@Steve ********

After being here for fourteen years, I have learned not all participants in using Thai Immigration enjoy, or don’t enjoy, the same USER experience.

I am pretty sure you have had the same realization.

We apply for the extension, we see papers shuffled, then comes, hopefully, the UNDER CONSIDERATION stamp of approval. 😃

Hopefully no further declarations or necessities to vex us in our goal.

@Rob ******

KNOW the policy of YOUR local office.

@Rob ******

Depends on what the LOCAL office requires, not ALL do.

When your educational visa expires, ALL RIGHTS to re-enter Thailand under a re-entry permit EXPIRE with it.

@Kieran ******

Exactness in this will likely never be here.

@Kieran ******

Immigration officers have absolute discretion whether to grant you entry.

Having gotten a long term visa, whether from outside, or inside Thailand, increases your chances to almost a certainty of successful worry-free entry.

@Jiji **********

The shift from administration to enforcement of immigration laws and regulations has, as you pointed out, changed.

It is now, again, changing with scrutiny of Thai nominees with foreign shareholders in businesses, education visas, foreign monied interests, non-Thais working jobs that are reserved for Thais, and other practices.

With enforcement, the risks of being seen as lax can be costly to officers.

@Tod ********

Pay your money and time and take your chances

@Henrik *************

As a U.S. citizen I can choose to live in all fifty states and U.S. territories, but confound it, I discovered other countries set immigration rules that serve THEIR interests and needs.

@Tod ********

It may even come down to when you try to enter, before or after an officer has eaten…low blood sugar affects mood. 😂