@Jonnie ******

not even a phone.?

No one knows for certain what the situation is likely to be next week leave alone in a few years!

I often wonder what would happen if you did not do a TDAC and arrived on the shores of Thailand with no passport in a small inflatable boat. Any chance of a free hotel room?

Please rephrase the question so that someone knows what you mean.

The DTV is falling apart.

Local DLT.

@Todd ********

I think we are on the same page but you know as well as I do how easy it is to annoy an IO at some offices maybe by just wearing shorts. Once annoyed they will look for a way of doing you in. I have seen it happen. I'm glad you are on good terms with your office as am I.

@Stephen *******

its a technicality but the stamp is legal unless you use a dodgy agent. The issue is that it is not from your home province and if the money was deposited for only a few hours you have not met the terms of the extension granted. Both of those facts COULD cause you big problems down the line ranging from deportation to a bit of inconvenience. I would rather risk neither. The fact I did and got away with it was down to ignorance and luck.

@Stephen *******

that is what i have just explained to him. See my rather long winded reply. The risk is there, however unlikely and I did not like the insecurity. Monthly payments is the way to go.

@Todd ********

no I had enough of border bounces a long time ago. I am now here on long term extension based on being over 50 obtained myself at my local immigration office. The risk of obtaining a Visa and/or extension through an agent who deposits the 0 fir you for a few hours is that, at some point, immigration might become aware that you did not continue to meet the requirements of your extension. That could mean that your extension was invalid from the time the money was withdrawn and you could be deemed to have been on overstay since then. That would be a big problem. The most likely time for that to happen is if you try to get the Visa extension yourself at some point. Knowing what I know now I would not do what i did but, instead, start again by leaving and getting a new non O and after depositing funds myself to get an extension. The other risks involved are that your local immigration will make life difficult for you because they do not like you having an agent obtained visa/extension like they did to me. Having been through the whole thing of agents, getting myself, 0 baht deposit and monthly payments I would strongly recommend going the DIY route with deposit and then monthly payments the second year. What some dont realise is that you can send the monthly payments back to home country and transfer back for the next month if your income does not allow £1500 every month. I would normally spend just over half that in Thailand every month or I might go wild and spend two monthly payments in one month. The whole thing is much more flexible and does not tie up 0 baht earning nothing with only half available to spend for half the year. The issue is getting payments marked as international or ftt. I use Wise and long term stay in Thailand as reason for transfer and also asked Wise to tag my Bangkok Bank account. Transfers to Krungthai and Krungsri did not show as international consistently causing hassle. Transfers to BB always have for 17 months.

It took me a long time to work out the above so I hope it will be useful to you and any others reading it.