What is the best order of tasks after receiving a Non-O visa and arriving in Hat Yai?

@Kal ********

my name is fine. Its been in FB 25 years... I removed all other sensitive data from the photo which I have also now removed now i have the answers I hoped for. No one is going to scam me from my Facebook name.

@Sean ************

I've spent a month there recently scouting the place. Cheers

@David *********

I have my Thai IDP and the licence for thailand is next on my list before the IDP expires

@Mike ******

I Retired last Sept. Well past due! I'm planning the 800k route but could do either. Im not overjoyed about losing the interest on that amount I currently get but at least it gets me in to Thailand easily. If I end up long long term I'll consider moving to monthly but for now its the lump sum. I don't need to touch it, i have monthly pension income.

You can spend up to half of it but not a penny more and must be back at 800k three months prior to visa renewal Cheers.

@Scott **********

there are no details in the image other than my name. Had you not noticed I've erased the sensitive details??

@John ********

I have a very well known rental agent I've been chatting with for a while now, so I'm alright there. Cheers

@Martin **********

You might get a better answer by starting your own post with the exact issue of address and the TM30 in your case. Folk will look at this post and may not see your question. Good luck

The visa is valid for 90 days once issued. That means you have to enter thailand within those 90days. Bear that in mind when you apply, mine only took around 12 days to be approved. You don't have to bein your home country to apply but you do have to apply from outside thailand to apply online. In my case, I am in Penang with a british passport and it was no problem at all. Good luck to you

@Tracy ****************

@Nongnuch *******

thank you very much. I am hoping for a mulitple re entry permit and I know that is an option. I want to be able to come and go quite a bit of the time. Most grateful for your info, thanks

@Lee ************

with the help of the comments I have here, it's not going to be a problem. I have all the boxes ticked. :)

@Giovanni *********

thank you, no one yet mentioned the phone number element of the process so thank you for pointing that out. cheers

@Leong **********

I am aware of the advisories regarding the area, I am just out of danger! 😁

@Robert *******

Thank You. Much appreciated. I will certainly not be wasting anytime when I get there, hence this post giving me a few weeks to get my head in to gear ready to hit the ground running.

@Grant ******

I have a condo rental for the first month while I sort things out, I have been there before. The rental agent has three condos for me to see. cheers

@Dca ****

mixed experience. You can only apply online, not in person. create an account with the thai visa website. As you apply it will direct you which embassy to select in a drop down menu for the application. In my case I am closest to Penang but KL was an option. I guess that is incase they need to call you in for an interview. I proper messed up by wasting money by unwittingly applying for a tourist visa first. It was too late to go back and cancel it as I had paid the fee, so I wasted some money there, not sure what will become of that application now. The day after, having realised my mistake, I applied for the O visa. I am going from penang to hat yai by private hire car and submitted the passenger list from the hire company as proof of travel. They then came back and asked to see my driving licence and vehicle registration, which I obviously don't have as going by hire car. I created a pdf in google docs writing a few lines explaining that I don't have a car and going by hire car, pasted in the passenger list to the pdf and submitted that. Other than that I submitted 3 months bank statments in one pdf showing my balance, a new photo, entry stamp in to malaysia where I am now, which they also asked for afterwards, Passport main page, and that was it. I applied to Penang online around 12 days ago, came through this morning. The O visa is really easy to apply for online. Getting the paperwork ready first to upload is a must. You can only upload 3mb files so that can be tricky. It's good that you don't have to do the application in one go, you can save and come back as you want to, to update and continue the application, but you have a limit of two weeks before incomplete applications are deleted from thier system and you have to start again.

@Wannikea ********

perfect. thankyou 🥰 kasikorn seem the best option.

@Jay ******

i have long time family friends in penang so being close to the border is handy. Im also not interested in the stereotypical farang haunts up north 😆

@Archit ********

because I don't and won't use AI for anything other than what my phone does with photo editing but thanks anyway

@Dca ****

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@Brandon ***********

points out, I need a lease first and then bank but thanks for commenting

@Brandon ***********

wicked. So helpful. Im aware of most of the rules, just getting things in the right order within the right time. This is easy to do. I can get my condo address and lease sorted in the first few days. I've got a condo rental chap ready to meet me when I get there. Many thanks.