@Michael ********

Easily done, I went to Mae sot to do border bounce in car, went to no 2 bridge (wrong bridge) as it turns out, no1 is bounce crossing,. Anyway in the confusion at no2 bridge I showed my passport to security and put it back in my right trouser pocket, drove onto the border site parked car and got out to see where to go to get stamp, it’s a massive place with hundreds of trucks vans etc, eventually finds an immigration officer who informs us to go to no1 bridge, I go to show passport and it’s not in my pocket ! I can’t tell you how I felt,…retrace my steps, not easy when you’ve been wandering around a strange place, goes back to car opens door “to the last chance saloon”and passports on floor of car down the side of the seat !,.! pheewooo! Loosing passports,it’s a horrible feeling when it happens, it must have happened to thousands of people to,.

@Steve *******

sounds doable, so long as immigration don’t move the goal posts before the end of the year, ?

@Steve *******

Yes I mean pool my 3 pensions in uk to transfer to TH,. I’ll be coming back either in a 30 day exempt or with a 60 day tr visa, if I open bank account and put 65k in it when can I apply for non o retirement visa ?

@Roberto ********

Remind me how this works,. If I pool my 3 pensions together I can gross 65k p/mnth,.

I bought a car in thailand and transfer for 0 bht took 3 and half days to arrive, but I slipped up and did transfer on a Saturday night,”got message it would arrive tues midday” (sat/sun) not working days, so in reality it took day and a half to arrive, cost £60 tho,.

@Linz ***********

I think elite visa is ok if you've got money to burn, 800k baht in thai bank doesn't fill me with confidence either, but its like a safety buffer, you should try a couple of visa agents for quotes also,.

@Linz ***********

money spent on elite visa…..gone,. Money in bank to get a retirement visa will always be available,. Think about it ?

@John *********

sorry, I think I had a 45 day border bounce in Mae sot, all legit, it was a bit of juggling match as to when to do what, dates wise to tie in with travel/flight dates etc,.

@Jorge ****

see below,.post, no issues on any extensions or bounces,I was advised to get a retirement visa by immigration to make things easier on my return to thailand next time,.

@John *********

arrived nov 25th 2022, departed 4th July 2023,. Benefitted off the 45 day first extension and another before it finished in march, all adds up to 222 days in total, I lost a few days here and there by border bouncing early a couple of times,.