@John *********

- - - - - let's all hope that you are right and the DLT is just "Lost in Translation"

@Graham *****

"what they mean is a 12 month stamp not 12 months remaining" - - - - - let's all hope that you are right and the DLT is just "Lost in Translation"

@Dianne *********

if you already have a Thai bank account, then transfer 800,000 THB onto it from abroad, make sure it is coded as a foreign remittance. As soon as the money is in the account, make a border run, enter visa-exempt, then you can apply for the "change of visa type" from the exempt entry to a 90-days Non-Imm-O visa on Immigration for 2000 THB. You won't need an agent. It is however better to use an agent as they can make the process seamless and easy for you

@Jimmy ***

only in Ranong via Kawthoung, by boat. All other Myanmar borders are closed for foreigner

@Jan *****************

"you can enter on a 60 days visa exemption and apply for a Non O inside Thailand. You’ll probably need a visa agency to assist you as you’ll not be able to open a bank account without a long stay visa." . . . . . it is NOT POSSIBLE anymore, even with the help of any agent. All agencies discontinued offering "change of visa type" from a touristic entry to a 90-days Non-Imm-O visa. You need a Thai bank account for it, and even agents now cannot circumvene this process. Thai Visa Centre in Bangkok was the last one and they have stopped offering it

@David ******

that's a bargain price

@David ******

up to you how you proceed. But you need to be aware that once you start to ride the agent hamster wheel, you can't easily get away from it

@Max ************

I copied the Bangkok Post article from January this year when they warned foreigners of impeding accounts closings and impeding disabling of online banking. It's been in the Thai media from December thru March. A deadline was announced and this was April 30th you were given time to clear everything inside your local bank branch

@David ******

no, you probably misunderstood the agent. If you use your own funds of 800,000 THB in your Thai bank account, the agent helps you with bank account opening and the application to the 1-year Extension of Stay for 16,500 THB. If the agent has to front the money, you would pay at least something like 32,000 THB. Opening the bank account only would cost something like 5000 to 7000 THB. The fee on Immigration for the application to the Extension, is 1900.-THB. In case you use own funds, then you actually would not even need an agent. You would just use the agent for a seamless account opening, and apply for the 1-year Extension by yourself 60 days after the money was paid into the account

@David ******

16,500 THB, that requires you are using your own funds