@Steve *******

I haven’t been able to visit thailand since December 2019 due to C19 and all the BS that brought with it, so I continued to work in uk 3 years over/into my retirement age 66.5 y/o,. I only officially retired from work on November 18th 2022,.originally planned to come back to thailand for 3 months from nov 25/23, untill feb 22/23 but as I’ve not got work to get back to in uk I decided to hang it out in thailand as long as possible (legally/authorised). Ariving in BKK thinking 90 days will be plenty, but the longer you are here I thought I will tough it out,. I’ve done the 2 weeks/1 month trips since 2009, 90 days seemed like plenty at the time,. Look on this amount of time I am spending here as a trial run I suppose,. I intend to get an O or OA visa next time I’m back, as I agree, visiting immigration offices at borders or at your local town is a bit of a pain,. But that’s what I have to do this trip, it’s been an expierience anyways,.rightly or wrongly I’ve not drawn a penny from any of my 3 pensions in uk (government/workplace/persona) so meeting the , untill feb but as I’ve not got work to get back to in uk I decided to hang it out in thailand as long as possible (legally/authorised). Ariving in BKK thinking 90 days will be plenty, but the longer you are here I thought I will tough it out,. I’ve done the 2 weeks/1 month trips since 2009, 90 days seemed like plenty at the time,. Look on this amount of time I am spending here as a trial run I suppose,. I intend to get an O or OA visa next time I’m back, as I agree, visiting immigration offices at borders or at your local town is a bit of a pain,. But that’s what I have to do this trip, it’s been an expierience anyways,.rightly or wrongly I’ve not drawn a penny from any of my 3 pensions in uk (government/workplace/persona) so meeting the 800000 in a Thai bank account should be doable,. Just got to get my ducks in line and we will see how we go,.

@David ********

They let you stamp out of thailand and in/out of mayanmar, just walk over no1 friendship bridge and you get approached by an official who takes your passport, gets it stamped in/out mayanmar and returns it to you after giving 500 bht,. Go back to Thai immigration and stamp back in,.it’s allot easier than the 30 day extension I did at imo in Kamphaeng Phet,.

@Sven ***********

Kamphaeng Phet is another good one, went in Monday 2.30 and about people in front of me, and I was the only one in there after that, about an hour in/out,. 30 day extension,.

@Steve ******

Unlike the inland imo,s.

@Roberto ********

No, I’ve not been to thailand since December 2019, and always just come in on a 30 day visa exemption,. other than a 1 day overstay (warning) no previous issues,.

@Steve *******

I am 68 going on 69 in may, and I’m just working the system, the imo have my residence address and I’ve not had any questions regarding my stay, I am playing the “tourist” card genuinely,. The imo have mentioned I would be better off with an OA visa for longer stay,.

@Martin ********

Doing a 30 day extension for 1900 bht is your easiest/cheapest/safest option,. I changed my return flight date with Thai airways and it cost me .30 pence !,. I’ve a nasty fealing I may get stitched up if I change dates again tho,.

I was going to do an April 1st post….. Just arrived at BKK and got stamped in for 60 days !…45 days visa exempt has been extended to 60,. And then I woke up,.

@Ron ********

Go to the back of the class !….

I couldn’t find my printed copy of my 60 day Evisa and I showed imo it on my phone and she was ok with that,.