It just shows in reality, the thai authorities, are not really bothered about your average digital nomad, keep yourself to yourself, and don't make any money from inside Thailand, and most importantly don't upset the Thai people around you, because if someone wants to make a problem for you, they will just find something anyway whatever you do.

The problem seems to be, if you want to do the extension yourself next time, you need to meet the financial requirements, for the previous year to when you are doing a renewal, okay you say the ฿800k is now sat in your Thai bank account, when is your next 12 month retirement extension due??

@Ali *******

I've seen reports of people having problems, when only presenting the pdf visa document, on their phone to the immigration officer at the border, I remember one person saying, the officer was frustrated trying to enlarge the QR code to scan it, or another said his phone battery was dead, so another good reason to have a hard copy, on the E-visa site, at the end of the process, it specifically says "print a copy" it says that because the printed copy is considered to be your visa, you might be "paper conscious" but any government officials are certainly not, Thailand hasn't yet gone digital in many ways, if you haven't yet experienced a visit to an immigration office, the DLT or a bank etc, and everything needs to be done in-person, you will probably have a meltdown, when you see they require multiple documents and multiple photo copies of everything 🤷🫣😂

An alternative to buying full medical cover, is to buy separate policies, for accident cover and critical illness cover, and pay when you need to see a GP because that is not expensive, just use an agent for your visa, thousands do it without any problems, there are lots of retirees, living in Thailand on the UK government pension, you can just live a simple life in the sunshine, way better than staying in the cold miserable expensive UK.

@Sangam ******

with the METV, you get stamped in for 60 days, and can extend it by 30 days once, at the immigration office if you wish, then you need to exit and re-enter the country, and can do that for the 6 months validity of the visa, you can get between 8 and 9 months out of it.

Everywhere I have stayed there is a meter on the property, I take a photo of it every month on the day the electric is due, show it to the landlord and pay what is due, I wouldn't just accept some random electric bill.

Another option would be to get an METV (multiple entry tourist visa) by applying on the Thai E-visa website, it has a 6 months validity, and with a few border bounces will give you 8-9 months in Thailand, after that when you are 50 years old, you can convert it into the non O visa without leaving Thailand, and do yearly 12 month extensions based on retirement.

Contact agents in Pattaya, enquire about the multiple entry retirement visa, they will explain everything.

@Donna *****

it's not just the fact someone does an anonymous post or comment, I do understand why people do it, such as for the reasons you stated in your comment, it's the amount in this group, it's just unreal, and many times they are just discussing something like how to avoid ATM fees, so why the need to hide, are they embarrassed or scared of something, I reckon a lot of it is just B/S, and for someone's entertainment, or someone is trying to keep this page "active" or maybe it's sometimes a tax account, or an agent scaremongering, people only want to see genuine problems, and genuine solutions, that's why we are in this group, who wants to be trailing through all the B/S, I actually also think you can be more helpful with advice, if you have an idea who you are dealing with, for instance, if it was an elderly lady, your advice could be different as to if it were a young man.

@John ********

if you believe the rumours, about there being plenty of dodgy DTVs, I would understand when they post anonymously if it's personal, or revealing something that could have a future impact, but there are so many that post anonymously when it's just random chit chat, it's unbelievable.