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Yes. Maybe better to buy a fully refundable ticket or even a cheap real ticket and bin it later. Yes Yes. They are really trying to put off tourists it seems. No idea, just say anything reasonably credible.

No, not in Pattaya. Bangkok, Ubon yes, maybe some more, I have the idea it's down to staff awareness rather than anything else as I have experienced the first line staff having to seek advice from above to get it working.

Yes in 7-11 and several other stores around Bangkok and beyond. Mine is using a Wise debit card so its the only way to pay using that in 7-11. The wprd "tap" and gesturing with the phone seems to be enough to get them to activate the reader. Really anywhere accepting contactless (as opposed to QR) payments should accept.

You don't need to go in. It is clear what has occurred. Next time just tell the sender to send you THB.

So you'll have to do an air run. Probably a good idea to go elsewhere for a week, Phnom Penh maybe, you might be able to pick up a tourist visa there while you are at it.

You can only do 2 land border entries per year so your best option is to get a tourist visa and first enter by air, 60 days + 30 day extension. Then 1 land border run + 30 day extension. 1 more land border run brings you to 180 with still the option of another 30 day extension.

Ah yes, thanks for that. So it appears the OP was actually sent EUR which would explain the missing amount.

Sounds like Wise wasn't involved at all. They don't send anything, simply transfer the quoted amount locally. Weird thread.

You "saw" the Wise transaction document? Can you not see it again and check the numbers on it?

Wise is usually very clear about what you will receive before you send. And your account wil have a clear record of what charges were taken from any money you send. Do you not have these records?

You probably don't actually need one but if you decide to try you get it from DLT, some information here....https://www.dlt.go.th/en/international-driving-licence (it's a permit not a licence but they don't seem to know that)

It is but speed varies a lot. I am on True 5G, Redmi Note 13, and right now am getting 17.4Mbps. Most times it is much faster than that, usually 60-100. edit - Just tested again, 68.5!

What does the network connection symbol show? - should indicate if you are connected to 4G or 5G.

Apply for single non-O in 'my country' before you come back and you'll get a 90 day entry. That way you avoid onward ticket issues and also avoid 1 trip to immigration. Then extend that in the last 30 days. You'll be basically starting over so all the original requirements, financial, etc, will apply.

No. Krungsri (Bank of Ayudhya) is the yellow one, Krungthai is blue.

Your debit card account IS an ordinary account. A current account has a cheque book which is not what you want. When your debit card expires if you don't replace it you won't get charged for a new one, dunno if you can cancel an unexpired card. Yes, you can use Wise to top up your account, that's what I did.

I reckon that is correct. I had an inactive Kasikorn account which was below 2000 they then started taking a 50 baht fee each month. It got down to about 500 and I put 2000 in and the monthly fee then stopped. I made sure there was minor activity on it and resurrected the account when I visited the branch.

I use this one.....https://www.immigration.go.th/?page_id=3159

You are not alone.....

....from the London Embassy website.......https://london.thaiembassy.org/en/page/spouse-and-family-visa Spouse and Family Visa Non Immigration Type O visit and staying with family in Thailand (Single entry / valid for 90 days / stay in Thailand up to 90 days)

Best case they will correct the error in Samui. Worst case you should be able to get a 30 day extension (for THB1900) of the 30 day entry they gave you.

I recently did this in the UK. I used 800k+ in my Thai account for the financial part. So if you already have a Thai account you can use that, doesn't have to be overseas.

The Embassy website still only describes single entry and the online application also does not give the multi option. Requirements listed there, updated August last year, are here....https://london.thaiembassy.org/en/page/spouse-and-family-visa Financial requirement is stated as "Financial evidence showing monthly income of no less than 40,000 THB (£1,000) or having the current balance of 400,000 THB (£10,000), e.g. bank statements, proof of earnings" , but it has been reported here they do not insist on that and will accept balance of GBP 1000. One thing they do not list is for details of your flight from the UK to Thailand. For a non-O application in February they e-mailed me asking for this after my initial application had gone in online.

It doesn't need them as it had them before. Similar to your photos. They are not coming back.