nice

@Jo**

except Elite, although you can only get it without leaving Thailand in one specific place (CW in Bangkok).

@And****

you get a letter from your school stating your course has ended and go to immigration in country who cancel your extension. I believe there are then three options:

(1) your letter was post-dated, in which case the cancellation is in the future and you leave by that date

(2) your letter was not post-dated, in which case your cancellation is immediate and you have to leave same day

(3) same as (2) but you pay immigration 1,900B for a denial of extension which gives you 7 days to leave Thailand.

You can then leave and come back on another visa.

@And****

if you are on an extension of stay for certain visas, including education, you need to cancel that before you can get in on another visa.

Anonymous participant he means stay at home (or wherever you apply for the visa) for a few days. Wait a few days at step 1 before you come to Thailand in the first place.

@Ang***

the admins have an overly sensitive keyword block. For me, including the word f-a-k-e did it, despite this being in OPs post.

You can't be expected to know everything before you come here. Useful post with the level of detail and it's still useful if people can make helpful suggestions about some of the things in the comments.

I have been here a long time and didn't know that there was such a widespread issue with apartment listings. I knew this happened that agents would list stuff that was gone to bait and switch customers but not to the point that almost anything you'd look at wasn't a real listing. I haven't rented in Bangkok from these sites but I have looked at them with the idea that if I did at some point want to rent there, that would be what I'd be expecting, so it's useful information to me that it may be difficult to get what is listed.

Anonymous participant it doesn't with Wise, the amount you enter in THB is exactly what the receiver gets.

You can actually do it this way with a regular Swift bank transfer as well, there is an option to pre-pay all receiver fees ("OUR" code), but with most regular banks this is expensive. Wise is very inexpensive for transfers.

@Ko ******

it would be helpful to say how, if using an agent, which one and how much, if DIY which branch and what documentation was needed.

Anonymous participant Wise is a good tip, it's cheaper than most banks for transfers and guarantees an exact amount to the receiver, there is no additional fee Thai-side.

It's possible to get a local bank account, just difficult; it. May be worth using an agent.