geordieman2

Read the thread, all has been answered above!

Yes, a spa is a public place, you do need a license to play music.

A regular original CD/dvd only gives you the right to play it for personal/private home enjoyment.

Easy, they do not want to do it because a nominee shareholding structure is illegal.

The government is now really checking and cracking down on these illegal structures.

I'm not talking about people owning a house to live in, but multi million Baht land development/real estate projects.

Illegal to do 100% for foreigners, breaches at least 2 laws, namely the foreign business act an land ownership laws.

And the internet banking issue is also confirmed by a member who works for Bkk bank:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/644643-bangkok-bank-question/page-2#entry6496923

We do not allow people to use iBanking who are not living in Thailand, at least part of the year. So we do not give people iBanking on a tourist visa.

I've got internet banking, applied for it whilst I was on a 30 day exempt stamp. So, it all depends who, and possibly where, you ask for it

Indeed!

Friend of mine simply showed a rental contract to prove to the bankmanager he actually lived here on and of, and he promptly activated the internet banking.

Go to the next branch and you likely will not get anywhere without Work Permit!

Welcome to Thailand!

But Bangkok Bank does have a directive, clearly posted on their website, that for "advanced" functions such as internet banking and cheque books, you need to be more then just a visitor.

Kasikorn for example has no such requirements! Once you get an atm card from them you can activate everything through ATM without talking to anybody!

I opened up A bank account with Bangkok Bank branch in Bangkok.I just showed them my passport and an address,and money.

Yup, no problem at all.

It's just getting the internet banking that can be more problematic...

I also found out only when withdrawing cash in a different province, but only 15 km away from my home branch!

Just being over the border between provinces can be enough to get charged that fee!

And the internet banking issue is also confirmed by a member who works for Bkk bank:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/644643-bangkok-bank-question/page-2#entry6496923

We do not allow people to use iBanking who are not living in Thailand, at least part of the year. So we do not give people iBanking on a tourist visa.

Bangkok bank is generally much harder for foreigners to get internetbanking then Kasikorn!

You will need at least a 1 year extension on your visa, or a workpermit.

And make sure they register the account as "resident". If not you will not be able to activate internet banking!

Also make sure you register your account in the same province as where you live/use the account, or you will pay extra "inter province" fees on every deposit or withdrawal!

Bottom line is I noticed this on my last vacation. It is more expensive than in the US to run a car here.

 

Then try and go to Europe, where petrol prices are close to double of the Thai prices!

Must be quite the shocker for Americans!

Not sure what to make of this.

In short, if you go to immigration you will be arrested for overstay and put before a court.

You will be sentenced to a fine, likely a lot less then 20,000, more like between 5,000 and 10,000 Baht.

If you cannot pay the fine, you will be jailed to clear the fine at a rate of 200 Baht per day. So 5,000 Baht for example would be 25 days.

Then you will get transferred to the IDC (immigration jail) for deportation. This is a pretty bad place, a lot worse then the regular jails.

You will stay there until you or somebody else comes up with a ticket to your home country, along with some other costs for your transfer to the airport.

You will remain in IDC until a ticket is produced, Thailand does not fund deportations! There are people in there for very long times as they have nobody to help/pay for them.

This is not a good way to go unless you at least can arrange for a ticket out!

This is way too much.

Normally the limitys are 10% over and under.

So with Thailand being 220, your voltage should be between 198 and 242 Volt.

Do note that this is 10 minute avreage, meaning the average in a 10 minute period cannot be outside those numbers, so very short term numbers can be higher or lower, as long as the average over 10 minutes remains within the 10% margin.

The voltage you are getting (if correctly measured) can and will cause permanent damage to a lot of equipment.

You are getting a constant 30% overvoltage which is way too much.

Indeed, best to contact PEA asap.

Damage to wiring is highly unlikely, but damage to your appliances is a much higher likelyhood.

Most electronic equipment can handle a pretty high overvoltage for short periods of time, and they can handle the 10% overvoltage virtually indefinitely.

Do get your multimeter checked out though, because at 346 Volt, even if only 5 minutes, there should be a decent amount of damage to equipoment. I doubt any regular lightbulb will last much more then 10 or 20 seconds at that voltage, and electronic equipment (think power supply for laptop etc) is usually protected internally by MOV's, small things designed to protect against very short high spikes on the supply, but at sustained high voltages they simply burn out. If you're lucky there's a fast blow fuse protecting the device, but often the whole thing will be burned...

Did you get to this page?

https://store.dtac.co.th/mobile/irefill?lang=EN&go=eshopTopup.topup

Seems to ask all the right questions, haven't tried to actually top up so not sure it works.

To me doesn't look like you have to register anything.

If you have paypal, you can top up as well, but it will be expensive!

I think most will charge around 5 to 6 US$ for a 100 Baht top up.

Never used those myself, so no idea how good (or not) it works.

http://thaisimtopup.com/

If the number still works and you still have access to your online banking, with most Thai banks you can top up dtac phone numbers from within the online banking.

You might very well be asked by the immigration officer on exit as to why you do not have a re-entry permit.

He will see an extension based on employment, and no re-entry permit, so might assume this was an oversight on your part.

He will know that if he lets you leave, that on return you will lose your non immigrant status and hence your right to work.

He will assume you are still working, because if not, your extension would (should) have been cancelled (along with possibly a new 7 day extension).

So it would not be hard at all for him to notice something is not quite right.

Then again, fair chance he'll simply stamp you out!

Just in case, check in early enough, so if it causes some delays you won't miss your flight!

I'm not at home where my True DOCSIS Cisco router is, but I *think* it's the same model number as in the thread title, and my username/password were admin/admin ... *not* admin/password

Maybe a different model.

True flashes all the incoming cisco routers with their own latest firmware, and that one has the admin/password combo (as Tchooptip now confirmed).

To get it on admin/admin, somebody had to put it in as it is neither the True default, nor the Cisco default.

Wouldn't be the first time though to have a True engineer getting a brain wobble and doing something halfway smart

In case someone in the future has this problem, you can safely do a hard reset on Cisco cable modems and still be able to connect afterwards. The cable modem's MAC address is registered at the ISP and there aren't any other user specific parameters.

From memory, the first reset will put the modem into bridge mode and change the IP address from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.100.1. If that isn't what you want, do another reset and it will go back to default. If you reset yet again it will toggle back to bridge mode and so on.

Interesting to note!

It's quite useful actually to have it bridge mode, along with a more powerful/flexible router behind it!

Is it totally transparent, i.e. does your router end up directly with the public true IP address?

Connect using ethernet, then in your browser type 192.168.1.1

Normally a username/password window will pop up, then use following:

username: admin

password: password (really, original innit?)

The instructions link that I posted contains the default login details for that model. They are not as you indicate.

When in doubt RTFM.

Of course the ISP may have altered the firmware or changed the login details from the default anyway.

I have them at several locations, all the same username/password combo, never even offered to change by the True engineers.

Guess it's easier for them when on service calls!

3BB does the same, they put a wifi wpa password in of your choice, but leave the router login default (admin/3bb)

If you are lucky the cable modem is still at the default username and password. The True engineers seldom change it when installing the internet!

Connect using ethernet, then in your browser type 192.168.1.1

Normally a username/password window will pop up, then use following:

username: admin

password: password (really, original innit?)

You will then get a screen prompting you to change the password to something different. Up to you, if you change it, do inform your landlady!

If you then click on the 'setup" tab, scroll down to Wireless and choose security, you can then see the wifi password (check the "show key" box) and/or change to something different.

Nope, only US paypal accounts can get a US based paypal debit card.

Paypal does not offer debit cards anywhere else afaik.

Closest you can get is a Thai paypal account denominated in Thai Baht.

Link to Thai bank account, withdraw funds to Thai bank account and use atm card attached to Thai bank to get cash.

Withdrawing Thai paypal Baht to Thai account is free, but conversion from any funds other then Baht into the Baht denominated paypal will be at a crappy exchange rate.

Just hoping the parents are of the responsible sort. Looks like it as they are investing into the furtherment of his talents, those overseas competitions do not come cheap.

Earning potential seems pretty high, and I doubt child labour (which I consider this to be) is as regulated as in the West.

With a bit of luck and good support the kid can make it a long way!

Thailand is not the problem.

It is the Pilippine immigration which can (sorry, will) be a PITA.

She will need a good story, stick to it, and be able to back it up.

Address where she will be staying, who will she be visiting, proof of the address (i.e. a rental contract of a place in Thailand in the name of the person she visits), or a pre booked hotel stay etc. Bunch of pictures of boyfriend on the phone.

Proof of financial capability, not just recently arrived money in the bank (easily arranged by traffikers), but steady income etc.

There really is no fixed guide, it seems to be very much hit and miss depending on the immigration officer.

Best chance will be you going there and then accompanying her when flying out!

Oh, the paper required to be able to do this is called "permission to operate as a representative office" issued by the Department of Business Development (where you go register limited companies etc)

Apparently this is not possible without the paper the head office talked about.

You can get an account in your own name rather easily, but an account in a company which has no legal status in Thailand whatsoever seems to be impossible.

Indeed, check your visa possibilities!

Been there/done that just a few months ago.

Getting a Russian tourist visa is a tad more complicated then a Thai visa, you need insurance, and two pieces of paper from a licensed Russian tour agency (tourist voucher and receipt).

Funnily enough, if you want a double entry visa you need to provide an HIV-free certificate!

Additionally, the Russian embassy in Bangkok only issues visa's to Thai nationals and to foreigners having either Thai residency, or a 1 year extension from immigration.