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RE: the post #2 from Pepper9187:  The second part of this post refers to the short connection to the Tao Poon line (Purple Line. It runs north from Bang Sue, not south.

I have now done a bit of searching. The bus(es) appear to leave Suwannaphum at about 9 p.m., too early for you. Try this:

  - dep. Morchit approx. 9 p.m, in a taxi to Morchit 2 bus terminal, arriving there about 10:30.

  -  allowing 45 min. searching/waiting time, , board a bus at about 11:15. There should be buses at this time.

  - It is a slightly shorter trip than from Suwannaphum, so arrival time should be as indicated above.

Can I make a presumption that you don't need to be at your destination before about 9 a.m. on the Monday ? There are night buses leaving Suwanaphum Airport at around 11 p.m, if memory serves me. That would put you in Khon Kaen at about 5 a.m., and Udon at about 7 a.m.  I have never used them myself. Perhaps someone who has can confirm the departure time(s).

You are changing the reason for extension, you are not getting a new visa, so in my view it's three months. I was in a similar situation myself, though the meat in my "sandwich" was a Non-B work visa. I imposed a three month seasoning period on myself, even though two might have been enough.  I suppose you have the alternative of leaving Thailand and starting with a new visa, if you don't have enough money to wait three months.

I am Canadian, and just a few years away from when I might want to know this too.  But as a long-time resident of Thailand, I already know this: Nobody inside a Thai bank is going to care if your monthly pension ever gets here.  Start your enquiry with your Canadian bank, and please come back here and tell us the results.

Mr. Moderator delete this if you wish. I found it.

Can anyone give me the name of what I presume to be the only all girl's high school in Ayutthaya ? A google search has turned up nothing.

I was involved in three electronic salary deposit arrangements with Thai employers. With two of the three I was told to open an account at the bank and branch used by the employer. At the third one, I was able to use an existing account at a different branch of the same bank.

ATM's in Thailand dispense only Thai baht. Are there some countries that feature ATM's which provide the user with a choice of currency when making a cash withdrawal ?

Liquor boxes are best, because of the weight and density of their former contents. Large, airy boxes of the sort used to ship fresh fruit and vegetables are not very suitable for the opposite reason. You can also buy sturdy plastic storage boxes (usually with carrying handles) if you want a more long-term solution.

Bangkok is a big city. Giving your location may elicit replies from those with local knowledge.

Can you tell me what you know about a purported expiry in 2019 ? Mine states that it is good through Apr. '21.

I have had several Canadian passports over the years, including one obtained in Vancouver. The letters on that one were not "BC". To my knowledge, the letters used are random.

Yes.it is "just" B 800,000 baht. But you can not go below that figure for three months. If you have only B 800,000, how are you going to pay your living expenses for those three months ? You need B 800,000 plus three months expenses.

This comment uses the B 800,000 money in the bank method, since obviously, it does not have the myriad of variations possible with the combination method. 

On the day that you do your annual transfer to begin the three month seasoning period, your Thai bank account balance should consist of the required B 800,000 plus three month's living expenses, which you will use to support yourself during the seasoning period. So, if your living expenses are B 35,000/mo., you should have B 905,000. Therein lies another way of "buffering."  If you can see that you are going to be in a borderline situation (let's say B 5000 short), pare your monthly expenses to B 33,000/mo. for the three month seasoning period. I think most people could find a way to do that, if it meant the difference between getting an extension or not getting it.

Another variant is to bring additional funds from your home country during the three month period. So, if you can see, two months into the seasoning period, that you are not going to have enough one month hence, bring additional funds from your home country to pay your living expenses, while leaving your B 800,000 untouched.

If you charge so much that you have very few guests, observers might think that they are friends. If you charge so little that your rooms are full most of the time, your operation is more likely to be noticed.

Not a direct answer to your question, but the power companies (MEA in greater Bangkok, PEA elsewhere) offer automatic monthly payment to pay your power bill. But I know nothing more than that, I have never done it myself. Perhaps try the bank's call centre and explain what you want,  and get the necessary Thai terminology from them. Keep the name and number of whomever you speak to, so you can call them back if you encounter the mai dai stonewall at the bank counter.

My guess would be that vans start leaving Mochit at about 6 a.m.; however Immigration doesn't open until 8:30 a.m. I don't know if there is any kind of orderly queuing system outside their doors before they open.

In general, Immigration will accept you going in on the first possible business day, if they were closed on your deadline day.

To my knowledge there have been no recent changes. You state that you are doing a renewal. Why can't you do the same as whatever you did a year ago ?

You do require a 90 day "seasoning" period, unlike the 60 day period initially.

Agreed. You can come on here any day and read posts from guys who can't find a bank that will open an account for them. A foreigner should not close a bank account in Thailand unless he is absolutely certain he will never need it again. Even if you are never going to return to that province, having an account with one branch helps to convince another branch of the same bank to open an account for you.

It depends more on the particular branch than on the bank.  Giving your location might elicit replies from those with local knowledge. If Bangkok, give the name of your District, or a main intersection. It is a big city.

If you want info. on Nakhon Pathom, this is in the wrong sub-forum. Or do you mean Nakhon Phanom ?

I haven't done it at Jomtien, but I have done it twice at two other offices. Was your current Non-B extension obtained at Jomtien ? If not, they will refuse you, as they once refused me.

1 hour ago, MJKT2014 said:

In practice if one turns up at imm with two bank accounts, wouldn't it need a day by day breakdown showing the combined bank levels didn't go below 800k on any given day, and if so whos going to verify that?

It's only three months at most; checking day by day would not be a huge task, with only 2 accounts. I suppose they might draw a line if somebody walked in with ten bankbooks.