Nope, UK passport holders don't get any 60 day arrival visa. 😮 😕

However with that being said; Brits can show up here without any visa and get stamped in for 60 days on free stamp on what's called a visa exempt entry. (y) 🙂

It's not a visa on arrival, it's not a visa at all, but it is a free 60 day entry stamp 🙂

AND

you can indeed extend one time for 30 days for 1900baht at the immigration office serving where you stay.

Take both passports to the immigration office they will move your stamps and put the new extension into the new passport

there is no problem at all getting a 30-day extension on your 60 day free entry stamp

More and more people are getting rejected after returning to the country with the reason; "first report needs to be done in person".

You are allowed to apply in person from two weeks before the due date until one week after the due date without a penalty.

So if you have an appointment on the 7th day after the due date you would be able to file the 90-day report that day and not be fined.

Whether you should slog over there before your appt and wait it out in the queue with the zombie horde is something only you can decide.

We've seen this happen a few times where embassies did not issue the DTV and instead issued another type of visa (keeping the difference in visa fees ;) )

The sad thing is that now you have to wait until this 6 month METV expires before you can apply for a new multi-entry Visa

I would say use the time you can get out of this METV and then apply for a DTV at another Thai consulate

Yes the re-entry permit counter is open at Suvarnabhumi Airport (& Don Mueang Airport too)

Now as far as how long it takes? That answer is; it takes as long as it takes :o There's no telling how many people are going to be ahead of you or if you'll be the only one walking up to the counter. I would say it usually doesn't take more than 20 minutes.

Remember they have two price points,

If you take the filled out tm8 form, a passport photo, copies of your visa, extension, previous entry stamp it's only 1,000 for a single entry

OR

You can just pay 1200 (a 200 baht surcharge) and give them your passport with nothing else

Although you don't mention the office you clearly used one of the offices that gives you "under review" for the Non-Imm visa that is as long as your current stamp, no matter when you applied for it.. 😮

Most offices (Bangkok for instance) give you a receipt that tells you when you return, which is 2 weeks after you've paid for the Non-Imm visa.

When you go back and they ink the Non-Imm visa in along with a new 90 day stamp you lose any time you have left on your free stamp/tourist visa entry.

SOME offices have you come back the day your current free stamp/tourist visa stamp expires and then ink in the Non-Imm visa along with the new 90 day stamp (I've see that at the offices in the south mostly)

Seeing as your stamp runs out Sunday (a day the office is closed) they just will have you come in Monday which is fine.

As long as you applied, turned in your documents, paid the 2000baht your application is under review and you just show up Monday the 15th to get the Non-Imm visa/90 day stamp inked in

@Andrew ***********

it is NOT, everything like that is done inside thailand and has nothing to do with Embassies outside the country.

You need to sort it out when you get back here 🙂

If you have more questions please make your own topic 😕 because you're not talking about an ED visa/extension from a uni degree at all, but employment/work permit stuff.

sorry didn't see they'd asked about it, thanx for bringing it up John, my apologies

As far as showing proof of having the insurance with a foreign carrier, This is the form you have to have them fill out <- and that is where most people with foreign insurance come unstuck because that's the ONLY insurance form that immigrations accepts and few overseas insurance companies will sign it

It's on the Long Stay website here



here's the link to the form

It has been 100K USD (3mil Thai baht) mandatory health insurance for OA Visa extensions in country for more than a few years. (it was announced Oct 1st 2021) but I think they didn't implement it then

I don't you know how your insurance company could not know this if they issue OA insurance. 🙁

That some offices still accepted the 440k baht insurance level was their mistake

You need to go to your immigration office and see what they say or post on a group related to that area.