Jackie Washington . . . direct SWIFT transfers from your home bank account to your Thai bank account will solve the transfer code issue. However if these SWIFT transfers turn out to be massively expensive, then the only option for the renewed extension application are the 800,000 THB deposit in your Thai bank account

@Bob *********

direct SWIFT transfers from your home bank account to your Thai bank account will solve the transfer code issue. However if these SWIFT transfers turn out to be massively expensive, then the only option for the renewed extension application are the 800,000 THB deposit in your Thai bank account

@Paul ******

not even you are correct. You are right that the visa cannot get extended or renewed, but you fail to explain what actually happens to a single entry 90-days visa when you enter Thailand on it. . . Let me teach you: The visa will become invalid ("USED") on the day you enter. You will be in Thailand on a 90-days stay permit. Only this stay permit can be extended or "renewed"

it says "or" . . . . . . it says (12-months) bank account statements OR income affidavit. It seems some Immigration officers are partially illiterate. Well it is how it is . . . .the bank account is need for those whose embassies are not issuing any more income affidavits. All others whose embassies still issue it, should not be forced to show any bank statements. . . . . when in Thailand, just don't try to search for any logic . . there is little logic. Logic is too complicated for many Thai minds

@Peter *******

it's not about the Thai Immigration. It rather is the airline you want to board without a visa for Thailand. Most airlines want to see a proof that you will be leaving Thailand within the 60 days you will get stamped in on a visa-exempt entry. Immigration is not interested in your itinerary, unless they seek a way to deny entry

@Jason *********

Non-O visa types are based on retirement/over 50 years old, on Education, on Employment, on having a half-Thai child, on being married to a Thai wife and a few others. A Non-Imm-O visa type can be applied for through the E-Visa online system of the Thai embassies and consulates in EVERY country, by fulfilling specific requirements. Inside Thailand it can only be obtained by a process called "change of visa type", which allows you to change from a tourist visa or a visa-exempt entry to an initial 90-days Non-Imm-O visa type, by fulfilling the specific of the visa-type requirements

@Josh ********

there is nothing such as an arrival visa for 60 days. You either arrive on a "visa-on-arrival", pay 2000 THB and get stamped in for 15 days, or you enter without a visa (visa-exempt entry) and get stamped in for a 60-days stay permit

@Steven *****

that's the way to go. On a longterm visa, neither the airline nor Thai Immigration will ever want to know your further travel plans. If an Immigration officer asks, then it would just be out of a friendly uttered interest in what you are gonna do in Thailand, and the best reply is "I love to be in Thailand, it is a very good place to stay and the people are nice"

@Steven *****

oh my, then you obviously are the type of traveller they LOVE to ask . . . . . . normally Immigration is NOT interested in your onward travel, unless they seek to find a reason to refuse entry. I strongly suggest you next time tidy up, show up shaved, with a nice haircut, smelling of Eau de Cologne and in casual clothes 😄😅

If you are flying to Thailand on a one-way ticket, or without a visa, you can expect that the airline will ask you to provide proof of onward travel from the destination country within the expected length of stay stamped upon entry. In your case it’s a 60-days visa exempt entry.

It does not necessarily have to be the "return flight". It CAN be a return flight. But it can also be a one-way flight "out of Thailand" within the permitted period.

For example, a cheap one-way ticket with Air Asia from Hat Yai to Kuala Lumpur for $35.00, is a 100% secure onward travel proof

Even if you have a visa, the airline can ask for proof of onward travel if you are leaving Thailand outside the length of stay stamped upon entry, or if you want to fly with a one-way ticket.

They "can", they don't necessarily do so. But if the check-in crew implements the rules consistently, they will definitely ask for it.

Because this IATA rule does in fact EXIST, even if many people don't believe it or want to accept it, just because they have never been asked for proof of onward travel.

The penalty for the airline that does not follow the rule is 10,000 U.S. Dollars if the passenger is rejected at the border of the destination country.

And if a flight is overbooked, the airline uses the onward travel proof as a proven means of thinning down the number of passengers. And that's what they will surely do in such a situation!

Thai immigration normally is not interested in proof of onward travel or the return flight. They only ask for it randomly - this usually happens to those entering the country who got an extensive stamp history in their passport, or passengers who turn up in ragged clothing or drunk.

The airline is only enforcing a guideline from Thai immigration. The IATA, as the highest aviation authority, has committed to applying these guidelines. And because Thai immigration has passed the check-duty to the airlines, it does not check again when you enter the country. They tacitly trust the airlines did check already

It is also important to know that many airlines do NOT accept a train or bus ticket to a neighboring country as proof of onward travel, but insist that it must be a FLIGHT ticket.

** You also often read that you can provide proof by booking a hotel in a neighboring country.

** or by presenting a visa for the neighboring country.

** or by signing a form in which you accept responsibility in the event of entry being refused.

** or by taking a speedboat ride from Koh Lipe to Langkawi.

** or a bus ticket to Cambodia

** or a train ride to Singapore

** or a cheap "onward ticket" (but at your own risk)

All of these are just half-hearted suggestions. There is NO guarantee that it will work. The airline decides whether to accept it or not

Of course there are people in every group who claim the opposite, but they can NEVER GUARANTEE their statements

Where as a “real” one-way flight ticket out of Thailand is always a 100% guarantee

Then there are people who firmly claim that the proof of onward travel does not exist, just because they have never been asked

These people can never guarantee that you will not be asked. Such a behavior is irresponsible towards those asking in FB groups

There is NO guarantee that you will not be asked at check-in. It could just as easily be the other way around and proof of onward travel will be asked.

Then you are left standing at the check-in counter and are refused boarding.

That is why I don't think it is a good idea to present your own experience as irrefutable. Thousands of travelers have been turned away in the past, and HUNDREDS face this problem EVERY day at airports around the world

What kind of proof of onward travel will be accepted, you should ask the airline, but it is best to do so in writing (email) In this case if you receive a positive reply, you can print it and take it to the check-in counter. Over the phone, airline employees sometimes tell you anything whatever comes to their mind, much of it might not be true.