Lorry

Is my English so poor? There WAS (past tense) - not is - a time limit. In 2004 you were only grandfathered if you had already been on continuous extensions since 1998. (The numbers may be a bit off - but you were NOT grandfathered if you just got your first extension in 2003). Trust me, I was alive.

I never heard of a bank asking for a CoR. First, they want a WP. If you are lucky, they will consider you even without a WP. Then they will look at your visa ("DTV"??? what's that?) and how long you can stay. A year would be good. DTV gives you only a permission to stay 6 months, a bit short.

Yes, continuous for about 6 years (I think 1998-2004 iirc ). That's what I posted and what @zzzzzdoesn't know/ understand

"Need WP" is the first line of defense against a foreigner at many branches. People with retirement or marriage visa can get a bank account if they shop around a bit. It's more difficult for people with a DTV, probably because no bank staff has the slightest ideas what "DTV" means. So they revert to the default "need WP"

Easiest, if you have a Thai bank account: Ask to have the withholding tax on the interested refunded. Get a statement of the withholding tax at any bank branch (takes less than 20 minutes), and take it to the local revenue office (less than 1 hour). There is no minimum, but maybe they are not happy if you ask for a refund of 26 satang.

No, they didn't. Only those who at that time had had 6 (iirc) years continuous extensions were grandfathered. For example, all those who lost their extensions during covid would not be grandfathered.

No, it means right and left lung. Not practical for a frail 88 year old (you would have to sedate him and he would never wake up again) There is no such a thing as "puny pneumonia". BTW according to the Vatican, the cause of death was a stroke

"Always" is a big word. Do you (or does anyone else here) know since when tourism accounted for, let's say, 10% or more of Thai GDP? I guess, sometime between 1980 and 2010 ?

like, for example, the USA?

I am a bit speechless. How many times has @kwilcowritten: people make mistakes. That's really the most basic insight. Once you understand this, you can talk about traffic safety. But if you never make mistakes...

It depends from branch to branch and from customer to customer. A common requirement is WP, but it's doable without WP. It helps if you are a long- standing customer. BTW postpaid is often more expensive (prepaid is for the plebs, postpaid is for people with accountants, tax rebates, expense accounts etc) and cannot so easily be suspended if you are not in Thailand.

Ok, and how does this help anybody? I once had a traffic accident, and there last thing I was worried about was whose fault it was (BTW it was 100% the other person's fault and 50% my own fault :))

No, they are not. Many foreigners have postpaid SIM cards

I don't really understand w hat "oil comes up" means, but I am happy to hear that I am not an adult yet. Thx for making me several decades younger! Almost all fires can be avoided by smart fire protection measures. Almost all drownings can be avoided by experienced swimmers. Almost all accidents in the mountains can be avoided by experienced, safety-conscious climbers. Almost all plane crashes can be avoided by good pilots and engineers. One wonders why accidents happen at all.

Many posters have, through the years, reported that this is not so easy. Possible, yes. Easy, no.

PS further reading (long!): https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/opinion/extinction-technology-culture.html " a sense that real-world life is fundamentally obsolete "

A non-OA visa, good for a 1- year stay, is available in your home country. There are differences between OA and O visa, e.g. OA visa requires health insurance (a pita) A non-O visa from your home country is only good for a stay of 90 days, but can be extended in Thailand, for a stay of 1 year, at the immigration office. This extension requires 800,000 in a Thai bank account. And this bank account is not easy to get.

Good post. 2 more things: Conspiracy theories are a very American thing, to a lesser degree European. People there have learnt that smooth talking/rhetorics is everything - they have forgotten that there exists a reality (e.g. a virus) which you cannot "talk away" - it won't disappear. Countries where people still manufacture or plant physical things are less affected. You cannot argue with an assembly line or a flock of sheep. And: cui bono? The Nazis, who had people believe that the Jews are the root of all evil, put a bounty on Albert Einstein's head. (They couldn't get him, s.o they went after his cousin Robert. He hid, so they murdered his wife Nina and his daughters Cici and Luce.) The Nazis knew very well why they hated people who would think. Who profited from the Nazis? The industrialists. As for today's conspiracy theories - you know for whom these people vote, and who profits.

Isn't he saying Swedish drivers are inherently more stupid than those of other countries? The stupidity of those Swedes probably explains why Sweden has so many road fatalities, in 2023 229 dead, that's about 7 times more than Ban Kruat!

Says who?

April 30 for Kbank

I use BTS and MRT in Bangkok. Regularly. Judging from the fares you quote, maybe these are the rail lines in your fishing village in Prachuap? Interesting observation, though, that the BTS will be even more crowded.

And with AIS or True, if you use a banking app and the SIM is from AIS or True

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3000822/flat-train-fare-set-to-start-from-sept-30 20 Baht for Thais. My average is quite a bit more than 40 (which would be the usual double pricing), more like 60. One of my most disgusting experiences with Thailand and it's people, because it's so everyday and ubiquitous. Hundreds of people entering for 20 B, and I will be the one paying 50, 60, 80, whatever. I never cared much for the national parks (I don't care for national parks in any country), and living in a non-touristy neighbourhood of Bangkok, foreigners don't usually pay more than Thais.

Call 02 888 8888 and ask the call center. The Thai SIM card that you registered with Kbank must be inside the phone that you use for the app (the SIM can be switched off, but even if you use WiFi, the app may not work when the SIM is not inside the phone). If it still doesn't work, you probably have to use data connection with your Thai SIM: Call your phone provider over WiFi call with your Thai SIM (there is a thread how to do this), because you cannot call 1175 AIS or 1242 True from abroad, or contact them by mail or app, to open data roaming. Also open data roaming in the settings of your phone. Then buy the cheapest data roaming package, should be less than 1000B. Using the Thai SIM, open banking once. The next time, you should be able to use WiFi again.