Kinnock

The cruise operator had no idea about PR, but my agent is now contacting the Immigration Officer who gave the multiple endorsement for advice. I'll probably attach the Residence Certificate to my Passport, but I've seen the cruise port entry procedure - the Immigration Officer plus Cruise Staff just stamp 2000 open passports in a large rack. You're not even allowed to have a case on your passport. Any anyone needing Visa on Arrival just pays a handling fee - and again they are not present for the stamping. So I'm a bit worried they may lose the Residence Cert, and pretty sure they will not stamp it anyway. With hindsight, I should have avoided any cruise that calls into Thai ports. But hopefully I'll get confirmation that the Multiple 1 year endorsement is enough to maintain PR whatever happens at the port.

Yes ...... I obtained mine while working in Thailand before retirement, but if I had to pay for it all myself, I'm not sure it's good value in money or time. Although I like not having to deal with annual visas/extensions of stay and 90 day/TM30 reports, and I was able to buy a condo using savings in Thailand without having to transfer out and back in. I'm guessing that getting the one year multiple stamp in my Residence Book and in my Passport before I travel is enough to prevent losing it on the cruise, but I'm not certain, so need to make more checks. The 'Warning' in the Residence book is as below, but if anyone has any more thoughts that would be helpful ..... Warning A Residence Certificate is of permanent validity but it automatically expires when the holder leaves Thailand, unless an endorsement has been made and sealed on the document by a competent Immigration Officer at an Immigration Office before departure. If the holder of an endorsed Residence Certificate returns to Thailand within one year from the date of endorsement such Residence Certificate shall be considered valid.

I'm after some advice from Permanent Residence (PR) experts .... I'm taking a short cruise from Singapore, and one of the ports of call is Phuket. When I depart from Suvarnabhumi I'll get my blue Certificate of Residence stamped as usual, but at the Phuket Port, all the immigration processes are handled by the cruise company. We hand over our passports when we board in Singapore, and don't see them again until we leave the ship back in Singapore. On a past cruise (before I got PR) I had the 12 month Extension of Stay linked to my Work Permit, but I noticed that the Thai Port Immigration just stamped my passport for the (then) 30 day visa free tourist entry - this is because they just stamp all 2000 passengers' passport en mass ..... no problem as I'd get 12 months when I flew back into Swampy. But now I have PR - missing the Residence Permit stamp at the port and getting 45 day visa free entry could be serious? I obtained a 12 month multiple exit permit at Chaengwattana Immigration (Non Quota Immigration Visa - Multiple) on Jan 3rd to cover the Phuket entry/exit, but now I'm getting worried about the stamp in the Residence book and potential impact on PR, as I've heard that you can lose PR if you exit Thailand incorrectly. Any views or advice very welcome.

.More patronizing comments- enough - added to Ignore list.

You know nothing about my kids, their education achievements and their work experience before and during their university education. I take your post as both patronizing and insulting

As I'm writing this on an ex-pats website I think it's reasonable to assume I was not referring to my own experience in UK. My comments were based on the experience of my kids, who decided that settong up their own business was a better option that fighting the quota system The UK has handed the 'whip hand' to minorities. In Thailand I accept that Thai people run their country for themselves, and I have to comply with their rules, I do not expect the odds to be tipped in my favor to help me get a job.

Wrong .... my comments were based on my kids experience back in the UK - the prospective employers had quotas for specific ethnicities that made it impossible for them to employ white people. And as for unemployment levels amongst some ethnic groups, this is partly down to their unemployability due to poor English skills or the fact that their husbands do not allow them to work. This situation is so blatantly clear, only people indoctrinated into the extreme political correctness prevalent in the UK could try to defend it.

It didn't need to occur through war ..... wokism and political correctness handed the country to the immigrants without a fight. If you are a white anglo-saxon Christion - try applying for a job, housing assistance or a position in government, and you'll see who has the 'whip hand'.