bigginhill

1 hour ago, zydeco said:

Ah, protection money.

The op forgot the photos, he offered a solution where he would do a favour and print them then add to op,s file, thus saving a round trip. A mutual exchange, offered not imposed. I would have accepted in his shoes, seeing he had forgotton the photos. A solution whereby all are satisfied, I see no problem

So, the discussion is about the fact the io,s wrote visa, not extension??

And all the previous reassurances that absolutely the medical insurance was only for new OA,s, retirement extensions were excluded??

Today it doesn,t effect me, but I feel for whom it does.

I am sure as eggs is eggs that it is only a question of time that it will spread to all over 50,s. 

11 hours ago, Mango Bob said:

This letter states that the wife and children must also have this insurance.  You know that is not correct.  Immigrations can not tell a Thai wife she must be included on the policy.  Anyway if they are on a O visa fr marriage they wouldn't be required to have insurance.  This just show how fake this letter is.

When the news of the insurance first came out, thats how I read it, that the family had to be insured too. 

On 10/22/2019 at 2:50 PM, Knocker33 said:

Ditto. Been waiting eight weeks for username/password. Asked at immigration about it. They just shrugged and said app no good no work. I just put it down the place is run by a bunch cretins 

Try this go to logon page, chose"register" which takes you to another page where there is the choice of "check status' clicked that. It seems to automaticaly send the password. Good luck

20 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

If they do not accept your application you would still have 30 days to get it sorted out.

Thanks Ubonjoe. 

What happens if you try to renew the extension 30 days early, and it is refused, does the expiry date stay they same? 

Or do they change it ? 

What I.m saying is if the paperwork isn,t accepted 30 days earlier, would you get chance to represent in the following 30 days before the original expiry date? Maybe with the help of an agent

1 hour ago, Stevemercer said:

My biggest problem is with the requirement for 40,000 outpatient coverage.

 

Outpatient is the biggest cost in any Thai insurance policy. I recently got rid of mine and saved about 35% off the premium.

 

Most of us can go to a local clinic or public hospital and pay about 200 Baht. A specialist appointment at a private hospital might stretch to 1,000 Baht. 

 

The cost per visit is minimal and I very much doubt foreigners skip on payment. I very much doubt the typical visitor would want or ever need 40,000 Baht coverage per year (200 visits to a public hospital).

 

I would like to know the basis for mandatory outpatient insurance and how the 40,000 Baht coverage was arrived at. This is because this coverage will be a major component of any mandatory insurance, seems unnecessary and will be paid per visit given the minimal cost per visit.

It would maybe more beneficial if they let us put the 40,000 outpatient on a locked hospital debit card. Always available, no annual cost, refundable when no longer needed. 

That way letting who already has insurance to keep what they,ve got. 

The bank shopping sounds good. There are 2 Bangkok banks close, one on suk soi11, and one on suk otherside of the road. 

I think you should take something with your thai address on, condo lease or bills. And most importantly stress that if they open it straightaway you will be depositing 800,000 baht on it. Tempting. 

Soi 11 speak English. 

Good suggestion from before is also taking the website info. 

Good luck. 

10 hours ago, mngmn said:

Five years in Thailand initially VE and then four consecutive multiple entry non immigrant O's. Monthly trips in and out of Thailand all in my Australian passport.

 

Refused a fifth non immigrant visa and so switched to UK passport and have to date made six VE entries. UK passport had never been used to enter Thailand.

 

UK passport is linked to biometrics but Australian is not. As soon as the two passports are linked by biometrics it's game over. Also wondering how many more VE entries I can do on my UK passport.

Grow a beard long side burns, change your parting, and take a photo.  I,d give it a try.

Make sure they stamp you in with the visa extension info. I didn,t look and got a wrong stamp, and spent a day a CW apologising to an irate IO. 

2 hours ago, kingofthemountain said:

Just asking, in this case it should help in any way if you have a color copy of your passport 

somewhere (On paper print or in your phone) ?

And it isn't better in this case to just declare the lost of the passeport?

(Then at least you not seems to be totaly stupid or careless in the eyes of the officials)

Also you wouldn,t be asked to render the old one. 

2 hours ago, Jason M said:

I have not jumped bail and I have not got any sentence, I havent even been i Norway for 4 years... What I know is that I have been called in to court as an offender next month. I will not  be there and I have choosen to not send a lawyer to be there or do any talking whatso ever on my behalf. This will be in total absentia of me, so I dont have any ide if they even can sentence me...? And for all that call me a bad criminal here, that is not what I am - I dont have any sentence and Im not guilty of any crime until proven otherwise. Thanks for the answers so far....

The decision not to attend was your own personal opinion on the best way to handle it, or have you asked advice from a lawyer?

If you haven,t I would reconsider, you could be making the situation worse. You need to know legally what your choices are and their probable outcomes are. 

Also you have 1m of ill gotten gains, see if a lawyer can negotiate with the bank to drop charges if you return the money. 

10 hours ago, roberta said:

Thank you much.   I did that, and it shows "registration successful".  Good news, I guess, but I cannot log in because I have never received a password. I thought it would come by email, but nothing so far.  Now what...?

I woulf have thought that "registration successful" would also mean they have sent the email with username and password. Have you checked spam?

Only other thing maybe an incorrect email on their part or your part. But you must have got the first email from them for the email confirmation. 

15 hours ago, Stevemercer said:

 

Sometimes mistakes happen. A friend of mine was returning from Australia to Thailand a few months ago and Australian Customs seized his passport saying it had been tampered with (the page with personal details had been laminated many years ago, but he had not been stopped before in his many travels).

 

He had to get a new passport and returned to Thailand on a visa exempt which, of course, cancelled his current retirement multi-entry 12 month extension. He has tried in Australia to transfer the extension to the new passport, but the embassy would not do it because customs hadn't returned the old passport.

 

Needless to say he has to start the whole retirement extension process again. So far, the custom seizure has cost him about $5,000 Australian (100,000 Baht) in airfares, hotels, incidental costs etc.

 

I'm just saying that mistakes and oversights can happen even with a 20 year record of no problems. I, for one, am grateful to the OP for sharing the story so I can learn from his experiences.

 

If it had happened to me, I must admit I probably would have tried slipping the IO 3 thousand baht to see if that made a difference.

Sorry but if he self laminated his passport then it wasn,t the custom seizure that cost him 100,000 baht, but it was thinking he could self laminate a passport! 

11 hours ago, Caldera said:

This. I also wouldn't rule out that some well-known, long-term posters use a throwaway account to post about such an experience. Maybe they don't want it to be linked with their main account, but still want to get the story out. Who knows.

I agree. 

Also because there are a number of louts looking for a fight, hidden behind a keyboard. 

Never understood the warped enjoyment they seem to gain. Perhaps because they don,t actually have to answer, in person, for their gratuitious agressiveness.

15 minutes ago, donnacha said:

@Farangland Thanks for sharing your experience here.

I think the phrase "make the passport thicker" is beautiful and exactly echoes the culture around this stuff.

It would be very helpful if you could indicate how much thicker - did you have to give him the entire $700?

Exactly what I asked. 

Was he told how thick to make it? What dimensions did it have when it got accepted? 

What are the going " measurements"?

2 hours ago, Jonmarleesco said:

That might well depend on what passport she last entered on.

Say she got the Thai passport in Thailand she would be able to leave. 

For the foreign passport (US? Can,t remember) can you get a first passport in a foreign country? If yes surely she could leave Thailand.

Or maybe not. ????????

Sorry, maybe I.m wrong, but if you have a US passport come in on that. Can anyone correct me ..there should be no problem , as if you had no thai citizenship. 

If you used your thai passport then maybe you are right. 

I believe at a certain age the military obbligations are scrubbed.

Could be wrong...

14 minutes ago, 4675636b596f75 said:

https://www.cdg.co.th/website/en/about-cdg/affiliates-of-cdg/cdg-systems-ltd/

 

Perhaps you should contact the CEO of CDG.  https://www.cdg.co.th/website/en/about-2/

Handsome man eh?  His company designed this mess.

https://www.cdg.co.th/website/en/solutions/application-services/administration-database-management-analytics-solutions/

 

Maybe if everyone contacted CDG to let them know what a wonderful app they created, you might see some movement.  

 

Personally I think we should use whatsapp, that has the option of sending your location. 

Instead of imposing on friends, if staying at their place for blue books etc etc, it,s all in the hands of the expat. 

A single whatsapp to immigration with the location details, maybe even a photo of the room/condo/ house/ number. 

Soooo easy. 

Or

Set the whatsapp with all the documents sent by photo. After which by location button. Also you would have the little blue ticks as a receipt. 

12 minutes ago, bigginhill said:

Like your thinking ???? ???? will let you know!

Picked forgot password and got......

So. The username is not the email. 

And I,m waiting  from the 25th May 2019. 

Nice idea tho