I know a guy on Samui that sells bars, all his friends come and drink in his bar and a tourist thinks it's good business.
When he sells the bar he opens a new one and bring his friends with him.
Now the tourist have an empty bar.
You must go after expiration.
You'll get five years+time until your birthday.
Utilized right you'll get almost 6 years.
5 year licence always expire on your birthday, so I go the week after.
Some years ago a Swedish - Iranian young man out on bail for murder got back to Sweden with his brothers passport.
Twitch... He got killed by his own family for allegedly converting to Buddhism before bail.
In Thailand, there are over 200 varieties of durian, apparently they thought they got mongtong, the preferred and most expensive one but got a cheaper variety.
I do it online.
Immigration Email me when it's time.
Login and do it, confirmed that they received it immediately.
One hour later I get my receipt that it's been accepted.