@Jon *****

Immigration law makes it encumbent upon a Thai property owner to register any foreigner staying in their property.. so a wife must register her foreign husband as living in the marital home.. and if you go to stay in a hotel in another province say.. the hotel will register you as a guest there.. which overwrites the previous registration at the marital home.. hence upon returning home it is necessary to re-file a tm30 to reconnect the foreigner to said address.. the exception to this would be where you visit family in another province and stay with them.. if they don't bother registering you then the original tm30 has not been disrupted and there will be no action needed upon returning home 😉

@Peter ********

I have a VPN already.. but it doesn't defeat some of the region restricted content on Play Store or the Applestore.. in the same way it works with content on a browser.. even BBC iPlayer can now tell if I'm trying to access it using a vpn.. which never used to be the case a while ago!

This happened to me recently.. it just means that you can access those Thai/Asian apps on Google Play that are restricted if your region is set to Uk.. ie. you can then download them to your phone.. conversely some Uk apps are restricted once you convert to Thailand.. all your existing apps are unaffected and will continue to work including any updates.. it's just new apps that you try to download that could be restricted if they are Uk centric rather than international apps.. the change has had no negative affect on me whatsoever.. though i can now get some local apps that were previously inaccessible 😉

When i returned from an overseas trip earlier in the year.. i made sure i noted the revised date for my next 90-day report.. when the date neared i attempted to do it online (about 5 days early) but it was rejected.. so i ended up going in to the immigration office at Central Festival (CM) to do it in person.. upon questioning the officer about my online experience he informed me that if it was the first report after an overseas trip.. then i could only do it online if i submitted it on the actual date it fell due.. and any attempt to file it early or late would be rejected by the system.. so if you are in this situation it may be worth trying to file it online on the actual due date before making a road trip to immigration.. especially if you live a fair distance away from the nearest reporting centre 😉

@Peter ****

Going from memory.. With BB there is a minimum fee of 200 baht for receiving an inward transfer from overseas.. and a maximum fee of 500 baht.. so this doesn't make any sense to me.. unless your home bank deducted a SWIFT fee from the remittance instead of from your account separately.. but using SWIFT to remit such small amounts into Thailand is not economical regardless of the banks involved.. for those countries that are part of the 'International Promptpay' scheme this is a far better alternative.. since fees are usually rolled into the exchange rate.. which means the recipient gets the sum of money you send.. some will charge the remitter a small fee on activation but again the receiving party is immune.. eg. for an outward transfer to a bank account in another country.. BB will charge 150 baht on top of the sum remitted.. which is far less than the combined fees of the remitting / receiving bank using SWIFT.. and the biggest benefit is the receiving party gets the funds instantly instead of 2-3 working days later.. just sharing some knowledge from recent research into this.. in case it helps someone else 😉

@Mark *******

What you say here has some merit.. but for context I'd also like to know how many of the people that have had problems with BB have a retirement visa as opposed to a marriage visa.. my hunch is that very few of us who are on the latter have had banking issues.. since we are considered less likely to pose a ML risk.. being married to a Thai gives the bank some comfort.. and given that retirees have to evidence a higher deposit they are more likely to use an agent to fudge the financials.. like i said it's just a hunch but it's the historic practices tolerated by BB that has created the problem.. so they are culpable here and should not be freezing accounts without sufficient enquiry imo.. it's also possible some of the account holders affected don't have regular transactions to suggest they are actually living in Thailand.. ie. it is their permanent home.. which would also raise a red flag to the bank!

Also consider your file size.. sometimes there is a size limit and you need to compress the file to get it to upload.. eg. photos taken in 4k mode, HD mode or SD mode will all have different file sizes because of differences in resolution.. so once you've created statements in a single 'file' it may be worth checking this as well 😉

And you must return before the date you've been given to get the extension stamped in your passport.. if you don't your re-entry permit will expire and upon re-entering the country you will be get a 60-day exempt stamp.. effectively cancelling your non-o visa.. requiring you to begin the process all over again.. starting with an application for a new 90-day non-o visa.. it's only a 4-week period and unless it's essential travel it's really ill-advised.. if you get stuck overseas unexpectedly.. eg. through a medical emergency or an aviation anamoly affecting your return flight.. you will have 4 new visa applications to handle.. with everything that entails.. and anyone currently using the income method would have to switch back to the capital method for the financials.. since it won't be processed as an extension.. so you need to factor that risk in to your decision to travel.. however unlikely you may consider it.. unless you are visiting a neighbouring border country i guess.. which would facilitate re-entry on foot if it became necessary.. but for me personally, any risk of prejudicing my visa status is too much risk!

@Michael *****

This can all be done by a translation agent in Thailand.. but pick one who is familiar with the process for the country where the marriage was solemnized.. they will deal with all the administrative aspects of getting your original marriage certificate authenticated by the relevant Embassy.. and then getting it translated and certified (stamped) by the MoFA here in Thailand.. we paid just over 5,000 baht for this service.. which was very reasonable in light of the significant saving of time and energy.. not to mention flights down to Bangkok and accommodation etc!

@Greg **********

If the marriage was solemnized in Thailand as the OA states.. then i believe the marriage registration document issued by the Amphur is a Kor Ror 2.. however, overseas marriages will indeed be certified with a Kor Ror 22 as you say 👍