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

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2000 pound sterlings with economic expense can lead up to 6 months. Here are the tips to save $$$ and living well in Thailand.

1) Have a backpacker’s mindset.

2) Ask the Buddhist temples if they can accommodate your room and board (and maybe meals). Don’t take it for grant, do offer some helps like cleaning or helping the monastery’property works, etc. (maybe teaching English to the monks ?)

3)Find friends on social media and offer online tutoring in the topics that may interest them ( digital creating, Western cuisine, English,…etc.)

4) Make friends in Thai Boxing fitness centers. This will lead you further than just being a tourist because many Thai Boxing studios need a good marketing in this competitive career. You may be useful for them.

5) Street food is cheap and the quality is no less than those of the fancy restaurants.

6) Try not to use Taxi, but use GRAB, and public transportation as much as you can. Taxi drivers charge you “with the Tourist price” ,way much higher than the realistic cost. Download GRAB app in advance, the price is all standard to locals and foreigners

7)Learn some Thai language as much as you can. Speaking the language can break the wall in all situations and put you in a favor if you ask for something.

8) Be friendly. This will lead you so far …

Do not take a chance by travelljng without insurance !

Get a new passport asap! Also keep the copy of the old passport, you need both new and old number. Dubai and Qatar (I assume you are from Doha) , always accommodate the passport urgency. Once you have new passport, submit the new application before the visa deadline.

In rare occasion you might be able to renew your visa now and explain to the authorities that you are on the process of getting a new passport . You might as well get a letter from your embassy that your new passport is on its way.

Nevertheless you need new passport asap.

All you can do-it-yourself. Don’t pay for the services claimed by some companies that they can help. Save your $$&

Contact the Thai schools that have international program. They are likely high-end ,in terms of tuition fee for Thai students, who want to have English as a Second language. Search for the schools and contact them directly. Be flexible about the salary and prove them that your teaching style will help the students to be fluent in English. Also,Open to the schools outside Bangkok ,like the small provinces, not big cities or the places that crowded with expats.

Also making Thai friends through internet/social media and you may ask for more information. You might not end up with Ed visa, but business visa, for instance.

Start Learning Thai culture and language now to prove your future employer(s)/ business partner(s) that you are serious. Also start making TokTok clips and make it viral (in good term) that can charm the viewers as soon as possible. Remember !every employer want the best employees not just a plain ‘Farang’

Good luck!!

The 30 day visa is quite straight forward. Don’t wait until last minute or expect to extend your visit while you are in Thailand. Day 28or 29 you should go to the neighbor country to get stamped for leaving country and cross the border back to Thailand to get another 30 day visa.

Wet, wear and tear passport is very common found in the frequently travelled people. As long as the entry data and the validation date can be readable, you are fine.