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I don't, she had my wife scan the QR code on the sign. Did she not make you do that? I wonder if all that is a brand new procedure or just in my case.

Whatever they want... they'll get... but making us go to another city to take the fingerprints is rather strange. What's the point of handling extensions in Jomtien if they make you go to Chonburi city the following day.

Went to Jomtien immigration today for the yearly extension of my marriage based Non-O. All our documents were in order, I paid the 1,900 baht, got a receipt and I saw the official stamping the "under consideration" in the passport. When we thought we are done, she said we need to return tomorrow morning to pick up the passport, with some documents they will prepare and sign, and to take those to the "Police Forensic Science Center 2" in Chonburi city (an hour's drive), to take fingerprints. She said it's a new thing. Indeed I have never heard of this procedure. Can anyone can shed some light on that? Another novelty: now they have a Line account where, apparently, it's possible to check if something (the extension?) arrived according to a code they write next to the "under consideration" stamp. Didn't quite understand what exactly is the relevance of that. In any case there is a fixed date we need to go with the passport and get the actual extension. All in all, a very confusing day in immigration, after 8 years of marriage extensions in 3 different provinces I was under the impression I got the process under control.

I heard this term several times but not really clear about it. Who exactly is the "house master"? Is he/she so defined in a blue TB?

- When a foreigner buys a condo, I understand the blue Tabien Baan (let's denote it by TB) is issued but without their name on it. Does it mean nobody is listed as resident? - If a Thai company owns a property (be it a condo or a house), how is the blue TB handled, and can a Yellow TB be issued to a foreigner in this case? - What are the options to get a yellow TB without owning a property?

Must is a strong word. Bought my car in Chiang Mai, paid the yearly tax in Pattaya twice, didn't change address and didn't change plates (still driving with original CM plates), no issues. DL is also from CM. Oh, except not getting traffic tickets by mail, if there are any ????

In some cases this freaks me out, for example, retired school teachers who still refer to themselves as "Ajahn" years after they stopped teaching and when talking to people that never have been and never will be their students.

Can you expand on the reasons for that? trying to be less assertive? Even the mention of "I" is considered somewhat vulgar or forward?

Or just "rak na"

I was corrected, apparently the right word in this case should be เค้า rather than เขา ?

Heard the word เรา being used various times when the speaker clearly refers to himself / herself and not to some plural "we". When is that a correct usage? Similar question about เขา when used as "I" instead of the standard "he" or "she", and also ตัวเอง that apparently can be used as both "you" / "yourself" as well as "I" / "Me" ?!

Yes, I referred to the ID from my country, but your reply is actually interesting. In which cases did you experience the pink card being accepted and when wasn't it the case?

Thanks. It is also amazing (with or without exclamation marks) that the current thread already involves more people commenting and sharing their current experiences, discussing types of sims (a point I didn't even think to inquire about) and more - all that, quite a positive outcome (if you don't mind me saying so) of starting this new thread. By the way, one of the people in the linked thread commented "if the passport number and/or name you provided to DTAC do not make an exact match with what the AIS computer has, the process can (probably will) fail.". That can actually be an issue. In my country, a new passport is being issued (either there or by the embassy here), with a new passport number, when the previous one has expired. My citizen ID number obviously always stays the same, but this number isn't used by authorities in Thailand.

My AIS sim is Prepaid. Had it for years. I guess I should just head to a DTAC shop. I just don't want downtime or any mishaps with the transition, these days losing a phone number is a real issue when so many services rely on them for verification.

I was not aware of that. But what's the issue with DTAC being owned by TRUE? And BTW how would you compare the internet quality now that you moved?

Is it possible and if so what is the procedure?

I guess it is, but I work out almost every day (including during heavy traffic times such as weekends, long holidays etc) and prefer something closer.

Thanks, I looked them up, impressive, but quite far from me.

East Pattaya

Yeah, that one's driving me crazy. I can understand double parking if there's no choice. But when there's ample parking space perhaps 10-20 meters away... why?

Looking for an airconditioned place, reasonably priced, preferably on the dark side or otherwise easily accessible from Sukhumvit road.

If you can choose a day, don't go on Mondays and don't go right after public holidays. If you can't choose the day (for example going to receive a stamp after a period of 'in consideration", that must be done on a specific day), then don't go at the morning. Afternoons are better. As for different queues for different functions, well the building just isn't big enough. Good thing they move the 90 days reporting outside, they should move out more services in the same way (for example, TM30 reporting), but who wants to work at 30+ degrees? The best solution of course would be to move to a bigger building.

This time a witness was not requested and no house visit took place. That was a pleasant surprise, guess they might change it again next year..

And so, it is time to go through this splendid experience once again... ???? are there any changes to the requirements since last year?

I tend to agree, although you do get a "negative" statement in other areas (from the police for example regarding lack of criminal record). For real estate it's obviously harder, especially since AFAIK real estate registration in Thailand is managed on the Ampeurs level. Does one need to get a no-properties statement from each Ampeur in Thailand...? Still, the requirement is there and perhaps there is a way. I do have a Thai tax ID that was used at the time I was working here (with a work permit). Perhaps there is a way to confirm that the person with this tax ID was not involved in any real estate purchase?