@Ron *****

　Thank you. That is　what I was expecting

My new passport is due in May 2032.

@Paul ******

That is what I thought. The condo is mine, an official deed, my name. Will see this Friday, July the 4th.

I will be your foot on the ground, whatever they do or say.

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

Thank you, will see, Friday July 4, we have an appointment at the Samut Phrakan City Council.

It might be of some interest to other group members, will update here.

Edit: spelling

@Jacob ****

Thais working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Embassies, Consulates) are the the top students, Medalists from the Chula and Ramkhaeng Universities. That is why I can always say - Thai young top guns, efficient , kind, well presented, English well spoken.

I will be going through that process, in Thai, July 4 2025.　Married to a Thai national, 23 years, both living in Japan.　She got permanent residency 10 years ago, when the whole family got that. No visas, no reporting, no humiliations like with Thai.

That status has to be renewed every 7 years, nothing, no interraction with the goverment in between.

Five business days from the Thai Royal Consulate, Osaka, Japan.

@Julia ********

Bangkok Pattana International school is more like 20,000 US$ a year.

My neighbour in Bangkok, an American, with 2 daughters (9 and 11) does "home schooling". He found some package, from America. It is online, no need for him to stand above their shoulders all day long.

Still, he pays about 3,000 US$ a year for both of them to go to Bangkok Pattana International school for events, sports, arts, drama and other non-teaching activities. He works from home.

Hardly anyone knows. A Marriage visa. If something lethal (God forbid sickness but motorbike crash) happens to your wife, you have 72 hours to leave Thailand, your children, and get an another visa from somewhere, hoewer distant.