Yes Hua Hin immigration, I was escorted through the renewal procedure by a lovely young lady who spoke good English and to boot she was just drop-dead beautiful, just lovely. At 82 y/o I can still recognise a beautiful lady.

Yes, I hope the 60 visa-free issue is up and running when I arrive on /24 and leave on /24. So far there have been a few hiccups?

In Australia, I used the surrender value of my ANZ Bank superannuation retirement fund as evidence that I had more than equal to Bht 800,000 in my Australian ANZ bank which I could have used if required. The lady at the Thai Embassy in Canberra said using this was the simplest method for her" The visa only took a few days. She said, "All the Australian pension and money you have in the bank is too much information for Thai Immigration and is not needed". That would only confuse Thailand's Immigration. Just provide that bank statement as to the surrender value on the bank's original statement letterhead. (they will not accept downloads or copies it must be the original document only

I now only go regularly to Thailand on a 90-day tourist visa, as being 82 y/o it is almost impossible to get insurance. The O visa which is issued inside Thailand does not require insurance. Three months at a time in Thailand often is quite enough for me as I do own a house in Australia and that preserves my Australian residency. Being in Thailand for only 3 months at a time the Australian SS (Centrelink almost restores my Australian pension supplement which almost pays my fare to and from Thailand. (please don't tell Centrelink that)

My experience was I was only able to get the 30 day extension in the provence you reside in. That is written on the tourist visa application But this is discrestionary with the Immigration Officers. Some will procees you some will not. It depends how the officer feel on the day.