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I did a 90 day report,  at Jomtien today ... as my online report was rejected.

 

Some lighthearted points of note .... 

 

I asked if they knew why my online report was rejected. They straight away, half pushed my form back towards me and said .. if you want to know that, come back later as the person who might know is not here yet.

 

I am guessing he is a manager and they wont risk being complained at. I was just curious not gonna complain.

 

I said .. forget it. I will just do the 90 day report now.

 

I had to get some photo copies of some passport pages done.  I went to the copying place opposite the 90 day report entrance.

 

I knew what pages I needed. The guy also produced an application form. I said I not need, I have filled one in.. Just do me the photocopies. 

 

He got out a blank TM 47.  Not take no for answer. I repeated .. I have filled one in myself. I not need you to do. He wanted to see the form I had completed.

 

Then he said .. that is no good. They wont accept that.

 

He claimed for starters, I had not filled in the address in the correct places. I always ignore spaces for Tambol and Amphur etc etc.

 

I dont know my Amphur from my elbow.

 

i just write the address .. not neccesarily in the right spaces.

 

Been doing that for 12 years. Never a problem.

 

He says they wont accept it like that. Big smile on his face. I suspected I was being scammed to be honest but was not able to arque.

 

I just wanted to get the 90 day report done.

 

He insisted he fills in a new form, for me. Chuckling and smiling away . Then he wanted 160 baht including photocopying. I just paid to move things along. No big deal but cheeky I think.

 

When I handed the form over at the application desk they rejected the form that he had just filled in.

 

I had only signed and dated it. Amazingly, it took them half a second to reject it. And gave no explaination.

 

Just sort of pushed it back to me. Hardly looking at it.

 

I quickly got out the form I had done myself and they were instantly happy with it !!! TIT.

 

So beware the photo copying place scam. 160 baht not crime of century I guess. But 100 + baht a time from lots of customers each day nets him a good sum.

 

But, it was creepy the way he smiles as he insists he redo my TM47.

 

I realise now he is laughing at my gullibility and not being super helpful. Strange his form ( I just signed it) rejected so quick.

 

The guy checking the applications before giving out a turn ticket,  was practically snarling and very unfriendly. He hates his job or falang I thinks.

 

No big deal, I guess but it would not be hard for him to to be pleasant.

 

Thailand is not often the Land of Smiles.  Often the Land of Snarls more like it.

 

i hope my next 90 day can be done online. Takes all morning in person.

 

Hey Ho.

Online reporting worked for me the 2 times I have done it. What a good innovation.

 

Errrrrr but the latest one has just been rejected with no reason why given. I have moved condo so might be that.

 

I have read up on the documents and forms required ..seems simple enough but it is a wind up.

 

And a long taxi trip, so pressure is on to get it done at one visit.

 

The condo agent has given me a copy of the TM30 they submitted. Never seen one before. I was expecting something to say that it was accepted or acknowledged. It is just what they submitted on line.

 

Hey Ho .. I guess on Monday I will go and see them and jump through more hoops.

2 hours ago, dick turpin said:

 

If changing address don't you have to do first report in person.

Why not ask your agent.

 

Thanks for your suggestion. I am told you only have to do your first ever ever ever 90 day in person .. changing address will not halt the online eligibility .. so to speak. Well as long as a change of address form been done, I guess.

 

And that is how it turned out. 

 

Re my post 2 up.

Sorted. Possibly muppetry on my part.

 

It needed 

PROVINCE : Chonburi

CITY: Bang Lamung

DISTRICT: Na Klua

 

Not like me entering Pattaya anywhere.

 

I got my 90 day new renewal date in about 1 second. 

 

Just noticed post above from Treetops. 

 

Thanks for helpful advice. You are right.

I am having a problem reporting online today. This will be my 3rd online report and it was very smooth first 2 times.

 

(I have just moved and my new address has been notified by the agent).

 

It is asking for my address (I think it remembers such details after the first report from an address).

 

Whatever .. my problem is it will not accept PATTAYA as my city of residence.  On first line (I thjnk it was asking for District ..  it accepts Chonburi .. next line it wants the city .. it wont take Pattaya or Na Klua.  Just clears my typing on me pressing enter. 

 

My cunning plan is to try again tomorrow. Maybe the system needs a reboot.

 

But meanwhile .. anyone else had/having this problem ?. Going to Jomtien will be a pain.

4 hours ago, topt said:

Never heard this before and I also do not believe unless someone can post a link?

 

One other reason that I find the statement hard to believe is that those who have done Amphur wills have normally gone with their partners to complete who will also tend to be the beneficiaries and I cannot see those being voided.......... 

I do not know. That is what a lawyer told me.  I know 'nuffing'.

I believe a Will in Thailand has to be in Thai to be legal / be of any use.

 

My Will is in Thai and the lawyers provide a copy of the draft in English.

 

(One post immediately above suggested a Will in English would do .. I have read that it wont and OHM confirmed this).

Yesterday I signed/completed my Will using a law firm called OHM. They are in Naklua. Easy-ish to find as they are in the BOLT App and on internet.

 

Well ..you can get close to the correct place ... but they have no sign saying OHM. It is confusing. But if you see a shop front saying visa appllications etc done .. that will be them.

 

(I thought OHM was the initials of the company but it is the name or nickname of the owner .. but OHM Naklua search will find them .. they have a different name too but I will leave that there)

 

Mine was a very simple Will. No property .. just cash in bank and some valueable  personal effects

 

They charged 5,000 baht and in the future will charge my son 30,000 to be executers to get the cash from the bank for him.

 

As there is a fair amount of money in my bank it would be crazy not to do a Will and let Kasikorn have it and I was happy with OHM's charge / future charge.

 

They are very helpful, friendly and efficient in person. 

 

One strange-ish thing they told me was about why they put my copy (and did same thing to their copy) of the Will in an envelope which was sealed up with substantial tape and the seal signed many times by me.

 

It is because if the beneficiaries see the will it is void by Thai Law. I was going to send my son a copy but hey ho. I better not. Just told him I have done a will and joked it was going to be donated to a retirement home for ex Go Go dancers.

 

The envelope has a huge label in Thai which says I assume,  it is my Will and only to be open by authorised legal type people.

 

So there you go ... 

I have not read every post in this topic so forgive me if the following has been discussed.

 

In my experience any branch can provide a letter that proves you have an account with Kasikonrn.

 

BUT ... only the main branch can provide a letter that itemises 12 international imports (65,000 baht income minimum) 

 

I know this for certain as 2 years ago I attempted to get a letter from my normal branch in the correct format.

 

They said no .. go to main branch. That is the one in Central Road.

 

Immigration were not very helpful the first year, not explaining what exactly was wrong but told me eventually. I guess they want me to use an agent.

 

Last year I thought I was being clever and just get the letter from the Jomtien branch. They gave me a print out of incomings and outgoings from my account. I was not convinced but it might have changed I thought ... as they near Jomtien Immigration and I thought must do many such letters .. I took it to try renew my retirement extension.

 

(Jomtien branch easier to get to than the main branch).

 

But no. They  (Immigration) just want the 12 international imports listed and rejected this format for second year. Durrrrrr I should have freaking learnt.

 

I went to the main branch again and got the info in the correct format and they confirmed they were the only branch that can list International incomings (and not all the account ins and outs). 

 

Confusion reigns a bit even after you get to the main branch. As not all employees know anything about it.

 

You need the desk far right as you enter.

 

Well that was the desk last 2 years but things change, I guess.

 

I have thought it very strange there was no other chat room chatter about this .. till now I have not seen any .. if indeed the problem is as in my case. 

 

 

Excuse my muppetry ... but because of the upheaval of moving condo, and problems here and in the UK that have occupied my mind ..... I have totally lost track about how now to get a covid booster(s) in Pattaya. (Free or paid).

 

I assume Royal Garden programme in this thread is finished.  

 

The search engine on here not getting me far, sorry if info is in a thread I cant find.

 

(I had 2 Pfizer last year).  

I was confused reading that the new UK passports are blue. 

 

Because ... I only received a new one a few days ago ... and considered it to be black.

I had to get it and look again. I am looking at it now.  Its black.

 

A very very trivial thing .. but I was a tiny bit curious.  I dont care .. but why is mine different ? Was my thought.

 

So I asked Mr Google and read that many consider that there new colour to be black.  Not just me.

 

So you may hear from confused old codgers like me saying they are black.

 

????

1 hour ago, Eff1n2ret said:

I thought they only added up to 9 months, but in any case, they don't do that any more, you'll get 10 years from the date of issue.

Yeah your right.

 

Apologies for being a stoooopid irriot.

 

In 2012 when I renewed I saw it was more than 10 years and assumed it was credit from the unexpired passport validity.  

 

I have just given it proper thought / calculation for the first time in 10 years. ???? Durrrrrrr.

 

I did not think overly much ...  sorry.

My passport has about a year before it expires and I am going to renew it soon. Probably after my next 90 day report in April.

 

My cunning plan .. is to use a passport renewal agent in Pattaya to deliver it to Bangkok and collect it. 

Any recommendations which one ? 

 

As I read that it is taking about 3 months .... I am wondering how I would do a 90 day report if the passport is still away.

 

(Yep ... I am already fussing/worrying  .... over getting it back in time !$#@%)!.

 

I always go in person to Jomtien. 

 

Those doing online,  dont show their passport .. maybe I need to get on the report on Line system  ?

Oh what fun that seems. Tried it a few times without success.

 

Also .. I guess I go to Jomtien Immigration and they transfer visa stamps etc to the new passport.

 

(My old passport was actually valid 12 years. I renewed it 2 years early in the UK .. and was very surprised to have got the 2 years added to the new passport). 

9 hours ago, balo said:

So the video has been deleted ?  I am surprised he did that , I think it was his most popular video. 

I had to check, nope it's still there, 15000 views now, If I was filmed in a bar like that  I would have reported it to Youtube.

I watched the video again .. well I skimped through it trying to get a screenshot of when he was filming quite a while INSIDE a bar .. to show the resulting screen dump ( blurring faces ) on here.  But I either missed it or he has edited it out. 

 

Hey Ho.

 

I am surprised You Tube allow all the swearing on his videos. F word and C word common. I swear but dont tape it and post it on You Tube.

 

He was taking a chance video-ing a group of lady boys. His childish laughter was not at the LBs but could have been misconstrued (?) and he get mashed.

 

The level of his immature stupidity was shown in another video when he walked into Soi 9 Police Station with his cam on a stick filming. He was very surprised to be soon told not to film. Bless.

 

The bit earlier when he was nabbed for no helmet riding his bike, in WS ... when the Policeman rode away with the vloggers keys  .. made me laugh. The vlogger to be fair was very confused ... but reasonably laid back.  I would have probably been a bit more of a drama queen.

 

I am not sure his filming outside Jomtien immigration with/interviewing an agent was very discreet.

 

The agent was Indian and the crazy vlogger was saying no need to have the right documents, just see this guy and gave his contact details.  Huge queue of those doing it correctly in background.

 

At the end he said .. the agent has just gone off on the back of a Policeman's bike (if I heard it right).  I guess these arrangement not exactly a big secret.

 

He did say later on that video he should maybe stop vlogging in red light areas. Eureka .. the penny has dropped. 

 

He is off now I believe on a small motorbike, heading to Chaing Mai.  What could possibly go wrong.  I think he should rename himself Captain Chaos

 

 

Not getting a Re-entry permit is certainly a huge pain/inconvenience.  

 

I knew this .. so more incredulous I forgot on one occasion.  

 

Whilst waiting for an ordered meal at BKK (waiting for our flight) I remembered.  Cue girly (on my part), serious panic and fluster.

 

Rushed the meal .. and then rushed a long way back to passport control.  (Try rushing a Thai girl from food. Ha ha).

 

l got it sorted.  But was not easy to find where I had to go and time consuming.

 

But the memory of my huge panic is still very vivid. The Thai girl I was with did not understand why I so flustered. 

 

My only excuse is I do not travel out often. I was very lucky that I realised when I had just enough time to sort. 

 

I would not risk leaving it to do at the airport unless you live a large distance from an immigration office.  I live a 10 bhat bus ride from one so stupid of me not to have done it in advance. 

 

1 hour ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Absolutely  about Santander. Nightmare. Although I kept an account  open with them  I moved to Nationwide  years ago. I can't get an OTP from Santander or change my phone number. When people   criticize  Thai banks they seem to have no idea about lousy UK banks..

I dont wanna thread ferk tooooo much but a big problem with Santander bank for us Expats is that they dont have email contactability. So not suitable if you are going to move abroad.

 

But my main point is, it is not a Thai bank oddity to close unused accounts after 2 years. It happens with UK banks too.  And no doubt in many countrys.  Thai bashers take note.

 

You got to phone Santander and go through multi option phone extensions to end up with a recent uninterested school leaver ( by sound of voice and empathy ) and get zero proffesionalism.

 

My fault in a way .. I was too polite. I should have asked for a manager. I was thinking my son visiting my UK branch with a wad of documents and letters would get it sorted.

 

With email, a record of their incompetence would exist.

 

I got £90k in that account I cant access.  I cant open an account with another UK bank remotely (I never go back) but if I ever get my OTP sorted a big chunk of that will be moved to my Halifax account on day 1.

 

Halifax can be contacted by email and seem interested in solving any problem. Other good banks are available.  ($miley)

 

 

It is not a Thailand bank querk to make accounts not used,  dormant and unaccessable.

 

I had 2 banks in the UK declare my accounts dormant after 2 years of inactivity.  I guess they assume the account holder may have died. Must happen hugely.

 

They held savings .. the point of savings being you SAVE the money till needed not spend the money .. was my point to them.  I no longer add money as I am retired, I said.

 

I naively thought logging in to the internet accounts often was registering usage  .. and was counting as them being active.  Durrrrrr !

 

Amongst other things they were my funds for medical emergencies. I did not like them being unaccessible.

 

Halifax restored accessability after one phone call and answering security questions.   Very polite. Very helpful.

 

Santander were and still are a nightmare.  4 long distant phone calls .. plus my son going into the local branch 4 times on my behalf ... have only partially resolved the problem.  He even showed them letters they had sent to my home address about the problem .. the address the account is connected with.

 

They restored the account as active.  Eventually.

 

BUT I had lost my mobile phone a few years back.  They have my old number.  They wont change my number on their system.  The people I have spoken to are suspicious. Despite me passing the security questions.   I need that changed for the OTP system of entering a code to move funds. I wont bore tooooo much re the many phone converstions I had but my last try ended with them saying they cannot change the phone number.  IT guys had to do it.  They would phone my new number. But never heard from them. Gave up.

 

Thus I cannot use the account that has tens of thousands of pounds in. Been like that for a year.   I dont need to use it .. but now send £5 a month into my UK savings accounts from my day to day account.

 

Writing this has concentrated my mind.  I am going to write to UK Finance Authority (or whatever they are called) and copy in Santander bank recorded delivery.  Then if not resolved after a couple of months I am sure I am going to have a further phone call to them .. ask for a manager and totally lose it. 

 

Hey Ho. 

If the meet was in a bar in Pattaya ...

 

I imagine very often,  the future wife's very romantic first words would have been

 

...... "Do you want Long Time or Short Time ?"

 

 

This is an old thread .. but I assume me posting will put it in latest postings list.

 

Any one got an update if vax for shingles available in Thailand yet ?  I am going to email a few hospitals, (after my covid vax had time to settle (uh?). )   .... to ask.

 

I have had 4 bouts of it in about 2 years.  One was without the telltale horrendous rash and made me very ill.  Mr Google confirms shingles without the rash not uncommon .. and the most 'worstest'

1 hour ago, Farmerslife said:

This is grade A deluxe trolling. 

Very funny, though.

If I had to pick a favourite line it's this one - 

"Instead, enjoy women’s company as you would the Bronte Sisters, all three or four of them, at once."

- but there a several other contenders.

 

Take a bow Mr. GG,  thanks for making me laugh out loud.  

I never thought of that.  Your right.  He is probably one of those who gets a kick out of people taking it serious when he is talking rollocks / making it up.

 

The trouble being that normal people dont see the fun in being infantile and a smartarse.

 

He probably got an erection when reading we thought he was being serious.

 

Oh well ... he took me in.   (I am so young and innocent).

 

So your erection well deserved, sir. Enjoy.

 

Mind you ...  I only read the OP heading and peoples postings.  Durrrrrrrr.

 

So I blame the posters for being taken in.. ($mileee).

On 9/9/2021 at 4:08 PM, HappyExpat57 said:

I know a few of these girls, and they've all gone back to live with their families. One, a former GF now in her 40's, tried to get me to buy naked videos of her. She didn't get anywhere with that proposition.

Have you got her LINE ?   I just wanna ask her how things are with her family etc.

 

(I wonder ... if they going cheap now) .