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On 10/22/2023 at 10:10 PM, Bazle said:
Thanks.
What documents, apart from your passport, did the agent want, please?
Proof of the address was an electric bill.
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Used Air Asia for a flight to Nakhon Phanom last month. Probably made the reservation in August. App wasn't great but got the basics done.
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Had an actual change of address, so did a TM.30 through an agent. The next 90 report went through online without any apparent problem.
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There is a form but it is only a couple of entries, name and maybe address. Bring a pen.
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13 hours ago, forcebwithu said:
Thought I heard differently on having to go in person after coming back on a reentry permit. I'll get to test that out in 90 days after my return on 12 May. I'll report back on my experience.
Never hurts to try online.
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On 11/22/2022 at 3:07 PM, DP Gumbypgh said:
90 days report is due 90 days after your arrival in Thailand not after you get your visa. First one definitely has to be done at the office.
To expand slightly, if you leave and come back on a reentry permit, you will need to do the first report in person 90 days after the reentry. Also, if you get a new passport, the next report will need to be in person. After that, the online link works like a charm.
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On 4/23/2023 at 5:54 AM, jacko said:
It is what it is.
I am a bit surprised at the claimed 'cost' to some of you USA guys of depositing 800k here.
Many of us would have to make a taxable withdrawal from a retirement savings account.
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On 4/23/2023 at 12:31 PM, jacko said:
Do people who use the monthly deposit need one letter or 2? I only know my disabled pal had already done one trip to the bank, and was sent away by immigration to a different branch, for a letter that suited them better.
I do get 0.85% (minus 15% withholding tax) on my 800kbaht... that might go up soon! It is part of some money I moved here many years ago (property purchase), at 55 baht /£ IIRC.. some offset there.
I think I paid 10k incl. to get an agents help, so if the 10,600 you mention covers the 800k too, good deal
I think it's two. One showing the deposits for at least 12 months and one certifying you have the account open and balance on the date of the letter. Published information says the one certifying the open account has to be the date you file the TM.7. Don't know if that is rigidly enforced but went to the bank in the morning and Immigration in the afternoon just in case.
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My biggest problem with the 800K was that it would have required me to make a taxable transaction. As to having a monthly annuity check deposited to Bangkok Bank, sometimes it will catch the exchange rate up, sometimes down. I believe the term is income averaging. I get through most months without additional Wise transfers.
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9 hours ago, Pine Tree said:
Can you post the example letter?
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At immigration this morning at about 10am, second day after Songkran, to submit my retirement extension. It no longer looks like the waiting room for day passes from Hades. They're well into the process of adding permanent overhead covers on the west side. Tents still up on the east side. Most people were seated.
There was a sign for retirements. They took a quick look to see that I had a TM.7 and some supporting documents and gave me a slip to get in the front door. Couple people in front of me at the front counter and then got traditional printed number. Young guy, polite and with good English grabbed me almost immediately and looked over the application. There was a deviation in the format of the deposit letter they wanted from the bank. He had an example of the format and said take a picture of it. Had to make a trip to the Bangkok Bank branch on 2nd road which was not the highlight of the day.
Kept the queue number which got me back in the door. Same guy reviewed it and said all good, come back Monday for my passport.
Actual time at immigration was probably no more than 20 minutes.
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Had been doing my own O retirement extensions based on 65K+ a month since whenever the US Embassy quit certifying income letters. Got the documentation from Bangkok Bank. This year thought about using an agent. One said clearly that I had to have something from my embassy. When I said that wasn't possible, it was immediately "We can help you with the 800K" Bye
Made preliminary contact with another agent by DM and said I had the 65K+ a month. First response was do you have something in writing from your embassy? Didn't see any need to pursue that one further.
After a hiccup about the format of what they wanted from the bank, today immigration accepted my latest TM.7 based on 65K+ a month with nothing from the embassy.
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On 12/30/2022 at 8:28 AM, forcebwithu said:
Amlodipine/Valsartan are BP meds. Simvastatin and folic acid for high cholesterol, or in my case to help the BP meds be more effective.
Methylcobalamin is a form of B12.
A side note about B12. I've started taking B1, B6 and B12 and have cut back on my alcohol consumption. Reason is I have numbness in the footpads of my feet which could be a sign of B12 deficiency, or alcoholic neuropathy, or a combination of the two.
B12 deficiency is something that is not uncommon as we get older due to a decrease in the protein that allows our body to convert food sources of B12 into something our body can use. I hadn't even considered this as I have a well balanced diet of food which should give me all the vitamins and nutrients my body needs. It wasn't until I noticed the creeping onset of numbness in my feet that I read about Vitamin B12 Deficiency Anemia.
The numbness could also be from diabetes, but my blood tests are negative for that ailment.
Doctor at BHP waived me off my multivitamin as one of the vitamins might contribute to peripheral neuropathy (numb toes). Whether its that or some other stuff he prescribed, the situation is better.
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Speculation but I assumed it was due to the holiday weekend.
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22 hours ago, JONPAT said:
Guess I'll do the report and breakfast again; although the picture/copy place offered to do it for me for 200 baht. Not a bad price now I've you're information, thanks.
Okay, indulging my inner troll but seems like that would take more time, words out of my mouth and 200 baht as opposed to walking up to the 90 day tent and handing over my passport.
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12 hours ago, RhinoTusk said:
I remember receiving a new extension and, since I gave my address, I assumed it reset the 90 days count, but then I had to pay a 2000 baht fine the next time for being late.
I can’t do them online because my entrance card is from 2011 and not in their database so I use registered mail. I’m thinking of making a trip over to Angkor Wat just to get a new TM6, I haven’t been outside the Kingdom in over a decade.
Probably won't work, currently (recently?) not doing the TM.6 at entry in order to simplify things ?
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They have improved. All you need, at least for a timely report, is yourself and your passport. Don’t go on Monday morning or Friday afternoon. Should be in and out in 20 minutes.
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There is now professional rugby in the US, no opinion about the quality. Should note that it is https://www.majorleague.rugby/, although they play union.
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2 hours ago, yselmike said:
There's two versions of wheelchair rugby from what I could gather from the tv the last week.I preferred the original wheelchair rugby when it was called " murder ball".
I got to see murder ball live once. Only time I observed up-armored wheel chairs.
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One of the visual differences watching on TV is that in League the scrums appear to be mostly ceremonial.
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Agoda thinks they are taking reservations.
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Drove past a T-T booth today. Believe they were showing 36.22 to the USD. 36.29 on a credit card purchase.
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On 4/21/2022 at 5:27 AM, jacko said:
Well you are paying more for an accommodation that we all know is a a bit shady.
The branch at the top of soi 6 is the one I have always heard of, but you have to imagine the one near immigration, just up on 2nd Rd, is in on things. You might have to buy insurance!
A few years now but they had wanted to see a long stay visa/extension. Minor hiccup this year. Got my statement of deposits from the big office near Soi 6. Document checker at immigration says where is your certification letter from Bangkok Bank? No idea what he was talking about. He gives me a note and says go to the branch on Jomtien 2nd road. They knew what to do and produced the required letter in a few minutes for 100 baht. As far as I could tell it certified that I had an open account on that date.
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33.43 today on an online credit card purchase.
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The road construction on Sukhumvit south of Thepprasit has gotten ridiculous.