TerraplaneGuy

On 11/12/2025 at 9:40 AM, DrJoy said:

You can shift to their Krungsri Biz online, if you hold an ATM card, you can register, fully online, no need to visit the branch

 

https://www.krungsribizonline.com/BAY.KOL.Corp.WebSite/Common/Login.aspx?language=en

Maybe you could a couple of months ago but no longer. I tried to register for Biz online today. I am 72. I've been a Krungsri customer for many years and use the iPhone banking app practically every day. The Biz site refused me because I'm over 70. Says "You must be 15-70 years old". See screenshot attached. Major problem and presumably they'll kick me off the phone app next time there's a new version or I have a new phone, etc. which will make life next to impossible as the world increasingly becomes phone-based. Crazy.

13 hours ago, khunPer said:

I got my visa-, entry- and retirement extension-stamps moved from old to new passport today; i.e., I picked up my new passport at Samui Immigration today.

 

I needed to fill in a form on gthe ground floor, which I had to queue up to get from the counter, and then back in queue-line to show form and signed photocopies of name-page and all stamped pages in old passport, together with copy of the new passport's name-page and original letter from my country's embassy in Bangkok – I don't think the affidavit is a demand any more – whereafter I got a queue-number and went upstairs, where my number was called immediately, and passports and photo copies given to a man at the counter. This was done 10 days ago; so, that's about how long time you shall expect that kind of service to take.

 

The great news is that they didn't charge a single baht, nor satang, for the service; last time, 9 years ago, I paid 500 baht...👍

When I went a couple of months ago (see above) I didn't have a letter or affidavit from my embassy and wasn't asked for one.  But as I recounted above, I had to beg to get next-day pickup because they said it would take a week.  I just can't understand why something so straightforward takes so long.  

On 7/8/2025 at 2:35 PM, Richard007 said:

I want to ship 12 boxes of household goods, currently in storage, from Las Vegas, Nevada to Bangkok.  I have started to research companies that can handle this and there are many options including shipping companies, freight forwarders (air or sea), and moving companies, so it is a bit overwhelming to pick a company.

Does anyone have experience shipping or moving boxes from the U.S. to Thailand and can recommend a reputable and reliable company that can handle the entire process from door to door including customs clearance in Thailand?

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Did you find a good shipper?  Did you have a look at Seven Seas and DHL?  I'm looking at shipping about 10-20 boxes to Bangkok from Canada.  Any info appreciated.

2 hours ago, Will B Good said:

Why would you need one? If you could even get one....are you Thai?

 

An international driving licence is usual issued by your home country and just provides evidence that your driving licence in that country is valid.

 

 

Unless I have got this all wrong?

I'm not Thai but I've been living here a long time, so I don't have a licence from my home country but I do have a Thai drivers licence.  

I meant at Bang Chak (Sukhumvit soi 99).  Site is not letting me edit my post lol.

Has anyone recently got an international drivers licence from Thai Dept. of Land Transport?  I'm thinking of going to the office at Phra Khanong in Bangkok but there doesn't seem a way to book an appointment online.  Just walk in?  From their website the requirements seem to be passport (and copy), residence certificate (and copy), Thai drivers licence (and copy) and 2 photos.  Anything else?

12 hours ago, Equatorial said:

 

My wife got two security guards (if you can call them that) who hang out at the luggage area to help us. They pulled all 14 boxes off the conveyor belt and loaded them on three carts, and all four of us went through the "nothing to declare" gate. The officer asked what was in the boxes, my wife said we're moving back to Thailand. They picked two boxes at random and put them through their scanner, and waved us off.

 

That was it. No money changed hands (except 200 Baht that my wife gave to each of our helpers afterwards, for help with the boxes).

 

No idea if this is standard, or we just got lucky. 

Excellent!  Maybe it was luck or they liked your faces 😉   I can see the advantage of having the boxes arrive with you, but did you compare the cost of shipping them separately?   Would it have been cheaper?

11 minutes ago, JimmerJJ said:

That exemption expires "Such household effects must be imported to Thailand not later than 1 month before the importers arrive or not later than 6 months from the date the importers arrive. "

Here's the lowdown from Thai Customs on the household goods exemption:  https://www.customs.go.th/cont_strc_simple.php?ini_content=individual_F01_160426_01&ini_menu=menu_individual_submenu_02&lang=en&left_menu=menu_individual_submenu_02_160421_01

Thanks.  So what about bringing boxes on a commercial flight, do they check at the airport or can you just wheel the stuff out?  Whenever I've arrived at Suvarnabhumi I notice a desk to declare stuff but no procedure actually requiring you to go there and it's been wide open to just exit.  Just wondering about the procedure.

On 7/10/2025 at 8:53 AM, Equatorial said:

When faced with the same issue earlier this year, I opted to bring the boxes with me as check-in luggage. 

 

EvaAir allows 2 pieces of luggage free, plus up to 5 additional pieces per person, at ~USD200 a piece. I used large moving boxes from Home Depot, that are compliant in terms of dimensions. I filled then up to the limit of 50 lbs per box. 14 boxes altogether fit everything I wanted to take with me, at the total cost of USD 2,000. And, it arrived on the same flight as I did, so there was no wait time or having to deal with a shipping company. I mailed them to the final destination from the Post Office at the Suvarnabhumi airport, overnight, for another USD 150 or so. 

What about customs duty?  I understand most kinds of goods are subject to import duty although there's apparently an exemption for personal or used effects up to THB20,000.  Did you have to pay anything at the airport?  I assume it's not easy to just roll 14 boxes past the customs desk that asks if you have anything to declare ... or maybe it is?

22 hours ago, NickyLouie said:

 

It's a free service , Samui is trash 

OP update:  I went this week and although the office was almost empty (about 8 expats, as it's low season) and plenty of staff, the officer told me it would take a week!  I could not stay in Samui that long, had flown down just to get stamps transferred.  I begged him repeatedly to get it same day, said it was an emergency, and finally he agreed I could pick up the next day (not same day although I was there before it opened).  He made it clear he was angry.  "You force us to work until midnight!!".   As if it takes hours to transfer a couple of stamps lol.   But there was NO charge.

OP Update:  After getting numerous opinions that transferring at Chaeng Wattana is impossible if you got your stamps at a different office (including from lawyers and agents) and that Suvarnabhumi doesn't do it, I bit the bullet and flew to Koh Samui for the transfer.  Arrived before it opened, had everything ready, officer told me it would take 7 days!  This despite that there were very few people at the office (it's low season now) and plenty of staff.  I told him I had flown down specifically for this, had to return to Bangkok the next day for urgent stuff, etc. etc.  He said no.  Said I should have done it at Chaeng Wattana!!  I told him it's not possible, he said it is, they just have to call Samui office, etc.  I begged relentlessly and finally he agreed to do it for pickup the next day.  "You're going to make us work until midnight!" he said.   But at least the ending was happy, this morning I showed up to pick it up and got it with the correct stamp transfers.  As others have said, this kind of thing is idiotic.  Visa and entry stamps are a NATIONAL matter, as is everything with Immigration.  You are not getting a visa to Surat Thani province, you are getting a visa to the Kingdom of Thailand.  Any office (especially the central office at the capital) should be able to transfer these stamps, it's not a question of issuing new ones, just moving the darn things from one passport to another.  But instead they forced me to pay for a flight and hotel in Samui.  Well, I guess I did my part to boost the tourist industry lol.

6 hours ago, khunPer said:

For up-to-date info it might be best to ask at the registration on the ground floor.

 

It is almost 9 years since I did a visa stamp transfer – soon due again later this year – nothing was needed apart from old and new passports. If your embassy supply a letter with the new passport then that shall also be handed over. I was charged a fee of 500 baht – Okay for me – but some people states that there is no official fee for that service; I however won't ague with Samui Immigration about a relative small fee.

Do you recall whether  you got it done same day or had to come back the following week for pickup?

29 minutes ago, zzzzz said:

US passport does it all by Mail in

 

yes 100% and currently offering extension for 14,000 ANY bank, no requirements to visit immigration, all done by  mail

Note ur extension will most likely be issued up country so u need ot a TM30 for where u live so u can do ur 90 day reports there

 I'm not doing an extension, I'm transferring stamps to a new passport and my challenge is I want to do it at CW but my last stamps were done in Koh Samui.  Hence thinking of an agent.

2 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

I saw that thread. 

Personally have no first hand experience regards that. 

On the other hand many posts along the lines .... "I obtained my extension in Phuket and my immigration office in new location is telling me to go back to Phuket to transfer stamps to new pp".... 

 

As mentioned chat with agent. 

Is @thaivisacentre a reliable agency?

3 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Think you also posted that you have not done TM30 (change of address) however they still would send you to Samui. 

Transfer of stamps are done at office where they are issued. 

By way of example I obtain my reentry permits at the airport. 

When I last transferred stamps to new pp at CW they would not transfer reentry permit... 

Their comment.... "Go to airport" 

Contact an agent in Bangkok for advice. 

Most use Line etc or good old phone call. 

Try @ThaiVisaCentre

Thanks.   You're right, my last TM30 says Samui.  But you raise an interesting point.  Some people here have said it is impossible to get stamps transferred at Suvarnabhumi.  Yet I know I've seen posts on older threads by people saying they have done it at the airport.  Did you end up transferring stamps there?  Because one option I was thinking of was simply to take a quick trip to Malaysia or wherever and get my extension of stay and re-entry stamps transferred to my new passport at Suvarnabhumi.

10 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Don't follow your thread. Using agent for the guy you quoted is location specific.

The prices he stated are typical Pattaya. 

In fact the 8k+4k my guess is Maneerat.

 

Best to indicate the immigration office that you deal with for helpful advice. 

Chaeng Wattana - BKK.  I'm trying to get my stamps transferred to my new passport there.  The issue is that I only recently moved back to BKK so my last extension stamp was done in Koh Samui and people say CW is reluctant to do this seemingly straightforward procedure in such cases, instead sends you back to the office you got your last stamp at.  I don't want to have to go to Samui for this.  I'm thinking an agent could possibly get it done at CW.

1 hour ago, JB300 said:

Sorry I’m one of those people who believes that time is worth more than money so I use an agent to make my life easier at any opportunity I can (just like in the UK, I use an accountant to file tax returns & a gardener to take care of my gardens). 

 

1. Annual Extension 8K (have the 800K in the bank) + 4K for a multi reentry permit. 

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All 100% legit, I’m paying for a “Concierge” service not for somebody to “Bend the Rules”.
 

Thanks - do you mind passing on the name of the agency?  You can pm me.

1 minute ago, samtam said:

 

Using an agent for EOS legitimately is akin to paying for Fast Track. Been doing it for about 5 years. I provide bank letter, verified savings passbook, photos and the agent picks up from my home with my passport the day before the visit to IMM. I'm usually at IMM for about 20 minutes, and I get the EOS and Multiple Re-entry in my passport delivered back to me the next day, (sometimes the same day). The agent's work is a price worth paying (for me).

At what office?

Has anyone done this recently?   I'm on a retirement extension of stay (based on a non-OA visa) and need the stamps, including multiple re-entry permit, transferred to my new passport.

A few questions:

1. Is it a same-day, walk-in procedure, or do you have to leave your passport and pick it up another day/week?

2. Any special form to fill out?

3. Apart from old and new passports, any other documents needed?  I hear that at Chaeng Wattana (Bangkok) they now require you to update and copy your bank book for this purpose.

12 minutes ago, Equatorial said:

I don't know the answer, but I think it boils down to one thing. Given that the applicant fulfills the EOS requirements, the only way this can be "risky" is if the act of using an agent rather than doing the legwork in person is prohibited by law, rules, or regulations. 

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Good point and although I'm not qualified in Thai law I think the answer is that using an agent is not in itself illegal but bribing an official is.  So if the applicant has any knowledge that the agent intends to pay an Imm official to "grease the wheels" that would likely be illegal (not to say chances of prosecution are high).  Clearly this is much more likely in the illegitimate situations because that's where grease is really needed.  In the legitimate situations I'd think there is little to no risk, as you indicate.

2 minutes ago, buddy2010 said:

I have lived in Thailand for 36 years.

Once, about 30 years ago, I worked with an agency .... and there was a wrong VISA in my passport!

So I went to the embassy to get a temporary passport to leave the country and then had a new one issued at home!

That was not only expensive, it was also instructive!

Just last year the Bangkok police got their hands on several dozen passports again!

 

I would never entrust my passport to anyone except a government official!

 

Official.... I think rather tolerated...money can talk...;-)

Do you mean that you gave your passport to an agent and he brought it back with an incorrect visa?   If so was it really necessary to get a new passport? Why not just have the incorrect visa cancelled and get the correct one?  I think I might be missing something here.

Starting a separate thread for this here.  FIRST let me be clear:  I am NOT talking about using an agent to obtain visas/extensions/permissions (or anything else) in violation of the law, such as where the applicant lacks the proper qualifications.  I AM talking about using an agent to go and facilitate processing of a legitimate transaction in circumstances where it is inconvenient or impossible for the applicant to do it him/herself.  For example, a qualified applicant needs something but due to work/family/illness/travel or other obstacles is unable to make the time to organize the application and/or be physically present.  

Some people seem to think using an agent is risky.  But they may be thinking of the first case (illegitimate transactions).

How about in the second case (legitimate transactions) - is there really any downside other than the agent's fee?  One risk I can imagine is that if the agent is dishonest you could end up losing your passport or other docs, etc.  So clearly some research would be needed.  Anything else?

Personally I've never used one, been here a long time and I prefer to do all this stuff myself.  But there may be a situation coming up where it's very inconvenient for me so ...

1 hour ago, BrandonJT said:

If you're in the final process of getting an LTR, I wouldn't start playing games with agents.  The LTR is too valuable to risk screwing that up now.

Just wondering, since I've never used one before:  what's the risk of using agents?  I know people who have always used them for their extensions with no problem, and obviously an awful lot of people do use them.  Given how openly they operate, both outside and inside the Immigration offices, they seem to be accepted as part of the system (despite the fact we know that often rules are being "bent" to say the least).  What is the downside?  (Especially if, as in my case, I wouldn't be asking them to do anything illegal).

2 minutes ago, Tod Daniels said:

Once you start down the "lemme use an agent to grease the wheels and do something that a "normal person" can't do" you will be marked as having used an agent AND every immigration officer at Chaengwattana will know you used one to get those out of province stamps moved 😕 

Here's a thought, if you're so against slogging to Samui, contact a visa agent down there and send your passports to them so they can get them moved for you, that'd work just fine because you got the stamps transferred BY the office that issued the yearly extension..

I would wager it'd cost close to what you would pay to slog down there and do it yourself but you could do it by thai post no problem.  

I didn't know they keep track of people that closely but it's worth bearing in mind.  My concern with Samui is partly the slog but also I'm not as confident as you they will do this on a same-day basis.   Things that are same-day at CW (eg extension of stay) take a week at Samui, you've got to leave your passport and return a week later.  Not so sure it will be different for a stamp transfer although it should be, since it's in theory a much simpler process.