Extended Thailand stay

Through the Thailand Longstay Company, travelers can arrange with the Thai government for stays of up to a year after a standard 30-day tourist visa expires.

The company has many packages, ranging from the 6,000-baht (near $183) “Silver Package,” which includes a mobile phone with SIM card plus fast-track at both Suvarnabhumi and Phuket airports, to the 72,000-baht ($2,200) “Blue Diamond” package, offering the mobile SIM, a multireentry visa for one year, accident and health insurance, medical checkups and limousine pickup at Suvarnabhumi.

Contact the Thai Longstay Company (1 Vibhavadi Rangsit Road [Soi 19], Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand; phone [66 2] 936 1644, fax 1646).