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On 8/16/2020 at 3:34 PM, trevoromgh said:

I've never understood where the money comes from for the Thais to all be buying flash new cars at exhorbatant prices. I understood salaries over here are pretty low compared to other parts of the world so unless they all have rich parents or are leasing the vehicles and are therefore in-hoc for millions of baht.  If so it could all backfire if the pandemic leads to large scale redundancies longer term. 

Image and perception. Thais are no different than pretty much everyone else in the world. People will put themselves into debt and ruin all for a little bit of flash.

I got everything sorted in Lampang. Thanks for the replies and you can close the thread Mods.

Coming in from out of town (Lampang). Where are they issuing resident certificates these days? Also anyone know if you still need one to renew a 5 year license?

Any one know when the amnesty for renewing your 5 year licence because of Covid 19 ends?

Yes they now do extensions. However you must live in Lampang province to use it. Same goes for all immigration offices (you must live in the province ) now or so the officer told me at Lampang immigration. 

 

There is only one officer handling extensions currently in Lampang   and she is severely backed up. You must go in and book an appointment at least a month in advance of your final day.

 

It's located in the Police investigations building near the court house.

 

Have your TM 30 in your passport or you will be fined.

It's normal in the villages. Might start before first light, but one thing is for sure, the volume must be so high that the horn speakers distort the sound, but at least it lets the locals know who's the boss.

Seems to be right,

Innovative Thai marketing. Just rape your ears so you don't ever want to buy their product.

Thai village doctrine....... if the volume knob goes up to 10 then you must turn it to 10.

I have seen reports tha CW does not ask for the Kor Ror 2 to be recently updated.

Some offices even want them to be no older than 30 days.

To be safe my wife gets one shortley before we do the application.

Exactly Ubonjoe!

I wish my wife would see it that way.

We pass the amphur office 2 to 3 times a week while we're doing various shopping runs out here in the sticks. It might take 10 minutes and just 40 baht just to stop and pick up a currently dated Kor Ror 2 and it's done just to be safe.

My wife will say we where told last year we didn't have to get a new one every year (and she's right) and and no amount of just in case logic will make her go into the amphur office where she feels she's being belittled. Unless of course we are told by a immigration officer this year that it must be current and that means another dark of night trip into Chiangmai perhaps to start the whole process again with the proper document requirements.

Maddening!

Well here's a dilemma…. in PoorSucker's post on the paperwork needed.

3.Copy Kor Ror 2 from amphur office,marriage registry(not older than 6 months,even if the marriage certificate is under 6 months old)

Last year the immigration officer we had in Chiangmai told my wife and I that we didn't have to keep getting an updated Kor Ror 2 copy every year(which is what we've been doing for the previous 3 years) and could use the same one from 2015 for 2016's extension.

This was a great relief to my wife because like a great many Thais she is intimidated by government offices and has just hated going to the amphur every year for a new copy(she says the clerks are rude and annoyed when she requests the copy).

I'm not doubting PoorSucker's post on paperwork requirements and if it was up to me I'd march into the amphur office once a week for a new copy but there isn't a snowballs chance in hell that my wife will believe the not older than 6 months criteria or go back to that office after what the Chiangmai immigration officer told us last year.

I'll tell her it can't be older than 6 months she'll say that's rubbish and off we'll go to Chiangmai 75km's away with a very real chance of having to return another day with a up to date Kor Ror 2 before our application can start being processed.

Getting the 90 day report and the extension are 2 separate processes though.

Because you get an extension doesn't mean you've done a 90 day report.

After having a reasonably pleasant extension appointment one year I asked the officer at the end of our session if she would mind doing my 90 day report for me since it was due in a week. She smiled and said not her department.

I use TOT as well and about 4 days ago I started getting the "spinning rainbow wheel" (I have an iMac) when trying to stream movies or network tv. I've been doing this for close to 3 years with no problem and felt thet my luck had finally run out and visiting these sites had infected my pc but good. Your post has given me some small hope in that the problem may actually be with TOT.

Tried to take my family there one night....dinner time and all the tables taken by 1 - 2 people drinking - no food to be seen - watching TV....waited about 20 minutes - nothing changed and no food arrived... took my dissappointed family and left....won't be back soon if ever....especially with the bar types smoking up the sidewalk....

What do you expect considering that the Mad Dog is located in a bar type touristy area.

My guess is that these establishments, including the Red Lion and the Beer Stube, have a steady flow of first timer tourist clientele and couldn`t give a rat`s behind about a few semi regular ex-pat customers and have a take it or leave it attitude.

These days I never venture into these places, I find them totally unappealing, expensive and prefer to visit the various shopping malls if I fancy a farangy type meal. Cleaner, friendlier and better value for money.

Please don't lump the Beer Stube into your rat's behind apathy statement unless you have experienced it for a fact. I have always been greeted with a smile and the upmost kindness and courtesy from the owners and staff since the first time I ever walked in to this restaurant. Still top notch IMHO.

Lampang is very hazy and very hot!

I have never seen anyone like that In Gecko Garden - more the cheap drunken expat crowd.

I resemble that!

Haha, good morning to you too. Actually there's nothing self-righteous in my advice. I don't refer to myself at all. Perhaps you would like to infer that my underlying attitude, if not my particular words, is self-righteous. That's your choice, but my intention was straightforward: to suggest that someone who giddily, breathlessly, boasts to a collection of complete strangers that he succeeded in buying two bottles and one can of beer, then capped this domestic triumph by guzzling a can in situ, might have a problematic relationship with alcohol. A man with a drinking problem usually needs it pointed out to them, irrespective of the chorus cheering the demise of his liver.

Now, as to your calling me a jerk, telling me to get a life, I am not offended. We could all spend a whole days dreaming up schoolyard insults, and a web forum makes it easy. So easy that it can be hard to resist. One might pop off an insult on the spot, when the better course is to discretely put those thoughts on ice and chill.

I love stopping at my particular favorite "mom and pop" when I'm in Chiang Mai. Many will have a small table and a few chairs in front as mine does. Many's a time I've sat and knocked back a quick small can at the table before continuing on with a couple of purchased bottles in a bag. Thank you for pointing out that this may be a sign of perhaps a problematic relationship with alcohol but hey. I've been in worse relationships.

Thanks as well arawan! I found that through Google which is what I should have done at first but thanks to you both for putting my mind at ease.

You can close this topic Mods.

Thank you for the quick reply Mario! It's what I thought but for some reason I always get stressed out the night before and start to think the slightest mistake and the application will get it thrown back in my face. Lol

Any idea if there is a filled out sample TM 7 application anywhere on Thai Visa so I can have a look and see if I screwed any thing else up?

I'm going for my yearly marriage extension tomorrow and I can't remember from last year but on the TM 7 Application where it says… I wish to apply for an extension of temporary stay in the Kingdom for another period of…………….days. Do I put 90 or 365 days? Thanks for the help if anyone knows.

Was there for a 90 day myself on Monday. It was a zoo, no denying.

Arrived at 11:15 finished at 3:30 that includes the hour or so break they took for lunch which I understand and accept. This was the first time in over 2 years of doing them that I had a wait like this all the others 15 minutes half hour tops.

I figured out approximately how long it was taking to process each report by the next number board (about 3 mins. I was 42 ahead).To kill the time I wandered around airport plaza had some lunch at the food bazaar even had a beer at that hotel apartment place right beside the plaza as you walk back to immigration. Not a bad afternoon really. Wouldn't want to do it every time though.

We run a small Mom and Pop in my Wife's rice farming village in Lampang Province and the amount of Mama noodles we go through is frightening. I've even caught my step-son eating it out of the package as a snack, no water he just sprinkles the flavour packet over the dry noodles and eats it like a bag of chips.

For the most part though our cooked village food is quite healthy consisting of a large amount of fish and vegtables. I must admit to a fondness though for cap moo and sticky rice but I try to keep it in moderation.

As said in a few posts...... the sun beating down on your roof all day is going to cause you the most problems with heat inside your house. IMHO this is where you should focus your heat reduction solutions.

My wifes cousins have an old Thai teak house surrounded by massive old trees completly shading the roof and come hot season here in the sticks of Lampang province their house and property is like walking into the Big C (temperture wise).

To me, Gecko Garden has a good burger for the price - considering where we are. It is charcoal grilled and that covers up the taste of the lousy Thai beef. They can be overly dry, but IMO are usually OK with cheese, pickles and lots of condiments.

…… order it after your 2nd large Chang and then wash it done with the 3rd on the 3 large beer promo and you'll be raving about it for weeks. This has been my experience anyway.

If you've ever played golf at Lanna Golf Club you'll know that there are 2 holes that intersect the race track on one of the 9 hole courses and require you to clear a portion of the width of the track off the tee. Good luck finding your ball if you you duff it into the sand on the track.

Not figuring in the cost of the appliances and buying from Thai markets you can probably eat for 50 baht a day.