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I have a Thai DL, expired in 2018.

I have a US DL, expired in 2016.

My passport (current) is at immigration.

I have to take a train up north. Probably a sleeper 1st or 2nd class. They will definitely ask for ID.

Is expired good enough? I have no current IDs available due to all this. Just passbooks and debit cards (thai).

*Note: In other circumstances (bank tellers mostly) I have successfully used an expired ID. But, I have also been turned down once.

Where do you guys order tickets?

I see this site as one option: https://12go.asia/en/travel/bangkok/chiang-mai?date=2022-02-25&z=6795

I assume the best bus option is to head to BKK, then take a bus from Mo Chit or another terminal.

Not sure about trains. I know there are tracks on the East side, I think I might be able to board in Pattaya and go to Chiang mai.

What is the best option in your opinions?

From past experience the bus will be more crowded and less roomy. But perhaps faster. I hear there are overnight options and if a sleeper cabin is available, that would move me towards the train.

PS: Plane options are excluded

Lambo Aventador custom build. There's a cottage industry that does them in Bangkok. I know some people think it's dumb but I don't care. Other than possible unwanted police attention.

I wanted to get a sense of the potential downsides of an expensive car in Pattaya (or elsewhere in Thailand). Do they tend to draw police scrutiny beyond just stopping you for tickets/small bribes? That I can handle. What I'm more curious about is if they're known to start following rich foreigners, tapping their phones, searching their homes etc. I don't have anything to hide but I don't want a bunch of police hassle if a (very) nice car is likely to cause that.

This was a couple years ago but I remember being on ED.

I went to Ban Laem and paid 1,500 thb to "break" the ED visa.

I returned. I think I was on tourist but don't remember.

We waited 30 days. Then I think we applied for the Vol visa. I do remember I didn't have to leave the country specifically for that one.

If this is true, I think I technically entered on a tourist visa.

My situation:

- Nov 7 2021, Vol visa runs out. Applied/received Covid Visa

- Jan 7 2022, New covid visa

- Feb 3, 2022. Final 30 day extension to Mar 8.

Someone here recommended applying right away for another Covid visa. Do you guys think I should? My concern is at Jomtien they often say "come tomorrow" unless it's the last day and then they're forced to take you right then.

What time does it open and close to vehicle traffic? Do cars parked on that liitle L shaped street get towed at the closed hours?

17 hours ago, Greenwich Boy said:

If you are on Covid extensions and entered on a tourist visa or visa exempt just go and apply for another one before expiry of your current extension

For me it went:

Nov 7: Volunteer expired. applied and received Covid Visa

Jan 7: Apply for new covid visa

Now on March 8 this one expires. Are you saying to apply again to secure one more?

I picked up my extension for free today.

Earlier I mentioned that my initial visa went from Jan 7 to Feb 3. I thought I was shorted.

Today the extension ran to March 8. I now believe they were accounting for the weekend or something similar.

Now to see if I have to leave anyways in a month!

Just now, WEBBYB808 said:

Really,  you should have already paid and gotten a receipt to get your passport back next day

No, I was only handed a printed card with number on it.

18 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

I assume you have already paid the 1900 baht fee for it.

That is normally how it is done at offices that have come back the next to pickup your passport.

I did for the first 30 days, does that fee apply to this 30 day extension?

Did my first 30 days of the Covid extension and today dropped off my passport for the next 30. Lady told me to come tomorrow at any time.

Anyone know what the cost will be? Do I need to take anything other than the queue number?

I have to pay a US agency by 'check or money order." Must be by postal mail, no online option.

From Thailand what payment option fits? i'm in pattaya. I'm thinking cashier's check made out to "Wyoming Secretary of State"?

https://www.facebook.com/PakinCarCreate/

I reached out to them. They have a replica Lamborghini Gallardo on sale for 1m THB. That's $30,000.

Concern of course is the build quality over time. I'll probably put a max of 200 miles a month on it but even then, who knows how it'll hold up. 

Anyone buy a custom car or motorcycle care to comment?

21 hours ago, zugzug123 said:

Covid Extension is for everybody who can't go back to their homecountry due to the pandemic.

This confused me mightily during my Covid visa application.

I "can" go back to the US even as Covid is ongoing. I am a citizen and have that right. I expect most other nationals can also go back to their own country if/when they choose, during the Pandemic. "Everyone including our citizens may not enter" seems a rare policy.

So how exactly are you guys making a case to stay based on "Covid"?

I wrote a generic answer about the US Covid situation and it was good enough for the visa at least that time. I would like to be better prepared for next time.

Googling shows a few Chevy dealers in Thailand, are they able to get the new Corvettes?

If not what's the closest value sports car available? I know importing is cost prohibitive so I want to buy local.

14 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Think you have asked this a few times. You think of it as two separate extensions. 

It's one extension and you were given an under consideration period.

In reality its already approved.

You are returning just to be rubber stamped. Think of it as automatic. 

Gotcha, thanks for clarifying that. But it does sound like I'm screwed after. I think my prior visa was non-immigrant which they seem to now be cracking down on.

16 hours ago, ThaiVisaCentre said:

You can apply for the covid extension until March 25th now.

This is fine for anyone which has a Tourist Visa or Exempt entry visa, or has a COVID extension based on one of these visas.

HOWEVER if the visa before your covid extensions was a non-immigrant visa you MAY NO LONGER obtain covid extensions.

 

My Volunteer visa lasted until November. I got a 2 month Covid extension until January. I applied for another Covid extension, but current stamp is good until early February.

Will the February immigration check in be extended another 30 days?

After that it sounds like I must leave the country, is that correct?

I see that Thailand has a public title record system similar to the West: https://www.siam-legal.com/realestate/Title-Search-in-Thailand.php

Does Thai public record list mailing addresses of out of country foreign (condo) owners? If so I have a couple condos I see sitting empty that I'd like to send some postcards out about.

I'm going to Jomtien immigration to hopefully get my next 30 days.

What forms do I need this time?

For other Pattaya locals, do I have to queue again or can I skip it and go straight somewhere?

5 hours ago, Caldera said:

Does your stamp say "application of stay is under consideration"

Yes it says this one. So I guess you were correct in your last post.

Also in blue ink they wrote "913/65." I have no idea what it means.

913 days is 2.5 years. I sure hope they aren't relaying how long I've been in the country continuously! Because i think it is roughly that amount of time.

20 hours ago, bbko said:

My last Covid ext stamp from Pattaya IO was 30 day + 30 day, and for the 2nd half just simply drop off the passport with some paperwork with the lady working the 90 day reporting desk in the parking lot, told to come back the next business day after 10am to pick it up.

Thanks, how do you know this? I see no special note around the stamp

They gave me 27 days (Feb 3). The immigration officer being Thai probably didn't bother switching the stamp for Friday applications vs Monday ones.

On the 3rd I'll not go early and plan to kill another day just for this

@BKKTRAVELER Yeah probably 30 days from what others were saying. 60 if lucky though I think it's 30 + 30 (extension) at this time. They really want to make it arduous for us.