Keeping US Number -

Hey folks, coming over for good in October - I need a US number for ONE reason only - 2 factor authorization!! Literally every day, for banking, Paypal, government, practically anything I log onto here, they send a text to my US number so I can log in. Of course I will have a VPN when I arrive, but how do I keep a US number [JUST to receive texts, won't be making or receiving calls with it!!]. I will keep my phone from here, and buy one there with a Thai number - how can I go about making/keeping this one as my "US phone''? Thank you

I have been using the 800 000B deposit method for the last five years of visa renewal. I would now like to withdraw those funds after my recent renewal two weeks ago. I have for the last two years been running the monthly income method concurrently with this in mind. Am I safe to now withdraw those funds do you think and use the income method at next renewal. Many thanks in advance

Hello! We've been in Thailand now for 2 months. This group has been so helpful. We are going back to Canada in a month and we will apply for our visas and get ready to settle in Thailand permanently. I would like to fly from our home in Vancouver to London for a week or so before flying on to Bangkok. Will that be a problem? Thank you

My fiancé is arriving from Australia on 23rd January and stay until end of July 2024. We are getting married in Thailand mid Feb. Due to other travel he didn’t have have enough time to get a Tourist Visa in Australia.

So he will enter on visa exempt and then we will apply for a 30 day extension.

1. My first question is how long after his arrival can we apply for the extension?

After the extension we will go to Penang and a get a 60 day Tourist Visa.

2. Can we extend the Tourist visa another 30 day?

We will then leave again and re enter on visa exempt for the last month.

3. Will that work to get another entry visa exempt?

He has a flight booked to leave Thailand in 22July.

I am also Australian.

I am just about to move to Chiangmai having received a five year OX Visa from the Sydney consulate in Australia. Can someone please clarify for me if the 90 day reporting is my only obligation.

Good day, can anyone recommend an travel insurance company with reasonable prices, thank you.

Hello. I have an American friend living in Thailand who teaches online for a small Chinese company. She recently discovered that she will have to pay 15% Self Employment tax if she reports her earnings. Do any of you think she is foolish for reporting this? 😀

Hi, has anybody recently renewed a UK passport from Bangkok?

What was the wait time? Is 45 days enough?

What would happen if It didn't arrive in time?

Thanks

Martin

*This is not a test n go related question

Hello, I've been in Thailand for 4months and about to fly out of Thailand next week and will have to do a PCR test. I know I won't be allowed on board if I test positive at a clinic.

However, my question is if the test comes out positive, do I have to admit myself to a hospital or can I monitor my own symptoms/self isolate? Do clinics immediately report the positive cases to government?

Thanks

Hi. Need some advice please for a Non O child visa. Sorry this is long..

I have elite visa (Canadian)

My husband has a valid WP but an expired Non B. (Spanish)

We just had a baby (Canadian passport now but possibly dual Spanish by the time we enter…).

We are in Canada planning on returning to Thailand.

Ideally we will renew my husband’s Non B and put the baby on a Non O dependent visa following his.

Scenario is… my husband has to leave Thailand maybe 2 months after we arrive. And the baby and I will potentially exit a month after his dad leaves. (Dad will eventually travel in and out much more frequently than us)

Questions are…

1. can the baby stay in Thailand on a Non O dependent visa (or extension of) even if his dad is out of the country?

2. Will I have problems exiting/entering Thailand with the baby when I have Elite and he has a Non O visa attached to his dad’s Non B visa who may not be traveling with us. (birth certificate has both parents names and baby carries both of our last names)

3. Should we do his visa on the passport matching his fathers country or mine? Or does it not matter? I have to check if Spanish can make a Non B in Canada, or if Canadian can make Non O in Spain 🤯 (I will always be traveling with the baby)

4. If the Non O causes problems for travel if his dad is in and out of the country. What is a better solution? Tourist visa? I don’t want problems trying to extend him during Covid when we both have long term visas (I realize there are no penalties for kids, but I’d like to keep his passport clean)

Thank you for your help. All of the paperwork/documents/entry requirements/different visas and nationalities are a bit overwhelming and I’m a bit confused about how to go about setting things up for the baby.

Any advice from multi National parents on different visas is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!