Tourist visa BEFORE you come back to Thailand ofcourse. So in y'r plan, in Malaysia. Maybe less hastle to just come in on visa exempt 30 days and extend it in Thailand as Wayne says...(Nice holiday by the way. No mandatory school for the kids in the Netherlands nowadays
Sorry, never heard nor read about it. (but that's not holy 😉) I think you mean year extentions based on "O" visa ? Grandfathered amounts are only from a certain (high) age.
And I think Charlie, when coming in with a tourist visa, you have to get a re-entry permit before you leave Thailand for outside Thailand trips ! This because a Tourist visa normaly is Single Entry. However there ARE Multi entry Tourist visas.
, that's not a visa. Visa cannot be renewed. I think you mean an extension of stay. And indeed, when you entered before on a non imm O, you still need NO insurrance.
At the high rate covid time, you also needed an insurance for the non imm. O visa, in your/my home country. Now I don't know and may depend on the Thai Embassy/consulate where you applying as