@Steve ********

I opened mine with BBL about 5 months ago. I was on a tourist visa. Thai spouse assisted (which I think is critical. Needed a notarised passport copy, which most embassies will do and a Thai address. At that time the bank told us we were lucky as the rules were going to change the next day.

Anyway, just got my O- A visa last week from the TH embassy in Singapore. Next, start on the LTR.

Take the pictures or scan with your phone. Then mail them to yourself. When you attach them the system will ask you what size you want the attachments. Anything around 500 mb is fine for on line submissions

Yep. Has to be done on a PC

Way to manage expectations

Get the bare minimum AXA visa Medical insurance. It’s quick, cheap and gets you in the door. Then work on getting a full policy. I wouldn’t touch Pacific cross.

@Liz ****

I’ve not used one but from the forum they appear to run 4-8,000 THB. Of course you’d still have to pay the various fixed fees and fill the bank minimum

Good to start two years out. Others are right. Pollution in Chiang Mai is astonishingly bad and it’s a lovely area.

Get an agent to help out. Are you married to a Thai? That helps a lot. Especially if they have resident family as that gives you an address to use. If not - let the agent guide you thru the process.

I print EVERYTHING. even if it’s all phone based. A print copy covers emergencies.

Drive during Songkran.

Between $100 and $100,000k per month depending on what you want