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Hi Everyone,

Being retired here i went to Amphur office to obtain yellow house reg book which i now have, and , was told that i am now entitled to a thai id card which i will pick up next week, i could have had it yesterday but it was a bit busy.

They say in the office that this is now a new thing for qualifying foreigners to have an id card, it will be pink colour as opposed to the thai one. 

The Amphur office i go to is Soengsang, Korat.

On 10/15/2016 at 3:05 PM, JackThompson said:

 

This is "normal" - everywhere - at banks, Imm Offices, etc.  Yes, it can be frustrating, confusing - but you need to know this is "just how it's gonna be" in many situations.

 

You can try to work out all the details with your Thai wife in advance, and make sure she has a good command of the relevant terminology.  If her English simply won't make the cut, you should bring a translator - maybe a friend of hers whose English you have tested and found to be competent for the job.  An agent solves all this, but that is expensive.

 

Last advice, do your very best acting job that you are not frustrated - and definitely not angry - anywhere, anytime, in Thailand - especially not in the presence of govt officials.  I would repeat what 55jay said above, on that front.  There is no rule, here, that says they must accommodate you even if you tick them off, as exists, to some extent, in Western countries. 

Just to let you know that i now have my 12 month extension obtained at korat imm.

They have extra staff to advise and check documentation, and i have learned about the essential re entry stamp.

Thanks to everyone who advised me.

41 minutes ago, 55Jay said:

 

Do yourself a favor, for the moment, put the term "90 day report" out of your mind.  You seem to be confusing yourself needlessly with that. 

 

Your next milestone is, about 30 days before your new, current 90 day permission to stay expires, submit your request at Korat Immigration to extend your stay in Thailand for 1 year, based on "retirement".   You can ask the guys here on ThaiVisa for the requirements or visit Korat Immigration in advance and pick up the documents "check list" from them. 

 

I presume the money you've already deposited in your Thai bank account to satisfy the funds requirement for "retirement", is still there.   Leave it alone, it will be well and properly "seasoned" when you submit your 1 year extension request.

 

With regard to the bank letter problem you had, get a new letter on the day you plan to submit the extension request at Immigration.  While you are at the bank, also make a small transaction (deposit 50 Baht for example) and have it logged in the relevant account passbook.  That will synchronize the last entry date in your passbook, with the date on the bank letter. 

 

Meet all the requirements, be organized, display a positive attitude at Immigration.  If you run into a hiccup, don't get too frustrated/angry.   Stay cool, deal with it, and you'll be fine.   Good luck.

Well luck is what you need at Korat Imm at the moment as they dont seem to be helpful, on the last two visits they immediately start talking thai to the wife like i am not there . After being confused by wife`s explanation i ask if anyone speaks english as it is an imm office and i get the look as if i truly am an alien.

Also i forgot to mention that when they told me to return to bank and syncronise dates with bank letter then return to imm office if i leave Thailand and return i have to immediately return to imm office and report where i have been,     every time.

Thanks for your very clear and helpful advice.

7 hours ago, 55Jay said:

I looked at his previous posts, it seems like he and the Mrs. came here from UK to live long term/retire.  Talk of buying a car and adopting a child, etc., he's touched based with UbonJoe as late as August this year.

 

I think he means to apply for an extension of stay based on retirement or marriage, but got his wires crossed.  Hence the money in the bank, which ended up not seasoned long enough, along with the common gaff with bank letter and bank book dates. 

 

So right, OP.... what is your intention? 

Hi 55 Jay,

Thanks for helping.

There`s no panic on overstay as i did what imm asked and did border run {lucky its only 2 hrs down the road),  so now i understand the difference between single and multi entry, this isn`t explained clearly on any embassy website, i thought the multi entry would be better.

So,  when i visited the imm office they misunderstood thinking i wanted to change the visa , whereas i thought you had to report to imm before the first 90 days ran out. I suppose if i had a single entry visa i would have to report ?

My intentions are to stay here as i am retired and have family here.

2 minutes ago, Fithman said:

 

What were you trying to achieve/obtain.?

Your visa requires that you leave the country every 90 days. 90 day reports to immigration are not required.  

Ok,  so why do others do 90 day reports ?

I was advised when i obtained my 12 mth visa that just before the first 90 days you have to report to immigration.

1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

I am confused.

No financial proof is needed to do a 90 day report unless you are actually trying to extend a 90 day entry from a non-o visa for one year.

I arrived 4 months ago with 12 month multi o retirement visa.

Just before the first 90 days i went to immigration.

What happened is as my first posting.

Hi All,

First attempt i was told money in bank was a few days short and that when we return next time to have letter from bank confirming the balance., told to do border run, then the wife was told that we should have reported in to KORAT immigration the same day we landed from the UK to register where the ALIEN is living, we were fined 800 baht. I protested saying how on earth is that possible and how would we have known that, officer said `it`s the law`.

Second attempt, reported with letter from bank and showed pass book, officer says not correct, i say look at letter, he says the dates aren`t the same day, the bank letter date has to be the same date as the last entry in passbook. If you request a confirmation letter from bank , they type it one day and the next day you collect it, then you go to immigration same day, but the dates can never be the same !

HELP.......

Hi All,

In the UK you can buy prepaid cards for cheap calls to aisa works out about 1 or 2 pence per min,  cant seem to find the same sort of thing here in Thailand.

We do use line and Whatsapp but our friends in the UK dont have this.

Anyone come across anything ?

All info appreciated.

Rob

On 8/20/2016 at 5:18 PM, ubonjoe said:

You can leave and re-enter the country to get a new 90 day entry and then apply for the one year extension during the last 30 days of it.

 

Thanks for that Joe,

My wife was told today that i would have to stay at least 2 days in Cambodia in order to obtain my re-entry 90 stamp, this can`t be true, can it ?  Years ago i just went and came out again .

Rob

2 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

Do you have a non-oa visa or a multiple entry non-o visa?

Looking at your content it appears you may have multiple entry non-o visa which allows unlimited 90 day entries for a year. You could do a border hop for a new 90 day entry if that is what you have.

If married to a Thai you could also a apply for a 60 day extension to visit your wife and then apply for the one year extension.

The Chong Chom crossing in Surin is closer to Korat than Poi Pet.  

Hi Joe,

Its an non imm  O   M visa

Hi Everyone,

I arrived in Thailand end of May with one year retirement visa, i went to korat immigration last week for 1st 90 day report, they said the 800,00 baht had not been in the bank long enough and that i would have to go out of the country and return to extend visa.

The question i have is , will the thai immigration give me another 90 days on return ?

Cheers 

We bought a Nissan a few years ago from the Nissan dealer on the main road that the mall is on and were satisfied with our experience. A couple of months ago we purchased a new Toyota at the Toyota dealer on the same road, right across from the mall and again have no complaints.

In both instances promises were kept and deliveries were made as promised.

Thanks, that`s a start, in the last 6 years or so we have always borrowed the the brother in laws car but as we are returning to stay we will need our own.

Hi everyone,

We will be arriving in Korat in June with the intentions of buying a new or near new car from a dealer.

Based on the members previous experiences has anyone had good / bad views on any dealerships / car sales in Korat ?

Thanks in advance.

Non-Immigrant 'O' visas can be obtained, on the basis of marriage, from Savannaket.

Only in the UK will you get the 'soft' OAP visa.

Thanks for that confirmation, much appreciated, so i`ll start with the oap one for one year then hop over to Laos for the marriage one.

Hi There,

This year i will arrive in Thailand with the `O` visa, based on retirement or marriage,

Has anyone on here managed to extend this visa, ie, gain another 12 months every year by visiting another neighbouring country to thailand without returning to UK .

At the moment it seems that you have to return to the UK to get another one.

Cheers

Thank you Santisuk

Thanks Kev

Thanks Johna

Hi All,

My Thai wife cannot have children, so when we relocate to Thailand early next year we want to explore the possibility of adoption.

Has anyone on this forum gone through this process ? if so i would be glad of any info available.

Thanks.

I guess you haven't been in Thailand long... prices for late model used cars, especially under 1 million when new have come down a lot the past couple of years, compared to the days when sellers expected 90% of the new price for a two or three year old car.

Thanks for that, but it doesnt explain why the older cars are are almost double the price in the uk.

Anyone any idea why second hand cars are so expensive here .

Just paid 9490 baht from Homepro on sukhumvit road for a 40" TCL LED with full HD, 2 HDMI and USB

cheers

Thanks mate.

Hello everone,

Wife and i will be in Pattaya next week ,(from uk), stay in Pattaya a week then off up country to in laws, we want to buy a few things in Pattaya to take back to family, we will have a car to use, one thing we need is a tv, can anyone who lives in this area recommend the places for the best buys.

Thanks

Rob.

Thanks for that

Hi ,

Does anyone know the website if any for the DO HOME superstore on the road into KORAT.

Cheers