@Declan *********

ok have seen some in other forums. Appears they started at 4pm, which is a strange time, but TiT.

@Linda *********

Never was 90. Used to be 30 for 53 countries, now up to 60 days for 90+ countries

US passport holders can enter Thailand with no visa for a 30 day stay. This can be extended once at a local immigration office for a further 30 days for 1,900 baht.

Visa on Arrival is a term that is often misquoted. It’s not for US passport holders. It’s for nationals that have to buy a visa before entering for 2,000 baht and they are stamped in for 15 days.

Apply for a 60 day tourist visa from the evisa site and then get an extension at a local immigration office for 30 days.

@Erik ******

Truth is nobody knows. It’s all been left in limbo. The media picked up on the fact the cabinet approved the package and portrayed it as being a done deal to go ahead on June 1st. Except that isn’t how stuff works here in Thailand.

The proposals have to pass parliament, then get signed off by the King and are then published in the Royal Gazette.

Until details are published there then they aren’t law and won’t be enacted upon.

There’s a big fat silence from any government department or even press speculation regarding this so it may be one of those hype things that has been swept under the carpet, or it may become law soon.

@Tod ********

Desk is open 24 hours. At the far end of the immigration counters is the desk. Sometimes it is not manned, but just tell an officer you need a re-entry permit and they’ll get someone to help.

You don’t need anything other than your passport. They’ll do the forms and photos etc and charge you an additional service fee. I’ve heard reports that this is 500 baht on top of the 1,000 baht fee. They will only do single entry re-entry permits.

@Mark *****

There are options for 40k per month for wages earned in Thailand but you’d need to check with your actual office as to their requirements.

With an extension based on marriage you can indeed apply for a work permit. You also only need 400k in the bank as opposed to 800k for a retirement extension.

Downside is there quite a bit more paperwork for each yearly extension versus a retirement one, and you’ll get a 30 day under consideration stamp which means two trips to immigration to get the full year stamp, but some offices do that for retirement one too.

@Ed *******

I think that they may consider it for the high season (Nov-April) but I don’t know if it will happen at all.