@Doug *********

how can you guarantee someone will never run out of battery on there phone?? silly comment, when previously travelling to Thailand from the UK, It's 24 hours "door to door" my phone battery was always dead upon arriving in Thailand, so would need to remember to bring a power bank, or charging cable, every time you leave Thailand and return you need to produce your e-visa at the border, I did present my e-visa on my phone once, during a border bounce, and the immigration officer seemed to struggle scanning it, pinching the screen trying to enlarge the QR code to scan it, if in the future you want to extend at your local immigration office, you will a paper copy to complete the extension 😂🙏🇹🇭😎

True or AIS, it's usually around ฿300 per month, for a decent package.

People just print it, so they have got a hard copy, to pass to the immigration officer, together with their passport to easily scan it, also just in case they have any problems with their phone, such as flat battery.

I think it depends on the bank, I remember in the news a few months ago, Barclays bank announced they would be closing all accounts with a foreign address and phone number, go and chat with a few different banks and see where you stand, the best thing to do is keep a UK address, and a uk mobile number, registered on your account (check out 1p mobile, it's £40 for one year, and free to receive text messages in Thailand) that way I don't think they would ever close it, if you put a Thai address on it, and the bank changes it policy in the future, they could close your account, set up any regular "payees" before you leave, because any suspicious transactions in Thailand and they block your account, most expats just transfer any money from there UK bank into wise, and then into there Thai account, you can earn 4.49% interest on GBP in wise, if you turn in interest, there is a small account management fee.

Especially if You're on the younger side, and you don't have any serious health conditions, in my opinion, you don't need full medical cover, look into a good accident insurance policy, and also a good critical illness policy, because if the worst should happen, that is what will cost the most money, most other minor conditions you could probably just pay for it yourself, medical treatment in Thai government hospitals isn't stupidly expensive, for example a decent accident insurance policy is between ฿6500-฿8500 roughly, AXA and AIA are good, also as previously mentioned Pacific cross should have a policy that suits your needs.

Do they request an actual flight booking, from the UK to Thailand??

I've seen Thai people living on ฿15k in issan villages, while farangs need much more money to live comfortably, and seem to suggest anything from ฿40k to over ฿100k a month, so what you would spend is anyone's guess 🤔

@Neil *****

he said he is on an O-A visa, if I'm not mistaken, you can get 2 years out of that visa, with 1 border bounce, and then you need to do an extension of stay, it's not like he is bouncing in and out regularly for free stamps.

@Henrik ****

every time someone asks for advice about opening a bank account, you pop up, saying it's impossible!! when it is 100% possible, when you get the assistance of an agent, there are agents in Pattaya that open bank accounts everyday, for people on short term visas, so your advice saying it's impossible is incorrect.

@David ******

I've sent you a pm