I would like to add that you DO need a degree to teach, but the degree does not have to be in education specifically.

Go to Krungsri bank (yellow bank) in a tourist area. They are more foreigner friendly.

@Kool ******

I think our local immigration is the thing that makes it hard here.

@Frank *********

Our friends have to! Of course we are in Nakhon Si Thammarat. There's that.

We have friends who go through the marriage visa process every year. It's awful! Not worth it. Having to take the headman of the village with you, SO much paperwork, and headache.

If you have the money in the bank, DON'T do it!

We travel with one backpack each.

We did ours ourselves. Went to immigration, got the forms, filled them out, got our landlord to sign it and give a copy of her ID and sign the copy. Go back to immigration and file it.

They might have you take a photo outside your house with the house numbers. Ask for all the documents you'll need when you get the forms. They will give you a list.

@Tim ********

I wonder if there is a cap. This one will be a large one

@James ********

I might do that! Thanks! The payments should start this month!

@Frank *********

Yes. We know that now. He has a US account on wise, but the firm with the pension recently changed its rules, and doesn't accept wise like everyone else.