I've just blocked an idiot name caller before I respond and probably get banned.

You haven't been asked yet. How many out of 35 million tourists are members on a visa forum. You, me or the bloke living below me has no idea how many rejections or refusals there are at immigration for a whole host of reasons.

Everybody, no matter what visa does 90 day reports if your here 90 days.

Forget your report and it's a 2000 baht fine. That's it. Wether not doing a report would be enough for them to withdraw the visa, I've no idea.

I guess the yearly check up on the anniversary date of the visa includes checking you've not sent of the money outside of Thailand and that you continue to have a Thai company health insurance.

I would assume that even on a 10 year investment visa they would want to see yearly that you've either not cashed the bond in or sold the qualifying property?

It doesn't say even what the financial requirement is each year they want too see at year 2 too 5.

If I was going to do it I would put 3 million in a time deposit and simply not touch it. If you can do that, I guess it's not a bad visa to have.

I think you need to have the application spot on if your going to do it as it looks like the $400 application fee isn't refundable.

All you need in that case is a simple 60 day tourist visa and extend it for 30 days at an immigration office.

It reads you cannot touch it the first year. The second year it cannot drop below 1.5 million but go's onto to say, every year you need to report to immigration for an examination of the required documents?

Here's one not to miss in the fine print for a withdrawal of the visa. I guess they want to see your bank account statement every year.

– the sum of money money in said account was spent outside Thailand.

If my uncle was a woman, he would be my aunt. It's about as relevant.

It will be closed until it's open again.

It all depends how long your planning on staying. You don't need any special visa to go to a cookery school.

You won't get away with signing a waiver flying to Thailand from Manila. I wouldn't try the old rent a ticket scam either on them there.