It can be quite a hassle to obtain the re-entry permit at the airport or immigration.

If she plans to travel overseas more than once in the next 12 months -

I would highly recommend getting the Multiple Re-Entry permit for 3,800 baht

@Graham ********

It might take up to 40 minutes!

I would strongly recommend to get the re-entry permit from the immigration office a few days prior to the departure!

I used to do exactly that back in the days before COVID.

But I would fly to either Hanoi or Singapore and get a TR Visa, which I was extending in Thailand for another 30 days.

I finally got sick of all that, and I got myself a retirement visa after I turned 50

If you definitely want to stay for EXACTLY 90 days or less - you don’t need a visa!

Just come to Thailand!

You will get 60 days visa waver at the airport.

You can easily extend your stay by another 30 days at the immigration office for 1,900 baht.

@Ellie ******

Thank you for your explanation.

Just to confirm:

For a person who has a retirement visa and a re-entry stamp - if he goes overseas and comes back to Thailand, he doesn’t need to go to the immigration office within the first few days in Thailand in order to tell them that he just came back from overseas?

He just needs to report that he’s in Thailand AFTER 90 days since his arrival, which should be a regular 90 days reporting?

Back in pre-COVID days I would hang out in Thailand for 90 days (60 days Tourist Visa + 30 days extension of stay) and then bugger off to Vietnam and get another 60 days Tourist Visa from the Thai Consulate in Hanoi or Saigon. Most of the pages in my passport are stamped with Thai Immigration stamps. From year 2015 until March 2020, I would spend between 6 and 9 months of my life in Thailand. I did border bounces to Myanmar in addition to visa runs to Vietnam as well. So, I think if you are only planning on hanging out in Thailand for just 6 months - you should be fine. Having said that, beware that we are talking about Thailand, and the immigration department here seemingly endlessly tweaking and changing the rules…

@Lewis ******

Can you please post the hyperlink to that text

@James *******

Nice! Thank you for your time

@Alf **********

Nice!