@Bart *************

a German visa advice group , and an agent in Pattaya confirming

@Jo *********

talking about those on tourist visa. Was always possible by agent. Then last week the banks told the agents "no more account opening if the tourist is under 50" . . .Ya wanna know what happened after one more week passed? The agents fee has always been 5000.- THB for those on tourist visa. Now it is 5000.- THB for those over 50 years, and it is 7500.- THB for those under 50 years . . . . . . like everywhere, it only is a question of money 😂

they changed another rule by last week. Now you need to be over 50 in order to open a bank account. Seems everybody has gone haywire

@Tulip *******

tell your friend to take up an accomodation is Pattaya for a few days and visit agent MOT's. They will open a Bangkok Bank account for him in no time for 5000.- Baht. Then go back to Kanchanaburi, visit the local branch and make a small deposit (making himself known). After that he deposits the 800.000 Baht into his bank account, waits for 2 months, and then ask the bank branch in Kanchanaburi to issue the "bank letter of guarantee" (rab roong thanakan) for Immigration. He visits Immigration and applies for the 1-year Extension of Stay Permit based on retirement. He doesn't need an agent for this (the price he was quoted is a complete ripoff!!) the application fee is 1900.- THB , and he should buy a single re-entry permit on top of this "extension" for 1000.- THB

@William *********

it is an entry stamp! It grants him a 90-days stay permit. He entered showing the Immigration official the printout pdf. of his 90-days single entry Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa. You will get no visa stickers any more since the start of the E-Visa online system . . . . . . . . It is clearly marked at the right upper corner that he used a Non-Imm-O "visa class" upon entering Thailand

@Jeffrey ******

keep in mind if you hand over two 1000.- THB bills, they will say "sorry we have no change" 😂😄

@Maksym **********

It's true. The 15-days stamp for a visa-exempt entry across a land border, I remember was tested for a brief period in 2015 and 2016, but after only 9 months, they went back to the usual 30-days visa-exempt

@Jason *****

join the FB group "Thai Visa Advice" and search for "unlimited visa-exempt entry by land border". The limit of two was discontinued by July 15, 2024

@Jef *******

join the FB group "Thai Visa Advice" and search for "unlimited visa-exempt entry by land border". The limit of two was discontinued by July 15, 2024

@Jeffrey ******

well, I do the application all by myself since 16 years, it takes 20 minutes on the bank for the bank letter, and then 20 minutes on my Immigration for the "1-year Extension of Stay", together with the purchase of a single re-entry permit for 1000.- THB. I spend 1900+1000=2900.- THB, plus the trip to my immigration. If you got that bank deposit in your account, why would you need an agent? It's the same documentation needed every year