Thats what happened with my Thai partner. US immigration is so strict they don’t even want tourists from non-western countries. If they know the applicant has a US GF/BF, they’ll usually reject because they want them to go through consular processing (takes 1-4 years). If they let your GF into the USA, you have the right to get married and she can get a green card. There is a rule that consulate officers must assume she will stay illegally, and i think their work culture is to look on applicants as villains.

My friend got Norway visa in 2 weeks. They looked at itinerary carefully and only gave visa for length of stay booked plus a few days. He has many prior Schengen visas

I have AIS prepaid unlimited data (฿1200/year) on my old phone Speedtest 10 down/20 up (not sure if throttled because I’m a dirty Farang but only 1 bar reception), 60 down, 6 up on True 5g postpaid. Also 1 bar reception

@Frank *********

ok i hope you enjoy good health.

@Frank *********

Tricare for retired military should have an international plan. Medicare is prohibited by law for overseas coverage except the first 60 days of a trip

@Jae ******

no complaints needed. They are perfect.

@Jeremy *******

they changed that in 2019, that you don’t if you’re returning to the same home, however, some immigration offices, including Bangkok, are enforcing again that you need to keep doing your TM 30s.

Most of the Thai individual health insurance you get is going to be useless. Besides excluding pre-existing conditions, look at the amount it pays for hospitalization per day. Usually to collect the full amount whether it’s 500,000 or 3 million baht maximum per year, you would have to be in the hospital for 365 days. Often what you were going to collect for major illness, is a little more than the premium you pay in a year, unfortunately, you may as well self – insure.

Try your thai sim; sms may work. If not try the app and text them to ask for international service. If yiu need to top it up you can use mobiletopup.com

@Alex *****

they used to be the most farang friendly, but that depends on the branch. Beware the 50K฿ transfer limit though. I still bank there, they are hounding me to come get my pictures taken, not sure if that will unlock the deposit limit. It was imposed because most banks didn’t meet some new KYC requirements. Most all thai banks don’t want to open farangs’ accounts without work permits. Other issue is they want residency certificate, need TM30 and have done a 90-day report (Bangkok immigration), and a workaround, getting certificates from US embassy (if you’re American) just became unavailable.