the penalty is discretionary it’s not system driven (as is the case of overstay) I had a similar issue during Covid, was two weeks late and I apologized and explained to the IO he was understanding and waived any penalty….

The banks are asking for your cell provider to confirm your phone is linked to a passport and address which in turn matches your bank account, Go to your cell phone provider and they will give you a printed slip with your details which you then take to your bank and they will unblock your online banking overnight….pain in the butt, as banks are busy with lots of other accounts holders doing the same thing but its for our own protection I guess.

@Tim *******

if you ask for a receipt the request will disappear.

It’s stereotyping I have just returned from a visit to the UK and I saw awful behaviour from folks of all races society in general has gone backwards and whatever you think about Indians or Asians in general they do not dump their old folks in homes and leave them to rot. They still have a sense of community and lookout for each other, like many Asian cultures…..we should never generalize….

You have two choices - fly to BKK and hand your passport to clearing agent to process clearance through customs - or use a courier company to send your passport to the clearing agent - both DHL and FedEx are reliable in Thailand address carefully and provide contact number of your clearing agent in BKK you can track on line - good luck - I went through this 7 years ago with no drama

@Phillip *********

SCB does with their easi pass and it meets Immig requirements and all online no irritating passbook

It’s changed since we opened it, hadn’t really noticed we still get about B13k a year after tax…..

SCB Easi Pass offers 2.5% before tax if you plan to keep the 800k here been using if for 5 years - it’s an immediate access deposit a/c which keeps immig happy

Being an immig officer is a very mundane job so they enjoy a nice chat discussing your holiday plans, assuming it is of course a holiday and nothing more sinister - they are exceptionally polite in my experience.

being and