@Daniel *****

What do you mean, if you are clean? You mean don't smell of B.O when you go to immigration? 😂

@Brett *********

I believe at least they've changed the insurance cover required from 3 million baht to only 400k.

@Frank-Steven **********

London isn't a Thai consulate, it's a full on Embassy.

@Steve *********

Keyboard warriors at war again. 😂

@Tod ********

This is one of the reasons I love Thailand. It's like a guessing game adventure. 😆

@Luc ***********

I presume because you say the, not an immigration officer, that you entered Thailand 'the other day' ? the IO would confirm what you reckon 'the IO', said to everyone entering at Suvarnabhum? Or did you specifically ask an IO when you entered, or did you not enter at all and your just assuming 2 by land? Why would an IO tell anyone at the airport that they are only allowed 2 by land? unless they asked?

@Milan *******

As long as your new passport starts before the date of expiration of your current one. What I did several times in Thailand, I applied for a new passport personally at the British Embassy. When they informed me I could go and collect it, I did and they cut the corner of my other passport, with my current visas in, then I went to any immigration office and they transferred visa to my new passport. Don't know today how you apply for a British passport in Thailand. I believe it has been farmed out to a private company. Don't know if that is true or not. I'd of thought for security reasons the Embassies, or consulates would be the only place that could process a new passport.

I had an account with SCB for over ten years. Then I moved back to my country and there was only a few hundred baht left in this account, so when after a few years I hadn't used the account the bank closed it. I want to open another account, so got a Thai friend whose house I stay at when visiting, I asked him to take my old bank book and debit card from my last account and show it to SCB and ask if I could open a new account with a tourist visa and tell them I live at his house when I'm in Thailand. The answer was sorry, no.

@Tod ********

When I got a twelve month multiple entry O visa many years ago you didn't need to be married to a Thai, or for your application to be based on any other criteria, apart from supposedly a bank statement and the one and only I got they didn't even ask about money and there was no certain age requirement. I believe this type of visa in London at least is no longer available, but for years work colleagues of mine used to get this visa as we lived and worked offshore in South East Asia.

I'm onto my MP by email about this discriminate frozen pensions scheme here in the UK. I'm hoping but maybe dreaming that the UK and Thailand, who already have a DTA agreement might also sign Upto the social security agreement (whatever they means) so the UK retirees in Thailand get an annual pension increase. There is an agreement between the USA & the UK on this, but how many UK pensioners retire to the US? I reckon not many, whereas there are many living in Thailand. One can only keep up the pressure on politicians and hope for change.