@Paul ***********

you are posting misinformation. There has never been a one-year Non-O visa issued by Thai Immigration. However there has been a one-year "extended stay permit" issued by Immigration, This is the one where you need 800,000.- THB deposit in your Thai bank account. Only once you have collected 12 months consecutive transfers of minimum of 65,000 THB from abroad into your Thai account, you will be able to use a one-year bank statement for the application to the next one-year "extended stay permit" (which is NOT a visa, that 's the misinformation you posted!)

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

well, your reply doesn't hold any helpful hint for the threadstarter, because he is doing a wholly different itinerary that yours under different circumstances. He is doing a border run by air and doesn't use an agent. Vietnam is visa-exempt, entering doesn't cost him a single "$barth", and the re-entry to Thailand is also free of charge

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

$$$ Dollars or "Barts" . . I am just wondering which country is using Barths as their currency 😂😃

@Michael ********

Your flight to Saigon is the perfect proof of onward travel, as the airline flying you to Thailand will want to see a proof that you leave Thailand within the 30 days stay permit, you will get stamped in upon arrival

Immigration generally rarely asks for proof of onward travel. This question is reserved for offenders of multiple consecutive visa-exempt entries.

For the flight back to Thailand, your return ticket to the U.S.A. is, again, the perfect proof of onward travel within the next 30 days stay permit.

Keep in mind, PRINT all the tickets on paper. Most check-in staff will thank you!

@Amanda *****

yes you can use an agency. I actually recommend using an agency, in order to maintain a speedy workflow. If you are in Pattaya, I recommend

@Stefan *******

and his F.S. Consulting Co. in the Soi Pratamnak.

@Kool ******

this is not true! Only foreigners married to a Thai wife will have to get their marriage registered at the Amphur. A married foreign couple can use the embassy and MfA certified documents as proof of their marriage being real, for immigration office purpose. They do NOT need a certification or a Kor Ror 22 by the Amphur. What you talk about is already certified the very moment the MfA certifies their marriage documents

@Ally ***********

everything is correct in your advice. Only the poor spelling "visit your embassy in France" is complete nonsense

@Ally ***********

"this should be done at your Embassy in France " . . . there is no French Embassy in France

@Otto ********

even if he was an European citizen,your reply would be wrong. He will get a visa-on-arrival for 45 (!!) days in Vietnam with a Schengen passport. The days of the 14-days VOA are long gone for European citizens. But NOT for U.S. citizens

@John *********

their French marriage documents are already certified for use to apply for a Thai visa in France. Only to be able to use them inside Thailand, they need translation & legalization by the French Embassy Bangkok, and further probably immigration will require the legalized documents "cross-legalized" again, by the Thai MfA in Bangkok