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  1. I can not make the face recognition work either, thought it was my beard as it always says it can not see my chin.
  2. Don't forget if you want to go to the EU the passport must be less than 10years old from date of issue. So if, like me, you renewed 9 months early and have to have 6 months of validity for the EU then you have to renew 15 months before your passport expires
  3. Thanks KhunBENQ - With KrungThai I can not register for online banking with the mobile app - and they have closed their web based internet banking. Bankgok bank says turn off WiFi, but using mobile data they can not recognize my phone number. Probably because I use an eSIM that does not have a phone number and goes via HongKong or else I use my UK data. I don't have data in Thailand as I never need it, except (it seems) for BKK bank app. At least their web based banking still works.
  4. Has anyone with a beard managed to register for online banking when photo recognition is required? With KrungThai I get nothing but "Can't see your chin" and "Can't see your mouth". I assume the problem is the beard. Since KTB do not have a website to do banking and I can not get their app to work I plan on closing the account. Except that will take too long in the bank so I'll just run the account down to B10 and they can close it for me.
  5. Maybe because I am too old but at 108 Clinic I had to see a doctor and that took a little over 1 hour and cost B300 for the Dr and B60 for the certificate. But do love their self service blood pressure machines - better than anything I have seen elsewhere.
  6. Recently notice a change booking train tickets CNX to BKK. The 18:00 express can be booked up to 90 days ahead, all the rest of the trains just 30 days as before.
  7. I knew I had see it somewhere. I'm renewing an expired 5 year to 5 year licence. Just need the medical certificate now, found out that Suan Dok will do one at the 108 clinic. Don't know the price yet.
  8. Klaimor hospital on Hang Dong road is good for the medical certificate but inconvenient for me. Is there any hospital in T. Suthep that is as easy and as cheap to use? Suan Dok probably does but it is such a warren it's probably quicker to go to Klaimor! Also, can anyone confirm that Foreigners do not need an appointment at Hang Dong?
  9. 12 month fixed deposit always works for me - but other periods are not allowed for some reason.
  10. Stay with Quicken - only problem in Windows 10 is that the window opens blank, you have to change the window size to see all the details. Quicken works in multiple currencies, nothing else I tried does that satisfactorily. If Microsoft finally breaks quicken it will work on a Virtual machine - there are at least 2 that are free and you can install WinXP and everything works fine.
  11. Thanks for the replies, just as I thought you have to be very naughty to get refused an "Under Consideration". But it is interesting that the procedure does check and you can be refuse.
  12. Having just got an "under consideration" for a visa conversion I started wondering. Does "Under Consideration" ever get refused?
  13. Just as a reminder for some people: Done a visa conversion, visa free entry to Non O, you must have two copies of everything, that is: Passport photo page Last entry stamp Yellow "tabian Ban" Book or rental agreement etc Letter from the bank Bank statement (if money is new to the country) Completed form TM87 (And photo, forgot mine!) TM30 Arrived about 2pm, left around 4pm. Under consideration to return exactly 21 days later in the afternoon.
  14. Once paid 6p for a flight Liverpool to Dublin and return for 3 of us on Ryanair. Except for £17 parking paid nothing else. Luck of the draw.
  15. I'm following the same route. My wife was my dependent on my retirement visa. To do the same again I am told that we must get a visa before entering Thailand. This visa can (maybe) have my wife as dependant but it seems this visa will be a non-OA and will need medical insurance. Difficult at my age. Doing a visa conversion from a visa free entry, or a tourist visa, in country and you can not have your wife as a dependent. You have to get a retirement visa each, I.e. you both have the 800,000 baht in the bank on the day of applying for a conversion to a non-O visa. And your wife must transfer the money from her account to her sole account in Thailand . No joint accounts. I'm ok for myself as I have the 800K in my account. Appears my wife will have to transfer to her account in Thailand, luckily we had opened such an account before covid. I might be wrong but I have been following things for the last year. One thing has changed. If you enter on a visa free 30 day entry and you must get to immigration with 21 days remaining that is a rush. But immigration will give you a 30 day extension on your visa free entry, so you have 38 days to sort things things out and still apply with 21 days left on your stay.
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