You also need it if you decide to get a Yellow House Book and a Pink ID card through your local Amphur office

FYI…you can use the 13 digit ID number to get a DL which is convenient since you won’t have it tagged to your passport and new renewal number…also for bank acct and SIM cards along with hotel registration

Just come and be yourself

Wai when they wai and remember English is not the first language so be patient and as always

Sabai sabai

No idea what to do…even people with old passports have to carry them with the new passport for the duration of the visa

Good luck

Just get a new one in Thailand

The first year is only the ฿800k

After you get the visa then you can do the ฿65k but remember it has to be 12 consecutive months for the ฿65k

Which usually takes until year 3 due to overlapping months from when it’s renewed to when you start the ฿65k deposits…the deposits have to show correct verbiage as well for them to be accepted by the I/O

So most people put the ฿800k in a bank acct and forget it exists until the yearly renewal date

Good luck

The first year you need to deposit ฿400k for 2 months prior to applying

Year 2 you can do the monthly deposit of ฿40k a month for 12 consecutive months

Or you can put ฿400k in a bank acct and act like it never ever ever ever ever existed until your yearly visa renewal date

One of the reasons they want to see the ฿500k in a regular bank acct is because the immigration/govt wants to make sure you can support yourself for the duration of the contract

Non-o retirement you can open a Thai bank acct

DTV no bank acct

Non-o The first year you need to deposit the entire ฿800k the second year you can transfer the ฿65k a month

DTV you can come and go as you want

Non-O you need to apply for exit stamps and purchase the multi entry non-o

Non-O extend every year at immigration

DTV 5 years locked in

Also look into the Elite visa 5-20 years and you can have a Thai bank acct

Good luck

@Ryan *********

if you hit big ($30-$45k) on a series of trades in a month or week or over 3 months you can take the rest of the year off

It’s cheap to live here if and only if you can budget your money, limit your “entertainment” expenses to a few times a month

You can live a great life here stress free

Open a brokerage account and become an entrepreneur

you say you have experience in shares and stock so put it to work for yourself

All you need is some capital a WiFi connection and luck

Good luck