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6 months plus in a year could hardly be called typical tourist behaviour. I don't know if it would be allowed in the USA with a tourist visa or equivalent, but certainly wouldn't in the UK. It could be called reasonable if you deem it just a (very) long visit, but could just as easily be said to be unreasonable. It's very subjective IMO and you're at the mercy of Thai Immigration. Get a Tourist Visa to mitigate the risk.

I think it's easier now the consulates are closed. All done on-line and no need to send your passport away or get a full page sticker in it. https://thaievisa.go.th/

They need a negative test to get the Thailand Pass. They will be refused boarding if they don't have the Pass. Nothing to do with being positive.

There are currently no Covid restrictions to getting in to Vietnam. For a UK passport the evisa is available or just turn up with proof of exit within two weeks. A mate has just returned after two weeks there and I'm sure he had a Covid test in Bangkok before departure, and maybe even had to show vax details, but Timatic now says all measures removed from 15th May. https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/world.php

Yes, I wasn't clear enough as thinking more about Wise than the end use. Buying a condo then the money needs to be brought in but not building a house which you won't own anyway. Immigration if using the monthly income method, and as you describe.

For both these purposes you must be able to show that money was brought in from overseas. With SWIFT transfers this was, and is, fairly easy but as companies like Wise moved in on the market it became more problematic. Wise responded to this requirement, and the current method to get it marked appropriately is to select the correct reason when asked (long stay in Thailand, or property purchase, or words to those effects from their pull down list) and transfer to Bangkok Bank (or Kasikorn Bank I think). Doing this will delay the transfer slightly but will ensure that it is marked as an international transfer when arriving in your Thai bank account. Posts proclaiming how quick they got it either don't need or don't understand this requirement or method to achieve it.

Untrue. Unvaccinated passengers will still require a test within 72 hours before travelling even after 1st June.

Also Hua Hin or the airport from Jomtien if they're any good for your final destination?

Perhaps he should just have said he wanted a bus from Chonburi Province to Sa Kaeo Province, but he sensibly narrowed it down to local areas using names they are commonly known by. Why be a pedant and waste everybody's time with your unhelpful response? OP. You may want to try the border run agents rather than the regular minibuses. One operates from the Queen Vic on Pattaya Beach Road Soi 6 and there are others that hopefully someone else can help with.

Easy if you don't want it automatically marked as an International Transfer for Immigration or property purchase requirements.

Did you price it up against doing a one-off SWIFT transfer or even 3 Wise transfers at their max of 2,000,000 THB daily?

Get to Chachoengsao town from the airport. It's in the right direction and you'll have an option of bus or train the next morning.

https://airportpattayabus.com/free-transfer-bus/ Last time I looked it was only a couple each day so this timetable seems to confirm it's almost back to normal.

Add an air fryer, kettle and a microwave for all round coverage. I tend to use a pot on the induction hob for rice although I do have a rice cooker too, but have never had a slow cooker even outside of Thailand.

First indication is that it will have to go some to beat Wise. £1,000 GBP to Thailand examples for both here: Wise. Sendawave. Over 700 baht more with Wise for this example.

The UK has a selection of debit and credit cards with no fees for overseas/foreign currrency use. Used over the counter, with no Thai bank fee, this appears to be among the best ways to get cash in Thailand. Beats Wise to a Thai account cost wise but has the drawback of needing easy access to a friendly branch rather than the 24 hours available ATMs.

Yet the OP still doesn't get it, although if he changed to BBL (or Kasikorn?) it might eventually sink in.

This is the flyertalk rep mentioned by cantdrive55 above if you want to try that route: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/members/goingplacestogether.html

Check in closes 45 minutes before departure. Does that reduce your time to 35 minutes or have you already taken that into account? At 1 hour 20 minutes it would be dodgy IMO, at 35 minutes impossible.

<deleted>, replaced with Oh Dear! now he's an expert on the taxi business as well as everything else. More drivel to come no doubt.

I think you're on a scam site. What is the address of the page where you see this pic? The correct place for doing the 90 day report online is: https://tm47.immigration.go.th/tm47/#/login and should look like this:

1) Yes, any time before you leave from your local immigration or at the airport. 2 & 3) Currently yes, but that could change soon.

Go into a bank branch and withdraw over the counter.

Some airlines have been juggling lounge use in Covid times that's why I suggested it as a possibility. I agree in regular times it wouldn't be.

OP hasn't lost his PIN. Create a new thread if you want to discuss your issue.