Thanks Todd - I agree that you should not travel without insurance but not clear on - "would have been much easier if you had given this some thought a year ago. No insurance needed".....I do not understand...

@To**

- can you please explain ??

Condos generally have a fee and a deposit for renovation. My Condo is 100,000 baht and they charge a per month contractor fee of about 1200 baht I think...this is to cover lift useage etc'. I have done it 2 times and got my deposit back immediately upon completion. Contractors never want to pay the deposit, so if you get someone in, you will still be responsible for the fee and deposit.

Is this requirement for all Non immigrant O i.e. Thai Wife ? Seems to only focus on over 50 retirement Non O ...

Mine is a non O not OA

Visa / extension must expire within 45 days - that is what immigration told me ... I paid under table and they did it for me ...

Yes Benjamin that’s what I thought ... immigration flatly refused . I have had multiple extensions on the same visa ...

Yes you are right but they were not interested in my change .... rules are to change reason for non O from retirement to thai wife your visa must expire within 45 days or you have to fly out ... I ended up paying a huge backhander and got it changed TIT

@Ry**

- they really are not so lenient ... I just went thru this and it was torture

@Gar****

- capital gains tax is a single occurrence upon realisation of capital growth in disposal of an asset .... not yearly/ monthly profit