Flag is in front of the door of room 101 at the Phuket Town immigration office. Many people ignore it….

@Matt *****

Well the visa/extension is based on being a “Custodian to a Thai Child”. Once they turn 20 they are no longer considered a child.

@Ralph ******

That would be dependent on the office you use for the extension. Some require a TM30 filed. Some may not.

@James *******

That would work. Or you do what every other person on the planet seems to be doing and apply for the 5 year DTV

In theory the answer is yes. A house owner has to report foreigners staying within 24 hours of their arrival.

In practice if you need no interaction with immigration then no one will care if you have had one filed or not.

If you have a single entry Non O then it is “used” on that entry. If you leave on day 75 then the remaining days of stay are null and void. You’ve used the visa.

You could get a re-entry permit to allow you to re-enter for the remaining days allowed if you wanted to. [edit] Didn’t see the bit about the re-entry permit before answering. That only allows you to stay until your original entry stamp. You don’t get another 90 days on entry.

If you have a multiple entry Non O valid for a year (unlikely as very few embassies will issue that these days) then on every entry you’d get 90 days up until the validity date of the visa.

Zero days. Except that wouldn’t be too advisable because you need to immediately apply for the year extension.

@Greta ****

Immigration don’t approve or reject visa applications. They are handled by the ministry of foreign affairs.

Anonymous participant I recall seeing a post from someone (who used perhaps the Cambodia embassy) where they stated that once you had applied for the visa in that country you were free to travel to any other country except Thailand whilst the application was processing.

Others have posted about successfully applying for a visa having entered Thailand prior to getting accepted and then doing a border bounce to activate it.

You can’t get a visa based on having Thai kids as they are over 20. If you have a Thai wife you can get a visa based on that. Alternatively if you are over 50 you can get a visa based on that.