Thanks!

Where can I find the original Thai version of that?

Need it for the rest of the family and one copy to hang in my car so that they buckle in the back seats.

1. You don’t need to do anything if you’re willing to pay for roaming.

2. Get an AIS (best coverage) SIM card if you’re a tourist.

3. For long term stay either convert your home SIM to eSIM or get a cheap phone to receive SMS.

For the US there’s some providers of VOIP that support receiving SMS too.

Through using “wifi calling” (turn it on in your smartphone) you can use your home provider as if you were at home (calls to Thai numbers are international then!) whenever you’re in a WiFi.

@Paul ******

Go your way.

Some people like to learn the hard way instead of listening to others who have more experience.

Although I’m pretty sure you won’t do it or regret it half way.

@Bob *********

Forget it. He has some reason to not accept others well formulated arguments, and he won’t share that reason.

Wanting to “invest” 400k says it all as far as I’m concerned.

If you really want to go the harder marriage way:

Make sure your marriage is accepted in Thailand. Go ask your Thai embassy, you may need to get some paper/stamp!

But I would choose the retirement way with 800k in bank. It’s way easier for you and the immigration.

@Marianne *******

Exactly. If THAT is an issue he should stay home.

Best advice: stay away for a few months. Then a tourist entry without visa has better chances to be granted.

Alternative: get a DTV and pay the price

Question is: what makes you want to stay without a visa? The weather and people are nice in the Philippines or Malaysia too.

Where did you get that it is changed to 30 days?

Better read official pages than FB “news” ;)

Did you ask the immigration, if they let you convert your marriage to retirement visa in place?

Doesn’t matter.

But what does:

You should take a look at nonO instead of OA.

Doesn’t require any of the things that OA needs, specially not one of the expensive health insurances from the list.

What it does require, is either 800k in Thai bank or 65k monthly income.