And what on earth did you bring with you to Philippines to require a 15ft container to ship it in from the west ?

@Derek *********

this is Thailand. That was Philippines.

@Michael *******

and I'll write to you too. Only takes a few seconds - I got all the time in the world to try and maybe help someone.

But some can't see the forest for all the trees.

Others will never listen. Others will never learn.

@YT *******************

you are absolutely right. I'm going out. Good luck to you. 😜

@Michael *******

I'm not trolling, I can assure you. Just pointing out some facts and some opinion on matters that far outweighs the original post, that maybe you can't see for yourself right now. Maybe you'll read and learn something. Maybe in 5,10, 15 years you'll understand it.

Only a fool thinks he knows everything.

Now where is your proof of 1 million baht in a bank ? Show me One, and I'll show you 10. And proof that I'm qualified to offer facts and opinion.

It was 5 years of ducking and diving with visas, immigration, agents, visa runs, a 1 year ban (which I countered without a lawyer) before I bought the Elite Visa, and I wish I had done it sooner, even 5 years before, because I had the money, and I could afford it, then and now.

But crack on as you were, good luck 👍

@YT *******************

you can only spend money once. If you have 100 baht in the bank, you can't say or even think that you will buy 100 baht of apples, and 100 baht of bananas, and 100 of coconuts, because you can't afford it, you don't have it. You can't even say to a person that you will 100 baht of apples, then you say to a second person that you will buy 100 baht of bananas, and a third person you say you will buy 100 baht of coconuts. And then I say "but you can't afford it, you don't have it". Yes sure of course you have 100 baht, and you can even show me your bank balance that confirms it. But you can't pay person 2, and you can't pay person 3, and you can't show me 100 baht in your bank. Therefore you can't afford it, you don't have it.

If the OP has to pay rent each month for 12 months (or any other certain or fixed costs), he can't spend that money on something else, even though he has it in the bank.

Additionally, the more you want or need something, the less important the price.

And the more money you have, the less important the price of something that you want/need.

Personally, I might allow the equivalent of two full 8 hour days investigating and working on this to save 20,000 baht, but only if knowing that it is possible. And if its possible, at what costs. Beyond the 16 hours of effort, phonecalls, emails, googling research, visiting immigration office, translating etc. An alternative is to spend the full two days to discover you can't and you do need a lawyer, and you've spent and wasted two full days of your life to get nowhere, to get back to where you started.

But everyone values their own time differently. How about you ?

@Fish *********

how many thousand exactly is 'a few thousand' ? Please thank you

@Ned ******

what exactly was the form that immigration gave to you ? So immigration knew you were on a tourist visa ? So you were only in the country a max of 60 days? And what visa are you on now ?

@Ruth ******

ask to speak to the branch manager. Tell them you are buying a property and immediately transfer 15.5 million baht. They have the discretion to allow or otherwise. A desk clerk will not dare question rules or protocol, that is the thai way.

@Tony ********

it's not totally irrelevant to how western countries deal with visa issuance to thai partners. You think the US and UK will be so different ? Give me one example of how and why the US requirements will differ from the UK. And it sounds like the OP is very wide of the mark concerning his application. I don't even have a thai partner, but I've picked up a comprehensive understanding of the requirements for a visitor to UK, from this and other FB groups, but largely just from common sense. So what has he been doing for 6 years ? It sounds like he's not provided a single reason for her to want/need to return to thailand on his application ? So now maybe he understands that immigration will be assuming the worst, that she will abscond, and he needs to paint a brighter picture.