@Galen ***************

the choice to only allow cash payment is probably not about them not having the means to receive money digitally or otherwise. I suspect it's more about making sure you are actually in Laos and not trying to apply while being in Thailand.

@Yasmin **********

you should anyway also get a letter from the school stating you are a student there and that they have granted leave for the trip. That could smooth things over if questioned. Any decent school will provide such a letter for accepted leave.

@Amy *****

no you can't stay a long time on a tourist visa or visa exempt. That's why people get refused entry when doing that. If you want to stay for a long time, then you need an appropriate visa.

It is only the newest/latest tm30 that matters. Any tm30 "cancels" any previous tm30. Just make sure the latest one is done at the required address/province before you go to immigration.

Edit* or do a 90 day report online.

@Brandon ***********

exactly this. Boiled down to if it looks like you are just a tourist with frequent visits, then no problem. But, if it looks like you are trying to stay long term on free visits, and without a proper visa for that, then that's when questions will happen, and possibly denied entry too.

If it looks like you are visiting often as a tourist, then no problem. 7 weeks in a year is quite normal for tourism. It's when it looks like you are trying to stay in Thailand for a long time on free entries that's when it becomes a problem.

They have had me move things from the checked in suitcase over to my carry-on because the checked in was a few kg over.. It's going on the same plane 😂

Also.. And I know this is probably a controversial opinion. But I don't understand why the guy checking in in front of me, who is weighing 150kg, and maxes out the luggage allowance, pays the regular price, but me at 70kg has to pay for a few kg over the limit on the luggage.

I honestly think they should sell the tickets based on total weight. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

@Dave ***********

there is only one visa for that. A non o 90 day visa, that you can either get outside Thailand or inside Thailand. When you already have that, and are stamped in on it, you won't get another one on top. There are just the extensions available then, unless you leave Thailand and get another 90 day visa.

Edit* or leave Thailand and come back on visa exempt or tourist visa. Then you can apply for a new in-country 90 day non o.

@Dave ***********

if you want another initial 90 day non o, you will likely have to leave Thailand to get that. They won't sell you one on top of the one you already have. You have two options for in-country, and that is the one year extension which requires seasoning of money, or the single 60 day extension based on visiting family you can get per entry, to buy more time. You won't get another initial visa inside Thailand. That would have been an option if you were not already stamped in on one.

@Dave ***********

but there is no initial application because you already did that if you are now in possession of a 90 day non o. That IS the initial visa.