@Kev ***

private clinic....i went there last week, best price in BKK and very efficient and farang friendly

Piet de Keizer ok, I'm not saying I'm going to do it, I'm just surprised that you could easily get around this requirement. And it's not really a question of honesty if you are being truthful

Piet de Keizer thanks, so what would stop you from just recirculating the same 40k each month?

Sorry if a dumb question, but ok 40,000k must come in but what's to stop you from transferring back out (or withdrawing cash, redeposit to different account and then transferring back)?

@Ellie ******

yes good catch ....luckily my GF picked up on that!! (Forms are in Thai)

I was in the same situation as you. I downloaded the forms and gave them to my girlfriend who completed them and then I took them myself to the MTT. It was no problem other than I got dinged with 800 THB late fee. It's a nuisance though and my GF would have had to take a day off work, so that's why I went on my own. And as it turned out I wasn't asked for TM30 on either of my renewals.

Last week I went from Bangkok to Lang Suan (Chumphon) for 3 nights, then when boarding ferry to Koh Tao, they asked for my passport and where I was coming from and I said Lang Suan and they said ok. Not sure what would have happened if I said Bangkok (where I had been for the past 10 weeks, other than 3 nights in Lang Suan)

Ya I would say the pool is probably the safest place to be. It is almost always empty and doubt there is any chance at all that the virus could transmit there. I just thought they would only close if they were required to

@Bobby *******

agreed, but I've decided theres no advantage getting a long stay visa because the longest stretch for me in Thailand is 4 months and so TR visas are all that I need

I spend 4-5 months a year in Thailand (2 trips), intended to open an account this trip but have come to the conclusion there is really no benefit. I brought enough cash for first month and then when I need more I just do a TW transfer into my GFs account, she then withdraws cash as I need it. Having my own account is really no extra benefit. Also I believe most banks charge an annual fee for ATM access. For me I'd only do about 4-5 WDs a year so not worth the 200THB fee.