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No My income is not earned in Thailand and is pension payments.

I am using the 40k baht income option. The advantage I have is that have my SSA payments are direct deposited to Bangkok Bank via their NY branch and they are FTT transfers. I only need a one year bank statement to prove my income. I also provide a copy of my annual SSA statement for proof of the source of it.

You will use your new passport when entering the country. No need for the letter from your embassy to do the stamp transfer at immigration.

The Australian embassy does not do a letter now. They do a stamp in the new passport.

Appointments are not mandatory. But reports state it works good and having one can save a lot of time. Appointment page. https://www.immigration.go.th/?page_id=20131

A new immigration order was issued in 2014. For informal schools the total stay for a non-ed visa is 1 year.

The MFA has nothing to do with extensions of stay. They are immigrations responsibly.

It will not be a problem to change the reason for your extension from working to retirement. You will need a termination letter stating the last day you will be working.

You can complete it yourself and sign it.

It is no longer shown on their website. https://hochiminh.thaiembassy.org/en/page/cate-7425-announcement-|-thông-báo-mới-nhất-về-thị-thực?menu=5d80ab3215e39c2fe800a722

He has a valid OA visa that allows unlimited one year entries for a year from the day it is issued.

You can get a 45 day visa exempt entry at any border crossing. You could get a 60 day tourist visa at at the embassy in Vientiane.

You can apply for a 30 day extension of your visa exempt entry.

It wouldn't be easy. See: https://www.immigration.go.th/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1.FOR-WORKING-IN-A-COMPANY-OR-LIMITED-PARTNERSHIP-NON-B.pdf

A. The 60 days starts when use the visa to enter the country. B. Yes if you count the day you entered the country in the total.

It's 45 days until March 31st.

You can change the reason for your extension of stay when you get divorced. Best to contact your local immigration office to confirm what they require for the new extension.

You can apply for a 60 day extension to visit your family if you have not gotten one since your last entry with a visa.

Use both passports to enter the country. They will use your re-entry permit in the old passport to stamp you into the country. .

It costs $40 at the bridge on the Laos side. You will complete a application for it. You can also apply for it online. https://laoevisa.gov.la/index

1. Yes 2. They are only interested in the balance in your account. Not sure how you can get a statement with only the balance shown.

You need to show a year (13 months) of bank statements.

You can only stay for a total stay of one year from the day you enter the country using a non-ed visa. You get 90 day extensions of the 90 entry from the non-ed visa,

If your extension of stay is canceled you need to leave the same day it is canceled. You can get 7 days to leave the country by applying for a extension and paying the 1900 baht fee for it.

It 45 days until March 31st. It may be 45 days for the rest of the year if approved by the government.