khunPer

Snapped a photo with my cheap Samsung phone when in Tesco today – both from their "Finest" department, and from the normal tea shelf, might be something that looks familiar...

4 hours ago, Sheryl said:

Actually fathers travelling with their own children, absent the mother, DO get questioned and do need a letter from the mother. At least if travelling out of the country. They are concerned re possible parental abduction etc.

Isn't that only for Thai national children..?

We have however recently had a few posts about it, Thai national child/girl with Thai passport travelling abroad with alien father only, but seems like no questions are asked – including my own experience twice – especially if the child has same family name as the father.

You can have a letter with permission from the local amphor, but the mother need to be present and give permission – talk form experience, but rules might be different in other areas – and I furthermore think that it's only issued if it's Thai nationals, i.e. child and mother.

7 hours ago, Muhendis said:

Please take a look at pages 10, 11 and 12 of this:

 https://www.iisd.org/gsi/sites/default/files/ffs_thailand_czguide.pdf 

Thanks for sharing.

The electricity prices to users are at page 34 in that pdf-file. The normal (2012) price is around 4 baht per kWh – there are several levels of normal price – and temporary power is around 7 baht.

I think you confuse the subsidized electricity for poor people with the difference between normal prices (depending of usage), and the higher, almost double, temporary power price, for example paid during a building construction period using a temporary meter...????

19 hours ago, WalsallRobbo said:

Would my wife be able to receive any benefit for my baby?

Congratulations with your baby.

If the mother has been working and paid Social Security, and continue in the system, the answer is YES. I don't know today's rate, but my girlfriend got 350 baht a month for about 6 years.

Edit: Jossthaifarang above replied while I was writing.

2 hours ago, Amusements said:

Do they deliver to Samui?

Probably, you can try to order; but it might be just as easy to get to Tesco-Lotus in Bo Phut and their Tesco Finest-department that have the tea in stock...????

30 minutes ago, Muhendis said:

If you have a setup which has enough power for all your needs 24hrs/day then it will pay for itself in about 12 years at the non subsidised rate and 24 years at the subsidised rate.

I calculated on a system when I builded my house, and at that time, 2010 it was, I came to 17 years for the system to pay back on normal (subsidized) household rate; however without maintenance and interest. At that time I didn't find solar panels attractive from an economical point of view.

Solar panels are cheaper now, or more efficient for same price-level, but taking maintenance into consideration, especially if using batteries, and the slowly decrease in panel efficiency over the years, the 20+ years for subsidized rate might well be it.

Seems like you can shop online in Tesco-Lotus, I tried to search for "Tesco Finest" here...????

Edit: –and even more specific, if I add "tea" in the search...????

19 minutes ago, PoorSucker said:

I think you're better be prepared to have one filled out with you or in your case you are not so far away from immigration. 

Do it now. 

Thanks, I'm my own landlord, and I have already registered my TM30 on the Internet, as landlords shall do with all foreign guests, and I also do when friends are visiting. But I'll bring a blanco TM30, just in case, when I'm up for extension later this month...????

Do also check in Tesco-Lotus at Bo Phut (Chaweng area) in their "Tesco Finest" department, they have a wide selection of English tea – I buy from there myself, but I drink Ceylon Tea – they might have what you are looking for, or something acceptable; I cannot remember all the varieties, but I noticed both Earl Grey and what seem to be proper English Breakfast Tea. Prices are not cheap – relative of course – but affordable...????

On 9/25/2018 at 11:42 AM, PoorSucker said:

1. Filled out TM30 from the landlord, no more reporting on the Internet, have now a TM30 receipt attached to my passport.

Thanks for update – is that a general TM30 request now, or only for legally married pals..?

11 hours ago, hwaetu Go said:

3. evidence of 65,000 baht (fluid income) per month or on filing date 800,000 in Thai bank for 3 months.

Will a printed off paper bank statement showing income suffice?

This is the total sum required, see details and explanation posted by the expert Ubonjoe.

Check a local ThaiVisa forum for the area you live in, and where you'll apply for extension of stay based on retirement at the local immigration office, as the requirements might be slightly different from area to area. There might even be a fpinned thread in your local forum about Immigration and extension of stay. Otherwise you can check at the local immigration office, they might have a slip or an information sheet with their requirements.

Below slip is an example only of the requirements where I stay – Koh Samui under Surat Thani Immigration – and that might be little different from your area (if not Surat Thani Province), for example 7)MAP (Satelite view...), and 8)Medical Certificate, and 10)Drawing Map [i.e. hand drawn map] and the forms mention in 11) and 12) might not be required all over the nation...????

Like others has mentioned, take a look at Koh Samui and Koh Phangan, plenty of possibilities including vegetarian life-style and yoga, and no party life, if you choose the right area. At Samui you'll have the option of some town life for shopping, cinemas etc., at Koh Phangan you'll need to commute to Samui by boat/ferry (ca. 30 minutes).

Accessable by train from Bangkok to Surat Thani, and bus/ferry to the islands. The 6:30 pm or 7:30 pm sleeper from Bangkok is preferred by many, 2nd class sleeper is probably still around 800 baht. Before ticket could be bought including bus/ferry transfer from Surat Thani to either island, I don't know if that options is still available.

Link to State Railway of Thailand.

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9 hours ago, Reluctant Traveller said:

It's all backed up on external drives, so delete / format is an option but there are recovery apps available.

Low level format, but as other says, just take the drives out, if you have some secrets there...????

On 9/28/2018 at 8:40 AM, ubonjoe said:

IMO forget about the car since the import duties could be 200% or its value or more. Best to buy a new one after you get here.

If your car is not something special vintage – and do check if similar is available in Thailand, and the price – I agree with Ubonjoe...????

11 hours ago, jrjrjr said:

 

In case it was so hard to understand they OF COURSE know it already. The question is about Samui airport.

In case you didn't check, Tropicalevo is a Samui resident...????

So am I, and I occasionally see some foreigners – tourists I presume – with e-cigarettes; however I would be little careful, or discreet, as you never know when some important police from Bangkok visits the island, or the military make a check for the foreign visitors own security (especially around Full Moon)...

There seem to be huge difference from province-to-province in demands for application for Yellow House Book for aliens. My Danish friends got his up northern Isaan almost instantly, and without much paperwork; whilst for me, living in a southern province, it was almost same procedure as applying for permanent residency, apart from a Thai language test, and proof of 3-years work-permit and paid income tax. I also needed two witnesses, of which one should be a neighbor, and the other a government employed.

It might help if you ask the question in a local forum, as someone there might have experience from the area you stay in.

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23 hours ago, Pepper9187 said:

Does anyone knows if there is indeed a law which allow you to buy alcohol outside of regular hours but only if you buy a certain quantity, like 2 boxes of beer or something ?

Used to be wholesale of minimum 10 liter that could be combined beer, wine, or stronger alcohol in for example Makro; however a few years ago – I think it's that long time, and probably even by law – it changed, and now you can only buy within the allowed time frames, i.e. noon till 2 pm (if I remember right), and 5 pm till midnight.

Perhaps a small local wholesale shop might view the allowed sales frames from a different angle...????

EDIT: Time frame is 11 am to 2 pm, I found an article about the change in Thai PBS, back from 2015...
Restricted alcoholic beverages sale times will take effect today throughout the country.

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Also, the old law allows for wholesale purchase of alcohol in excess of 10 liters to be made at any time of the day while any purchase under 10 liters can only be made at the specified times.

 

The new regulation does not allow for this, what matters now are the stated hours for purchase or sale of alcohol irrespective of quantity.

 

Violation of the law is subject six months imprisonment and/or a 10,000 Baht fine.

15 hours ago, Bjarneb said:

...honest replies about if it is really true that it gives higher status also among girls who have more than enough money to have a husband who supports with money.

The short answer is: Yes...????

12 hours ago, webfact said:

The twins are boy/boy, girl/girl and boy/girl

Apparently no girl/boy...????

56 minutes ago, Munson said:

Science is still lagging behind the real world, where thousands of people are curing serious diseases, including cancer, with cannabis oil - containing high levels of THC. Google Rick Simpson and educate yourself.

Science is the best documentation for proof – and thanks, I know Rick Simpson and his efforts quite well.

I'm extremely positive for alternatives to common treatments, and medicine, but we also need "real world" documentation, and scientific results takes time. It's a difficult balance, and so far CBD seem to be the scientific in favorite...????

12 minutes ago, Munson said:

36 minutes ago, khunPer said:

Cannabis for narcotics might be high in THC – THC is the cannabinoid one can get high from – whilst medical cannabis normally shall be high in CBD and low THC.

Nonsense, high THC Full Plant Extract cannabis oil is used for many conditions, including curing cancer. 

According to science cancer cure research is made with the cannabinoids Δ9-THCA, CBC, CBD, CBDA og CBG (Δ8-THC and Δ9-THC are not included in the list). THC (Δ9-THC), however, is used for pain relief in connection with chemo-therapy, and pain relief or sedative in other treatments, for example sclerosis...????

3 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

My experience was from about 12 months ago. At that time nobody asked for a police report. But I also did not complain that the SIM was stolen or that something was incorrectly charged. I just told them that I lost it - and they replaced it within minutes.

Wow, my experience is older, however I also lost it – dropped the phone (by mistake) in a sewer...????

I think these are the follow-up articles in the news...

2015, April 28th. The Nation

Police say some Samui car-bomb suspects being interrogated

2016, June 27th The Nation

Two injured as huge bomb in pickup rocks Sungai Kolok

2016, September 2nd, Khaosod English

ANOTHER SUSPECT IN SOUTHERN ATTACKS LINKED TO 2015 SAMUI BOMBING 

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20 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

You can go to the provider (i.e. AIS) and tell them you lost it and want a new one.

If you have the same documentation like when you applied the first time (i.e. passport) then they will give you a new SIM on the spot and the old SIM won't work anymore.

Before it was like that, but today they'll need a police report. OP need to go to a police station and report the SIM card missing, pay 20 baht (if not changed) for a report, and then go to the provider (AIS) to get a new SIM card on the spot (talk from experience)...????

6 hours ago, webfact said:

The Narcotics Suppression Bureau has already given 100 kilograms of seized marijuana to the GPO as raw material for their research. 

Cannabis for narcotics might be high in THC – THC is the cannabinoid one can get high from – whilst medical cannabis normally shall be high in CBD and low THC.