@Nicky *****

for the Hand to Hand combat you need to leave the country?

This Phuket option of not leaving the country and getting the Ed visa. If I can do that for a year that would really help with my needs at this stage. I would love to learn Thai anyway. Just haven't really considered Phuket as my first option... but I'm running out of visa runs and I don't want to go anywhere else :D

Yeah. Unfortunately that isn't an option for us.

41-renewing-south-african-passport/ - that doesn't sound particularly promising at all.

Thanks :)

Thanks, I have looked at the website ( ) but they are a little sparse on information. I am hoping someone in this group has experience they can share. I will eventually contact contact them, just hoping there is some personal experience to be gleamed from this group.

It looks like Western Union, from a bit of Googling. Doesn't seem like the options to send money out of Thailand are very good.

Do you hqve money in a Thai bank account that you need to get into an SA bank account?

@Jai *****

guess you meant that for sammy 👍

@Murray ****

you can also come in with other equivalent currency. 600E for example.

You also need to provide an address on the immigration form you complete on the airplane and hand over to the immigration officer. I have had unnecessary stress from not having this address before.