A friend of mine applied for DTV in US and was waiting for her approval. She logged in and discovered a message “waiting for payment”. She wouldn’t have known what the hold up was unless she checked. Evidently they don’t contact the applicants if something is missing. You have to contact them.

Hmm… can’t designate a beneficiary on your bank account in Thailand? A named beneficiary with a legitimate proof of death wouldn’t be enough in a Thai bank??

If you need an extension on whatever visa exemption or visa you get, just pay 1,900 Baht to a visa agent in addition to the cost of the extension.

There are some excellent nursing homes in Pattaya and in Chiangmai. I’m sorry I can’t direct you to a website, but a Google search will give you info. I think your plan is very good. Good luck. And I don’t think your relative needs more than a medical visa. The nursing homes probably can give you that info.

@Brandon ***********

interesting. I’ll check again. When I looked at 60 day ME, it asked for bank record and said name on bank must match passport identically. I’ll look again.

@Graeme *****

lol that’s a whole other story. My passport name differs from my banking/married name. It’s a major endeavour at this point to change my name on my passport. It’s easier to travel on my maiden, birth given, name. But to get a tourist 60 day visa I need bank records in the same name as passport😅. Sounds like an easy thing, but it seems too complicated for the Bureaucracy to handle.

For retired people like me, 60 day visa exemption is perfect. I guess if it goes back to 30, we’ll just have to add a 30 day extension. We spend at least 2 months in each country. Sad to see things change, but seems inevitable.

Temple of Truth.

@John *****

we did a 30 day extension with agent in Pattaya. Agent took us into immigration and took our pic.

@Edward *****

I like that plan. Please identify which 3 months in each country. Thanks!!