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I have a few loud bars across the street from me. I put car sound deadening material on the windows. Did away with about 90% of the noise. The acoustic foam did nothing 

As far as I know the only test accepted by the US is the lab test that takes 7 days. The rapid test is not recognized by the US. This is according to the STEP email I got from the US govt

They usually want 6 months of bank  statements with over $7,000 each month. This is what they wanted the last time I applied for one.

If you are from the US, open a Charles Schawb checking account. They refund all atm fee's and give you market rate on withdrawals. Its the easiest and cheapest way. Then if you have a bank account in Thailand just do a cash deposit. That way you save all the fee's and get a good exchange rate.

I know there are a few embassies in OZ that issue them. You will have to check. I think one is in Melbourne and another may be in Perth 

There is a gym close to Phrong Phom BTS that will do ED visa and one close to On Nut BTS. Those are the only 2 I know of. I looked at it a while back. Its something like 40-50k baht for a 1yr ED visa. You can train at the gym 2-3 times a week at 2hrs a pop. You have to provide all your equipment. And its just training. It cost extra if you want to spar.

Thank you for all the help. I'm keeping my mouth shut and enjoy the 15 months that i can get and figure it out after that if i dont have a job. Sure i will by then

Thank you. I thought thats what it was. Mum's the word. And yes i used an agent here in the state's. Ive used them many times. They usually go to the Thai embassy in LA, but this time i had to everything to NYC. And yes here in the states mo need to go. Agent takes care of everything.

I'm in the U.S. now for 2 weeks visiting friends and family also needing to get a new visa. I used a visa company I've used in the past. I submitted to them all the information to get a METV. I did rush service, even had them call me to verify everything. Got my passport back today and checked. To my surprise there is a non immigrant b visa, M status in it. I'm guessing they gave me a 1yr multi entry non b visa at the embassy instead of the METV. Could this be correct?