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2 AZ and a booster of Pfizer. All shots gave me some arm pain. First AZ gave me a fever and flu like symptoms for a day. Second shot of AZ and Pfizer nothing besides the arm pain.

No bribes and being more friendly will probably last a day after he's gone. Even when getting my Elite Visa sticker affixed, you'd think they'd at least have a somewhat friendly IO handling the process but nope, didn't look or acknowledge me at all for most of the time and a kind of unfriendly demeanor when forced to. Also tried to drag the process for a long time for invalid reasons. The Elite Personal Liason was the complete opposite though and very friendly and helpful and did her job well at least. Very happy to no longer have to set foot in immigration offices anymore as I'll just have an agent do the yearly extensions for me.

Wouldn't surprise me, the banks make a killing off the 220+ baht fee for each withdrawal which is limited to 20k max per withdrawal at many ATMs and also the ignorant people who fall for the trick of letting the ATM/bank do the currency conversion at their much <deleted>tier rate.

Same here. It's not cheap and I might not even take full advantage of it but as someone who has spent more time here the past 10 years than anywhere else, it's nice knowing that I can come and go as many times as I want without having to worry about any hassle.

No idea unfortunately. Maybe if you say what country's embassy you submitted it to, someone can answer that.

Thai Pass turnaround is much quicker now that they don't have to verify bookings with hotels. If it was me, I would reapply after getting approved for and receiving the e-visa, yes. I haven't seen the new iteration of the Thai Pass but the old one specifically asked information about your arrival/departure? date, visa etc.. so last thing you need is an Immigration Officer deciding to give you a hard time because of something not matching when it's easy to just apply again with the correct details. I've experienced nonsensical hassles a few times back in the day so just trying to save you the possibility of it happening to you.

Even though the Thai Pass is only to check your vaccination and insurance, I would reapply, why risk problems or delays, the turnaround time is very quick now anyway.

Nam's Taxi has never let me down. Always feel more comfortable with a female driver as well.

Very unlikely you will have any problems. Your travel history comes off as a genuine tourist, you were two months in Europe and didn't even use your previous extension that you paid for. Doesn't come off as a non-tourist just looking to stay here continuously.

I'd be surprised if I did. The few Russians I've seen in Pattaya seem pretty nervous, lowkey and doesn't seem like they'd want to bring attention to themselves but of course, you always have the outliers.

You can make a joint account with them and keep some emergency funds in there. You can also set up internet/mobile banking and transfer money direct to their account anywhere you are in the world if you have an active Thai SIM or disable OTP for transfers below a certain amount.

It's just a kickback, don't depend on any of these Insurance companies to actually payout when you need them to. Better to have your own insurance as well.

Not sure what device you are referring to but there's always a notifications menu where you can disable them.

When Kasikorn closed my account due to inactivity, they would not let me reopen it. They wanted me to go through the whole process of opening an account again but this time they wanted a residence certificate and work permit or long term visa which the branch I went to never required when I first opened it. As for the SIM, as someone else said, it won't help you as it can only be activated for online banking/the app when you're in Thailand.

Sounds kind of risky since you use your passport as ID to travel domestically, why not just pay 1900 baht to extend it first?

It fluctuates depending on the detectable levels of viagra in the water.

Very lucky. Before I got my Elite Visa, I had one agent check with multiple immigration offices and none of them would do it because I had a Non-O a few years ago before the COVID extensions were a thing. I feel much better now anyway knowing I can come and go as I please with no hassle.

OP asked about driving there, not flying and said he was fully vaccinated with a cert so none of these requirements apply to him. Even on Bangkok Airways own website and their screening form, it says nothing about a PCR/ATK test being required. https://www.bangkokair.com/eng/health_screening_for_traveling_to_samui

Not to mention you have to pay the 1000+ baht doctor fee and few hundred for nurses to take your temperature, BP and weight each time.

Yup. Just like the hotels didn't want to let go of getting full payments for a short time use of their rooms. I'm surprised they scrapped it so early.

Downloading CP (she said she's 13) from the web is your advice? Better not to engage at all, social media use should be monitored better by her parents.

Door knob on the table because the maid had to call her brother to break in the article said, seems like she didn't have a spare key like most maids do. Sparsely furnished and barely any belongings and only booked for 3-4 days so could be an expat from out of town just getting a cheap place to crash. Of course, these cheap places usually never ask for any documents to rent a room. Cut on back of head could be from a slip and fall as others have said, that's how Bog Saget recently died.

I get many calls from numbers I don't recognize, just never answer, ignore and block usually. Also get many spam texts since I used to sign in with that stupid ThaiChana <deleted> app. Never read them, delete and report as junk.

You mean their services? Yes some are Bangkok only. I only really got it for the visa and the free taxi options which they've now expanded to places further than Bangkok and departure/arrival fastlane/lounge are a nice bonus. They're very quick to respond and helpful over email too. I never bother calling them.

Throw in the soi dogs too while you're at it.