15 ANOTHER VISA AND HOME AGAINCraig had to renew his visa on the August 22nd, It would be his second twelve-month visa, but the rules changed often and seemed to vary from province to province. Craig didn’t know whether this was true or not as they or he had only done it once before in Bangkok, this time he would go to Jomtien which was only a short bus ride away. However, visa renewal was one of most-talked about problems of living in Thailand long term. It seemed quite simple to Craig. In order to get a retirement visa extension for twelve months, you needed photocopies of salient pages of your passport and proof issued by a Thai bank that you had had eight hundred thousand Baht on deposit there for at least two months. You also needed photos and the fee of three thousand nine hundred