@Alex ******

Brandon is 100% correct with his advice. Travellers on visa-exempt entries increasingly get grilled at the airports, since the exempt entry went from 30 to 60 days. I am reading in 14+ Visa Advice groups and such reports are made every day. A "visarun" company will check your stamp history and offers their service based on their knowledge only when they can guarantee a successful border bounce. The OP won't lose anything using an agency, since the costs for a return flight to Malaysia or Cambodia don"t come any cheaper, and the trip with an agency is made on the same day

@Ned ******

very illogical - this makes absolutely no sense.

@David *********

sadly, the embassies of Australia, the United Kingdom and the USA, discontinued issuing "income affidavits" a few years ago. The turning point came when Thai Immigration realized that US Americans never had to show any documents that proved their income. All they had to do on their embassy was put their dirty fingers onto the Bible and swear "my income is 3000 Dollars per months, I swear by God" . . . . Thai immigration from there on refused to accept this bullshit. I fully agree they did the right thing 😉 And I suspect this farce was similar on the AUS and UK embassy

@Ron *****

the New Zealand Embassy in Bangkok is issuing "income affidavits". No need for 65.000 THB in monthly transfers into a Thai bank account

@David *********

the New Zealand Embassy in Bangkok is issuing "income affidavits". No need for 65.000 THB in monthly transfers into a Thai bank account

@Jo ********

well, the New Zealand Embassy in Bangkok still issues "income affidavits". You can use the "minimum 65.000 THB income method" for an application to the "change of visa type" from a visa-exempt entry to the initial 90-days Non-Imm-O visa and the later application for the 1-year Extension of the Stay Permit. Ask your embassy in Bangkok which documentation they would need to issue a legalized income affidavit

@Lynnette ******

well, I am not sure, but I think the New Zealand Embassy in Bangkok still issues "oncome affidavits". In case they do, Jo McGuire can use the "minimum 65.000 THB income method" for an application to the "change of visa type" from a visa-exempt entry to the initial 90-days Non-Imm-O visa and the later application for the 1-year Extension of the Stay Permit

@Jonnie ******

maybe somebody else here in this group can answer the question

@Jonnie ******

sound advice! However the overnight stay requirement is rather a Laos Immigration rule, not from Thai Immigration

@Eric **************

still complicated to cross over to Laos by own Thai car. The car will need a purple book from your DLT, in order to be allowed to leave Thailand. And on the Laos side you will be required to buy Laos car insurance. Not worth the effort if all you want to do is a "border run"