@Stuart ********

this was a few years back, but I got my bank account a Bangkok Bank at the Bid branch on Sukhumvit. At that time they’re only requirement was that I had a certified copy of my passport from the embassy.

@Nina ********

The Thailand US tax treaty provides mechanisms for relief from double taxation, ensuring that income earned in one country by residents or citizens of the other is not taxed twice.Dec…. I don’t know this may help you.

@Nina ********

Tax rates

Taxable income (Baht) Tax rate %

500,001-750,000 15%

750,001-1,000,000 20%

1,000,001-2,000,000 25%

2,000,001-5,000,000 30%

TM7 is the actual application for an extension of stay. You can probably fill it out at the immigration office

@Pygo *******

I’d be leery about hooking up with some organization that is telling you you don’t need a work permit to volunteer.

@Adrian *******

only difference is the OP is on a tourist visa and I don’t believe he has any hope of getting a work permit because you’re not allowed to work on a tourist visa

@James ********

after my wife got refused the first time I went to my congressman‘s office and reported the incident to him which he said he was gonna forward to the state department, and he wrote me a letter, encouraging the embassy to approve my wife’s visa, I attached the letter from the congressman‘s office to the folder that my wife presented at the interview. They read the letter and approved the visa. Exact same folder and paperwork that she presented the first time when she was denied.

First off only your wife is allowed in the interview, you are not allowed to bring an interpreter unless your wife doesn’t speak either Thai or English, there are many people conducting the interview that speak fluent Thai so do not worry about interpretation. I got stuck with my wife went and paid for an interpreter at a Visa agency to accompany her any appointment and they knew damn well that they could not accompany her in the appointment but still took my money and when the three of us got to the Embassy gate the guy politely showed me the reregulation sayingonly people allowed an interpreter are people who do not speak Thai or English. So unfortunately, she’s on her own at the interview.

@Donald *****

they would not give my wife a Social Security card because they said she had no reason to have one and I said what if she wants to work and they said come back when she gets her work permit. They did give her an ITN number.

I can tell you who doesn’t carry that much cash, it’s the snowflake generation which you are apparently a part of.. who would even think of going on vacation without having at least $900 in their pocket.