This was the report when they got busted last year. They were subsequently found to be "innocent" of any wrongdoing. Now, I wonder how that happened? 🤣🤣🤣

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They charge a fortune for services which may not be 100% legal. Money pushed under the table. Most people prefer to do things the proper way!

DO NOT get an STV under any circumstances!! At your age, long term stay is best achieved with Elite Visa if you can afford it. Everything else is really short-term "lots of messing around" strategy

You need a certificate of residency from immigration.

Jean-baptiste Lucas. If your GF has a lease with her name on it she can file TM30. All she needs is a copy of landlord ID.

Not needed. She simply files a TM30 nominating you as living at the address

Greg Bewick. I'll stand corrected on that as I know your knowledge on these matters far exceeds most if not all in this group. My only experience is with two acquaintances here (one from banking, one from insurance) both of whom received mega redundancy payouts some years back from very senior positions in their respective industries, retired to Thailand, and subsequently got bored and "fiddled" with the prospect of returning to work in Thailand. Both have failed, and have put it down to their lack of Thai speaking skills. But they're only two and the numbers you are quoting would be more representative of what's actually happening

I wouldn't be bothered to start getting all your documents together until the Driver Testing Centres are open again.

Fluency in Thai would be the greatest skill for a senior executive position.