@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.

@Tim *******

I know my non imm O visa saved me a trip to imm: I arrived Aug 24 and got stamped in for 90 days. First trip to Imm was when applying for the yearly extension.

@Kevin *********

The rules have changed, but only meant to make it more difficult for people on visa-excempt or tourist-visas. If you arrive on a non O visa, if the bank still says no, contact Immigration. I had to and they gave me a letter to bring to the bank and voila! Seeing all the applicants in flip-flops, shorts and singlets in a government office not understanding why they are not getting the help they feel entitled to: They are actually helping the Thai government in the work sorting out the desirable visitors from the not so desirable. They should (and often do) get an extra week extension to pack and leave. Show respect, act like a human and all will be sorted out at the price of Baht 1.900,- + the about Baht 700, ? You pay for your ATM card and phone app. Good luck.

You`re getting a lot of «alternative facts» here, as always a lot of folks here more than willing to share what they think in lieu of actually knowing the facts. I have no idea why you were «stamped in» on Nov. 25th. - you might want to check that again with IO. What is factual: Your last visa (if you have had several or even visa-excempt) is the only valid stamp. Non O lasts 90 days and therefore no 90-day reporting. This reporting starts 90 days after you have received your one-year extension. Our western logic does not always follow Thai logic, but on this they are comparable. Good luck!

Get a non-imm 0 visa and you can apply for an extension while you are here and get the bank a/c while you are here. No need for an agent to do that: when applying for the extension just ask immigration to give you a letter to the bank which they will because needed for your application. Agents are for people without visa and no legal reason for a longer stay. I did the whole procedure (one false start -hadn’t done my homework properly) but now have the extension/permit to stay at the cost of Baht 1.900,- Plus the added cost of going back to Europe to restart the process. Chon Buri, might very well differ from other locations. Chock dee!