@Maitin ******

the 4 months seasoning requirement is only asked for by the Bangkok Bank. . . .No other Thai bank is asking you for this nonsense when you need the "rab roong thanakan" bank letter of guarantee confirming the 2-months seasoning. I recommend you open the Thai bank account with Kasikorn, they are more customer friendly

@Maitin ******

Still not happy! 😄 there is no "passport with non-o". There is just a small "admitted until"stay permit stamp in your passport. The Non-O visa is a separate .pdf paper document

@Law *******

Sorry, but you don’t extend any Non-O visa inside Thailand

*** you arrive on a 90-days Non-Imm-O retirement visa which you got issued outside of Thailand

*** you get stamped in for a 90-days stay permit

*** the Non-Imm-O visa becomes invalid as soon as you receive the “admitted stay” stamp upon entry

*** on Immigration, you will apply for the “1-year Extension of the Stay Permit”

You will be living in Thailand on a “stay permit”, not on a visa

@Stephen ********

if you intend to open a Thai bank account, I suggest you print several copies of the .pdf visa document, as the bank will want one . . same if you intend to get a Thai drivers license, etc.

@Cesar ******

I never said that you are lying. I said your comment is not true. Not true in its full extent - you don't necessarily need to have both flights on the same PNR. It can be on a separate PNR. It depends on which airlines you use. For example if I arrive at the BKK with Qatar Airways, and fly to Koh Samui 4 hours later with Bangkok Airways, I can fly on separate tickets but my baggage gets checked through and I can stay inside the transit, I then need to enter Thailand through a special Immigration counter on the way from the international to the domestic terminal . . . because these two airlines have a "codeshare agreement"

@Peter ******

not saying that you cannot enter visa-exempt only 2 times per calendar year. It is the total amount days of stays they count. Right now after the change, the limit seems to be 157 days, but I assume they still follow the 180-days rule of the thumb. I guess if you never maximize any visa-exempt stay by an extension, you are good to arrive for short holidays not totalling more than (157?) 180 days - now counted by "calendar year" (no more 365-days period)

@Peter ******

so they counted back the rolling 365 days, NOT the calendar year, which was the usual practise before the November 16 changes on the "visa runs". So actually you received the warning when attempting a 4th or a 5th (only you know that) visa-exempt entry within a 365-days period . . if each stay out of 4 stays was 28 days, it sums up to, let's say, 112 days, so the new entry would have brought your complete stay amount to 112+60 = 172 days, plus a 30-days extension would have brought you to 202 days. 180 days within a one year period used to be the absolute limit for visa exempt stays. No wonder you got warned as the officer has to assume that you theoretically can get 90 days out of your visa-exempt stay

@Olav ********

WTF does that mean? 🤪

you got a few things very mixed up. I guess the mods will explain.

@Maitin ******

"when less than 30 days are left on your visa" . . nonsense! The visa will expire when he enters Thailand. He will be on a 90-days stay permit instead, not on a visa