don't overestimate yourself. come for a three-months holiday, travel around from the North to the Central to the South. Keep in mind from May thru September the weather is hot and humid

@Robin ******

your application got accepted, and you were given a stamp or a paper notice "application under consideration, visit Immigration on September 29" for which you need to check your passport. . . . . . until then, nothing to worry about your 90-days report. However you will probably get called by Immigration when it comes to their planned visit in your home during the "under consideration" period. After this visit, on September 29, you will be able to pick up the stamp of your "1-year Extension of Temporary Stay Permit based on being married to a Thai wife" you will not be on a "visa", your visa is already expired and invalid, you are in Thailand on a "stay permit"

ChatGPT is fishing in a large pool of false informations. So no wonder it often comes up with a false result

@Hardev ******

from 4 days to 4 weeks . . .depending if you have uploaded all the correct documents. If they feel that anything is missing, they will email you. Always check the spam folder as well

@Doug *******

no, he didn't say that. Out of your very own interest, you should get a good health insurance if you intend to move to Thailand. But instead of having started on a Non-O/A visa and such being forced to contract an almost worthless Thai tgia-listed insurance, if you start on a Non-Imm-O visa, you are keeping your freedom of choice regarding a worthy insurance

@Jan *****************

staying outside of Thailand while the visa validity of the METV is going to expire is not gonna help in anything. It is rather advised to try a last border run while the visa-validity hasn't expired yet, is what he/she should do.

well, most people would now recommend one last border run before the expiry of the 6-month visa validity. It would result in a last 60-days stay permit stamp. There have been reports of some refusals of such, at the borders. I would give it a try, have a plan B handy, and make sure you have the 3 famous proofs to show in case you get asked: 20,000 THB in cash, a few booked nights of accomodation and an onward travel proof out of Thailand within the 60 days you will get stamped in

I can only repeat what Graham recommends, as it gets reported throughout the group every week: DON't fly and try that by yourself. Get a "Visa-Run" agency to do the "border run" with them, safest way and guaranteed success

@Jay ******

is what I am saying - if you already have moved (changed) your main branch from the old to a new location, the residence certificate won't match the old address any more. But then I don't see why the bank would not accept the new address

@Jay ******

an updated certificate of residence should match the adress the account was opened originally. Only when you move to a different location, you can visit the bank branch in the new location using a COR from the Immigration responsible for the new location in order to change the bank in the new location into being your new main branch