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1 minute ago, dotpoom said:

I totally agree....constantly I have to remind myself that they are doing this to protect "my" money....then my attitude changes.

   On one occasion back home I tried to borrow money from a bank to buy a pub/bar. After many weeks of putting me through the ringer....they turned me down.

   The way things turned out...the smoking ban...the financial collapse...I would still be hocked up to my eyeballs to this day had they given it to me. I would have missed out on my carefree and happy life in Thailand for the last 17 years.

Someone "up there" was looking after you.

What I didn't like about the security was the original 3 page form is for just about all the changes you could think of for your account. I only ticked and changed one on one page, but had to sign the 3 pages where nothing was entered. I asked the teller to put pen line diagonally through the blank pages...."can not do"....so in this case I believe security compromised. But I never have much money in the account so not much of a worry.

6 minutes ago, Formaleins said:

I can sympathise!

 

I am still trying to get my local branch of SCB to put in my new passport number for my account - this is now over 1 year. They still haven't managed to do it despite more than 6 attempts.

The problem is as you mentioned, much of this has to be done at the branch where you open the account, and if you are unlucky like me you will have a branch with staff who still have webbed fingers and toes. They are clueless!

 

The city branches can do this in minutes, but not out in the sticks, oh no - try opening a direct debit with them - that took three weeks, but then later just try cancelling the direct debit, then you will see what hell is like.

My branch is a reasonably major one in Chiang Mai but everything still has to goto head office. I guess anything not in Bangkok is regarded as being "out in the sticks" by the Bangkokians.

I had an issue awhile back where my son who was born to a Myanmar mother had to be taken from Chiang Mai to Bangkok for DNA sampling so as I could get his Australian Citizenship and then passport. We had his Thai birth certificate and there appeared to be no issue for him flying and was issued his boarding pass. But Air Asia refused to let his mum fly because her paperwork was not 100% correct. We obtained this paperwork through an agent. So we lost costs of flights, hotel and airport transfers. Went back to agent and told him and he said can fly anywhere within Thailand with the paperwork he had arranged. Again said the airline would not let us. "Your problem" he said and refused to give us money back.

Last month I flew him and myself to Australia but not his mum. I had his Australian passport by this time and I needed his original Thai birth certificate to prove he was born in Thailand as he had no entry stamp, and in fact nothing, in his passport.

57 minutes ago, grumbleweed said:

Same problems here. As per most processes, a forest clearing the size of a small town is a basic requirement.

And Bangkok bank are the good ones. With the yellow bank it's less frustrating to cancel online banking and start again 

Yep, its good we have computers to cut down on paperwork.

11 minutes ago, Langsuan Man said:

This is why you fight to keep you phone number here in Thailand and is one of the reasons that the government finally forced "number portability" on the mobile phone companies

Had my number for nearly 5 years. Been getting a lot of people adding my on Line by phone number. People I don't know and when I ask them who are they they just ignore me. So decided to change number. Probably not such a great idea as now also having issues with other apps like Uber and Grab.

Hi does anyone know of any iPhone data recovery specialists in Chiang Mai?

My iPhone met with a very large hammer and, to say the least, is not working.  I need to try recover some very important photos (important to me). I had taken a number of photos while on a trip to Australia and had only returned a few days and had not backed phone up before it met Mr Hammer. I took phone to Apple Service centre and they just looked and shook their head.

So if anyone has any suggestions that may help would be very much appreciated.

14 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

His child is not a dual national.

Any child born here that is not Thai has to show their birth certificate when leaving the country the first time since their passport would not have a entry stamp in it.

Correct.

He was born in Thailand to a Australian father (me) and a Myanmar mother so his birth certificate actually states "no nationality". Because of that I went through the process of getting his Australian Citizenship by Descent and then his passport.

I left last month with my Thai born son but has australian passport and all I needed was his original Thai birth certificate to show he was born here and the reason he had no entry to Thailand stamp in his passport.

They did put a stamp in his passport in Thai and when I was in Australia I went to a Thai consulate and asked what the stamp meant and they explained about what I said above.

3 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

You did not mention her OA visa was still valid.

All she needs to do is leave and re-enter the country on or before August 28th and she will get a new one year entry. Then she would not need to apply for a one year extension of stay until the last 30 days of that one year entry.

After doing that last entry she will need a re-entry permit to keep it valid if she wants to travel

Yep, did not mention that, sorry. Thanks for the info.

5 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

If it is the first extension of stay based upon retirement of a OA visa entry only 60 days is required.

The agent may of been thinking she already had an extension of stay instead of a visa entry.

I am really confused again. So to get another 12 month permitted to stay stamp she needs 800k in the bank for 60 days? When would this apply from? Her Non O-A visa has an "Enter Before" date of 28th Aug 2018. From what I have read in this post if she leaves Thailand and comes back say on the 26th Aug 2018 she would get another permitted to stay stamp until 25th August 2019. When would the 800k apply. I would assume 2 months before 25th August 2019 at which time she will apply for an extension of stay based on retirement. Am I correct?

My wife has this visa and we visited our agent this morning to clarify things but confused us. This post and replies have made it clear. The only thing still not sure of is they said said you still need to have the 800k in the bank 3 months before. We have been told this is not correct. Can anyone elaborate on this? Thanks.

3 hours ago, muratremix said:

You need a new router that supports dd-wrt. And then some technical stuff.

Not sure you can find somebody in a computer shop etc that can do it.

 

how is your 3bb setup?

GPON + router or, fiber cable goes directly into white color router (one small device + 1 router combo or just one device for wifi/fiber)

Fibre direct to white modem/router. 

Yes I know I need another router but no use buying one until I know how to setup

12 hours ago, Alotoftravel said:

In another thread, I was asking for a turnkey solution to have VPN for all my connected devices. Installing VPN on another router is not trivial to make it work well with your current ISP. 

As far as I can tell, basically the vpn site I signed up with, 3BB is DNS Hijacking so VPN won't work. If I get a ddwrt router and redirect DNS from port 53 to 54, or vice versa it should work. I know it's not trivial and that's why I asked for help in here. 

On 15/2/2018 at 4:40 PM, S44 said:

Good afternoon

did you resolve your issue with 3BB? I think I now have same issue after 3BB upgraded my router

thanks in advance

Hi, no not yet. Have not tried too hard yet. Have to go Oz for 3 weeks from this week so will try again when I get back.

31 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

I'll get your anorak and leave you to it. Better things to do.

I don't need a fleecy coat thanks. 

Humpty Numpty sat on the TVF wall

Humpty Numpty said words not liked by all

So all the TVF Elite

Knocked humpty off to his feet.

5 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

 

No but most of the subjects of conversations about "they know where the airport is..." seem to be on TVF. 

Stupid comment

19 minutes ago, Naam said:

 

8 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

, it only ever seems to be Foreigners [Westerners] who come up with the idiotic comment "if you don't like it..... " Yawn

And most of them seem to be on TVF. 

1 hour ago, Naam said:

no foreigner has the right to criticise the traditions, customs, dos and don'ts of his host country. if he does an "if you don't like it leave!" is quite appropriate.

I don't really see how one foreigner can tell another foreigner to leave the host country he is in also. 

1 hour ago, White Christmas13 said:

So you are trying to tell us kids come from the ocean get in and drown in a back yard pool  

Yep. And sometimes sharks manage to launch themselves from the water into the yards and wriggle into the pool. Laws being drafted to install shark netting in canal estate pools.

29 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

Hmmm. I came here to sit in the sun and look at palm trees. But each to their own. 

 

Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,: Courage to change the things I can,: And wisdom to know the difference.

And to not understand post on TVF.

1 hour ago, VocalNeal said:

It seems there is a minority of people who seem to have to complain about the country and its rules and customs. In a way the "if you don't like it here then..." response are perfectly understandable

So I often complained about things in my own country. So what would a valid response be there? "if you don't like it here move to another country."?

No one, except immigration has the right to tell anyone to go home.

And after reading so many posts on here and other sites and talking to people in real life is it really a minority?