Matthew Thompson you need to have a registered business in Thailand. You can't just be "self employed" here. It's very costly. I'm in the middle of the process myself. Expect to pay 100,000 baht or more.
for sure STV... which is so annoying... WHYYYYYYY did I do this? I thought I was being clever getting this one. clearly was the worst choice I could have made.
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