I did exactly that (using the banked funds method deposited on 17 Oct.) arriving in THA 30 Oct with a 30 day visa exempt stamp and a subsequent 30 day extension of stay. If you funded your account using a single bank to bank wire (vs. multiple Wise transfers), you will have an easier go. I would also advise using your first 30 days getting your permanent address nailed down and getting your TM30 buttoned up. Good luck.

Equal to $625 USD. If you don't have that in your back pocket you probably are not ready to leave your home country for anywhere overseas

My understanding is you can not hold 2 long stay visas simultaneously (non O/A, B, ED, etc.) in the same passport. I do know that if your using 1 passport, you would need to cancel one visa to have the other affixed. Elite will not allow affixure of the Elite visa if you do not cancel the non B first (which can be done in country). I don't know what you would do to cancel an Elite visa in country to get a non B affixed.

You can not hold 2 distinctly different visas simultaneously. You would have to cancel your non B before affixure of the elite visa stamp.

@Ellie ******

that's good advice. And at this point I feel like I need more time to sort out this jumble of yes/no/maybe so

@Tod ********

in affect I just signed a "3 month agreement" with the hotel. Given I had to pay in advance and it's none refundable. Hopefully that will get me past this residency/local address issue. I'm willing to jump through any hoop put in my path. But there needs to be a clear path. And what I've gleaned thus far is that "it depends" on what the officer on duty is willing to accept. Keep fighting as they say 😁

@Tod ********

thanks. Appreciate the input. In an effort to circumvent a potential problem when I go to CW on Monday, I changed my booking to remain at the same hotel for the next 3 months. I will sit tight there.

I'm still not clear how immigration expects me to show a lease as no one will allow me to sign a lease without a long term stamp I'm my passport.

I just arrived in-country 30 Oct. So regardless, there is no history that I can show (passed bills, etc.). And with respect to getting a hotel to provide a letter about the future... Re: that I will be there through January 2022... that just seems unlikely as they can't represent where I will actually be, but only where I plan to be. Asking someone to attest to future activities just seems problematic in it's face

I can easily go to Mukdahan and sit tight at my girlfriend's house (if that would ensure a better outcome). But I'm not clear if that means I'd need to apply for my non-O 90 in mukdahan. I was under the impression that I had to apply for the Non-O at CW.

@Ellie ******

thank you so much 🙏

Strange that they would want prior 3 months of rental receipts when in-country applicants would not typically be able to stay in-country for 3 months prior to applying for Non-O 90 day visa. Unless they where somehow on a completely different long stay visa type for 3 months prior to applying for the Non-O 90 day visa 🤔

8. Rental Agreement between the Applicant and the Landlord ; A copy of house registration. Location map of the house and a rental receipt Past three months.

I'll find out Monday 😁

@Benjamin *****

I'm not going to highjack this thread re: changes of address/location. But you do make me think. There must be a mechanism that allows one to move around THA to other jurisdictions over the course of ones tenure in THA. Maybe I'll craft a separate question for the group on that point.

@Benjamin *****

however, we would have no problem living there (Thida is already nervous about staying in BKK given the covid situation) if it makes the visa application process smoother. I guess I just have to wait and see how it goes at CW on 8 Nov when I apply.