TigerandDog

As others have stated it is doable. However, don't forget that once you've been in Thailand for 180 days or more in a calendar year you become a Thai tax resident and will need to submit Thai tax returns and pay tax on any funds you bring into Thailand after Jan 1 2024 that are not savings, and that is dependent on whether your home country has a Dual Tax Agreement with Thailand. So you really need to take that into consideration as well.

When the stamps were transferred to my new passport I enquired as to whether I would need to bring my old passport when doing my next extension. Was told not necessary. Just did my 1st extension using my new passport 2 weeks ago, and had my old passport with me just in case. No request for my old passport was made. So must be another one of those ridiculous things that different Imm offices/officers decide.

spidermike has been anti Big Joke, with absolutely no evidence to support his negative BJ posts, for as long as I can remember. The sad thing is that spidermike's posts are usually full of common sense and supported by evidence. Can't say the same for any of his posts about BJ. Thus far they have all been irrational guilty until proven innocent comments.

purely merit to the rank he held.

2 of my wife's school friends are mid ranking police and the son of one of my Thai friends is also police. I've asked them questions as to their opinions of Big Joke and they say that they don't believe he's corrupt. One of my wife's friends resigned from the RTP last month (took early retirement) because he was fed up with all the corruption his colleagues were involved in, and he was not prepared to pay 2 million baht for promotion to the next rank. They also said that BJ knows where all the skeletons in the closet are and that all this current notoriety is just another attempt to get rid of him so he doesn't become #1 in the RTP. They also made a very interesting comment along the lines of if he did leave the RTP and move into politics he would be in a better/stronger position to bring down the rampant corruption within the RTP.

Sorry DrJack but your answer re arrival by air is incorrect. There is a limit of 6 times per year when arriving by air. "Those who arrive at the airport without a prior visa will continue to receive a 30-day stamp up to 6 times per calendar year." Before you start saying the link is NOT the Thai Embassy, I'm aware of that, but it's been posted to support my post correcting your comment re "no stated limit via air". New Visa Rules for Border Entry to Thailand | ThaiEmbassy.com

no puzzler. It was the reporting that was 2 days later, NOT the intervention. I had to re-read it a couple of times before I realised what the nonce of a reporter was actually trying to say.

nope. If you don't want to get sprayed stay indoors.

because you asked a question which I answered.

Technically the juristic girl is correct. I knew a farang several years ago who was painting the boundary fence to his property who was arrested and deported for working without a permit. Even after being able to prove to the police that it was his residence it made no difference. He was also given the taking work off a Thai explanation as well as the no work permit line. Now I do know that he was not popular with the Thais in his neighborhood because of his superiority attitude towards them, and it's a certainty one of the locals reported him. So I would suggest you be on your very best behavior instead of your what appears to be usual attitude towards Thais otherwise you might find yourself in the same position. I would also agree with others on here that your post is just another one of your delusional troll posts.

I don't know where you're getting your information. I've been using CM Imm Office since moving to CM province in 2016 from BKK and based on MY experience with CM and that of my 2 friends experience when they returned from overseas earlier this year, and the question I asked when I did my annual extension last week, CM do NOT require a new TM30 when you return to the same permanent address. Also TM30 does not have provision for an end date on it. The same applies when you travel domestically. My TM30 is dated 2016, and I've travelled out of province domestically regularly since my TM30 was issued and NEVER been asked for a new one. Apparently this used to be a CM requirement for both international & domestic travel, but one that I've never been asked to provide. However, as I now have a new passport, hence a different passport number, I will get a new TM30 in August when I return from Vietnam so my current passport number is reflected on it, and that is the ONLY reason I will be doing so.

Don't agree re CM on this. I've got friends who have been in Thailand for around 10 years who had recently returned from holidays to their home countries (USA & Canada) who upon their return went to CM to have TM30's lodged and told not necessary as they returned to their same permanent address. I will be travelling to Vietnam later this year and whilst I was at CM Imm Office last week doing my extension I asked whether I needed to do a TM30 on my return. I was told that if I was returning to the same permanent address that it would NOT be necessary. So CM are NOT a rogue office with everything, just some things.

"No paint will last as long as it's advertised in this extreme condition. I can't agree with that statement. I've found Dulux Weather Shield to be better than any other brand available in Thailand. It's been well and truly tested in the harshest Australian conditions (searing heat & humidity, tropical rain, & extreme cold), and it lasts the advertised 15 years when applied without watering down at all and as per the manufacturer's directions. My grandparents and my parents painted their houses with Dulux and the colours only started to fade around 14.5 years after first being applied. Both house were repainted with Dulux and they were in very different regions, so different weather conditions. I've used Dulux here in Thailand, as I previously posted the only section that has peeled away, in less than 18 months, is the section that was painted when I wasn't present to oversee, and the Thai subby, contracted by the builder, watered the paint down by almost 50%. When asked why he watered the paint down after being given specific instructions not to, he said it was too hard to apply the paint. It went on easier when watered down. The ONLY way paint will last for the advertised period, is for no water to be added.

I agree 100% about not adding water. I had a mate in OZ who worked in the paint industry his entire work life and he advised me to make sure that no water was added to the paint, especially if I was using Dulux. Thais insist on watering down paint so it goes on easier, but it also significantly reduces the lifespan of the paint. The one small section of our house that I wasn't available to oversee the painting, the paint was significantly watered down and it started peeling off after only 18 months. Dulux Weathershield is supposed to last 15 years, and that is the brand of paint I would recommend for exterior painting.