@Jay ******

they asked for an additional document from me and I uploaded 20 minutes after their request and received approval next day. Total time was 10 days.

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

did you also take your 800,000 baht in the motorcycle ride?

@Chan ************

so not legal!!

@Jon ****

100% agree. I like fb for recommendations for travel places, share experiences or history but fb isn’t where I go to get official information regarding visas, taxes, etc.

That said there are some extremely helpful and accurate people such as

@Brandon ***********

on here, but there are a lot more whack jobs!

@Jon ****

of course asking a question on Facebook is a much better idea than say actually looking up TDAC and finding the answer on a valid government website!

Amazing what people do!!

I just arrived on my initial Non-O retirement visa and to get the residence certificate from immigration to open my bank account they required the TM-30 which the Airbnb owner was gladly willing to do. While you may not need the certificate of residence for a bank account you might need it to extend your visa for 12 months- ymmv!

@Yo***

frauds is a felony…..at least in the U.S. Perhaps here in Thailand as well — perhaps you should take all your documents to immigration and see if they can assist!

@J *************

the same thing took place in Panama for years till they finally implemented a law limiting time to six months then you had to be out of Panama for I think 6 - 12 months unless you had some type of official visa — never ending border hopscotch Costa Rica stopped.

Thailand would be best served to implement something official like Panama or Schengen Countries of EU (US Immigration isn’t any better than Thailand)

@J *************

Actually he is following the system. Nothing apparently is in writing which states how many times you can come in; how long you have to leave Thailand before returning; and it is all up to the IO you meet. If they wanted to do it correctly they would put clear requirements which could be understood and followed.

@Frankie ******

perhaps refrain from submitting useless answers