TigerandDog

sounds like the OP is the Bogan aussie here. Aussies DON'T say bro, however septic tanks do. I'm guessing the bogans you think are aussies are actually yanks.

the WHY is that 60 days was ALWAYS going to e a TEMPORARY increase, and that was included in the announcement when the increase to 60 days was made known.

I got my O=A in Oz back in 2014 and had no issues when it came to my GP signing the medical certificate. Perhaps seeing a different GP will solve the problem.

I'm surprised the OP was not aware of the change is customs duties which came into effect on Jan 1 this year, especially as I believe there was a post on ASEANNOW about this change back in December if memory serves me correctly. The new customs rule is that ALL items imported to Thailand with a value of 1 baht or more will be subject to BOTH customs duty & VAT, even if they are imported from China or another Asean country. This in effect negates the free trade agreements between these countries. So the tick to avoid these charges when shopping online to ensure that the seller is located in Thailand, as their prices will already be loaded for customs duty & vat. No suprises involved of having to pay additional costs before you can take delivery of your imported item.

yet 70%-72% of smartphones world wide are ANDROID, and not all android phones are made in China. Such a narrow minded approach by you.

Like I said in the post, it comes down to the individual IO. Every time I've returned from outside of Thailand CM (and that includes all the Imm offices CM not just the airport) have ALWAYS insisted on me having to have a new TM30 submitted even though I'm returning to the same fixed address, and lst year was no different when I returned from Vietnam So the question that needs to be addressed is which CM Imm office do you attend? The airport office, Central Plaza or one of the smaller offices in the province of which there a few that only do 90 day reports and TM30's etc. No extensions, no re-entry permits. Nevertheless they should be applying the rules the same rules as the airport office, but they mostly operate based on the senior IO's whim. I'm located 180kms from the airport Imm office, but lucky to have one of those smaller offices just 10kms away. Therefore based on your experience, I'm guessing you use either the airport or Central Plaza office who actually follow the correct process, whereas the senior IO at the Imm office near me is making his own rules. The only time I drive the 180kms each way to attend the airport Imm office is for my annual extension and re-entry permit.

except for the orange convicted felon.

Before I travelled to Vietnam last year I attended CM Imm Office to enquire as to whether a new TM30 was required upon my return, even though I was returning to my usual address which they had on record. I was told that I MUST have a new TM30 submitted as it was returning from international travel, even if it was to the same address. So CM do require a new TM30 after international travel. I also have farang friends in this neck of the woods who returned from international travel last year (Canada & USA respectively) and they also had to do new TM30's. Where you would most likely strike issues after international travel would be with our first 90 day report upon your return, as it has to be in person, not online, and that's where you might strike an IO having a bad day give you grief because your TM30 is not up to date in his/her opinion. With regards to domestic travel, it's not necessary, but sometimes you get a pedantic IO that insists on one especially when it's your first 90 day report after returning from that travel. When I travel within Thailand I only ever use my pink ID or drivers license when checking in to hotels. That information doesn't go back to Immigration because it's treated by hotels as being a local, the same Thais having to use their ID cards. It's just a form of identification

there's no legal requirement for a will to be registered at the Amphur, it's just an alternative to keeping it at home, especially if you don't have somewhere to keep it under lock and key. My wife is listed as the executor of my Thai estate, and she is the ONLY other person with access to the safe at home, which means she would have IMMEDIATE access to my will, especially if I passed on a weekend or public holiday. It also means that the conditions stipulated in the Living Will section are readily accessible if a situation arises where long term life support and/or no quality of life can be enacted, rather than having to wait for Amphur office hours and bureaucratic procedures to take effect before she could access the will. There's pros & cons for both, but after we discussed it, it was a joint decision to keep the will in the safe at home, which was confirmed a Thai lawyer friend as being 100% ok. The witnesses wouldn't need to testify to the authenticity of their signatures as a requirement with Thai wills is that if the witness is a Thai they MUST also include their Thai ID card #, and if the witness is a foreigner they MUST also include their passport #. I have a Thai witness and a foreign witness on my will. The main thing you need to remember is that a Thai will can ONLY apply to your Thai assets AND it MUST be written in your native language and also translated to Thai. If you have assets in your home country or elsewhere outside Thailand those assets requires a separate will.

perhaps the use of the word "validity" was an incorrect usage. Our Amphur advised that if our Pooh Yai Baan was one of the witnesses that he would use his official stamp under his signature, (the same as a lawyer/solicitor would if they were to sign as a witness in their official capacity), which indicates that an elected Govt official was one of the witnesses to the will. Absolutely nothing to do with Thai Law. My wife is our village's current Pooh Yai Baan and over the past 12 months she has been a witness to the signature of the person making a will 4 Times and used her official stamp under her signature on each occasion. I've attached a template FYI. You just fill in the gaps and adjust the wording to suit your needs. Also bear in mind a Thai will can ONLY be in relation to your assets in Thailand. If you have assets in your home country you will need a separate will for those.THAI LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT & LIVING WILL TEMPLATE.docx

you need a lawyer or the amphur to write a new will, you can do it yourself. Simply download a template from the internet, in english, complete the will in your native language, which I'm guessing is english, have it translated to Thai, and then get both versions witnessed by 2 people. In my case I had 1 friend and the village Pooh Yai Baan as witnesses. The Pooh Yai Baan also uses his official stamp which gives the will validity. You can then either have both copies securely kept under lock and key until required at the Amphur Office or as I've done, keep both copies at home in our safe.

just use a VPN. Proton is a very good FREE VPN which doesn't track you. The main free servers it connects to are Japan, Singapore & Netherlands. It occasionally connects to USA or Romania. I have the same speed (1000/500) fiber optic internet with AIS and since starting to use a VPN have NEVER had any issues with throughput to anywhere in the world, including Oz.

thing is vote buying doesn't guarantee that people will vote for that candidate. In my area there's always vote buying, at every level of politics. People go to a candidate's rally and accept the cash BUT still vote for their preferred candidate. They just see the vote buying as a means of receiving free cash.

Just another one of the convicted orange felons scams to enrich himself.