@THAI *****************************

a good, polite answer 👏

@Deborah ******

monthly bank deposits of 65k Baht minimum cannot be used for the first extension of stay, unless the Embassy of one's own home country still do income affidavits. If they don't, the 800k Baht has to be used for the first extension. Then, from the application for the first extension of stay, a minimum of 65k deposits each and every month for 12 months up until applying for a second extension, would allow one to use the monthly income method from then on.

Also, not all Immigration Offices will accept the monthly income method at all.

Elton Ross you're mixing things up. A Non-O Visa, which you pay for, gives you 90 days in Thailand, which you then have the option of applying for a one year Extension of Stay. That is not a tourist visa, even if you treated it as one. If you purchase that Visa, you get stamped in for 90 days, not 60 as you said. What are you talking about... "may now be reduced to 30 days"? " days"?

You are reading bits and pieces of information on Facebook and getting it all jumbled up!

The "Visa Exempt" entry, which is a free stamp upon arrival, which is not a Visa at all if you know what the word "Exempt" means. This is currently 60 days and there has been mention by the Thai Government last week, that they're considering changing it back to 30 days, but that hasn't happened yet. It may be a while before it does, if they even do it. A Visa Exempt entry, the same as with a single entry Tourist Visa (which can be purchased at an Embassy or Consulate) is 60 days and with both, an extension of 30 days can be applied for at an Immigration Office in Thailand.

Peter Apps obviously, make your own decisions... while many say get a 'retirement' Visa, rather than a 'Marriage' Visa because less paperwork etc., I've been told by 2-3 guys living in Thailand in 'Marriage' visas, that if you are keep yourself organised (copies of some paperwork requirements are the same every year, so keep copies to save getting new copies every year), there's not much extra to do than with the retirement Extensions. With the Marriage extensions, Immigration Officers will want you visit you and your wife at your home annually, I've seen a few reports of Immigration requiring that with retirement extensions recently. It could be isolated incidences, or it could be a new trend. As you likely know, the financial requirement of funds in a Thai bank account are double with the retirement Visa and Extensions compared with the Marriage one, so depending on your situation, you might need to take that into account.

Alex Ve when did you pay 13,000 Baht for a Renewal? By the way, you're also not renewing your Visa...that's what allowed you to enter the country and that expired when you applied for an 'Extension of Stay', which is what you're actually renewing.

@Bill ********

who said his lady is moody? I'm guessing your imagination, or perhaps your bad choices and failure 🤔

SincereJaguar1448 you said that you planned a 40 day stay, but when? This month, next month, or still months away?

Brenton Lett he could also be trying to lure people to Cambodia, given what Thailand has done in recent months to disrupt the activities of criminal gangs that run Cambodia's Scam Centres and have been stealing billions of dollars from people across the world. They surely need more people to run their illegal businesses and why not use a profile with a foreign name and photo.

Olli Mäklin it's got to be better than the country you described. One is more likely to disappear in a country that doesn't have strict requirements for Expats. No papers? That's convenient, no paper trail when you enter the country, so easy to just disappear without a trace! No money... ohh that's good! Oh, on second thoughts, I wouldn't have any money whatsoever when the corrupt people abduct me and force me to give up my banking details, threatening to kill me if I don't!

I know you don't I? You're one of those Scam Centre recruiters!

Sean Franjesh probably. Thailand has finally had enough of SCambodia and has severely disrupted its corrupt leaders and economy. Unfortunately, for the common people, the country is seemingly not much better now than when the Khmer Rouge were dominant.