It will depend on your airline. Some airlines won’t jet you board without an onward ticket. I just flew in with air Asia and there was no issue with them . Nobody asked I’d had a visa before. Immigration just asked me how long I was staying and where I was going next.

oh goody another chilled response 🤣😃. I don’t think anything of you. I don’t have a clue ego you are. I made a generalized comment based on my experience. It did by seem like you like Thailand very much. I’ve been coming here for over 25 years and at one point lived here for 6 years. Never met anything other than helpful people. Immigration here I’ve found super friendly at the airport and in town. Never seen a lack of transparency on the visa requirements. So that’s my experience. All the best

@Richard *********

well your post and replies aren’t evidence of it 🥰 but ok then

responding only to the content of this post. No mention of an airline. Chill out

I just did visa free to Phuket.. Received 60 day stamp. They asked how long I was staying. I said 58 dats. They asked if I was going back to UK. I said no, visiting Oman. Was never asked for a ticket. Have never been asked for a ticket by Thai immigration at the airport in 20 years of coming here. It’s usually an airline policy. who request to see onward travel. Earlier this year to go to New Zealand I did have to get an ETA in advance and for that I did have to have onward travel. I just eve to Malaysia and before I left I had to register including listing my accommodation and my return date. I don’t find Thailand difficult compared to many countries just to land in :). If you need a different kind of visa for whatever reason, just follow the rules, they aren’t hard. Try being Thai or other nationalities wanting to go the other way. You’ll find out what hard is.

initial multi-entry visa is granted for 180 days stay then can be extended for a further 180 days stay which is 360 days stay . This applies to the length of time you can be in Thailand without having to leave the country. After the 360 days you have to leave the country and then re-enter gaining a further 180 days stay. This is clear on Thai embassy websites which is where we should be looking for information 'VISA validity : 5 years Multiple entries'

'Period of Stay : 180 days per entry of Stay : for another 180 days is possible at the Thai Immigration Bureau. After the maximum stay of 180+ 180 days, DTV holders are required to depart from Thailand and re-enter Thailand again' You have a maximum of 360 days once you enter the country. There is zero confusion on this, it has nothing to do with calendar years. Your date of arrival is only pertinent to setting the clock ticking on your initial 180 days. You need to get the extension before the 180 days expires. Then you have another 180 days after need to leave the country and come back, which re-sets the clock again. (No more extensions even if you changed calendar year). 'Internet' content can be wrong. Always look on the government websites for information. Embassies will have the correct information on visas. In your case, as others have indicated, you will have to leave in October 2025 when your extension expires and then re-enter

@Tore ********

you can change the branch easily. I changed from a branch in BKK to a branch in Phuket. No problem, the bank did everything. Now I do everything at the branch in Phuket.

@Muey *******

ah well in this case there appear to be 4 choices: 1) apply to the embassy of Laos in the USA for a Lao passport. 2) apply for US citizenship based on length of time in the country and then a US passport 3) Travel to Laos on the Lao visa if the authorities permit travel with the documents they have, apply for a Lao passport within Laos, 4) don't travel to Thailand

@Muey *******

because it is not a travel document on which they can enter Thailand. They can't enter Thailand on a re-entry permit to the USA. Only with an actual passport. The Thai embassy requires their passport details to issue the visa. Your parents will need to use that same passport to enter Thailand and to report to Thai immigration services within Thailand. Nothing says it has to be a US passport. They can apply for the non imm OA from country of residency and use the passport from the country they are citizens of

@Muey *******

The information is pretty clear on both the Thai embassy site and the MFA site. It seems you may be confusing 'passport' with 'US passport'. They surely have a passport if they are planning to travel? If not, they will have to gain a passport from their country of citizenship before applying.