Worse case, fly into Thailand and transit to Cambodia or a neighbor country where you can do visa on arrival/visa exempt then cross by land once you have your visa figured out.

You're nationality matters. The requirements are different for different nationalities. You maybe getting advice from someone with a nationality that has different requirement/restrictions.

In general you can have either A) A visa or B) The 3 proofs. (I am sure you know what these are by now).

You may be asked for... or you may not be asked for... It depends on the mood of the Immigration Officers (IO). Likewise someone could have come through and was asked for something because on that day the IO was in a mood or the visitor looked like a jerk and the IO wanted to give them a hard time.

Lately it seems the IOs are pretty easy going. It would seem the government's policy is to be easy on visitors and not look too hard at their paperwork.

Visa is your best option but if that isn't possible then come with the 3 proofs. The proofs are pretty reasonable. You're planning on sleeping somewhere (hotel, friend's, etc), you just need documentation. You plan to spend some money here? You just need to bring some of that as cash. You plan to leave at some point? If you don't have return tickets or your return tickets are beyond your allowed stay, buy a bus ticket leaving Thailand. There is no rule that says you have to get on the bus, only that you have proof that you have a plan to leave.

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I am sorry, I just noticed you're the author the question. I am not sure if your follow-up question was serious or if you were questioning my typo. "at the U.S embassy?" ... I should have said Embassy of Thailand in the US. Definitely you get visas to Thailand from the Thai Embassy. You have no need of a US Embassy for Thai visa, that was a typo and I apologize if I cause confusion.

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Apply for a multiple entry tourist visa from the Thai Embassy - US DC. You'll need to figure out which embassy. In the US there are a few Thai Embassies servicing different areas. I recently applied for mine while I was in Indonesia. Your official residency is the US and you probably have a driver's license to prove it. The website ask eligibility questions, "where are you" and "were are you from". In both those choose US. After that, you'll enter the site and start a visa application. It will ask you the same question but slightly differently (what is your nationality and what is your legal residence). It will ask for proof documentation, the options are something like electric bill, rental contract, driver's license. You can upload your driver's license as proof that you are US residence. Your passport serves as proof of nationality.

People get caught up on the eligibility questions and many people in this group have their opinions but their opinions don't matter. The Embassy's opinions matter and so far they have favored me, a few times.

You take a little risk. The visa cost is $200. If you are denied you will loose that but I have never been denied.

The visa process takes about 2 weeks. That isn't enough time in your situation. In that case you can come across to Thailand visa exempt and return to Cambodia after you've gotten your visa. Or you could just hang-out in Cambodia for the next couple of weeks.

You have to shop around for a bank manager that is flexible. My most recent bank account require all the same stuff... Except if I purchase 8000 baht in insurance then I could open a bank account without all the requirements.

My first bank account was free but I was quite persistent.

I have only been asked once and that was crossing the land border with Malaysia. That being said 10,000 baht, is a small amount for emergency funds.

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Enter - you get stamped-in for 60 days. That stamp can get extended for 30 days (90 days in-country total). You leave Thailand before the 90 days is up. You can do a border bounce (go some other country for lunch then come back same day). You get stamped in for 60 days....

To get the maximum time you will need to stamp in the last day the visa is valid. I do it at least one day before. This will give you 90 days from the date the visa expires (60 + 30). It actually gives you 90 days from your stamped-in date.

AIS is the way to go. Second to that is DTAC. The work about as well in major population areas but AIS works better out in the country.

I do the unlimited data plan.

I have never had a retirement visa. I have had a couple marriage visas. I now choose to get tourist visas until I am old enough for the retirement visa.

I went to a few agents about getting the 1 year extension for my marriage visa and most either wanted to charge me out the wazoo, or simple wouldn't do it.