Absolutely. But only for some people. It's a very personal decision depending on your needs, your situat if you feel it's ion and your finances.

It has its merits, but you have to decide for yourself if it's a good choice.for you or not.

I never needed it and probably never will. But for some others it will be useful.

Anyone saying it isn't useful at all is just projecting their own situation.

@Marc *******

BKK is not in Bangkok, but in Samut Prakan province, which is a province adjacent to Bangkok.

DMK is in Bangkok, in Don Muang district at the Northern border of Bangkok with Pathum Thani province.

@Marc *******

BS ??

Your reply is completely besides the point : BKK to DMK is NOT a 2 average point combination in Bangkok.

BKK to DMK has NOTHING to do with taxi ride within Bangkok. BKK isn't even in Bangkok.

So why are you strawmanning by bringing up a completely different issue which has nothing to do with what we are talking about ?

@Dream *****

Very minor correction : the first km is included in the 35 bt starting price. And the 7,5 bt is from 21 - 40 kms.

But more importantly : there is also 2 bt per minute extra charge in case speed is not above 6 km/ hr

@Marc *******

I disagree. : unless you seek out the worst combinations, 2 points in Bangkok will many times be connected by less than 150 baht taxi meter fare, like Kool Breeze posted.

Traffic will affect the cost of course.

@Tod ********

I've noticed that the Thai embassy in UK seems to have very "relaxed" requirements for the non-immigrant O based on retirement as opposed to Dutch and (even more so) Belgian Thai embassy.

So I understand that opposed to a tourist visa which in general has rather uniform rules between many Thai embassies, the non-immigrant O retirement has a lot more specific requirements on your place of residency where you have to apply ?

It has been published in the Royal Gazette now, so legally you definitely don't need it anymore for entering Thailand.

HOWEVER : make sure to find out if your airline may still require the test. For example in case they haven't updated the requirements in time in the first day(s).

And you definitely want to know for yourself (by PCR or ATK) before flying so you don't get locked up arriving in Thailand in case you're positive.

There are 2 main points :

1) as long as it is not published in the royal gazette, it is still needed. Doesn't matter how many officials promise whatever.

2) once it is official, being published, the airline/airline staff need to know about it and implement the new rules.

Doesn't matter that it is official by royal decree published in the royal gazette, if the airline or the staff you deal with are a bit slow with the latest rule and still think the test is requiered, you will not get on the flight.

The first day(s) when the rules just changed could be risky. Have been enough testimonies of people not allowed to board because airline staff were ignorant about the exact rules.

So keep up to date with the latest info of your airline also.

The 90 day reporting gets "reset" when you leave Thailand. It starts countiing from 1 again once you enter Thailand again.

When you leave Thailand, you NEED a re-entry permit, otherwise your visa gets cancelled.

You can choose between a single entry or a multiple entry. The multiple entry gives you unlimited re-entries for the whole duration of your yearly extension.

You can apply for for re-entry before at immigration (i do it on the same day when I go to apply my yearly extension to save a trip). At the moment you apply you need to give some information about your trip out of Thai, but that's not important if youndon't know the exadt dates etc... just make a guess.

Your can also apply for re-entry at the airport just before you leave Thailand. People do it without problems, but I still prefer applying in advance at immigration for peace of mind.

@Banton ********

investment portfolio is not accepted for your visa fund.