@Len ****

from Bangkok Bank it was really cheap to do.

@Stephen *******

my landlady had to come with me three times but after that the IO was happy to speak to her on the phone.

@Michael ******

during the first year you have to meet the deposit requirements of that extension AND make the baht per month transfers in order to switch to monthly payment method for the second year.

@Anthony *******

you can do what you like with the baht monthly payment. Send it back to uk and use it again the following month. Of course there will be a cost involved in transferring both ways but you would not need a baht a month income to get your extension.

@Jo *********

much cheaper to pay the fine for not doing it at all.

@Christian *******

why don't you drive on the left side?

@Tony ********

I don't stop because on two occasions when I did the guy behind overtook me and nearly killed the people crossing. I worked out it was safer for pedestrians if I kept going.

Presumably you have Thai bank account? If you have 0 baht in it then you dont exactly have to start again. Apply for non O in the country you are in and enter Thailand then get 12 month extension at the appropriate time. OR Enter Thailand visa exempt for 60 days and get 30 day extension if you want. Then get 90 day non o in country at the appropriate time Followed by 12 month extension. If you dont have a Thai bank account with 0 baht you should get a non O out of Thailand and open one and season the 0 baht before getting 12 month extension. Use the options to plan your future renewal date to possibly not coincide with when you are not in Thailand. I did this to move my renewal date away from the summer months when I am in the UK.

@Jordan ****

because a DTV is a tourist Visa and the bank think that a tourist requesting a bank account is likely to be up to some sort of illegal activity.

@Tim *********

so you are on a tourist visa and used an agent to get it. That realy is a joke because all you have to do is turn up and you get 60 day visa exempt. That really is a joke. And I like spending money that's why I went to monthly payments ASAP. That released my 0 baht and I put in another 0 baht and bought a new car.