@David ***********

yes, visa exempt, extended for an additional 30 days to give us time to applying from within Thailand, opened the bank account immediately upon arriving which gave us the time needed for it to season

@David ***********

we did ours in Hua Hin 🙂 stayed there 3 months before heading further south to PKK

As a side note - feel free to send a dm if you have questions as to how we did ours. It may help others if you state where you are applying from and what area you plan on settling in

@David ***********

- hubby and I went through this last year (Jan 23) from Australia. It's a pretty straight forward process. If you are doing like we did and each applying for for the non O (no trailing) make sure you have your 800,000 baht in the bank to season. It does help if you have a Thai friend to help navigate through but you can do it on your own if needed.

expat tax online are good, I've used that the last couple years. (From Australia and now from Thailand)

@Bruce ******

it depends on how long you plan on staying in Thailand. You can enter as visa exempt for 30 days from the states. (You can visit immigration and apply for an extension of another 30 days for 1900 baht [$52.72 USD])

Anything longer will need a visa - please see the link below.

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Don't listen to the idiots saying it will break your marriage. Any marriage that is a good marriage isn't broken here. If it breaks, it was broken long ago and they were looking for an excuse. Hubby and I have been here the last year, though not in Bangkok, as it doesn't suit either of us. (too busy too much traffic etc) The best way is to talk to the HR department at the school he will be teaching at to find out which visa will suit you or look at the immigration site. It's hard to answer the question as there isn't enough to go on IE age, finacial staus, if you plan on working etc.

@Tk ******

not true. I haven't been to the US in years. I applied for SS from Australia once I reached age and it was approved. I do however maintain an Australian address and bank though I now live in Thailand. My caseworker never indicated that I had to visit the US at all.

@Carsten ***********

Actually it is a true news story that it was linked to children deaths and that particular vaccine has since been banned in the Philipines.

@Henrik ****

they rarely check but even if they do, in the original packaging which includes the pharmacy label showing the perscription - this covers the requirements as long as they are category 2 and not narcotics. Feel free to argue the point if you disagree as I sure you will feel the need to, but the fact is you can purchase most drugs there over the counter at the pharmacy. Not sure which ones you can't but without a listing of the types of meds in the post, we cannot really advise fully. Have a great day.