Yes the cost is 0.2 of 1 XRP (fraction of a US dollar). SCB Bank in Thailand also does a cross-border remittance service now as well which runs on the RippleNet system. That’s 88 THB so just under $3.

Via crypto—cheaper, faster, a lot less hassle. You’re welcome.

Yes it is.

@Ryan ****

they’ve taken away something to make life easy for who? I’ve never felt I was a beneficiary of their munificence. :-)

Good for you. That’s another thing I notice in Thai created websites. You almost never get error messages indicating what the problem might be. That makes it doubly difficult to fix and, as a result, you end up going round in circles trying every conceivable possibility.

I’ve never known a Thai visa website that worked flawlessly. They’re almost always crap and Thais don’t care much either for maintaining things to prevent breakdown nor do they care much for fixing things when broken. That means you generally end up with a shoddy user experience. My advice would be to cancel it and start over using a different browser and keep tying till you get there. Fake it till you make it! For what it’s worth, it took me three days, four devices and as many browsers to get through the processs for a new Thai visa using their embassy in London. Got it eventually though! Good luck.

I agree and the whole point of such a visa is so that the host country benefits financially from the arrangement. There's taking the piss...and there's literally sticking two fingers up to the Thai educational system. I guess we know which this one is. Strewth.

@Steve ******

Only the multi entry Non Imm O visa is “potentially” valid for 1 year and only upon application. That requires further documentation depending on the type e.g. for marriage or retirement along with a significant amount of money with its own rules regarding e.g. how long it needs to be in a Thai bank prior to that application. Even then you don't have a “multi entry Non Imm O visa...valid for 1 year,” but a “One-year Extension of Stay”. They are not the same thing.

@David *******

it isn’t always stapled. Usually the immigration officer stamps it and places it back in the passport before returning it to you. Perhaps it fell out.

The TM6 is your arrival and departure card. You only need the number at the bottom of it.