@Gordon ***********

no, why would you on a tourist visa or visa-exempt? That's a small entry stamp. Six of these fit one passport page! One page, six entries !! You can definitely enter Thailand on an almost full passport. The Immigration officer doesn't care

@Jeremy *******

problem is - his passport must have enough space for the ugly overstay stamp 😂 . . this is a big elephant in the room . .

@Robert *******

are you aware that WISE is charging you a 1.75% provision after you have extended the monthly withdrawal limit of 200 USD ?

@Robert *******

You could not be more wrong! The exchange rate of a credit card provider is almost as good as the rate you receive from Superrich for a cash exchange. Of course if your card issuing bank robs you, this is where your problem is. My bank doesn't charge any fees for foreign withdrawals using my Visacard, except the 250 Baht ATM fee. The exchange rate is only marginally less than the XE-rate of the day

@Vanessa *********

you don't "extend your Non-O/A annually". Before the final stay permit one receives on a O/A visa expires, he needs to apply for the 1-year Extension of the Stay Permit. For this FIRST extension application he cannot use the income affidavit, and it is questionable if he can use it for further extensions, because we don't know if his embassy still issues it. He will need 800,000 THB in his Thai bank account and a mandatory health insurance with one of the Thai private tgia-listedprivate insurances . . . . . . WATCH your terminology: you can't "extend a visa". You can only get your stay permit extended

@Robert ********

it is okay, if you use it once every calendar year, no problem . . but you can't use the METV shortly after prolonged visa-exempt entries or touristic entries

@Henrik ****

how stupid would that be??? You better don't bring any Thai Baht into Thailand - you better bring the equivalent of 20,000 THB in Dollars, GBP or Euros. NEVER exchange your home currency outside of Thailand before you fly to Thailand. You lose 5 to 6 Baht per U.S. Dollar

@Pietro ************

I would not say that you lose a lot when withdrawing with a provisions-free credit card. You just need to withdraw a large sum - like 20,000 THB or better, 30,000 THB on the yellow ATM's. So the 250 Baht ATM fee gets spread across a large amount . . . .The exchange rate of Visa- or Master-Credit card providers are actually VERY GOOD rates . . It's the fees your card-issuing bank charges for ATM withdrawals abroad. Your bank is the thief! My Visacard providing bank charges ZERO fees on withdrawals on a Thai ATM. I only pay the 250 Baht ATM fee, and the exchange rate is a REALLY good rate, close to the exchange rate for cash with SuperRich. Your problem is - U.S. Americans are being robbed by their banks (and by their doctors!) In Europe, we can get credit cards that offer zero fees for foreign ATM withdrawals

@John ********

The exchange rates of Visa- or Master-Credit card providers are actually VERY GOOD rates . . It's the fees your card-issuing bank charges for ATM withdrawals abroad. Your bank is the thief! My Visacard providing bank charges ZERO fees on withdrawals on a Thai ATM. I only pay the 250 Baht ATM fee, and the exchange rate is a REALLY good rate, close to the exchange rate for cash with SuperRich. Your problem is - U.S. Americans are being robbed by their banks (and by their doctors!) In Europe, we can get credit cards that offer zero fees for foreign ATM withdrawals

@Mark *******

you are right and you should not let other people here bring you down. The exchange rate of Visa- or Master-Credit card providers are actually VERY GOOD rates