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Khon Kaen fortunately and not Jomtien or Bangkok. And as you can read above it's ok with bank statements in official form/print. I have decided to change to Kasikorn after the extension for their much easier handling of the statements. With them I will be able to do all necessary bank paperwork in the morning (same day) before driving to immigration.

https://thethaiger.com/visas/destination-thailand/?utm_source=ANforum&utm_medium=ANforum&utm_campaign=Thaiger-DTV-AN

It's the DTV guide from the forum. I see it at the bottom of the page. But if you have confirmed all Ok.

From the DTV guide linked below ("announcements"): "It’s expected that you’ll apply for the DTV visa at a Thai embassy or consulate in your home country. " That's in line with what I understood.

Two years and now someone snitched him. This business exists for decades. As long as you fly under the radar/low profile how can they catch you? I remember a German guy in Bangkok. As long as they have no better than some Thai guides in bloken inglit there will be demand.

Deleted. No chance to Google for a street address? Thin ice 🤣

116 billion Pocket money Incl. gold: China 3.5 trillion (Hong Kong another 425 billion) Japan 1.2 trillion Switzerland 795 billion ... Thailand 230 billion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_foreign-exchange_reserves

Of course it can happen any other day. We are at the beginning of rainy season. Watch forecast carefully. This radar gives you some idea what's going on. https://weather.tmd.go.th/skm240HQLoop.php Currently looks dry.

Even though the current rate is terrible I could not resist to test. Sent 100 EUR for general living expense. Arrives in seconds and the transaction history clearly shows it as "Trade Finance Deposit" or more clearly when you use the site in Thai as "ธุรกรรมต่างประเทศ" (business transaction foreign country/abroad")

Be aware that "VISA" stands for Non-O visa or one year extension. Officially not possible to get a license with short term visa/exempt.

They have fiddled with their website again. https://www.dlt.go.th/en/new-license You have to select "EN" to be able to read the text So as written English is OK. And if you have that, no tests required: Better say: if you have an IDP or home license in English you can skip the tests.

Of course not.

Next month a new central bank chairman will be appointed. There is an ongoing dispute between the new government and the BoT that keeps interest rate high, Let's hope things change to the better for us. I don't share the optimistic view on the state of the Thai economy.

Second such thread within an hour Yes it's concerning. Basically all major currencies (except Japanese Yen) lost significantly over the last few days. Maybe follow the other thread:

Google is correct in recognizing the last three characters as an abbreviation for foreign country. Actually a dot should be added. The full word in transliteration: dtàang bprà-têt (ต่างประเทศ, other? country).

Thanks for the valuable contribution referring to Khon Kaen. You highlighted the transfers on the copy before handing over? Unfortunately I have/had a lot of small transactions on my account so was prepared for some lamenting. Did they want to see any documents about the source of your funds from home country? The building as such looks ready for at least one year or longer. Third location for me then.

There is a number of older threads about this and some seem to have problems to get it. Maybe just communication problems. Seems you need 12 dedicated "FET"s? With learning from other posts I will likely stick to the account statement method.

Thanks for the hint about Thai language. At Bangkok Bank it's OK as "FOREIGN T/T". What I will do: a test transfer of a small amount to Kasikorn and two days later online order a statement in Thai language.

Thanks. That would be kind of a killer criterion. Adding another form of complication. Second week of October I will go for extension with a pile of statements from Bangkok Bank in three(!) different forms. 1) One year to be ordered a week ahead! (200 Baht) plus probably an added -> 2) 2) Six months issued on the spot. (100 Baht) (would need two to three to cover 12 transfers) 3) Self printed statements ordered online and received via email. If they are OK with 3) I would probably drop the idea. Hope they will as the bank book and letter is still required to show. If someone wonders why it's a new topic for me: many years I used the lazy 800k bank book method. But I simply want to free the money as my pensions are well over 65k.

I have waded through some of the many older threads on the subject. Maybe someone can share recent experiences from this year. I am considering to change from Bangkok Bank to Kasikorn bank for monthly transfers. I want to make sure that all transfers appear as international transfer (FTT as it is labelled in the Bangkok Bank book). This is for the 12 months transfer method for extension of stay at immigration. So far I use Bangkok Bank and always select reason for transfer "long term stay in Thailand". I do not care about an extra working day for the transfer. Not interested in fast/fastest but reliably marked as international funds transfer. I do EUR transfer from WISE account. That worked perfect so far. Never a problem. But getting a bank statement at Bangkok Bank really suc.s. So much easier with Kasikorn. Anybody using Kasikorn for the monthly transfer method for extension of stay?

Would doing against increase PSA? Two usual activities in Pattaya and I had 1.3 (after TURP last year).

As sheryl writes: look for independent lab. Just to give you an idea: Lab in district town 550. That's about the same like in Pattaya (lifecare lab). Had this in July.

That's what I mentioned as a difficulty in a post above and earned a "confused" emoji for some reason. Often I have to twist my neck to the max 😀

Forum English (US, UK, OZ, NZ ...) can be a challenge (particularly if not your first language). Google to the rescue; Bowser was one of the first companies to build petrol pumps. For some reason it's THE word for a petrol pump in Australian slang (and maybe elsewhere)?

At the PTT stations I usually have the opposite problem. If the pump stops at an odd amount they will try to stuff more fuel in. Sometimes so much that it runs off the filler cap. Annoying. Often I don't ask for fill up (tem tang) but ask for 1000 Baht or whatever my estimate is.