Karl Wood I presume you mean Thai Baht and not $ when you speak about 65K/month.

@Fran ****

Believe me Wise (Transferwise) is the best way to transfer. I have been using it for years. Not only do they give the best exchange rate, but they also charge the least fees. You can go and check it out and check with the other methods you use and compare. Also their fees are linked to the method you use to pay. I use direct debit because it is the least. They used to have transfer to only a bank account so if i sent money to someone who didn't have a bank account i had to use Western Union but their exchange rate is much less and fees high like CAD6.50. But now WISE has transfer to an e-walltet and there's a load of options but the most popular is GCash. Try them out will never regret it. and if you find a cheaper option I am ready to try it out too hahaha

I am a retiree here in Thailand but i have never taken the risk to have a one way and at Toronto airport I have always been asked to show my return ticket. So what i did was to cancel my return ticket the first time and now when I visit any other place i just buy a return ticket from BKK to the other country and back. saves all hassels

i don't know it if will work but I have obtained a dummy booking from a local travel agent just to show and then the booking is cancelled after 24 hours. But i have never shown that at an airport so i don't know.

@Todd ********

People like Steve just talk from the top of their hat. He has the money so he can flaunt. If he was wearing the other person's shoes then he would know and probably go down the same rabbit hole as others. How insensitive to other people's feelings and needs. There are agencies that cheat and there are legit agencies too. This goes for anything, not just about visas. Pros and cons in everything. Discretion is important and we all have to do our diligent check before we engage the services of any agency. Todd i have sent you a private message, if you don't mind.

@Steve *******

you are right each to his own. but here people ask for advice and what was mentioned is he had no deposit money. So please read my comment again. I outlined choices so i don't see your comment in any way relevant to what i had written. Don't be hasty to write you have the deposit money so you can afford to talk. not all have what you have so they are reaching out to ask for the best advice possible.

@Michael ******

no way around that... retirement visa deposit 800K or marriage deposit 400K. If you don't have the funds, they go through a reliable agent... retirement visa under 20K including multiple entry (which is 4K). marriage visa is more expensive (retirement visa you cannot work, marriage visa you can work but still need to apply for a work permit). If you don't have funds to deposit and you don't want to pay and agent then you have to do the visa run every 90 days.... twice by land and twice by flight. You apply for 60 days and then extend for another 30 day Thailand. This is best to my knowledge and what I know first-hand from a few others who have followed either of these.

@Steve *******

I don't know from where you got your information but that may be some fraudulent agencies that you have come across. I have come across good ones and I know many who have exited and entered on the retiree visa and had no problems for years now. and the fees are below 20K baht including multiple entry.

@Ruth ******

welcome

@Ruth ******

to the best of my knowledge no problems coz that is why they have the multiple entry so you can fly in and out with peace of mind. 90 days reporting is only done when you have actually lived in Thailand for 90 CONTINUOUS days. If you fly out of day 89 you don't report and the 90 days cycle only begins from the day you return to Thailand. Put your fears to rest.