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Has the TM30 registration actually been approved with  us this took 3 3days then we could complete the actual TM30 for me.

Also the site a bit fussy with how you load data. You need to see the green tick against property address as approved before you cñ load the actual TM30 for you. You need then print this TM30  page as you cannot find it in a search after 7 days. 

I have purchased several Makita copy batteries from Lazada and Allied Express. All are good but I am not a tradie using them every day I am only an ocasional fixit handyman in my own home. Not had any issues. You can get batteries depending on capacity from 400-700 baht. There are higher capacity batteries that cost more but I find them a bit heavy on the tools.  I cannot recommend any as they come and go on Lazada and Allied Express all the time. I have also repaired an existing Ryobi battery pack when I got stuck in Australia during COVID. If you can solider you can just purchase new batteries and replace the current ones in your Makita pack as long you can open pack and work on it. 

TTB App supports paying both MEA and PEA bills. It seems directly linked to MEA and PEA and shows the amount owing once the bill in the system the next day after read the meter. If you save as favorites in the app and it takes less 10sec to pay a bill and it saves the receipt on your phone.  I have also use the Bangkok bank for MEA, The TTB app is year ahead of Bangkok banks app. I not used Kbank app for much so no experience there.

Back in Chang Wattana since early this year cannot remember when.

14 hours ago, Hockeybik said:

I'm not a tourist but if I were, would TOT pay for my roaming charges to have this app connected all the time? The article mentioned that 600,000 Thai citizens have downloaded the Mor Chana app, that's a resounding success with a bit over 0.9% of the population using it. Is a similar success rate expected from tourist visitors? 

I had similar thoughts on roaming charges also some tourist buy local sIms but others only use on hotel WiFi. The other issue I seen at least on Google apps is the Thais set them as only available if the Google location is set to Thailand which it is not for any tourist so you cannot download the app! 

A Thai friend who used work at the Bank of Thailand says the main issue is Thai Bank staff in general are poorly trained so they really don't know the rules. I was renewing my ATM card at TMB a couple year ago and they asked for my work permit, I explianed I was now retired on a Non O extension, eventually called a The supervisor/manager all ok new ATM card issued. I have never closed any of my accounts with 3 different Thai banks I opened in Thailand as I think they are some sort of asset once you have them open.  

This is another one http://thaidriving.info/.

But as other have said if you have license from another country they don't test you only make watch the video which sub titled in English about driving courtesy.

At least that was how it was 3 years ago. This may have changed! 

I am stuck in Australia,  Non O expires May 10th. I am resigned to the fact I have to start again whenever I can return to Thailand. I am not sure Austrlians will be allowed to leave Australia before Jan 2021 except maybe to travel to New Zealand.  Finger cross it a lot earlier than that.

I thought it was illegal to sell a locked phone handset in Thailand? I had one I had as an backup phone, I gave to a Thai relative it was True phone worked fine on AIS.

I know this ben said before. The 90day Online reporting only works with Internet Explorer which is still available even with Windows 10 in the Windows Accesories area. I believe I.E. it can be downloaded for Apple Mac but not being an Apple user I never tested this. I have been using ever since system went live for Bangkok (CW) and only had issues when the sysyem went down for seveal months a few years ago. 

I am using Samsung Galaxy S8 with Android 9 and the Sect 38 app is not compatible this phone this is not an old phone or an old version of android.  I have loaded both the other apps ok and registered for 90 day reporting via the app. The one I really want is the Sect 38 app and this is the one that does load.  The normal approach with software development is 80/20 i.e develop for the most common 80% of devices and versions of software.  

At CW in May when I was renewing my permission to stay I got all the way though the renew process with the IO and she then pointed out my TM30 showed me staying at hotel up country in Thailand where I been on a short holiday out side Bangkok. I was then sent to do TM30 with the Condo lease I had for the condo I stay in even though the lease is in my Thai wife name not mine. I then went back to the IO and she completed the renewal. So my suggestion is you go and do a TM30 first either on the day or before if it not too far away and then do the renewal. 

 1. 90 day online reporting only works on Internet Explorer 11 (not the Edge browser on Windows 10 either) or maybe earlier versions of IE. It does not work with Google Chrome or Firefox or Safari browsers or any other internet browser.

2. Your passport must be on file via the Thai Immigration computer system at a major Thai airport or entry point. If you got a new passport in Thailand it will not work until you reenter the country on that passport. 

3. If you have not exited and reentered Thailand for a while i.e a few years your not on the computer system and it will not work.

I was at Chiang Wattana  Immigration 2 years ago renewing own permission to stay, when an elderly man arrived on a ambulance trolley with his Thai wife and two ambulance officers moving him around. To their credit CW immigration officials looked after him very promptly, he did not have to wait in the queue and his permission to stay was renewed within 20 mins and he was taken away in the ambulance again. 

I think by contrast Bangkok at Chaeng Wattana where I renewed my permission to say (retirement) yesterday 7th April it is due on May 10th 2016.. Now renewed until May10th 2017. No problem except for the number of people there yesterday after Wednesday public holiday. It actually took much longer for me to get the multiple re-entry permit than it did the permission to stay 1 year. Arrived at 8:35am left at 3:00pm. But no under consideration just stamped approved and done for another year. As I now successfully do my 90 reports online it is only one day a year of my life I spend at CW. I also noted you can now make an online appointment for the re-entry permit which i try to do next year. Be nice if we could get soft copies of the extra forms you need to sign about over staying as it would help immigration to speed up a little. It is actually fairly quick at CW but their just over whelmed by the numbers of people ever day.

Fair enough. They're ridiculously cheap after all.

Considering the service is generally terrible and the drivers often have a very poor attitude, I would say its priced right where it should be.

Also, taxi drivers can easily make 2 or 3 times the minimum wage per day if they actually stop rejecting passengers. They pay 700 baht to rent the taxi for 12 hours. It should not be hard to garner 2,100 baht in fares per day. That already puts their daily earning far above the minimum wage (300 baht) after paying the 700 rental fee. The gas (NVG) that taxis run on is very cheap as well.

So yes it cost the driver 600 -700 Baht to hire the taxi for a 12 hour shift, plus 600 Baht for gas LPG NGV. The driver need to make 1200 -1300 baht to break even. Not a job I would be queuing up for thank you.5% is ok. Not sure about the airport surcharge why is that justified nothing changed there in fact now it more organised it better for driver at the airport at least a SB not sure about DM.

I underderstand that from 2016 onwards Thailand has a declining population. So as this progresses the low cost labour will have come from a joining countries.

I am a big fan of the Samsung Galaxy 5 i.e the model before the current one. I seen them on sale for 10900 Baht with Android 5.0 installed. Camera is excellent. not sure if there still around today. They have replace battery and external memory card which neither the new Samsung Galaxy 6 or iPhones have. The originally sold for 23900 Baht when first released.

Release was either 8pm or 8:30pm. I think it was 8:30 but not 100% sure.

This was when the US announced the latest US employment numbers which were disappointing. only 150,000 expectation was close to 200,000.

You can legally take up to 20,000 USD cash when you fly out.

In the design of networks you do all you can to eliminate any possible single points of failure. Why would you want a single gateway when this gateway fails Thailand will be isolated from the rest of the worlds internet. What a great way to encourage business to leave Thailand or business to never come to setup here. The internet these day is as essential to business as power, water gas, road transport and shipping. There are enough outages and slow downs on the international links into Thailand right now. We absolutely do not need any more possible reasons for the internet to fail here.

The 90day reporting online is working fine for me it was approved next day saves any trips to CW. Not sure if other locations are working the quickly Do your report that way no hassles.