I need health insurance anyway. And the Thai bank requirement is now 1.2M thb. That’s quite a bit. I might have to wait for approval.
And now I heard after approval we have to mail our passport to the Embassy and wait for its return. Is that correct ? That’s another couple weeks of delay.
After scanning, my names are reversed and the Nationality and Passport fields are blank. I didn't fill in or change anything as you suggested and same thing: "Invalid.....
Thanks for that clarification. It looks like one of the main differences is I'd have to have 800kthb in a Thai bank vs in overseas account. Any other differences?