Elephant tax 😆

Try contacting

@Kostas **********

he has an established successful Greek restaurant for sale on Koh Chang.

@Tommy *******

but she is actually asking about what kind of visa she should get

Easy to do at yourself at your local transport office.

You need photocopies of your passport data page, entry stamp and current extension, photocopy your IDP and home country licence as well just in case.

If applying for bike and car you need 2 separate medical certs, you can get these from any clinic.

A residency cert from immigration or a work permit with your address on it.

Take all of this to the transport office, you will have to do some simple tests, brake test, matching the 2 sticks test and colour test. The first time you will have to watch an hour or so of accident videos and after that they will take your photo and print your licences, the first ones are valid for 2 years, subsequent ones are valid for 5 years.

I wouldn't bother with an agent as you will still have to supply all the documents required and it really is pretty easy to do it yourself.

@Martin ********

the insurance company will only cover you if you are legal in Thailand, as you won't be legal in Thailand the insurance won't cover you.

@Martin ********

Thailand doesn't recognise different cc categories, there is no up to 125cc here, you either have a full motorbike licence or you don't have a motorbike licence at all. Also you won't have the motorbike stamp in your IDP unless you have a full motorbike licence.

Everybody knows how insurance companies love to pay out and they will do whatever they can to avoid it, this has caught many people out in the past as the insurance company won't pay out if you are not correctly licensed.

Thailand doesn't recognise different cc categories, here you either have a full motorbike licence or you don't have a motorbike licence at all, so basically you can't legally ride a motorbike in Thailand and as you are not legal your insurance won't cover you.

The first stamp is an under consideration stamp, normally the immigration visit you during this one month period. The second stamp is your year extension stamp, your 90 day report will be 90 days from the date of this one /23, normally you will have a separate piece of paper stapled in your passport with the date to report on it.

@Nick ***********

you have a choice of exchanging UK side or Thai side depending on which code you use, better rate when change in Thailand.

You can transfer from your UK account to your BKK bank account directly, the cost was £15 per transaction, this is how I transferred large sums from the UK to here 7 amounts ago.