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2 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

How do you think they'll pay for it?

When the confinement is going to stop, we could also witness a wave of madness, people will want to regain their freedom & party, and money will be the last of their worries.

@KerrydOn the other hand, many people will seek to forget and escape from this virus. So who knows?

Update with answer(s) (apply to Jomtien ONLY):

- A thai witness is no more required for the application

- Officers will do a visit in the next 2 weeks, the presence of one thai witness (not 2 witnesses) is required

PS: I dont know yet if the thai witness needs to show his Tabian registered in Nongprue (as 2019). I will do a new update about that requirement.

8 hours ago, sandrabbit said:

did my extension a few days ago in Rayong and no witness required because of no child but the day after we had a house visit and was asked for a witness.

Thank you.

And about the photos, did you gave the photos you, your wife AND a thai witness ?

I did a search on the forum but I didn't found the answer for 2020.

Untill 2019 I had to come with a thai witness that had his tabian baan registered at Nongprue.

Last year they told me that the witness has been replaced by a visit.

I have to renew my extension this month, someone can confirm: a thai witness is no more required at Jomtien immigration office?

Last year they came to visit us, they were very friendly and never asked for money.

I have a question about marriage extensions in Jomtien and for people who dont have children.

Untill 2019 I had to come with a thai witness that had his tabian baan registered at Nongprue.

Last year they told me that the witness has been replaced by a visit.

I have to renew my extension this month, someone can confirm: a thai witness is no more required at Jomtien immigration office?

3 minutes ago, flyfrog said:

Probably all scared to go out with all the police controls for alcohol????

Certainly for the expats because if they catch you twice, you will be deported/blacklisted.

PS: Maybe I wrote too long today, because I have a normal life for many years now, I'm no more interested in bars.

3 minutes ago, Skallywag said:

How did the thread get taken over by drunk drivers

 

Because there was a time in Pattaya when all the beer bars were crowded at 11PM (all year), everybody was a little drunk, and the police didn't bother us.

6 minutes ago, yogi100 said:

They made it an offence not to carry your passport or a photo copy of it several years ago.

Or some scans inside your smartphone. Reading that "news" i've just uploaded my last passport's stamp.

PS: also added my TM30 just in case...

16 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

neither should you.  Drinking and driving is for idiots. 

I was talking about the expats who are living in the dark side.

That population was helping the beers bar to survive in the low season and regular/lower the price.

Grab Taxi DONT work after midnight ! There was a time when police close their eyes on those farangs going home after a few beers but that's no more the case.

Those regular customers have gone as the cheap & happy beer bars.... cf. the topic, Pattaya now looks like a desert after 11PM !

But you have still the option of the gogo bars... who have raised their price X2 X3 ... because they only target the tourists !

1 hour ago, kingofthemountain said:

Let me fix it for you

 

All those (DUI) checkpoints have ruined the place for alcoholics expats too stingy to pay a taxi

5 ears ago I've started to take Uber & Grab taxi and most of the time they were not avaible after midnight. The only option was a motorsai and I was frightened to cross Sukhumvit with them... I can drive 1000X better than them after only a few beers.

Because of that problem of transport, I and my friends are no more going to Pattaya at night For that reason, the beer bars have loosed most of their expat customers in low season = less girls, less fun... so I'm not surprise that even in high season the beer bars look dead at 11PM.

@KhunBENQ

The problem are the DUI check: 2 beers and you'r done:

- 1st time is just a night soi 9 + a fine in tribunal

- 2nd time and you might be deported and blacklisted ! If you are an expat, you can't no more drive & drink in bars, that's the new rule.

7 minutes ago, natway09 said:

Any bar owner charging 220 Bht for a local beer deserves to go broke,,

When I came her to live I was lucky to get 18 Bht for an Aussie $ 

Now can get 20 Bht. So it is not exchange rates

Exactly, beer bars have loose their expat customers that used to be their main customers in low season.

Exchange rate is not the main reason for expats but: low quality of girls/milfs playing with their phone, expensive drinks & girls, DUI check etc... for expats today bars are a waste of time and money, they are so many other good things to do in Pattaya !

That article just confirm that bars are empty in low seasons because expats stay at home. I can see every year more and more tourists. Now wait for the mess in High Season that will start only in a few weeks !

More tourists in Pattaya every year and less mongers in beer bars in evening that's all I can see.

For many reasons, bars today are a waste of time and money.

I dont know about indians but I'm living in the entrance of soi siam country club and I can talk only about chineses: 6 months ago a chinese couple has bought a pool villa 300 meters from mine. And every weeks I can see some chinese walking in my village looking for houses for sale.

Maybe less westeners with less money (= less beer bars and less people on walking street), but no problem for Thailand, the revenues coming from tourists will still increase every year.

My father tried to register exactly 10 days ago as a "juristic" possessor with copies of:

- passport

- tabian ban

- chanot (where you can read the name of the company)

- papers of the company (where you can see the name of my father)

... and he's still waiting for his username/password.