@Sue *********

following

If I were you, I would enroll in the Thai language course at Chiang Mai University instead of a Mauy Thai visa.

Verify you got the correct visa stamp and validity date before leaving the immigration booth.

Work in Thailand is defined as, “expending any effort”.

You can work in Thailand, especially if you keep quiet about it, until you get caught.

Usually people get caught when they make an ex, a neighbor, or a competitor angry and they make a phone call to the Ministry of Labor or Immigration.

Then, you can be fined and jailed until you can pay the fines and buy a ticket home, at which point you are banned from reentry.

@Pete *********

555. Ok

@Pete *********

Yea, why ensure your visa is secure when you can put your bank balance at risk of fraud, theft or mistake?

@Pete *********

but it doesn’t earn 2.5%?

@Melissa ********

Seperate bank too to prevent commingling. Make sure it’s a fixed deposit account acceptable to your immigration office and that it pays 2.5% APR.

Recommendations (best practices):

Open a separate account for each individual.

Most, if not all immigration offices, allow a fixed deposit account, which pays an interest rate up to 2.5% annually and provides immediate access to your money with an interest penalty before 48 months.

It is recommended that you use a different bank than your day to day bank account to avoid any possibility of commingling funds and losing your visa.