@Sean ****

Lucky you, they must have been impressed by your politeness 😂

@Shaughn **********

you are right, they should have given him a leeway of 14 days/two weeks 😄 and YES thank you for confirming the "rule of Thumb" being "180 days within a 365-days period" and not "within a calendar year" (which won't make any sense anyways)

@Ralph ******

like I said - "lost in translation" . .it is not "per calendar year" this is NOT how Immigration counts

@Peter *********

well he can . . . enter visa-exempt, 60 days, extend with 30 days, then do a border bounce and enter visa-exempt a second time, 60 days again. That's already 60+30+60 = 150 days or 5 months . . and another border bounce or another 30 days extension will catapult it to six months and beyond

@Marc *******

You need to listen closely . . . if it really counts until April, and we got November now, then it is never "per calendar year" . .the period they count is spanning across TWO calendar years. The years 2025 and 2026. It actually is a 365-days period. Which is the famous "rule of thumb" that gets applied when an Immigration official thinks you are misusing a touristic entry for a longstay in Thailand. They then check their Central Computer and count all PREVIOUS stay within the last 365 days. Believe it or not - I am familar with Immigration

yes, while there is no official rule on how often you can enter and for how long you can stay in Thailand on a visa-exempt entry, many Immigration officers at the border often follow a "rule of thumb" like "on visa exemption, not more than 180 days within a 365-days period" . . . . I think your buddy and/or the officer "got lost in translation" - it is not "per calendar year" but they count the recent 365-days period, calendar year doesn't matter, they could also count the total time he spent in the span of two calendar years, if it exceeds 180 days

@Steven ***********

*** IF your country's embassy in Bangkok still issues a certified income affidavit.

you don't

EITHER

need 12 months of transfers of 40,000 THB from abroad into your Thai bank account,

NOR

do you need a deposit of 400,000 THB in your Thai bank account,

You would only need this income affidavit for the financial proof for an application to the 1-year Extension of Stay Permit

*** some Immigrations might want to see that you actually transfer some money into your Thai bank account, and a bankbook showing 2 or 3 months of transfers are accepted as proof

@Deniz ********

I would only buy a multi re-entry permit if you plan to exit and re-enter Thailand more often than three times during the most recent stamped one-year stay permit period. If you plan less than 3 exits, it is more economical to buy single re-entry permits every time . . . 1000 THB on Immigration or 1200 THB at the airport

@Deniz ********

a multi re-entry permit you buy for the second year or for the 1-year Extension of the Stay Permit out of a former Non-Imm-O/A Visa, will cost 3800 THB on Immigration

@Graeme *****

"but your second year is only single entry" . . . . .sorry, this is wrong. The second year is without any re-entry permit. It doesn't come with a single re-entry permit. In the second year, he needs to buy a re-entry permit if he wants the most recently stamped stay permit kept alive in case he exits Thailand