I also had to renew my passport last Jul (or Aug). The courier service pass back was the most difficult and bitter part. You need to sign up and open an account with the given thai post office link and buy the service. I luckily had an SCB phone app and paid the 100 THB via QR code. You then get an Email with the receipt, which you have to print and send in with the application, pics, and the printed receipt from the US gov fee collecting office (at least they take AMEX). I wrote a long rant about this. The US gov makes us run around in circles over 100 Baht, the equivalent of a one way bus fare in San Francisco. Great idea from our consular service.

Some of these specific cases are not published on gov booklets. Better to call the SS admin and ask them directly. Sometimes the staff at field offices don't even know.

I've run into expats working as scuba diving instructors..., is that included in "teaching positions"? Could be a hella fun! Speak in English to customers, go boating and diving every day, have an after dinner party, happy customers, make tons of money... drawback: since you are the life of the business, you have to be your own boss, do all the sales and marketing, keep pumping energy and attention into it. Cannot slack off, otherwise you sink, boat and all. Good luck!

There are *many* foreigners living in Thailand, employed, usually at schools as language teachers. If they do well and keep both school staff and students happy, they may be here for years. International schools pay the best. These intl schools also hire math, science, social studies, and IT teachers too. Check out and look up "Dave's ESL Cafe" website too. Also look at the pic below to get an idea of what a university offers (sorry, appl time has passed for this one). Steady job, monthly income, work permit, no visa runs... it is a good arrangement. They do require a 4 yr degree about 99.9% of the time. Downside: you have to work everyday. Good luck!

@Graham *****

maybe they'll get me to be thrown out of this group without the possibility of parole...

Now, now, we cannot allow expats to do that! This afternoon a crowd of visa agents will be outside your condo demanding their 30,000 THB fee... 🤣🤣🤣. Ok, I'll see myself out.

There are *many* foreigners living in Thailand, employed, usually at schools as language teachers. If they do well and keep both school staff and students happy, they may be here for years. International schools pay the best. These intl schools also hire math, science, social studies, and IT teachers too. Check out and look up "Dave's ESL Cafe" website too. Also look at the pic below to get an idea of what a university offers (sorry, appl time has passed for this one). Steady job, monthly income, work permit, no visa runs... it is a good arrangement. They do require a 4 yr degree about 99.9% of the time. Downside: you have to work everyday. Good luck!

@John *******

I once had an ID from Saudi Arabia in Arabic I myself could not read. My pic and name were in it, was laminated and looked very official. It was worthless everywhere but in an Arab country.

@John *******

ID from one's own country is hardly ever recognized abroad, since it varies wildly from country to country and it is in a foreign language the locals cannot read, the notable exception being a driver's lic for driving. In some instances an expat's national ID validity expires and it cannot be renewed from abroad. The op showed a requirement list, most likely produced by people whose knowledge of English (or other countries legal doc usage such as ID) is poor at best.

Translation is often not accurate. "Citizen ID" should mean "an officially issued ID that indicates you are a citizen of..." for locals, it is their common ID, for foreigners, usually their passport.