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On 1/13/2022 at 7:14 AM, doctormann said:

PayPal has its uses as an alternative payment channel.  I rarely use it but it's convenient sometimes.  I've only ever had a personal account so I have no idea how trading accounts have been affected.

so everyone who has completed the update is ok just for making payments right? Or you can also hold a balance and receive payments? Sorry but i don't get what that "You are all set" means

6 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Type into Google search something like "elite visa thaivisa" 

Make sure you include "thaivisa"

All the threads from thaivisa forum will appear and you can work your way through them to gather the info your after.

good idea

thanks

where can i get reliable information about the Elite Visa in all of its available options?

I tried to look at the Immigration web site and i didn't find it

and if you google "Elite visa thailand" you get only agency links which i would like to avoid

any reliable source? 

thanks in advance

Hello everybody,

finally i used a fixer and paid a final cost of 22k for having 1 year POS (thai spouse) without financial proof. If there is anyone in my same situation here in hua hin who agrees to pay that money to solve the issue can send me a message privately, i will put him in contact with the Fixer.

I am careful with money, normally i would wait because i knew I still had the 60 days extension card to use. But on Wednesday i went to IO and casually met an agent, and i thought the cost wasn't that bad so i took the call and did the 1 year extension. It will start from the end of september which means I am ok for 13 months from now on more 2 with the extension on next year. I won't have to go to Laos, saving money for the visa multi entry,  for the trip, and all the expense (accomodation food the beers and the somtam chicken combo nearby the Mekong which honestly will be missed). 

Furthermore no border runs for a year so i will stay home instead of driving 7 hours to and from the Kanchanaburi border and save some more money (4 x 1500 baht).

Yes I could have waited but how do you know that those agent won't raise the price as the end of the amnesty approach? Once you wait til end of november and borders aren't going to reopen what are you going to do? Will the price for the same service be the same or even more expensive? 

With 2 kids i wasn't in the position to take any risks. If borders will be reopened on time i will feel some regrets if not i ll be happier for sure lol

Thank you very much for your precious opionions and advices

Sawadee krap

My non O visa expired on feb 2020 and my 90 days on April 28. I have always relied on the amnesty because i read in here it was meant for everyone, tourists and expats. Now i am reading from someone it is meant for stranded tourists only lol i am confused (if not desperate)

On 8/31/2020 at 8:26 AM, Laza 45 said:

I don't know if it will work or not.. but.. a friend of mine here is in the same situation.. Savanaket non O.. no money.. the IO here said that they will keep giving him a 60 day extension until he can do a border run.. 

@Peter Denis 

so there are 2 reports here of foreigners in my same situation been told by IO that 60 days permission of stay will be granted again in case borders won't be opened again. Is there anyone else who has heard of similar reports that could confirm this tendency?

I am thinking to go ask myself the same in Hua Hin IO but also one good thing could be start a new thread here to see if there is more people confirming this thing....

3 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

You have window to obtain non o and annual extension. 

I would do it in a blink. 

such window will remain open until the 26th of sept right?

basically my decision is: apply for the 2 months extension or pay visit to an agent (fixer) before that date right?

I am a bit confused and 1st of all i would like to make sure i am still ok with my visa right now before even going to ask to immigration (Hua Hin in my case) or to an agent.

My visa expired on february current year. But i left the country some days before so i had the 90 days until the 28th of April.

Since that i did nothing else cause there has been the amnesty.

I still could use the card of the 60 days extension right?

So if i ll obtain the 60 days starting from sept 26 i'll be ok until nov 25.

If all i have said is correct why should i go visit an agent with almost 3 months left?

thanks 

2 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

One option other than the 400k baht in the bank for 2 months there is the option to prove 40k baht income.

The income can be proven by a document from yoru embassy is issuing them. Or proof of transfers into the country from abroad.

40k baht income has to be proven by the company you work for that provides a document of the salary right? If so that is not a vaild option as well 

2 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Use an agent to cover the the money.

If over 50 the agent may prefer you obtain extension based on retirement.

I am 48. An agent cover the money means i have to borrow the amount from an agent? Do they provide that service?

I can't imagine how everyone going to renew their non o visa in the same time (start of august at the moment is the most probable date) can be a good thing. Certainly a 2 months extension could give everybody the freedom to choose a couple of days in that period to possibly avoid mass gathering while trying to complete the task

Hello, 

nightmare: I am already on a non o visa and don't meet the financial requirement. I am going to apply for a 60 days extension as well in few days.

After that i have to pray that for the end of june a normal situation will be restored at borders with Laos or Vietnam in order to go for a visa run to Savannakhet (my usual destination for completing this task) or HCMC (it would be a 1st time).

So end of june....do you think odds are in my favor?

I would like to know if there are others in my same situation and how they are dealing with the uncertainty

thanks in advance

Andrea 

4 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

I didn't mean to do it now.

When does your visa expire?

You also have the option to get a 60 day extension if married to a Thai if needed.

my visa expired at the beginning of February so i made a border run just a few days before and now i am allowed to stay in the Kingdom until 28th of April. I could extend 2 months like suggested by you because you are right i have a non O with thai spouse but i live in Hua Hin and I am not sure Hua Hin local Immigration could do me such a "favour" (i was told they are not very farang friendly). Do you think they could? Because i am not going to Chaeng Wattana (i hate it)

5 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

If you get the visa in Savannakhet at this time you would not have a problem entering the country.

Only if you were arriving here from Italy would there be a problem.

I assume you going for a non-o visa. Just make sure you have everything needed to get it.

Best to do the trip to get the visa IMO.

 

thanks Ubonjoe

so you mean you would go now and wouldn't wait for the end of april right? (my 90 days report end on the 28th of april and i have already paid for flight and bus)

hello
i have scheduled my annual visa run to savannakhet at the end of april. Bought already a bus ticket and a flight ticket too.
Now with the recent outbreak of the covid-19 i am facing a great doubt : if it is better for me to anticipate
since right now everything seems working normal or wait.
Furthermore, being an italian citizen i am afraid there will be issues when re-entering Thailand from Laos (my last visit in Italy is dated May 2019).
Just not sure what the best option is: waiting or anticipating
What would you do in my place?

20 hours ago, MartiniMan said:

Just checked the brakes on new isuzu are anodised and painted with anti rust so although you were told the truth its not what u have in reality

anodised and painted with anti rust? mine are clearly not lol

19 hours ago, MartiniMan said:

As mentioned here check the VINs as you may been sold a cut and shut - look for weld marks around the door frames that seem odd

the Vin number i have here does not start with a number but with MP.

I tried it and in 5 of 6 websites had no result (invalid number).

According to autodna.com this is the vin of a Lexus Model IS II (2005-2012).

Like i said in my 1st post it's not that i don't understand there can be some rust in the brakes. What surprised me it was to see the part completely covered of it.

That seemed strange to me after only 2 days. 

H

57 minutes ago, Sam Lin said:

This is completely normal, you can glance in the wheels of other cars next time you're in a parking lot.

Honestly i did check other cars in a parking lot and of course i found some with rust but no rust in apparently new cars like ours.

I'll do it again

Hello everybody

I am no expert on cars, I have had 2-3 new cars in the past but really have not expertise as I just said so i am here asking advice.

My wife bought a new Isuzu truck and last thursday was delivered to us. 

The first 2 pictures are exactly from thursday morning and of course disks brakes were in perfect conditions as you can see.

Then saturday it rained and I was around driving our new car and the day after, sunday morning i noticed rust on the disks brakes on both the front wheels (pics 3 and 4). A lot of it.

Yesterday We visited a mechanic who told us Isuzu would have put the anti-rust on the brakes so then went to meet the Isuzu dealer that sold the car and they told us the rust was absolutely normal

and that there is nothing to do about that. They said this occurs to all new Isuzu cars and there is no reason to worry about.

I tend to believe them and I am sure they are right cause i am no expert.

By the way better to ask for advice: is it perfectly normal like they said?

Thanks in advance

Andrea

9 hours ago, sotonowl said:

Just an observation, you use quite when you should be using quiet, two different words with different meanings.

In other news, hope you all have a great dinner, especially the children.

lol yes you are right i do this kind of mistake quite often????

thanks for your observation

thank you all for your kind replies.

I have decided for a mid range restaurant with a nice view of the river and the Wat Arun Temple. The menu is thai but my kids have no problem with that so i think it will be ok. Just hope the weather won't be too bad, at least in the sunset hours. 

cheers and thanks again

Thank you all for your replies.

I agree that maybe the boat is not the option for my 2 years old kid.

Det 5 is not a bad idea but i d like something more quite. Not sure soy 8 is that quite on a sunday evening. I have never been there by the way, i could be wrong.

Indique looks out of my budget (5k baht) according to tripadvisor.

Yes i do drive