Thanks for closing this out with your experience today . Always good to see

Hypothetically if the fines ever get too high , would it not be possible to say you have been traveling out of the province and only just got back yesterday and so the submission would be within 24 hrs of getting home ? At the end of the day a fine would become an excuse to go traveling around for a few days if it got too big

Well just got mine back thru the post . British Embassy Monday the 8th . Amazed how many people just seem to walk in off the street and were asking the really basic questions . One couple had had the form written up for them by the shop alongside express translation services which was refused and I ended up one finger typing a new one for them whilst in the embassy . There are two computer terminals there for the use of . My own application required tweaking , so advise to send yourself a copy by email so you can open it at the embassy and do any alterations necessary . Got the affirmation and a notarized copy of my passport .

Went to express translation services as recommended , was charged 2860 for the forms to be translated , taken to the MFA , and posted back to us . Not something I’m prepared to haggle over , that’s what they charged . You’ll know now before walking thru the door .

Entered the postal system on the 11 th and received today on the 15 th . So took from 8 th to the 15 th which might be relevant to some . All in , well happy .

Just put bank account into the phuket ex pat Facebook page search engine . Very simple to do here .

@Keith ******

can definitely confirm krungsri in rawai, Phuket set up bank accounts on a tourist visa . Might help others if not yourself

That’s good to hear . Think there was a problem last year that hull ran out of the tourist visa stickers and so for a while could not issue them out of the hull office .

@Michael *****

thank you . Nothing better than a personal recommendation

Thank you . Five minute walk from the British embassy by google maps . Happily pay that to have someone do it for me .

@Michael *****

where was the translation offfice? Do you have the name ?

Sorry so just to confirm. You got your form from the embassy and then went straight to the amphur doing nothing else in Bangkok