and of course no discussion of visa options is complete with mentioning the Elite visa - for an initial payment of just 600,000 Baht you get a 5 year multiple entry visa, each entry allows you to stay up to 12 months, executive lounge and airport transfers for all departures and arrivals, and all with no further interaction with embassies or Immigration offices, except:
- if a single stay is longer than 90 days then you still need to do a 90 day report - do online or by mail or the Elite people will do it for you for a small fee
- if a single stay is longer than 12 months then you need to do an extension of stay at Immigration in Thailand - the Elite people will help you with this
yes, I know you could do this for a tenth of that price using a NON-O or non-OA visa and extensions - I suppose it depends on how you value your time, the cost of your blood pressure meds, how much you hate dealing with embassies and Immigration offices, and of course your bank balance!