CaptivatingPeapod7461 The only person who is able to tell you what you can do with any certainty is an Immigration Officer and even then it will depend on the office you use and the Officer you see.

My advice is to get your post translated into Thai and give it to an Officer at your local IO. It will be interesting to learn what they have to say so please let us know preferably in less than 100 words. Failing that take my previous advice to you which was to stay in the UK, get yourself well and then come to Thailand. I fear for your safety trying to cross the road anywhere in Thailand when you are unable to see approaching traffic. It sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. I'm not sure if you would get any health insurance either which is essential.

Year one you have to show 0 baht in an account in your name. It must be there 2 months prior to applying for extension. It must stay there for three months after extension us granted and not go below 0 baht for the rest of the year. If you want to change to monthly payments of + baht you must start them in year one so you have 12 at the time you apply for second year extension. My IO accepted Thai bank statements printed from my banking app. They also wanted my UK bank statements to show where the money came from. All my transfers were done through Wise and showed as international. Bank book should show a transaction on the day of application. I did not need to get anything directly from my Thai bank except updated bank book.

I have seen many reports of people entering by air as genuine tourists being allowed 5+ entries. It is the border runs they are trying g to stop not tourism.

You are trying to live in Thailand as a tourist. That is not allowed and never has been but there has been so much abuse of the systems in place that immigration are now enforcing the rules rigorously and that is a good thing. It will stop a lot if illegal activity. If you want to live in Thailand yiu need to get the right Visa and if that is not possible then you should have taken that into consideration before getting into the situation you are now in. The only country where you can just turn up with no ID and get housed, fed and given spending money plus a whole load of other benefits is the UK.

@Jordan ****

there is an airport in Udon Thani which is about 60km from Nong Khai.

@Jody ******

the rules gave been the same for a long time but now they are being enforced. People can no longer get away with breaking them.

@Charles ******

it's been the same for years but now they are enforcing it which is a good thing. Only difference is 7 day extension instead of 30.

@Barney **************

yes I asked Wise to tag my account. Some people reported problems getting transfers marked correctly and recommend Kasikorn but mine have all been ok for 21 months.

@Barney **************

my transfers from UK to Bangkok bank all showing as international.