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This will happen in Asean Time, which is slower by a factor of ten than Thai Time. Think 2030s - maybe.

This is a minefield: as far as I know, if you leave your employment, you are supposed to cancel your work permit with the Ministry of Labour AND inform Immigration both, within 24 hrs. While some do not bother to do this, you are theoretically in breach of your permission to stay, which could cause you problems if you want another WP in the future. It's unlikely you will be stopped leaving the country, because Immigration doesn't know or care what goes on at the MoL. If you do manage to do what is required at the MoL, at the Immigration Dept, you will be give seven days to leave the country. I've never heard of any way round this, so your best option may be to make arrangements to go to Phnom Pen or other regional city, get a TV and return, then make arrangements to get a study or volunteer visa.

I suggest that you first call your bank in Thailand and ask for a fluent English speaker. Explain the situation and that, for medical reasons, you are unable to travel to Thailand for the foreseeable future. They may be unhelpful and unwilling to help at first, but if you are polite and persistent, and can have the situation explained to the branch manager, you may find he/she is helpful. If not, I suggest you then take your problem to Bangkok Bank Head Office and go through the same procedure.

Any man who loses money to women and to scams in Thailand would almost certainly lose it elsewhere; the problem is not Thailand, its women or its scams, the problem is you.

If the local street shoe repairer doesn't have a punch, the shoe repair kiosk, usually in the basement of the local mall, will do it for 20B or so.

That's about the size of it, and like not installing an earth in the wiring of a house, not having a water trap to the shower waste water to prevent 'blowback' is all about saving money - that, or indolence.

Many Thai banks, if they will issue a credit card at all to foreigners, will only do so against a certain sum, stipulated by them, deposited in your account with them. Try offering to deposit and maintain a certain sum in your account with KTB. Failing that I can only suggest trying your luck with one of the big three, but without a track record with them on your part it's doubtful they will cooperate. If you maintain a bank account and have a decent credit rating in your home country, you may find it easier applying there.

Have you considered a surgical procedure?

LOL

Sorry to say, your refund may have been set back further by the purchase announced today of two luxuriously-equipped Boeing 777-300s for you-know-who and entourage.

I can feel a TAT announcement coming on, along the lines, 'tourists numbers have jumped incrementally and are now on target to exceed those of 2019 by next month'.

One of them is called "Acne Insurance" in Thai. Not a name to cuddle up to.

Couldn't happen to nicer people.

You don't need anything but perseverance and persistence. Just keep doing the rounds, be patient and courteous, with as many supporting documents as possible. You will eventually strike gold. Don't let them sell you an expensive debit card when you fill in the forms, the bog-standard one is usually sufficient.

Stagnation or worse in another 100 countries. No need to do anything in Thailand then, according to local logic.