lcosini's Blog

Get a tourist visa - that gives you 60 days and you can go and get an extension on it for 30 extra days from an immigration office - does that help?

You can get a 60 day visa extendable to 90 days in you home country prior to arriving in Thailand.  I have heard you can get a double one in Laos but it does require one exit after three months.  If you are over 50 it is really easy to get a retirement visa which is good for one year.  Never go to any agent in Thaland that claims they will get you a visa for Bt 40,000 because they only cost Bt 2,000.

I know the post is old, but........I just got a one year visa from the embassy in Washington DC.   I'll still have to get permit stamps but I understand that I won't have to leave the country.  It is a long-stay AO, (or OA, I forget).

can you get extended visa prior to leaving Australia?

You can get 6 month visa in Australia from thai embassy prior to flying out i believe.