@Kim ********

my payments have varied widely as to the day of the month, but I've never had a month with no payment. Yes, that would probably create a problem in many offices.

I think most offices would prefer not to have to add it up. Some offices want the funds to be from some kind of pension. If it comes a few days off from one month to the next, just say it was a bank holiday, or the government sent it to the wrong place, or whatever.

Personally, I've varied the deposit dates wildly and have gotten no grief in my particular office, as long as it's 65k every month.

@Stephen *******

it's possible. But do they check to see if you're still enrolled for an ED visa? Do they check your bank balance for a 'retirement' or 'marriage' visa? I think it's beyond their capabilities at the airports and border crossings.

@Stephen *******

that's the way it works for other visas. When you extend at immigration, you must again meet the requirements. Leaving the country though, I don't think you'll need to prove you're still attending a class.

1,000 to 1,700 baht for electricity. That's running A/C almost all the time. 200 or so for water for one person.

To extend in Thailand, every other visa I know about requires you to meet most of the same requirements as when you got it initially. If that's the case with the DTV, you'll need to show 500k in a bank, proof that you're still in a Muay Thai course or whatever basis you got in on. But we don't know yet.

As someone else said, you can probably just hop out of the country and come back in instead of extending in country.

Extensions for other visas are usually 1900 baht. We don't know that yet about the DTV either.

It's the airlines that have to foot the bill if Thai immigration turns you back. So they may require an onward flight. But I don't think they will for a DTV, unless they misunderstand it.

@Barry *******

yes.

@James ********

yep. Department of Consular Affairs. Not immigration.

@James ********

the video is not with an immigration officer.