Not to mention, agents are few and far between up here.

@Daniel ********

if he is trying to accomplish this in Nong Khai he will have to go to Laos to get a non-o because Nong Khai doesn't do it in house.

@Stuart **********

there are 3 Thai embassies in the US. The west coast uses L.A, the Midwest uses Chicago and the East coast uses Washington D.C.

@Charles *********

it's the Thrift Savings Plan that I was part of as a US government employee. Very similar to a 401k for the private sector.

@Charles *********

Yes, I live in Thailand now. I ported to Tello because after 90 days in Thailand T-mobile will cut you off if you're living here and they won't tell you when they do. Tello has worked with my US credit union credit card so far. It's only been a month, but from everything I have read, it's the way to go. I need 2fa so it's the way to go as far as I have seen. It also saves me $80 a month compared to what T-mobile charged up to the point of them canceling me. I only use my US number for TSP authentication. TSP won't do email authentication without a huge runaround.

@Max ************

we're way up here in Thabo, but you never know who has it in for you. I just work around the house and don't bring any undue attention to myself.

@Max ************

I remember a couple of years ago that a western guy was in trouble for serving chicken at his wife's shop. All it takes is one competitor or jealous business owner to ruin your stay here.

@Doug ******

when I did the 90 day non-o in Washington using the L.A. office it took about 10 days for an approval. When I did it in Laos , they killed it in 4 days and that was ony because I didn't send what they needed. If I had I, truly believe it would have been accomplished the same day. I did have a problem with my files being to big and I found a file compressor online for free that made it work. If I had that knowledge ahead of time I could have saved so much time. Best of luck to you.

@Nick *******

just out of curiosity, how long will you stay here? Before I moved over in June, I asked how long I could keep my account active (T-Mobile) and they told me that after 90 days they would shut it down with no warning. I ported my number to Tello and I haven't had any problems, granted I just recently did it here in Thailand.

@Christopher **********

all good points. He can do his first 90 day check-in in person and online after that. Just one extra trip to immigration for that is worth what ever an agent would charge. Also, if that immigration agent who kept a book to help people out ever got hemmed up, what would it do to his extension if he was caught up in their mess? As far as his health goes if it does go south reporting online is much less stressful than traveling. I go to Nong Khai immigration and it's a completely different world up here. Hope you're having a great night.