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You cannot extend your stay if your fund deposit falls below the required amounts. Yes, you can use money for hospitalization, but then you can not extend your stay and need to return to your home country or make a visa run for a new non-immigrant O-visa, fulfilling the financial requirements. The rules changed about a decade ago, before that you only needed to show the deposit with three month maturing before application for extension of stay, and longer back just show that you had the money.

Yes, you always need ID when flying. A nine year old is old enough for an ID-card (7 years); otherwise a birth certificate (perhaps even a photocopy) might do it as identification – my girlfriend and I used the latter, before our daughter was old enough for a Thai ID-card. You should ask the airline, what they require of proof of identity for a nine year old child.

– especially dirty money, even if they have been washed...😀 However, even money from Vietnam and similar countries comes in a big pile of notes, it's relative small money in value; not a problem.

All the time women tries to touch me, or hit me in my butt – sometimes I even have to run away, just like when I was playing rock music in the 1960s...😎

No, never been interested...

Sounds correct...

Not where I live – Samui – I have my insurance agent to do the renewal job for free, it's including in the insurance renewal.

Thais are eating raw beef meat – i.e., tartar – and have survived. I've also survived, but I buy my beef meat in Makro. However, be aware of the raw egg on top of the steak tartar...

When a passport is cancelled, the stamp will say: "CANCELLED. Valid visas are still valid" or something like that. Show both passports on re-entry, as your extension of stay and your re-entry permit are in the old passport. Remember to update everywhere your passport number is used for verification, for example: Bank accounts, driver's license (you'll need to change to a new with same expiry date), certain loyalty cards, etc. You'll need to bring both passports, if you have not yet transferred your original visa from old passport to new passport; when doing that your old passport number will be written together with the visa rubber-stamp.

There's a photo of the airport area here... And the article about the suspended construction in the link HERE. "The airport construction project on Koh Phangan by commuter carrier Kan Air has trespassed on Than Sadet National Park, Surat Thani deputy governor Ouaychai Innak said on Wednesday. Mr Ouaychai said an inspection carried out by forestry officials found part of the land on a mountain in Thong Nai Pan bay which had been prepared for the planned airport construction had encroached on Thansadet National Park land. The encroached areas covered about 20 rai. He said authorities had filed a complaint with police." However, you can already fly direct to Koh Phangan, but you need to use Microsoft Flight Simulator for the trip...

Emporium in Bangkok has a selection of "elegant fashion jewelry" possibilities, for example Cartier and Tiffany.

Depending on individual taste and the girl/woman in question. Some looks better with long hair, others looks good with short hair.

No. But there was a project for one, up north-west and they began about a decade ago to construct a runway of around 1100 meters, which could just handle an ATR42/72 plane. But they didn't have user rights to all the land they used, so the project stopped.

Yes, last time in 1970...😎

However, some immigration offices might charge you a modest fee; I paid 500 baht for the service, which is actually all right.

Normally you can change the extension of stay to be based on retirement after working in Thailand, without changing the visa that you originally entered on. I'm however, not sure if that will work with an non-ED, it works with non-B. You should check with the local immigration office if they accept it.

Some private clinics and hospitals might vaccinate you; I have an elder retired foreign friend, who just yesterday got vaccinated in a clinic. There are four variants of dengue. You are immune for further infection from to the one you already had. However, you are not immune to the three other variants. You need two vaccinations with Qdenga with three month separation to be covered about 60-80 percent, and around 90 percent for hospitalization.

Where was you in 2004? Exactly same place as I am now, same beach and same sand. What country? Thailand. of course. What was you doing ? Part time holiday, now I'm on full time holiday. How has your life changed since 2004? I decided for early retirement and moved permanently to Thailand. Who were the famous deaths in 2004? I don't care.

In principle yes, in practice you might not need it.

In reply to "So being on a lease with no intended move out date is not ok?"... You cannot stay longer than your permission to stay; i.e., the date stamped in your passport.

The islands Phangan and Samui was originally inhabited by Hainan Chinese – they are still (very) important families on the islands – Chinese New Year is therefore an important event on the islands (my photo is from new year celebration in a China town on Samui)...

No, to my knowledge you can always return to your home country, even with an outdated passport. The 6 month validity is when you visit foreign countries.

As it says, it – health insurance – is only for folks entering on a non-immigrant O-A-visa.

You don't need a lawyer, you can transfer the title deed at the local land office. There will be sales tax, stamps and transfer fee; there is a calculator for all that in the link HERE.

Yes, that's correct – it's a statutory liability insurance – and "third party" is the case here.