist visa stay permit or a visa-exempt stay permit

@Nigel *************

I love that: "IF the Immigration Officer is happy on this day" 😂😎

@Kenny ****

there is no 180-days maximum stay rule. There actually is no law and no rule that says how long you can stay inside Thailand on touristic entries. You find some of this wording on Thai Embassy websites, but embassies have no say in what happens at the borders. What counts for the Immigration official at the border is your total stamp history of the previous 365 days. If he thinks you are maxxing out visa-exempt entries for a longstay in Thailand, he can already deny a second visa-exempt entry. Some officials are relaxed and allow another entry that follows closely to a previous one, but in many cases they will warn you that for your next stays you should get the proper visa

@Ariana *********

Terminology is important.

***It is EITHER: if you applied for a 60-days single entry Tourist Visa in your home country and enter Thailand on this visa, You will get stamped in for a 60-days stay permit.

*** OR: you enter visa-exempt (without a visa) and will get stamped in for a 60-days stay permit (if you are a citizen of the 93 countries elegible for a visa-exempt entry)

*** in both cases, you do NOT get stamped any visa upon entry. You only receive a STAY PERMIT stamp!

*** in both cases, you can extend the 60 days with another 30-days stay permit extension on Immigration for 1900.- THB

*** you will have to exit Thailand before the 90 days are up!

*** you can EITHER apply for another 60-days single entry tourist visa by the E-Visa Online system of the Thai embassy in a neighbour country

OR

You spend a few days outside Thailand and re-enter visa-exempt.

*** Now that’s when the next steps become questionable:

It is upon the sole discretion of an Immigration officer at the border, if he grants you another touristic entry after you have just maxxed out your previous stay with 90 days

He/She can deny entry, or grant you another 60 days stamp but will warn you, that this was your last touristic entry for the next few months, and that you should use a proper visa for the true purpose of your stays. And he will tell you that you should not use touristic entries for a longstay in Thailand. And he can ask you for the FAMOUS three proofs: 20,000 THB in CASH or equivalent in CASH (!!) in another currency, an onward travel out of Thailand within 60 days, and a booked accomodation for the next few nights

While there is no rule and no law that says how often your can enter and how long you can stay inside Thailand on visa-exempt stamps, the crucial thing is that an Immigration officer might come to the conclusion that you have overused free touristic entries