0 bht took 3 and half days to arrive, but I slipped up and did transfer on a Saturday night,”got message it would arrive tues midday” (sat/sun) not working days, so in reality it took day and a half to arrive, cost £60 tho,.
I think elite visa is ok if you've got money to burn, 800k baht in thai bank doesn't fill me with confidence either, but its like a safety buffer, you should try a couple of visa agents for quotes also,.
sorry, I think I had a 45 day border bounce in Mae sot, all legit, it was a bit of juggling match as to when to do what, dates wise to tie in with travel/flight dates etc,.
see below,.post, no issues on any extensions or bounces,I was advised to get a retirement visa by immigration to make things easier on my return to thailand next time,.
arrived nov 25th 2022, departed 4th July 2023,. Benefitted off the 45 day first extension and another before it finished in march, all adds up to 222 days in total, I lost a few days here and there by border bouncing early a couple of times,.
A $10 onward air ticket/an Agoda hotel reservation (cancelable)and 20 k bht out of atm and I don’t think you would have had a problem,. Good Wi-Fi and you could have sorted it all in half an hour,. If you had all 3 to hand on re entry to thailand they hadn’t any grounds to deny you,.