@Rick ********

Go to immigration and ask them! I have found them quite helpful if you turn up properly dressed and respectful of the job they are doing. Trick is to find out who is there for «the picks» and then avoid them. A tip: the head officer who screens most applications at the information desk before passing the papers on - or refusing them - is someone you might want to avoid. Good luck!

Been through the same thing, came in on a non O based on marriage but didn’t have the confirmation from Royal Thai Embassy so stupid me at Imm in Chom Thien: «OK, I’ll do it based on retirement then». Immigration officer: «Much easier!» so that’s what we did. Paid baht 1.000, for same day letter to the bank -opened bank a/c, baht 7 or 900 for net-bank on phone and finally baht 1.900 for year extension. This was Chom Thien, probably differs, but there is more paperwork involved in an extension based on marriage than on retirement. Might work for you also?

@Stefan *****

why post nonsense? If you don’t know what you are talking about, then don’t.

@Kool ******

big ? mark about the need to have tb 800.000 in your home bank a/c to get the non immigrant 0 visa? Never heard of, never had to (Norway). Funds were never a topic before applying for the extension here in Thailand.

@Jan *****************

Er dette korrekt? Oppfatter den hvite slippen som kun en bekreftelse på registrering ved 90 dagers registrering, men at ved fornyelse av oppholdstillatelse må du ha ny tm30 (fra deg selv hvis du bor i egen bolig eller fra utleier)?

@Roger *******

should have called it mobile banking I guess. Surely you have seen people paying in restaurants, taxis, shops everywhere. Let your phone «see» the QR code (small square with unevenly shaped black dots). Everybody has them. Out of physical cash? You can pay anything by scanning. Easy and all recorded. Just bought an ice cream cone this way. Chocolate. Cheers!

@Roger *******

if you do qr-scanning, that is phone-banking.

@Matthew ********

I scan when needed. You never answered «what is a true expat» Someone like you? Dementia has not kicked in yet, but of course I worry, 72 by the way. What makes you so uptight? Cheers anyway, delighted to be acquainted, and none of us really knowing if we are «true» or not seems like a good ending?

@Matthew ********

You obviously know a lot more than I can fathom. But I take ofens to your comment about me not being a true expat. Does 47 years in the Kingdom count? With accounts both on- and off-shore. Get a life, cash still rules, all you need is a pocket full of change. And by the way: what is a «true expat»? You?

@Matthew ********

BS! Cash is still king here.