@Oleg **********

please try to be more understanding. Thai people cannot really speak English and they have a different system her

Just be mindful that in Thailand, they have a separate license for motorbike and cars (2 pieces of card) so with your US d.license or international d.license. you should be able to show them that you're ok to drive both.

Thai police might be wondering if you only showed them one piece or card of license, and most probably that's for driving a car.

In my opinion, 2 weeks to 2 (working) days before your visa expires is the better time to go.

It doesn't make sense to extend tou Visa for 30 days of you still have 30 days left in tour visa. That is why they send you away.

Visa extension is a one day process. You can actually do it on the last day of your visa (but I am not telling you to take this risk)

Agreeing with this. Try to ask the immigration in UK if you can get your wife a non O visa trailing/depending on your VISA. They usually allow this type of VISA to family members.

If you get a 1 year NON O visa, they will give your wife a NON O visa but will be dependent on your VISA, so your wife do not have to do VISA runs everytime.

Usually it happens with NON B Visa holders, so please do check with the immigration if they can grant the both of you with NON Os

Your entry to Thailand with VISA on Arrival is only accepted 3x in 6 months. If you're a businessman, they would require you to have the multiple entry Visa for the countries safety and your convenience.

If you're travelling to and from Thailand that often, you're not just a regular tourist. And that VISA on arrival is a TOURIST VISA. Therefore they asked you to have a certain VISA that fits your purpose here in Thailand.