Being allowed entry, in however form or shape is always at the discretion of the particular IO you hand over your passport to. Be friendly and polite, and its not out of the question to ask for something. I also had friendly IO's (thai and laos) sqeeze in exit and entry stamps in on otherwise full pages in the middle of my passport, because I only just had two full pages left when I went to Laos to get a SETV, where the Laos visa and TV alone takes two whole empty pages.

There is no requirement to stay any length of time. Just go around the building after stamping in to Laos, and stamp out again, take the bus over the bridge again and stamp in to Thailand

You will have plenty of time for that.. boarder closes at 10pm

Oh it just dawned on me you mean the note next to the visa and red stamp.. Never mind me.. I will just go hide in a corner now ;)

I have that exact same stamp on my non-o single entry based on marriage, from Vientiane. Since then been on 1 year extensions.. Asked my wife just now, and she say it just says the same in Thai as the English text under: "royal thai embassy Vientiane"

Or maybe you mean a re-entry permission to an existing visa/extension?

What kind of visa are you talking about? Turist visa?

Cost of living is not more or less being married or not. Rent, electricity, water, car (with insurance) etc etc is essentially the same.. But if you are two persons sharing those expenses (in theory! 555) it is half the required amount from each.. Maybe thats why.. Or maybe its because it looks like a longer commitment to be married/have children, and therefore more money is required for the retirement extension, as you could more easily uproot and move your money elsewhere.

@David ******

, if that power of the IO office boss is used, then of course it should be relatively clean. But a lot of services has simply faked documents, and that a whole other story.