@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

@Vanessa *********

When you arrive without a visa, you will receive a 60-days stay permit. It is called "visa-exempt entry"

This 60-days stay permit can be extended on Immigration for 1900.- THB for 30 more days.

At the moment it is TOTALLY unclear, how many times in a row you can make a border bounce and receive another 60-days stay permit.

Some say you can do it unlimited times, and others say that you can only stay in Thailand without a visa for a maximum of 90 days within a 180-days period. Time will show who is right.

So, as long as it has not been confirmed, you should use a safe option.

If you want to play 100% safe, apply for a 60-days single entry tourist visa in your home country, enter Thailand, get stamped in on this visa for 60 days. Extend on Immigration for 30 more days.

Before the stay permit expires, do a “border run”. Exit Thailand and re-enter visa-exempt. You will get stamped in for 60 days. And these 60 days stay permit can get extended for 30 more days.

60+30 and 60+30 = 180 days theoretical stay permit

Vanessa Williams When you arrive without a visa, you will receive a 60-days stay permit. It is called "visa-exempt entry".

This 60-days stay permit can be extended on Immigration for 1900.- THB for 30 more days.

At the moment it is TOTALLY unclear, how many times in a row you can make a border bounce and receive another 60-days stay permit.

Some say you can do it unlimited times, and others say that you can only stay in Thailand without a visa for a maximum of 90 days within a 180-days period. Time will show who is right

@Vijay ****

you are TOTALLY WRONG. When you arrive without a visa, you will receive a 60-days stay permit, not a 60-days visa. It is called "visa-exempt entry", you arrive without a visa and you don't get a visa. This 60-days stay permit can be extended on Immigration for 1900.- THB for 30 more days. A "visa" technically cannot be extended. A "visa" will become INVALID for further use upon entry . . . . and at the moment it is TOTALLY unclear, how many times in a row you can make a border bounce and receive another 60-days stay permit. Some say you can do it unlimited times, and others say that you can only stay in Thailand without a visa for a maximum of 90 days within a 180-days period. Time will show who is right

the question rather is: which schools/cooking classes/ Muay Thai camps are "government approved"?

Will the applicant be required to upload the licence of a school, along with his contract for a course or seminar? Can I book a 4-week Thai cooking class and receive a 5-year multi entry visa on the sole assumption that I will participate to a 4-weeks cooking class? Who will control that I really attended the classes? 😂😁