Only suggestion is enter Thailand on the 30 day exemption visa and use a visa agency to get you through the process of extending you visa while your here.
London Thai Embassy is the most efficient and user friendly in all the embassies worldwide.
Follow the instructions on the website if you think any of the questions are not relevant just put your passport number in the section this will allow you to go to the next question/requirement.
They email you straight away if they need anything additional to what you have supplied
Took me 3 working days to receive mine 60 day tourist visa and then extended it at any immigration office for another 30 days cost 1900 baht (Β£43.00)
This will probably be another knee jerk reaction due to the bad publicity the nation has been receiving lately.
A lot of neighbouring countries are eyeing the situation closely and if the Thai immigration dept make things even more difficult then itβs their loss and other countries gain.