When you upload the picture of your passport they have an automatic OCR reader ( optical character recognition) It brings her information up in front of you and asks if this is correct. The machine changed one of the letter O‘s in my name to a number zero. My application was rejected and the money was lost. Identical the second time. I corrected the number and once again the machine changed another letter to a number zero! Again I lost money. It took me three times and the embassy actually told me to re-type in all of my information to prevent that from happening a third time. 

@Chris ********************

sounds like you got it figured out. Glad we are both enjoying our time in Thailand

@Chris ********************

it appears you don’t understand compensation packages beyond an hourly rate. If you are on a fixed retirement income budgeting is much more important if you don’t anticipate increasing income or assets.

@Chris ********************

? Tens to hundreds of millions of dollar investments mostly in China. Like I said. Everyone has different budgets. Companies value you for less than the value you create. It’s ok to be comfortable making 1 or 2 million baht a year in Thailand. Lots of people are ok doing that. I just think to live on a western lifestyle I am targeting 15-20M baht.

@Chris ********************

800k is tuition only per kid. I am underselling my spend

@Chris ********************

Mergers and acquisitions executive for a large oil company. New business development and joint venture negotiations globally.

@Chris ********************

like I said, everyone’s income is different. Passive income greater that that is forever in Thailand.

@Chris ********************

spending money is my favorite

@Chris ********************

everyone has different income but this is far below the $20k a month I was spending in China to live a similar lifestyle.

@Chris ********************

also in Phuket so it is expensive here