@Tod ********

there are dirct flights from chiang mai to KL. I know a lot of taiwanese who easily got a tourist visa there while it could be more problematic to get it iin laos

go to malaysia (no visa required for taiwanese) tomorrow ad then back to thailand for 30more days.

just do the same you'd have done in naples 😉

@Robert ******

suspicious to either work or run a business there.

depends on how long you've planned to stay in thailand. If it's for another month then a border run would be enough (which could be extended for other 30 days). Remember that you'll start to be suspicious if you stay over 6months and you'll might get a lot of questions when u try to get in

why don't you get a multi entry visa which costs only 5k and allows u to stay in up for 9months?

are you really studying or u just got the ed visa for staying in thailand long term?

@Maxim **********

dude, perhaps you haven't realized that the immigration got much stricter after covid cuz there were a lot of people like you. Back in 2004 I could get a triple entry visa that could allow me to stay in thailand for 9 months and then you could just go to penang to get a double entry one. As I said I got questioned by the immigration the last time I got in the country and I was there for just 4 months. Perhaps you haven't realized that 12years ago nobody used ED visa while nowadays they have gotten much stricter with those as well. 183days isn't a rule but it's the line that most of the countries consider dividing residents from non residents.

@Joel ******

nope, it doesn't work that way, especially when you do that systematically and if you've spent over 6months in thailand. They've become pretty strict, as I said above, I wouldn't push your luck to the limit

@Joel ******

well, if you have already just few chances by airplane, those would reduce close to none by land border and still you'd get really likely refused to get a 30days extension. U already done more than half a year in thailand, I'd suggest you to get multi entry visa. I wouldn't trust any agents/agency at all, they don't take a duck if you entry gets denied, they had already gotten the $ by that time