@Colin ********

for my own convenience, I regularily hibernate in Thailand since 18 years, from end Sptember/beginning of October, to mid-March. Placing my annual Extension of Stay Permit expiry date on January 4th, which means into the absolute middle-term of my stay, has advantages: I do my 90-days report on the same day I apply for my next extension of stay. And before my next 90-days report becomes due, I have already flown back to Europe. Easy peasy.

@Greg ****

keep in mind: when you enter Thailand and activate the 90 days stay permit, the 1-year extension of stay will start and expire exactly 90 days after the date when you entered. If for example you exit Thailand now, and re-enter to activate the visa tomorrow on December 16th, you will get stamped in for 90 days, and the 1-year extension of stay based on retirement will start on March 13th. This date will remain the date when your annual "1-year EOS" will expire and needs to be applied for up from 30 days earlier. In case are sure that you will always be inside Thailand every year until this date and apply up from 30 days before this date, you are fine. If you wait until your 60 days stay permit expires, you are shifting this date further away from March 2026 and thus for every future year

Greg Low . keep in mind: when you enter Thailand and activate the 90 days stay permit, the 1-year extension of stay will start and expire exactly 90 days after the date when you entered. If for example you exit Thailand now, and re-enter to activate the visa tomorrow on December 16th, you will get stamped in for 90 days, and the 1-year extension of stay based on retirement will start on March 13th. This date will remain the date when your annual "1-year EOS" will expire and needs to be applied for up from 30 days earlier. In case are sure that you will always be inside Thailand every year until this date and apply up from 30 days before this date, you are fine. If you wait until your 60 days stay permit expires, you are shifting this date further away from March 2026 and thus for every future year

What I meant to say:

For my own convenience, I regularly hibernate in Thailand since 18 years, from end September/beginning of October, to mid-March.

Placing my annual Extension of Stay Permit expiry date on January 4th, which means into the absolute middle-term of my stay, has advantages:

I do my 90-days report on the same day I apply for my next extension of stay.

And before my next 90-days report becomes due, I have already flown back to Europe. Easy peasy.

@Mauro ********

you better don't touch any key on your computer keypad

@Stuart ********

depending . .if he waits, the date of the annual Extension of stay moves further out into the Thai rainy season. Mind ya - the 1-year extension will start on the day after expiry of the 90 days stay permit

*** There is no “reset”

The 157-days get calculated as follows:

*** You can only get two extensions for visa-free entries per ongoing one-year period.

*** The number of visa-free entries itself is NOT limited.

*** You will be able to get a 30-day extension for the first visa-free entry, but only a 7-day extension for the second visa-exempt entry.

This sums up to 60 + 30 + 60 + 7 = 157 days per one-year period.

As soon as you threaten to break this (invisible but easily calculated) 157-days barrier by another visa-exempt entry, the border Immigration official might start to interpret it as misuse of visa-exempt stay for a longstay in Thailand

@Brett *********

you seems to know complete losers only 🤣

@Art ******

that's wrong - visa-exempt entries are not limited. It's the extensions that are limited

@Terry *******

you won't have any problems, as visa-exempt entries within a one-year period are not limited, it the extensions which are limited. You 2-week holidays make you "real" tourists. No problem whatsoever because you can always show a flight out after two weeks

@Brett *********

actually my source is an Immigration Volunteer 😉