@Jens ********

you can't work inside Thailand on a tourist visa or a DTV. You however can get a work permit on a "married extension" out of a 90-days Non-Imm-O family visa. Your first aim should be to accumulate 400.000.- THB, and if you don't have that kind of money, maybe an agent can help (might be costly, though. And it might make you dependent to that agent forever)

@Jens ********

I think what you want to tell us, that you don't have 400.000.- THB in your Thai bank account, in order to apply for another 1-year extension of stay based on being married to a Thai. This makes me wonder how you achieved this extension based on marriage in the recent year. I assume you got it in Savannakhet, where until last year you weren't required to show financials at all. You had one year of time to accumulate 400.000 THB in savings so you can continue getting the "1-year extension based on being married to a Thai wife" . . . . . You said you have a company. Is this company inside Thailand or is it outside of Thailand? In case it is outside of Thailand, does this company not earn you enough to put aside 400.000.- THB ? You do have only limited options

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@Radost *************************

you are so fulla BS. I have followed you in different FB groups, and 99% of what you post is pure nonsense, is absolute BS. You maybe run a bar in Chiang Mai, but you have no clue about topics which are beyond your reach and occupation. You don't know sh.. about Thailand. You are an internet Troll

@Radost *************************

YOU ARE FULL OF BS. Chinese, as tourists, but not as residents. There are only 240.000 Farang residents in Thailand. Your numbers ARE WRONG

@Kami *****

you were just lucky, they didn't notice that you still were on a valid stay permit. It's the normal way things are handled - as long as you hold a stay permit or a still valid visa, you cannot apply for another one. The Thai embassy which issued your DTV made a mistake.

@Rob ******

Immigration can deny entry, so there definitely must be a rule or law upon which they base their decision. And you are WRONG when you say there is no "law". There is! It is called SECTION 12 , and you can google for it "Thailand section 12". Section 12 describes situations when a person who wants to enter Thailand can be denied entry. You might not call it a "law" but SECTION 12 actually is a 12-points listed handbook of "rules"

@Radost *************************

you could be right - myself I also doubt the Thais will ever be able to work out a bureaucratic scheme that could fit its purpose. However your numbers are not correct. There are about 240.000 Western "Farang" living in Thailand, and around 3 million Burmese, Laotian and Cambodian workers. Far from your 6 million number

@Alex ********

but you don't even need to travel to Savannakhet at all. Just apply for the "one year Extension of stay based on marriage with a Thai wife" on your Immigration, pay 1900.- THB and buy a multi entry permit for 3800.- THB. With this 1-year long stay permit you do not have to leave Thailand every 90 days, which you would need to do with a 365-days multi entry Non-Imm-O married visa

at the moment nobody can tell if you can use the 60-days visa-exempt entry consecutively. If you wanna play safe, apply for a 60 days tourist visa, extend on Immigration for 30 days, and only AFTER this do a border bounce and re-enter Thailand on the 60-days visa-exempt