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The Religion of Peace doing what comes natural to them.

OP's student should have studied Scottish before visiting:

Any immigration office will do the extension if you have the required letter from the bank. BUT , if you bank with the Bangkok Bank , they may decline to provide the letter if the money has not been seasoned for 4 months. My branch gave it without any hassle. Some might not , thus giving some people a problem when applying with no time left to shop around.

Surfice to say it is in an up country province well away from any tourist areas. However if you read this thread the 4 months freeze is apparently nothing to do with immigration but rather a new policy of the Bangkok Bank who have been hit by fines for allowing call center scammers to use agents to open multiple bogus accounts ( with the collusion of bent banking staff ) for the purpose of money laundering. Another poster in Phuket also said that 2 Bangkok Bank branches in Phuket were not asking to freeze money for 4 months.

No it had not. It had been topped up on 27th July to comply with their old 2 month seasoning rule. So only seasoned for August and September.

So I did my extension based on marriage today. Got 99% of my ducks in a row and easiest application for years. To offer hope to others making their application in the coming weeks , my 400,000 has not been frozen and I was not asked to sign anything about agreeing to such a freeze. The bank was nice and empty at 9.30 am and when I applied I did not mention I wanted the letter for immigration. Didn't mention immigration at all. To clarify what I wanted , I just asked for a 6 month statement notified separately by a member of staff. I also showed them a copy of the letter they had given me last year and requested it be exactly the same. They asked for my passport to make a copy of info page and current visa. 30 minutes later they gave me the letter for the usual charge of 200 baht The previous day I had got the Kor Ror Sor 2 updated making sure to go at 3.pm and miss the crowds. Office was empty and served straight away. Got to immigration today ( also empty ) and was done in 50 minutes despite all the paper signing ( more than 70 pages in total ) They said it had been very busy the day before so good timing. All done for another year and hope this illustrates that not all Bangkok Bank branches are demanding to freeze funds before providing the required letter. The only duck I missed was having an STM 9 form prepared. This was not asked for last year and was new to me. https://www.diald.nu.ac.th/download/International Service/Overseas Staff/02 Visa Extension/STM.9.pdf

Is this the same Trump that said he would end the war in his 24 hours in office ? https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/25/politics/fact-check-trump-ukraine-war He makes big bold claims and the faithful gobble them up like manna. Trump wants Zelensky to make a deal and surrender to Putin. How about making a similar gesture by offering to make a deal with Putin and selling Alaska back to them. This would free him up to annexe Greenland and bring Canada into the union. After that he can get on with rebuilding Gaza and turning into a luxurious beach resort Music to the MAGA faithfuls ears

Well, if the cap fits .......

Well, a great opportunity for dunce cap makers then. A ready market for them

The debt cycle explained :

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This crown would be a better fit

Yes. Appeasment has a great historical record of success when it comes to dealing with despots.

It's actions speak louder than its words

Unlikely to make any significant difference to the fortunes of the Democrat party.

Yes , a bit like wine. You start of with a glass to go with your meal and before you know it you are shooting up smack with a dirty needle.

I used to keep the 400,000 in the bank most of the year. Then I asked the bank if my wife would have access to my account if I were to die. The answer was no. It would have to go through the probate process first which would be time consuming at least and might require the help of a lawyer at worst. So, I then decided to keep a sufficiently large sum in our own safe at home for easy access. The worst thing about the new regulation is that it was dropped like a bombshell without much warning , not allowing time for people to get their ducks in a row. We have just returned from a 1 month holiday in the UK and so I am only now getting up to speed with all this. So , with my extension being due at the end of the month I am faced with the option of having my 400,000 frozen for another 4 months ( almost 7 months in total ) or just leaving the country, getting another Non Imm single entry and then applying for an extension in the new year . But before leaving I would just clean out my BB account of all but a couple of thousand baht and put it into my Kasikorn account. Convoluted but at least I would retain access to my funds. Talk about Hobsons choice. Hmmm.

Yes you can. Two to the chest and one to the head. Cured

A mutations factory ???? I think she meant munitions .

Same here. Not even a sign of it. I feel cheated.

No , but front runner for the Knobel prize.

There are several kinds of foreigners here. Avoid them all. The Thais are easier to get along with.

Thai women 1000 times more available than Malaysian

Is that even possible these days ?

And are they a burden to those states or do they finance themselves and benefit those economies.