Anonymous participant 106nope

He contracted with an agent to apply for him, which is totally allowed and above board,

his mistake was coming here before the Visa was approved and then thinking that just because it was approved his 60-day entry stamp would magically turn into a 180-day DTV stamp

Right (y) it might indeed be easier for them (depending on how far from the immigration office they are) to go file in person.

That's going to be between you and the immigration office you deal with so you're going to have to go ask them.

They don't have to allow it and we're seeing more and more offices not allow it if you have an entry/visa that is not for the same reason (thai family)

Also if they do allow it, because it's for a completely different reason than you got the visa for as a general rule the extension would start the day you applied, not be added to your current 90 day expiration date <- so if you can do it you should apply close to when your current stamp is running out or you'll lose the days on it

even if you get the 60 day extension you wouldn't be able to use that Non-B for your new employment (Non-B's are employer specific), you'd have to exit/re-enter and either apply for a new Non-B inside the country or exit and go get a new Non-B at a thai consulate outside

Check with your immigration office to see if you can get it, here's a list of general requirements (which should get you in the ball park documentation-wise if you can)

this is posted on the thai embassy London's website

Just so you're clear you're not extending anything 😮 What you're doing is exiting the country to get off the current stamp you're on and entering on a NEW 180 day entry stamp. It's not any type of extension just a new entry 🙂

Now as to your question;

The only land border between thailand and burma that's open is the one you get to by boat from the Ranong pier (Ranong/Kawthaung)

It's a tightly controlled exit/entry point and you'll pay what the boatmen want or you won't get out of thailand.

If I'm not mistaken (which I could be 😉 ) it's about 2500baht to bounce out/back at that crossing.

@Ishbel **********

the online system is not complicated, just don't get ahead of yourselves

1 - first make a profile/user name

2 - then add an address to that profile

3 - then you can select that address to file a Tm30 for someone on

4 - then once you save the data of that person you search for it and export the file giving you a PDF you can print that is your TM30 receipt

read the user guide, it's in thai or english

your ultimate goal at the end is to have this paper

@Chris ******

no problem at all, immigration is right and you shouldn't have an overstay if you can avoid it but I just wanted people to know a short overstay or a single day isn't really going to affect anything they're doing inside the country

If you're in Chiang Mai

@Jacquii *****

then you're good to go get the extension any time.

You can use the main immigration office by the airport OR you can go to the satellite immigration office in Central Festival Mall

Either one will do 30 day extensions on free stamp/tourist visa entries

Okay let's sort this out before this thread goes sideways with people whose intentions are good but information might not be 😮 🙂

First - doesn't matter when you apply for a 30 day extension on a 60 day free stamp or 60 day tourist visa entry, the 30 days is always added to the expiration date of the existing stamp. This means there is no advantage to burning down the stamp to the end because you don't lose days by applying early.. 🙂

As far as WHEN you can apply for the extension that is controlled by the immigration office you use (where you're staying in thailand)

Some offices (Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Samut Prakan, and others) allow you to apply when you have 45 days or less left on your stamp

Most other offices allow you to apply when you have 30 days or less left on your stamp

BUT

A few offices (notably; Jomtien & Samui) only allow you to apply when you have 7 days or less left on your stamp. <- I don't know why they're just renegade in that regard

Also just in case people are wondering

IF your current stamp expires on a day the immigration office is closed <- weekends or holidays, and you go the very next day they are open you can get your extension like normal, you will not be fined for overstay (you will get a stamp in your passport that says "overstay xx days fine waived due to closure") and that won't affect you entering or getting a visa, or getting an extension at all..

Best of luck to the O/P, just GO get the extension this or next week sometime and you'll be fine.

@Chris ******

there is no "bad report" on anyone's' entry/stay history because you have a single day overstay,

in fact when you fly out of the country with an overstay of under 24 hours you don't even get fined OR get the overstay stamp, you get a thai language stamp only that says overstay under 24 hour fine waived"

Even a short overstay doesn't affect you getting a visa/extension or entering the country like people imagine it does