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I was hoping they'd go for a bar code or injected tracking chip that would set off alarms on thais's phones and stores/malls entered so thais could mask up, don PPE or flee. ????

15 hours ago, Thomas Hannah said:

Correct.farang comes from the french.

Naw, you're thinking of cheese ????

I speak what I've dubbed "School Thai" because 90% of it relates to topics I teach in English and shortcuts in Thai help in many areas better than long, enunciated, demostitive English explanations. I don't read or write any but will give that a try when I finally retire in 2 years. I did learn the Ko-Kai (under the "D" on the keyboard) 1 down, 45 to go ????

ETA: given some of the atrocities posted here in English it might be a good follow-up question to ask; "How much of the English vocabulary do you know? ???? 

3 minutes ago, beavenlen said:

maybe some of you guy's can't accept that this is the 21st century,why should a piece of paper be needed to live with his spouce, most of the world reckonizes civil marriage so don't knock anybody down for this thing.

it's not his spouse, it's his live-in gf

5 minutes ago, Skeptic7 said:

From the get-go, should have allowed any and all valid 1+ year visa/extension holders to return at any time. Marriage, Elite, Work, Business, Education, Retirement, etc.

Growing up and making a bad choice here and there, realizing what the better choice was after looking back, my mom called these the "Shoulda, Coulda, Wouldas". 

other than waiting 6-7 weeks while "under consideration", this year was pretty much like every year for my married extension. Our home has been the same for 16 years but we are on our 3rd immigration office.

They don't make us bring witnesses any more as their boss lives 3 houses down and my wife's father IS the Phu Yai Baan.

Working on getting the 400000k in the bank to cut down on the paperwork for extensions though. It will involve fewer people to get things from.

I'm just happy I didn't use any of the amnesty and got my 1 year extension at my regular time. So far, the only effect this has had on me is needing to get 2 new passports in 2 years.  (the 1 yr emergency PP at the height of all this and a new 10 yr next yr when things are "new" normal)

18 hours ago, KarenBravo said:

Yeah......me too.

Was also in an Australian TV series filmed in Phang-Nga (the base was Phuket) called Vietnam in 1987.

The ozzies made it to viet nam in 1987? and actually landed in Thailand? no wonder back-up never arrived. ????

This is 1 of the things the general talked about getting rid of when he took control. There's even a hotline (not sure what it is) but you call it and it gets settled. IF you do meet with them, record it. There IS a  legal limit the LS can operate within also so ask for the paper at the meeting. IF it's a really high amount for a really stupid reason then tie a mattress to the wife's back and let her work it off.

ETA: Video her 1st 2 payments and use it in divorce court.

I don't think you need money for the 60-days to visit your wife but as UbonJoe said, getting that will give you the 2 months needed to apply for the regular NON-O Married extension. Put the money in your name only and do it now, apply for the visit in 2 weeks then go back in 6 more weeks and apply for the regular married extension.

a retirement extension is based on having a retirement visa at some point so your office IO is correct. Why not extend the NON-B and work and worry about trying to switch to a NON-O based on retirement next year when we know more?

Why Canada over Ireland? Ireland is covered under the Free For Everyone UK Government Medical Care Act. 

Every school is handling it differently this year. For example, the school across the street from us has a 2 week break starting Nov. 12th while our school is finishing term 1 finals about that same time so break will be a bit later. The government is also talking about adding 2 more holidays in Nov. so schools may adjust to that in Oct.

My suggestion is to plan to be here the whole month of Nov. and hit quarantine by the 1st. or a couple of days earlier.

I say good riddance to nana and too bad for cowboi.

Personally I hope they win. It might cut down on human trafficking if they all had to be registered, monitored, routinely sent for medicals, etc. Then the bib could focus on the non conformers and the rampant ladyboy gangs. Wouldn't hurt to add mobile blood screeners before accepting bar fines to help protect the girls from idiot tourists. Only takes 2-3 hrs to run an std test on blood. (I know because it's required every year for teachers). Positive girls get pulled from working while positive tourists get branded with some kind of detectable mark that takes 2 weeks to wear off like the dye pack on back notes to help identify thieves.

On 9/17/2020 at 12:09 AM, Jackcwba said:

Cheapest hotel I found was 28K like I say and it’s 5 mins from Khaoson road in Bangkok.

last year you could stay on Khoasan Road for 2 months for 28k. You still couldn't go there if on 14 days and there's not much left there now even if you could unless they let the vendors return but, they rely on tourists so...

I appreciate the encouraging words and suggestions. Seems my debate with the school admins paid off a little as last week a P.E. teacher from the P.E. dept. actually showed up for their P.E. class. I think I impressed upon them that if an 8 yr old is learning that he/she can tell the school to stick it when it comes to P.E. then how long will it be before it moves to Math, Science, Thai, English, Religion, etc.

In western style education there are electives starting in Jr. High so the education is still well rounded but integrated with life choices and P.E. is being completely replaced with sports programs.

start here http://site.ksp.or.th/home.php?site=englishsite  and here http://site.ksp.or.th/about.php?site=englishsite&SiteMenuID=28

Now, this is posted on a job ad forum from: Canadian International School of Thailand

The successful candidate would:

● Be a native English speaker with a good command of written and spoken English
● Have an education degree or degrees including elementary education
● Hold an elementary or secondary teaching license or certification from their home country
● Have at least two years experience teaching IB PYP or MYP, preferably most recently
● Have experience teaching the relevant grade level or high school subject.
● Be living in Thailand and able to start work immediately.

and that's from your own country to work for them here. 

If it's an "Under consideration" stamp in your passport giving you those return by dates then don't hold your breath. Mine was stamped for the 26th of Aug but wasn't ready to be put into my passport until the 14th of Sept. Call and ask if they're ready for you. Best to have it done in Thai so wife, friend, family member and don't call every day. They complained when my wife called twice in the same week.

OP-Just get an agent to get your 1 year this time and worry about everything next year.

ETA: I really don't get all these folks who were "caught out" and "Surprised" by this. Covid has been here and the country locked down for 5 months now. Seems traffic gets lost in the city when the by-pass is under construction. ????

Can someone clarify what the "Fit To Fly" certificate certifies (other than the obvious)? I'e been under the impression that it certifies that you have taken a covid test and received a negative result. If Thais don't need a test, why do they need a fake certificate?

Finally picked-up my new extension stamp (come back on 26 Aug. called by immigration to say it's ready on 11 Sept.) The stamp started on the the app date of 3 Aug (I know, doesn't match the come back in 30 days date)  and they stamped til 4 Aug 2021. Called yesterday and asked to please come back so they can cut 6 weeks off of it to 18 June 2021 to match the expiration date on my emergency passport. You've got to love efficiency.

My office is new-ish (open a little over a year now) and we have 20+ foreigners in the area and most of them were there when the wife went and got my stamp so expect most offices to be busier than usual atm and even more so in 2 weeks.