@Colin *********

you can use an international foreign health insurance for the first two years out of the Non-O/A Visa. A Thai tgia-listed insurance will only become mandatory when you apply for the 1-year extension

@Steven *******

if he enters with the 90-days Non-Imm-O Visa, opens a bank account and transfers the 800,000 THB onto it, he does NOT need to prove that the money came from abroad when he applies for the extension. This proof is only needed when doing a "change of visa type" inside Thailand

@Dan ******

ha, such wise words. . . . . only ONE information will be correct, the other one is manu re or vom it 🤣😃🤣

@Periklis **************

You should not rely on a wrong assortment given to you by a misinformed Immigration officer.

You should refrain from thinking in terms of "calendar year".

I would rather say that all visa-exempt stays within the recent "1-year period" will be taken into consideration when you attempt several visa-exempt entries or several applications to an extension

Just think about it mathematical:

WHY would they really count in "calendar year"?

This would allow you 157 days BEFORE New Year, and 157 more days AFTER New Year, totaling in a 304-days consecutive visa-exempt holiday inside Thailand.

304 days of a holiday without a visa? Really?

The mind boggles.

It is not accurate that the Thai Immigration counts in "calendar years". Never ever.

It won't make much sense. With absolute certainty, the count is “per one-year period”

@Periklis **************

you can ask EVERY visa advice expert of ALL the Thailand visa advice groups, and you will receive they very same reply from everyone: There is no reset !

@Periklis **************

there is no "reset". This is the usual BS from some stvpid misinformed Immigration officer. 🤣 😀 🤣 Or something you asked got lost in translation 😅

@Craig ******

exactly. That's why Immigration counts in "rolling 365-days", not in "calendar year". A calendar year comes into play if you become a tax resident in Thailand, for example

there is no "reset" per calendar year. The count is "per 1-year stay period"

ArticulateSloth6363 none. . . As I said, you can only get the bank account opened on a tourist visa or exempt entry, if you buy the complete "retirement" package. You will be on a tourist entry, but the agent brokers a deal between Immigration and the bank - ensuring that he gets your bank account opened on the much needed 90-days Non-Imm-O Visa from Immigration. And from there on you get the 1-year extension issued, beginning 90 days later

@Alex *****

just carry 750 US Dollar on you in cash. You will get stamped in visa-exempt for 60 days. Only ATTENTION you must pay with the airline that flies you to Thailand from Vietnam. They could ask you for a proof of onward travel out of Thailand within these 60 days