Shrug! I have said as much as I had wanted to! I have nothing more to say. You can have the last word! Some people always want to do so...never grew up I guess!
Shrug! For someone who may not have been to Thailand and this is all new and quite confusing for them (recommendations are very confusing out there)....or who does not like the stress (or cannot tolerate the stress) surrounding the unknown (some people do have health problems that can escalate with stress....and I do not mean mental ones....but real medical ones) then a lawyer may be a good option for them. You have to realize that up to 60,000 bhats is nothing for a lot of people to spend to get everything done for them including a 15 months total visa and a bank account! And get all of that done in less than one week after arriving in Thailand!
Bobby, it is only because of the difficulty that I have heard some others here express about opening a bank account in Thailand on a tourist visa, that I am considering that as an option. Now, for someone who may know Thailand well like yourself and who may have the time to do so....then maybe walking from bank to bank to open an account may be fine. Oh! I understand that some will be lucky to get it in one shot.....or some who will have very little difficulty....as we all have our own luck: or not! But for someone who has never been to Thailand and who does not speak any Thai....not so fine! My idea of a good time is not potentially having to walk all over Bangkok looking for a bank to open an account....not when I may have very little time to do so. That $110 American or so will be money well spent on an agent! I am by no means wealthy or have money to waste....but I spent more than that this weekend just getting my daughter some of her favourite dishes.
Thanks! That is good to know....and that is where a little bit of knowledge will get me. So you will have to use the 800,000 option instead only? And then later use the 65,000 option. Now, I was thinking more of getting the embassy (Canadian) to provide me with a notarized letter (they will do that and it is accepted by the Thai Immigration) advising the Thai Immigration that I do have at least a 65,000 bhats income coming in each month in pension. Will that work?
That 3-4000 bhats was just to help you open a bank account alone....and not to get the visa itself! Cannot be too much illegality in getting help in opening a bank account!
