Thank you. Life is going well. House closes on June 20 in Washington State and will make the transition to Thailand full time. Where are you located, if I may ask?

@Robert ********

I feel your pain. I was there in Nov 2024 with a 90-day non-O even though I knew I wouldn't be getting an extension. Just did it to facilitate a bank account. Went to MANY banks and they all said no "I needed a long term visa" I'm in the Nong Khai area and they had never seen the E-Visa, so their lack of knowledge held me back. Finally, on my last week home a wonderful young lady at KrungThai bank went to the wall for me and got an account open. I was told by 2 banks that if I got a Thai driver's license come after and we will do....lies, they had excuses after I showed up with the license. FF to April and was able to open an account at Kasikorn on a 90-day non-o because my SO knew the lady. Even when you have the requirements needed in Northern Thailand it is still a huge PIA because they haven't dealt with many foreigners, especially when it involves E-Visas.

What you are saying isn't really any different than what is constantly said in the U.S.. "it's not my fault we are like this, it's the people holding us back", when in reality the people have been forced to do everything they can so no one is held back and yet, people feel disenfranchised. I agree with your point of regardless of how much money we put into Thailand, we should feel like neither "God nor King" because we are just people trying to exist in a place we are happy with our families or by ourselves if that is the case. Whatever monies I put into Thailand to exist are no different than the expenditures I have in my home country.

so, I'm benefitting from what Cambodia did for Thailand? If that's the case, I didn't pay for the solution, I just enjoyed the results and carry on the tradition of cleaning up after myself and making things better in Thailand.

Did you arrive on a long stay visa? 60 day exempt? So much missing information.

@Jordan ****

The one thing I will say is if you are in country, make sure your phone number is up to date on your account. That was something put out a month or so ago.

@Nate **********

maybe if their streets were cleaner more people would go there. I don't want to pay for the solution and not benefit from it.

@Tony ************

have you been doing this consistently since 2004? If you have been staying almost 6 months a year in a house that you own, kinda screams "not a tourist" even if you left after that amount of time, were you planning on coming back to Thailand before the end of the year? It sounds like they were trying to help you be legitimate in Thailand. Get the DTV and stay your 6 months, go visit Laos, come back in and have another great 6 months if that's what you want.

@Dayna *****************

There are one-year extensions, but not one-year visas. If you came in on a 90-day non-o and opened your account and then got the one-year extension you should be fine. They are targeting people that opened their accounts before the long-term visa requirements as they believe they may have been opened for fraudulent reasons.

@Christophe *********

I was just commenting on what I found. Even without the Patriot Act in the U.S. if the banks want someone's money, they'll just put that person in court until the person realizes that there will be no ROI of time and money because they will just outgun them.