In fairness its probably better you stay out of it completely, it can be a mountain my Partner, Thai Government Teacher, sole carer for elderly parents, house 6 x farms a 10 year old son, north of 1 million bhat in the bank should really have applied without my support, sponsor letter proof of my funds etc strong reasons to return to Thailand but refused as they did not believe the relationship. Advised to re submit sent in around 200 photos relationship work on house vacations screen shots of what's app conversations etc and it was granted. I fear that if your niece has no provable way to show she will return to Thailand then you may well struggle. Whilst I don't necessarily say it will be the case UK immigration may possibly read between lines and draw inappropriate wrong conclusions. If your niece could apply for a tourist visa just in her name without your sponsorship I feel she stands a far better chance.

@Stephen ********

they also have a office in Chiang Mai.

A quick check of your main page lists you as being in Ireland if SAGA is available there go for that its a lot better than any product in Thailand. You can get annual cover that allows for trips of 90 days I went for a Policy to the value of 10 million pounds aged 64 1 pre existing condition and the premium was a little under £300

@Jeff ************

I believe I have read online that it is only possible to do the conversion in country at I think and I could be wrong here Bangkok number 1. There is however one specific office in Thailand ( Bangkok) that will convert your visa subject to meeting the requirements for the visa you wish to change to.

@Peter **********

the O retirement is a much simpler route

@Gianpaolo *****

I am in full agreement with you

@Paul ******

let me guess your on a marriage or retirement visa, I will assume you don't need to work and further assume whatever visa you have may preclude any type of work. I bet if that's the case that mowing the lawn, cooking let's dare I say it a bit of cleaning all perfectly normal in any developed society. However if you do not hold a work permit all against the Law here as all jobs that can be done by a Thai. You attacked Tim frankly for making a decision that suited his needs and circumstances. In a perfect world all the immigration all the banks would all follow the rules bit that simply is not what happens. I recently went to over 20 banks all refused ( I had previously checked with Krungthai ) I produced all they asked for to be given a supplementary list. I managed eventually to open an account with exactly the same documents I had used at the preceeding 20. I did not use an agent but had my last attempt been unsuccessful it would have been the only way forward. We all can only react and act with the ever changing rules interpretations that happen here. I wish I was as perfect as you Sir but I am a simple man living a simple life with the Woman I love and frankly if someone says jump I say how high if it gets me what I want.

@Paul ******

would you fight against them I certainly would not if less than £50 is going to make such a difference fair enough but it's a small price to pay when others are making decisions about you.

@Bill *********

sad to say you will need the 800,000 or 400,000 deposited from an overseas account for the first 1 year extension you can only switch to monthly deposits at the year 2 stage. As much as this goes against my personal opinions you really are going to need an agent to get you over not having the capital sum required.

@Duncan ******

two different branches of Bangkok Bank have refused me in the last week