@Jo *********

some banks like mine charge a lot more. In addition I had one UK account closed because of regular transfers to Thailand they assumed correctly I was living here. In addition I could not set up a direct debit and every Swift transfer involved 30 minutes on the phone giving details and on one occasion the bank made an error which stuffed me up for a year. So. Wise provides an excellent service and is certainly not for cheap Charlie's. Maybe you enjoy wasting your money and time. My transfers took all of 3 minutes last week and came through the next day as always.

My regular transfers to Bangkok bank have shown as international for 22 months without an issue. I got Wise to tag my account 2 years ago. When I got my extension I had to provide statements from my UK bank to show where the money had come from. Two had sat in Wise account for a number of months but that was not an issue. IO spent an hour checking money out if UK with money in to Thailand. All was fine and they did not seem to care whether transfers were marked as international or not even though they all were.

@Andrew ********

what has that got to do with the price if fish? I have been in Thailand for 6 years apart from this year in which I spent 6 months in UK. Now kindly answer my question.

@Andrew ********

please explain exactly how you have reached that conclusion.

@Robert *******

absolutely true.

@Andrew ********

don't be silly.

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.