griffer

just came though Swampy...I work around 60 days with Visa ..come back to Thailand for 1-2 weeks..British Passport

usually just get VEE (visa exempt entry)...was looking for 4th one this year,,,

got asked if I had a visa.. I explained I was only staying 9 days and was hoping for a 30 day VEE

Got the stamp and came in......never been asked this before...

I come through VIP/ Dip area.....

So in..no real problem.. apart from the unusual question.

So just to make this crystal clear

I can arrive in BKK and get a visa exempt stamp allowing me to stay for 30 days

I can then go to Immigration and get this converted to an O visa

And, on the same day, i can ask for an extension for retirement ( being over 50 and by having over 800,000 Thai baht in Thai bank for last 60 days,proven)

I can then, on the same day, ask for a multiple entry permit ( so I can fly in and out for a year)

Immigration would never hold my passport overnight

On the next day I could fly out of BKK and return as often as I would like in the next year.

So one day at Immigration would enable all this?

apologies if I sound a little pedantic..)

many thanks...

You would need to do the conversion to within 15 days of arrival on an exempt entry.

Not all offices will do it all in one visit. At the moment on Jomtien and Hua Hin are the only ones that do it on the same day that I know of.

For most offices that can do you will only get the 90 day non immigrant visa entry and then go back within the last 30 days of that entry. You can get a re-entry permit (single 1000 baht) for the 90 day entry if you need to travel. And then apply for the extension after your return. Once you have the extension of stay you can get the multiple re-entry permit and travel as much as you want.

The Jomtien immigration office will occasionally have you come back the next day to pick up your passport all others do it while you wait.

I stay in BKK when I come to Thailand..so I would go Chaeng wattana

So, if i am reading this right, your advice conflicts with mario's?

I could not go VE to Non O to retirement extension in one day

If I have to wait until the last 30 days of a 90 day ..which for me is impossible as i only stay around 10 days..

if it would definitely be processed, it would be feasible to go to Jomtien for the day to organise...can one do that although not staying in that area?

thanks for all the help.

ah..just rereading....so i could go VE to Non O..get re-entry permit on way out of BKK

return to BKK in the last 30 day window of the 90 day visa..(basically in 2 months time)

go to immi and get retirement extension (RE)

then apply for multiple re-entry permit (MEP)

so VE > NonO (wait 60 days)> RE> MEP

and live happily ever after..))

So just to make this crystal clear

I can arrive in BKK and get a visa exempt stamp allowing me to stay for 30 days

I can then go to Immigration and get this converted to an O visa

And, on the same day, i can ask for an extension for retirement ( being over 50 and by having over 800,000 Thai baht in Thai bank for last 60 days,proven)

I can then, on the same day, ask for a multiple entry permit ( so I can fly in and out for a year)

Immigration would never hold my passport overnight

On the next day I could fly out of BKK and return as often as I would like in the next year.

So one day at Immigration would enable all this?

apologies if I sound a little pedantic..)

many thanks...

You would need to do the conversion to within 15 days of arrival on an exempt entry.

Not all offices will do it all in one visit. At the moment on Jomtien and Hua Hin are the only ones that do it on the same day that I know of.

For most offices that can do you will only get the 90 day non immigrant visa entry and then go back within the last 30 days of that entry. You can get a re-entry permit (single 1000 baht) for the 90 day entry if you need to travel. And then apply for the extension after your return. Once you have the extension of stay you can get the multiple re-entry permit and travel as much as you want.

The Jomtien immigration office will occasionally have you come back the next day to pick up your passport all others do it while you wait.

my funds came in as USD from Singapore..converted to Baht in Thailand..

thanks...

well..to be honest that doesn't sound like too many hoops to jump through...especially if it could all be achieved in one day....

seems like I will be spending a day trotting round chaeng wattana...

i will be carrying outbound flights and work contracts (outside of Thailand) when i arrive..

I generally work 60 days away and only 10 days back....will be interesting to see where the bar is set and if I get questioned....

thanks again.

So just to make this crystal clear

I can arrive in BKK and get a visa exempt stamp allowing me to stay for 30 days

I can then go to Immigration and get this converted to an O visa

And, on the same day, i can ask for an extension for retirement ( being over 50 and by having over 800,000 Thai baht in Thai bank for last 60 days,proven)

I can then, on the same day, ask for a multiple entry permit ( so I can fly in and out for a year)

Immigration would never hold my passport overnight

On the next day I could fly out of BKK and return as often as I would like in the next year.

So one day at Immigration would enable all this?

apologies if I sound a little pedantic..)

many thanks...

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excellent news...

just tried to call.. can't get through...

pay for a year and you get one month free....

just interested.. as he was landing on a muddy field that would probably grab the wheels.. would he have been better landing gear up?...

If you want a more western style diagnosis try Dr. Nanthadej Hiranyasthiti in Bumrungrad. Worked in US as surgeon so his English is great. I've used him extensively.

the British embassy deals with this type of problem regularly...they should be giving you clear advice.. you could always go to the Embassy to get a better understanding.

you also need to be in the right gear so you are in the power band for the motor...taking too high a gear will bog the motor down...you need to keep your weight back so that the front tyre is skipping over the top of the sand as much as possible...."keep the wire tight" as they say ( talking about throttle cable)..

er.. get a thai to make the call for you?

amazing returns paulo...

i was knocked out of gold too...all part of the journey....let's see if it sets up next week with all the US election stuff et cetera...

Boots actually stock something called Cardiprin 100 which is asprin and glycine for daily use.

I prefer to buy my medicines from Boots.

I've pulled stop to 0 on first gold long and added another...

interesting your comments on gold..

Seasonally a better time for gold now...I would be looking for a basing pattern between here and possibly 1650....I'm never good at picking exact bottoms so tend to ease myself in...hoping for a run up above 1800...

apple missed estimates...will be interesting few days in US markets...

thanks for your concern...

fortunately it has helped me to trade profitably.... amazing eh...?

anyway back to my charts...and all that smoke and mirrors stuff...

see ya...

yeah you should, lot of work ahead of you. It's a lonely business but if you work hard enough one day you really might trade profitably.

yep you're dead right.. its a lot of work and a lonely business....sounds like you might have tried it once..

how did you get on?

hang on.. maybe I can guess....

thanks for your concern...

fortunately it has helped me to trade profitably.... amazing eh...?

anyway back to my charts...and all that smoke and mirrors stuff...

see ya...

PCA..

I suggest you don't visit the site..don't think it will interest you somehow...

for anyone interested in a purely technical take on markets based on Fibonacci levels have a look at this site (can we post links?)

eminiaddict . com

there is a free video offering trading potential for next day...you can click on chapters tab to jump between SPX, DOW, currencies and gold at end..

he has a live chat room but it is subscription..has helped me.

good luck..

all interesting..wonder if SPX will roll back over today?

gold..lot of people looking for pull-back to buy..not deep enough yet I fancy...

paulo..

did u take that gold short you talked about last week.??..seems to have worked...I find it hard to trade against an essentially bull market as we have in gold.. although it is rolling over this morning..

I enjoy your posts..don't be lured away by those trading signals guys..

I was walking behind a guy late at night on sukhumvit outside landmark hotel. A ladyboy approached him and put her arms round him while he tried to fend her off. She flipped his wallet out of his back pocket onto the pavement and continued to grope him. Another ladyboy appeared from beside a bank kiosk to pick up the wallet. I shouted to the guy and he turned and I pointed at the wallet. I walked up to him and he verbally ripped into the ladyboys. I think he was eastern european and wasn't scared of the two girls/blokes.

keep your wits about you out there.