You can show up on your own to get the year extension inked in

Just go back to the immigration office at Chaengwattana on the date the stamp runs out.

Show the queue counter that under consideration stamp and they'll give you a queue for counter L2.

That counter goes pretty fast so shouldn't take too long to get the year extension inked in

You do not go to the main immigration office at Chaengwattana to get a 30 day extension on a 60 day visa exempt entry stamp 😮

You go to the immigration office located at IT Square Laksi Plaza for that extension

You need a new TM30

This is a list of the documents that can be required for the extension

There are copy/photo shops next to that immigration office

Here is the location

Here's the application form PDF for the thai consulate in Vientiane

Here's the application form PDF for the thai consulate in Savannakhet

you download it from the website of the consulate you're applying at

It most definitely DOES NOT, 🙁 the time spent in thailand on a DTV cannot be used toward permanent residency requirements

@Evan ******

burmese are the ONLY country which get just 14 days on arrival and they only get that if they come in by air. They can't even legally enter thailand by land without having bought a visa from a thai consulate before they try to cross

You can get a re-entry permit at the Chiang Mai airport as long as you're stamping OUT at that airport (not just flying to a different airport in thailand to fly out of the country at)

Hopefully someone from the Chiang Mai area can post what's required at that airport to get a re-entry permit

People have indeed done it that way

no issue at all, cancel your ED extension, go to the country you're going to apply for the DTV at, apply, get the visa, come back in on it and you'll get stamped in for 180 days