You will, hopefully, soon learn that there is no one ‘it always works in this way’ in Thailand. That goes for individuals, businesses (like banks), government departments, and immigration offices/officers.

The ‘bunch of stuff’ that any landlord might want from you will differ from person to person.

You take the uk marriage certificate and register it in thailand. They then provide you with what’s called a Kor Ror 22 คร..22 (get your wife to search for that term)

That is the Thai version of your foreign marriage certificate.

Here’s a video she can watch so she understands how to do it

@Jon *******

simply not true. My ex wife is waiting for her next uk visa and cannot leave the country till the decision is made. Could be six months.

@Phil ***********

it’s not a ‘work around’ when you stay somewhere, that’s where you are, that’s your address, and you have proof of being there. Like your hotel or AirbnB reservation.

@Kristi *************

The first of many rabbit holes in your future I imagine 😀

@Kristi *************

ok. What I probably wasn’t clear about was that you can find different levels of amenities in the same city. So, many places in Bangkok have great services and many don’t. Sane in Phuket or anywhere else. You’ll need to do a bit of a deep dive into specific areas to get a more objective idea of what you can expect 😊

I think there are many people on ED visas who do work remotely. This is one of the reasons the DTV was brought in. It’s been a great area for a number of years. Very difficult previously to find a legal way of working remotely where your clients and business is outside of Thailand. I mean, it’s clear what you need to do to work IN Thailand, for a Thai company but previously there were few options for remote working.

So you probably could quietly work remotely on an ED visa but it presents its own challenges and now the DTV exists, if you don’t have to get an ED visa I’m not sure why you would. As for legal advice from a US immigration lawyer. That would be a pointless waste of money. Either visa you’re considering can be obtained without the help of professionals.

Where you want to relocate to, now that’s a whole other kettle of fish.

Internet speeds are important to me; I was in a nice apartment in Bangkok and the speed was 30mg up at best.

In Phuket now and it’s 500

That doesn’t mean it’s like that all over those places. It’s building specific so I think your location would best be a completely different research project for you and is outside the scope of this group. There are groups from pretty much every major city in Thailand though so you’ll have no shortage of options once you’re ready.

Good luck with it all 😊

Once you've cancelled your work permit and both the extensions, might be worth considering a flight to Kuala Lumpur and back. There's a morning flight from Phuket (8am ish I believe? And one that returns at around 18:00, Have a day in KL then fly back to Phuket. It's going to be a similar price to the land border run but, in my opinion anyway, better than sitting in a van all day.

Depending on which immigration office you go to (it must be the one you register a TM30 at) you can expect a variety of experiences ranging from; No, just leave and come back. Sit down for nine hours we'll call you to show 63 copies of every piece of evidence you originally submitted but we might reject the whole thing if your 500k is still in your home country's bank. Please have a seat and we'll deal with you in an hour (still show all your documents but quicker). You need to transfer your money to a Thai bank account (that you will struggle to get) come back when you have.

If you bounce out and come back you can expect; a 180 day stamp and no questions, a 180 day stamp and a few questions.

It's all a bit up in the air at the moment though. I think those questioned on entry had something on their immigration record that piqued the IO's interest so if you applied, stayed where you were till you got the visa, weren't pretending to be a student whilst working remotely in Thailand for a year previously, you'll just get a stamp and no questions.

Out of the two options, I think the bounce out/in looks favourite at the moment.

If you feel unsure about the address matching, in one of your uploads attach a letter explaining the issue. Merge it with another pdf, like the one you upload as proof of address.