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Thank you for that information Joe as I to have an extension that expires on March 1st 2023 and was also of the opinion that if I ventured outside Thailand on my return to Thailand that I would need insurance until my extension expirey date.

This was in Phuket and 3 months ago in January there seemed to be a shortage of secondhand PCX's , so that's probably why I so many inquiries and got the full asking price

I sold my 2017 Honda PCX 150cc in January , it was Blue with Gold wheels , 5200 km , one owner and as brand new condition. I advertised it for 70,000 and had about 15 inquiries , it sold almost immediately for the full price of 70,000.

What a complete idiot I am then , who in there right mind would be stupid enough to consult the British Embassy about advice on renewing a British passport. I should as you said gone directly to the Home Office for advice instead of asking the British Consular team .

Thanks to all who posted helpful comments on here , just to let you all know the British Embassy or Consulate Team did not even bother replying as many members had said they wouldn't. I wonder then why they advertise on here that members can ask a question directly to The British Consular Team when they dont even bother to respond in any way.

To British Embassy What is the procedure for a UK expat living in Phuket to renew my British passport and UK driving license. I haven't been to the UK since 2012 and on that visit I renewed both my passport and license. Now I want to renew them both from Phuket. (I would request that the British Embassy answer my question and would prefer that members dont comment) Regards

Has Ubon Joe stated a UK passport cant be renewed on line in Thailand , you have to apply in person in Bangkok

And has for dtac

It's a bit better sometimes , this was 5 minutes ago

Exactly , I live very high up in the mountain and dtac is non existent up here , the only one that works in my location is True , I am on my 3rd 12 month True sim now.

Its totally dependent on your location , I have a 1 year True Sim at maximum 300 mbps , at my home I am getting 5 mbps , just along the road 1 km away I am getting 180 mbps . In the location of my home dtac is far worse than True . I have a 2 sim phone , I did a few speed tests on my dtac sim and its bearly registering at about 1 mbps.

That is certainly not the case in Phuket , I have recently renewed mine and I just needed a 12 month bank statement showing 12 monthly International transfers and a bank guarantee letter to prove it was my account

That may sometimes not be convenient for example if your away from the province were live visiting or touring the country. I often wonder what one would do with regard to the 90 day report in that situation. I understand it can be done online but sometimes that may not be working.

Maybe you could start a "Go Fund Me" to try and get some help from fellow members here to recoupirate your 2 baht

Thank you for this information and advice

Not for me its inconvenient as I live 45 minutes away from the immigration office , so that's like a 90 minute round trip and I am often outside the province when it's due , so the online system is much more convenient as its 2 mins on my laptop .

This is always like this in Phuket , I really dont know why as they stamp the new extension in front of you on the day you apply but then ask you to return after 1 PM the following day to collect your passport. It is I may add very inconvenient as you then have to make a second trip to the immigration office.

This was in Phuket and not only do they insist on checking it , they always do a new 90 day report when they renew my extension , I have lived here since August 2001 so a little over 20 years for me.

I wasn't there to my 90 day report , I was there to do my retirement extension and they always take my passport for that and have to collect the following day. They always do a new 90 day report when they renew my retirement visa for some reason.

Dont speak to soon , I found it worked perfectly as well , did mine on Dec 7th next report date being 16 March great I thought. Then I went to immigration on February 8th to renew my retirement Visa and they insisted I hadn't done my 90 day report and told me I had to pay a fine. Showed them the online report on line , no would not listen , go pay fine they said.

I used the new online 90 day reporting on December 7th last year , no problem at all and my next reporting date was given as 16 March 2022 , i went to Immigration on February 8th to extend my Non O based on retirement , this being my 14th retirement extension. Having all the correct paperwork when i arrived , it was all checked to be perfect by the two girls outside room 103 at Phuket immigration . I then proceed into room 103 and the officer checked everything , then i heard him ask one of the clerks to check my 90 day reporting. He then pushed all my paperwork back to me and abruptly said "you on overstay , go 101 and pay fine" , i tried to explain there was no way i was on overstay , but he would not listen saying again " go and pay fine ". Therefore i went to room 101 were there was a very long queue , i had to wait about 45 minutes and when i got served , they said why has he sent you here , your not on overstay . So then i went to a internet shop and printed out the online 90 day report receipt that showed my next appointment to be 16 March , then went back to room 103 after basically wasting 2 hours of my time . The officer said " have you been to room 101 and cleared your fine ? " i said no i am not overdue and gave him the notification , he then stormed out of room 103 into room 101 , came back about 5 minutes later and went back into to room 103 , so i was just left waiting there , then after a while i said is everything OK and he looked up and just said "OK" , no apologies of course . It gets worse when i collected my passport the next day , i was informed that they had given me a new 90 day report with a next appointment date of May 7th 2022 . Then yesterday i received an email from the new 90 Day online reporting system saying Dear XXX XXXX Your receipt for notification of "STAYING LONGER THAN 90 DAYS" will be due on 16/03/2022. So then i thought well what do i do now ? , so after thinking about it , i thought well if i don't do the report again on the online system , it may show that i am on overstay and then block me from doing further on line 90 Day reports , so today i went onto the online system and did a new report . I was not sure if it would be accepted or not as it may have conflicted with the new report that was done by immigration on Feb 8th , but it went through and i immediately got an email reply saying it has been accepted . It seem there are two 90 Day systems , the immigration do in person one and the new online one , but it seems there not linked to each other , so please beware as i don't think i will be the only one with this issue.

Trying to cross the road using a Zebra crossing in Patong is similar to running across the starting grid at the Monaco grand prix there is zero chance of anyone stopping , in fact I have noticed that most drivers just speed up

I had a similar experience with mine , was going to try and get it repaired then I decided to just buy a new one. When the new one arrived I just happened to try the old one using the new power lead and it worked perfectly again. So try a different power lead on it first , make sure though it's the correct ampage.

I think you been watching to much of Colombo

Exactly , I have lived here 21 years and have ridden my motorbikes every day without any problems. I just ride very carefully and expect that other users on the roads are going to do the most stupid things imaginable and so prepare for it .