It's very easy to transfer money from Thailand to UK, I do it every month with Ripple Technology from SCB Easy and the transfer speed take 30 seconds. The rate fee is very low:

@Sharon *****

No you haven't. You can't transfer money with Wise from a Thai Bank Acc to overseas.

If you leave on the 19th, your fine will be 23k baht total given that it's already 12k. If you can't pay the fine you will be jailed. You had the chance to extend your stay with the Covid extension Friday March 29, or earlier this week with overstay penalty, but didn't do it. Nothing will happen to you if you extend while on overstay, you will simply pay the overstay fine and get stamped 30 more days from the day that your visa ended. So if you go today your extension will end around April 26 and you will pay today 12k+1.9k+1.9k, so 15.8k baht total.

@Tod ********

I'm not talking about fast-track entry, I'm talking about arriving at Suvarnabhumi Airport, and while getting interrogated you call Thai Visa Advice, they can help you on the spot, no need for pre-arrangement or wtv. It's more costly than having pre-arrangement with them, but that pre-arrangement means that you pay no matter what vs gambling that you can get in and paying more if they want to denied you.

Sadly, victims of pedophiles, rapists, and other form of abusers are not taken seriously by police in this part of the world. This is the downside of living in a country like Thailand. You have five options:

1) You install cameras in the house and you videotape him groping the kids or wtv. The cops tend to take seriously video evidence.

2) You hire a fixer to scare him off.

3) You (by you I mean whoever is the strongest in the household), confront him and beat him up. To which, I'm sure many people here will contribute to a "Go Fund Me" for the cops to look the other way (if necessary).

4) You go back to the police station and ask how much money is needed to take care of a pedophile. This is what I would personally do. I would start by confronting the cops about what they would do if it was their child? It's an emotional plea more than a rational one. From my experience of dealing with authority in Thailand, being resilient is the way to go. Thai authority hates to lose face, they hate when a situation gets more people attention. They will only take you seriously in such situations if you show resilience.

5) You keep doing what you are currently doing = nothing. Sorry to be harsh, but telling him to "stay away" and "locking the gate" when kids are alone at home, is a very weak solution. You should worry about these children more than the potential consequences if something happens to the pedophile. You would be surprised at how little will happen to whoever beat up that pedophile. Cops in Thailand don't like to be in the middle of such dramatic situations, so taking the matter into your own hands would be my 2nd option.

p.s: Btw, where is the location? (province).

@Alan ******

Yeah, the price I'm referring to is people panicked at BKK that had to find agent on the spot.

Worse case if he get denied he contact agent who then contact officers in Suvarnabhumi Airport and he can get in for 10-15k baht. It's common practice.

@Bruce ********

This is what I thought. As I just said, now that everyone can get Covid Extension, they are also a lot less strict at Suvarnabhumi Airport. Also, in the instance that you can't get in, just contact Thai Visa Centre, they will call Officers at Airport and let you in (obv you will have to pay some $). Ofc

@Tod ********

will say BS on this too, but he's wrong.

@Bruce ********

That doesn't answer my question. Did you notice people getting denied around you when you entered Suvarnabhumi Airport today, or are you talking about previous stories like the one two weeks ago? Because last week the ban on Covid Extension for people on Volunteer and Ed Visa was reversed, and it definitely impacted the rigidity of many IO in Suvarnabhumi Airport.

@Bruce ********

Getting denied the day you entered Suvarnabhumi Airport or getting denied from report you read?