If they go back on their implied intentions that existing members are able to upgrade at the currently set upgrade prices i.e. the price at the time of their membership activation, then they would be acting in bad faith and as such I would not upgrade. Philippines SRRV is cheaper and lifelong (i.e. a real permanent residency). We'll see what happens.

@Nontiya **********

You should work as a diplomat for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 😂

Get your ass to the Philippines. $10-20k will get you a permanent residency visa (SRRV) with no insurance requirement. Way nicer beaches, English is spoken by pretty much everyone, and it's still a tad cheaper than T. Drawbacks are Phil food not as good as T food (but Western food available everywhere), and the infrastructure is less developed. I like living here in T but Phils would be my close 2nd choice.

@Gary ***

Ok but that's semantics, unless Meta is actually inexplicably allowing it. Hard to enforce of course, technically, if two parties keep it a secret between themselves. Which obviously didn't happen here since it's (the sale) being posted about publicly by the mods. Hence my confusion about Meta's official stance on the matter and/or the actual legalities involved as 3rd parties conducting a transaction on a product they are beneficiaries of at zero cost. I just find it hard to believe that Meta would let anyone make a dime off their product without at least getting a cut of the action.

Not being able to come back to T is an annoyance. Being retarded is a lifelong illness. Tell your pal to go to the Philippines. Just as nice as T, way easier to communicate with the indigenous, and mental deficiencies are not as noticed.

Um, since when does FB allow groups/pages to be sold/bought by a controlling administrator/founder/"owner" since no one individual (or company other than Meta) can actually "own" a group/page according to FB TOS? Has this been changed? I started a coupla buy/sell groups in another country with 80k-ish members each now....would love to make some cash off them if legit.....

If someone is a legal resident (with relevant residence visa) of another country and can prove it with a copy of the alien ID/residence card, then you are correct. But if someone is a tourist in that other country, then the e-visa application gets routed to the Thai embassy of the home country/passport country. The OP stated she is "traveling in Japan" so I assume she is a tourist. Her only choice in this matter is to go to the actual T embassy in Tokyo (actually I'm not even sure if they service non-residents but there's a chance and a phone call is free).

Yes but your application will be forwarded by the system to the respective Thai embassy in your home country.

@Paul *******

You are a moron.

You have roughly a 40% chance of being denied entry at DMK/BKK/HKT, more so at CMX. Go spend some time in another country for a while (6 months) would be my advice.