So there is something the OP can take away, i left and came back because I knew my visa was being switched from a tourist to a non B anyways...BUT, if you have been here and want to come back, I strongly suggest getting the STV. This is for people who want to stay long term and not work.

You must get the visa that matches your intention.

Because if you were here during covid, you have already been here a long time, so for you to return is basically saying you want to be here a long time....though...you could argue that during covid there was nothing to see, I mean even after two years and the school being locked down I have seen almost nothing of Thailand.

So some really great things came out of this like, I found out my GF wants to marry me. She was on the phone talking with them when the agent suggested to me marriage but said you probably don't want to, and I said yes but she does t want to, and then my GF said wait I want too. So I proposed on the phone at the airport, not the most romantic but we cried for 5 hours after.

I'm going back to Canada, something I have put off for 8 years. Not sure if there is anything still there for me. I really have been working in China all this time, I was on vacation from China when I came here, not Canada.

My GF will try to get over her fear of flying and get the shot so she can come visit me.

And most important when I come back, if I come back, I'm I allowed to come back? I'll legally be able to do business in Thailand once the BOI company finishes applying for my non-B.

I had a similar experience with a thai tutor but in reverse, I was describing an older man, when she says this is Thailand you can't say that, we accept everyone, we have lady boys you know... I must have really said it with an English pronunciation.

@Andrew *******

I'm sorry you don't understand. The exchange rate is like...if I have 1USD if someone gives me an exchange rate of 30 then I have 30bhat.

Now deemoney if I transfer 150,000bhat I get 4,444.44 + their125fee so they are giving you an exchange rate of .0296..where as the current mid market rate is .03 which would be $5,000 so, Dee money charges you 125,bhat and makes and additional $566.66 by giving you a lesser exhange rate.

@Andrew *******

what was the exchange rate? As in I give you 1000bhat...how much USD do I get?

@Andrew *******

ahh but you also have to look at the exchange rate a given company gives.

@McGregor *********

and what if you don't have a house in your home country? What if you have been working in another country for years and were in Thailand when this happened?

@Andrew **********

use an agent, seriously it makes everything easier.

@Jake ******

I just assume it wouldn't work? Kbank is thai citi bank isn't, even if it is citibank in Thailand. Bangkok bank, Kbank, are all east to link to grab and get autopay, as for lazda I always just end up doing bank transfer, there are instructions after you buy something.

@Alvin *****

what do you mean people don't search on google? Or any search browser. That comment makes me sad.

How does that work here? In china to transfer a work permit the company must cancel your visa and then the new company has 30 days to apply and put you back in the system.