Upnotover

"TAT". Very apt.

Assuming you have online access to the accounts I would try sending 1000 baht using Wise to the fixed deposit account. Then see if it turns up - should do in seconds. That would establish if or not you can indeed deposit money online.

I bought a True tourist SIM years ago. If you just keep a small balance on it you can use from that to extend its validity (8.41 baht for 90 days) whether in or out of the country. Can do it wherever you might be using the app on your phone. And when you want data in Thailand just add a day/week/month pack, many to choose from. And provided you've enabled roaming you'll get OTP's without any cost.

I've read several accounts recently of 400k being required for a single non-O (family). I myself needed to show 800k for a single non-O (retirement) from London in February.

I reckon it means just a normal savings account, as opposed to a fixed deposit. Although they all do "current" accounts with a cheque book I never saw anyone with one.

Your route to a non-O visa followed by extension ought to be pretty clear to you now. But until you get to 50 you can only wait. So right now you should be planning how to enter and stay for 5 months or so from September onwards.....tourist visa+extension+border hops seem in order.

Does/has your wife do/done a TM30 for you? If so you should be able to get the CoR.

These threads may be of interest.

Good news for you, one of the documents is the TM7 application, and better still they will have filled it in for you! Worth the 500 baht in itself.

....oh, and when they do send the approval you'll have 5 documents to print to take along with you, hopefully you are near a printer.

I did 2 of these in December. Once you finally get the documents sorted to their satisfaction it does seem to go quiet, but not for long. Within a short period I had 2 mails confirming that the application had now been forwarded to immigration followed an hour or so later with confirmation of their approval. So with any luck by this afternoon you'll have the same.

From the photo his covert skills could certainly do with some improvement.

Not really difficult. Go to a branch with a external deposit machine and book update machine.

The bank in Ranong should be able to produce the letter and statement you need for the conversion/extension. However, as there are some things they will not be able to do - new passbook, new ATM card, etc., it would be worthwhile trying to open an account with them. It costs nothing to do it and if they will without too much foolishness it's better all round. If they insist on you needing a non-O visa to open then go ahead and get the documents first then you can go back once you have the visa and open an account.

To see the current seat allocations on an upcoming flight I always use "Expert Flyer". Free of charge it has some limitations but it's good enough to see how busy the flight is and if you have a free seat next to you, etc.

No need to buy Excel. Just use Google Sheets and download as .xlsx when finished.

Have a read here, suggests a multi entry is not possible at all, presumably that is what you are after - but perhaps somebody has some recent direct experience.

Nothing has changed but of course they can enter exempt and extend.

What "action"are you seeking? African?

It's better than a bum gun, far too messy at the table.

There is a TM8 in the "fillable package" here.....https://aseannow.com/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=533211

Bangkok, 50 baht. Very basic, can customise (add stuff) but still very cheap and good enough après pub.

When I have wanted a record of a conversation I have sometimes used a screenshot but that is rather limited in how much can be copied per image, You can export to a .txt file then convert that to whatever you want, I guess it depend on who is concerned about if or not the file has been altered. I have Line on my PC but don't see any additional options.

I think it's not a problem, especially if the packaging identifies what they are. I think they would qualify as "processed and packaged plant products, such as packaged salads and frozen plant material" My wife certainly has carried many things in without any alarms being sounded, albeit without baggage ever being searched. See https://www.gov.uk/bringing-food-into-great-britain