@Stuart ********

this is the biggest problem

The two have different pages they read from

Ffs the embassy website says 300 baht per day over stay

Last year I got charged 1000 baht per day by immigration police as I left Thailand and they wouldn’t even accept the simple mistake

@Pui ****

this is interesting since the embassy U.K. said it’s fine to show digital currency

@Stuart ********

walking up the concourse to BKK immigration I’m sure I’ve seen ATM

but an email from thai embassy said showing digital currency was fine

@Stuart ********

you can also show your bank funds on your phone I believe

I’ve never had any issue providing my personal finances but that’s not to say they will ask you

Always be prepared

Just let your thai partner do the talking

I had no problem opening a joint account and the wife says opening my own account to deposit 400,000 baht would be the same

Very easy

We are in Chiang Rai and go the bank in Mae Chan

Done in minutes mate

Photocopy of passport and a few signatures and that’s it

@Mike *******

okay just remember the easiest option could get you a ban for 10 years or at best just ripped off a few quid

I’ve done all my applications myself and the one for my wife to come to england was a nightmare but did it

If this stupid so and so can do it so can you mate

Just make sure you have everything they ask for

Missing one document can mean a rejection 😉

Plenty here will help you along the way

Especially people who have experience of doing the retirement visa

It’s been mentioned to do the elite visa quite a few times but I think that is to make life easier in the long run

They make it a tad difficult to stop everyone from doing it I suppose 😉

I thought it was a holiday but a long one lol never guessed you was retiring mate good on you

There’s a few specifics you should add when putting questions here so that people can see the bigger picture and give you the best advice

There’s a good website for U.K. Thai people which works the same as here

Nothing for sale

Just good friendly advice

Lots of info on the visa types and how to put in the best application and what you will need to do it legitimately without some “agent”

I’ve not posted a link in case it’s not accepted

@Mike *******

if you are retiring and you have the funds you can do the application yourself then I imagine

Why pay an agent £800 and you still have to pay the thai embassy costs

Where if you do it yourself you save the money

Have you got a wife here or any other connections ?

If not I’ll be speaking to a friend on Friday he may be able to give you advice as I think he care here to retire with no connections

@Mike *******

even more reason to be cautious mate

It may seem stereotypical of me to say that

But the guy who offered me visa services actually posted in this group and in a Northern thai Page but would only PM anyone interested and then asked me to contact him through line and then I ended up speaking to a thai lady through the LINE number he gave

This Thai lady said she had done visas for her husband many times

Then I

Asked more questions and she never replied when I started to delve deeper into

Her “business” and history

@Mike *******

if you plan on staying for that long why not just sign upto a thai language course for six months that offers Ed visa

It sounds like you have a lot of unsure plans

If he did a legit visa for you you would not need to do border runs just check in with immigration every 90 days

(If I remember-that correctly Garrett can confirm that )

But I would question anyone that can offer you all those different visa types for the same money

Marriage and retirement visa all have financial rulings which I can’t see him providing you with legitimate documents and I wouldn’t like to be caught in Thailand on major fraud charges