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

you just answered the question yourself. Your account is still up and active because you hold it since several years. You are not a valued customer, that's too far flung, you are an active customer since many years

it was reported in many groups: Bangkok Bank wants all these account holders to show up at their branch, and "re-verify" their identity. A passport is not enough - they also ask for another document on top, verifying your identity, like a driver's license or a national ID-card

@Philippe **********

do NOT attempt to gain 6 months out of visa-exempt entries. Because that holds the risk of being pulled aside at the border and asked for your travel purpose. If you would reply "I have a house in Thailand", you will most definitely be denied entry, because in this situation you would be misusing a touristic entry for a longstay in Thailand

@Philippe **********

Visa-wise, you don’t have too many options. The easiest and most convenient in your case would be:

***you could apply for the 6-months multi-entry Tourist Visa (METV), both of you individually, in the Thai E-visa online system in your home country.

It gives you 60 days stay permit on each entry, the 60 days can be extended by 30 more days on Immigration for 1900 THB, and before the stay permit expires, you need to do a border run to activate the next 60 days

You can apply for the METV every other year, I do not see a problem, because you stay outside of Thailand for the next 6 months

there is "Anna Visa" in Hua Hin

you would love a good Bourbon if you ever came across one. Jack Daniels actually is an "industry-whisky". The smokey charcoal taste is artificially added. You would love real Bourbons, like Noah's Mill or Broker's 7-years batch. Buffalo Trace, Four Roses Single Barrel, Knob Creek, Maker's Mark, Woodford Reserve Distillers Select. Hard to get by if you don't live in the touristic areas. If you succeed to find a Woodford's Reserve in a Thai beverage shop, I suggest to have a go for it. I once on a party overthrew on Irish whisky, and since then I can't stand the smell of it. Scotch, I prefer a good Bunnahabhaim or Coal Ila with a shot of lemon

@Mark ********

sure it is. You are absolutely right. It is a shame that our Thai wives are treated like criminals

@Donald *********

and I prefer to stay alone, I live in the Isaan with my large Thai family, I avoid to mate with Farang barstool loudmouths

@Donald *********

Sam never song any song . . . . . . . . . that stuff is called "Sang Som", it is a typical Thai "whisky" destilled from sugarcane (so actually a kind of a "rum"). I add some brown sugar, a few drops of vanilla extract, and some drops of artificial "smoke". It makes the 289.- THB Sang Som the cheaper alternative against the 1480 THB Jack Daniels, if I close my eyes it almost tastes the same as the Lynchburg sip

Donald Campbell . . maybe you should search for the alcoholic destitution starting with yourself. You said you applied for the Non-Imm-O Retirement Visa. And then you said that you have been issued a Non-Imm-O-B visa (for working in Thailand) . . that's where you are wired: "Received my non-O work visa this evening (Monday) at 21:25!" 😂😅