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impulse, on 27 Jun 2016 - 12:33, said:impulse, on 27 Jun 2016 - 12:33, said:impulse, on 27 Jun 2016 - 12:33, said:

If they could combine AliExpress' product selection with Lazada's "one delivered price, with shipping and customs included- no surprises", and Lazada' policy of only allowing advertising stuff that's in stock ready to ship (and improve their search function), they'd have a real winner.

Edit: Oh, and Lazada's wide variety of payment choices that don't require a credit card or sending money internationally.

My fear is they'll merge the worst of each and end up with a turd.

If you want to grow, every company wants to do that you do not want to sell only local items. As a customer I really prefer a wide selection above a fast delivery.

When i was back in Europe i was looking for something but could find it nowhere. Googled and: there it was. Aliexpress. Never heard of but tried. Yes they could deliver but as i realised that Aliexpress is a chinese company i did not expect having it delivered in short time. Took three weeks but, i got something i could not find anywhere in europe, even not on the european internetcompanies. And cheap. Since then i am using Aliexpress more often but of course only when i am not hurried. Extremely broad productrange!

you must really have misunderstood "certified copy of passport" That could be needed if you have to send it but if someone needs a certfied copy they can make a copy themselfses and write on it that they made the copy.

So i expect a misunderstanding. And yes, find another bank. Be kind that helps too.

The Phuket/Bangkok flight will be domestic and therefore no immigration officers will be involved.

The overstay will be dealt with in Bangkok .

Depends. If there is a cosharing between the airlines that fly the first leg (phuket to bangkok) and the company that flies the second one ( bangkok to Phnom phen) then you will go through immigrations at phket airport. You arrive in bangkok at the national part of BKK, get a sticker, forgot the name that transfers you without passing immigration to the international past of the airport.!! For instance, if you fly both legs with bangkok airways it is evident: immigration at phuket but the same if you fly two different airlines that have a code sharing!!

This is exactly what I meant. It is the same airline. Thai Airways from Phuket to BKK and Thai Airways from BKK to Phnom Penh. So, immigration at Phuket right?

right. see my next posting plus a link to the website where it is written step by step plus pictures. At your service!

As he will be leaving the country via BKK I assume he will pay it there

Others will comment if it is safe to board the plane at Phuket without attracting the attention of Immigration, as it's a domestic flight he should be fine but others will know more about this

It's the same airline (Thai airways) so it should be possible to check the bags in at Phuket all the way through to Phnom Penh yes? It sounds much safer to pay the fine at Phuket airport than risk being "apprehended" until getting to the counter at Bangkok.

replied at an later posting but again: yes if it is the same airline your Luggage will be labeled from phuket to Phnom phen and you pass immigration at PHuket!!!

You arrive in BKK at the national part of the airport, get a sticker and are directed without passing immigration to the international part of the airport.

I The system has a name: you go via the "CIQ Channel" http://www.suvarnabhumiairport.com/en/1083-domestic-to-international-ciq

The Phuket/Bangkok flight will be domestic and therefore no immigration officers will be involved.

The overstay will be dealt with in Bangkok .

Depends. If there is a cosharing between the airlines that fly the first leg (phuket to bangkok) and the company that flies the second one ( bangkok to Phnom phen) then you will go through immigrations at phket airport. You arrive in bangkok at the national part of BKK, get a sticker, forgot the name that transfers you without passing immigration to the international past of the airport.!! For instance, if you fly both legs with bangkok airways it is evident: immigration at phuket but the same if you fly two different airlines that have a code sharing!!

Three weeks ago I did it in 4 hours 50 minutes on a Tuesday. I was in line for que at 6:45am

question : where ?

By accident i read this forum. It is about informing immigration when somebody lives in. The owner or the one who is master of the house has to repoprt him or her. AND, now it comes, if not HEAVY FINES.

I read in the tambien baan of my wife: on one of the first pages: Important document

this document........................

the head of the house is obliged ............................ and to follow the law as follows:

section 1 if birth occurs ......................

section 2 if death occurs

section 3 (NOW IT COMES!!!) if a person movers out of or into the premises, the head-of-the-Household must register the change of adress within 15 days of the move mate

Penalties

-any person who fails to comply with sections 1-3 shall be liable to a fine not exeding 1.000 Baht.

- any persoin ..............................

in the event that the offender in paragraph 1 is not of Thai nationality, he shall be liableto imprisonment for a term of6 months to 5 yeras and a fine of 20.000 to 200.000 Baht.

The tanbien baan is dated : 2013 !!

Absurd remark there, as many Indonesians are christians. Unfortunately, some people talk about the "muslim world" without even living there or gathering with muslim people, having said that religion wasn't the article's primary focus.

From Wikipedia

Indonesia also has a larger Muslim population than any other country in the world, with approximately 202.9 million identifying themselves as Muslim (87.2% of Indonesia's total population in 2011).^[1]

^{Absurd remark if almost 90% is muslim ??}

As baht has been gone down fast lately sounds reasonable as they have to observe exchange rates when they make much of a change. Normally this visa is obtained in Savannakhet these days so be sure you can get before you make the trip. Have you checked into extensions from immigration?

Have you not been following the decline on the Malasian currency over the last few months.

Yes, i did. In august last year 1 thai baht was equivalent to 0,1 MYR. In december to 0,105 Myr, In februari to 0,11 MYR and now more or less the same.

I used as source of information www.xe.com. So my remark is still the same!

I enclose a picture that shows the development of the curency value of a myr per thai baht over one year.

So again: if the costs are in thai baht, of course, it is the thai governement that charges and the MYR is getting a higher value then you have to pay LESS and not MORE MYR !! So the change in currencyrate between myr and thai baht can not be a reason!

Posted Today, 13:02

Hi, I just called Penang and they told me that the non-immigrant visa for one year (in my case O based on mariage) will increase from 550 MYR to 750 MYR on the 1st of August 2015. Has anyone recieved the same information? I do not find anything of this online

about the visa fee.

Maybe i am wrong but if the thai baht goes down, so devalues against the ringit the price in ringit should go down and not up!!

The costs are thai baht!! And next to that, from 500 to 750 is 50% . That can never reflect a change in currency.

So, no must be another explanation.

You can get a re-entry permit to keep your 90 day entry valid when you return. You can get it at either airport in Bangkok on departure from the country.

A singe re-entry permit will cost 1000 baht. At Suv they will charge a 200 baht service fee because they will do the form, photo and copies.

dear ubonjo,

was so happy with your reply taht i forgot to thank you.

Thank!

hello

treid to ,find an answer but could not find it.

I do have a non immigrant o visum (Yes O not OA !) issued at the thai embassy in the Netherlands. .Retirement. Expiring 7th august 2015. Multiple entry.

Most of the year i stay 2 months in thailand and leave thailand for a few weeks. So no need to report every 90 days.

Last time i entered was 10th of june so "ädmitted until 7th september 2015 visaclass non o" says the stamp and what is written on the stamp.

Wanted to do an extension of stay, 1 year . Living in Chiang Mai. Earliest date i can do that is 7th september minus 45 days so 24th of july.

Unfortunately i am leaving thailand before 24th july and come back thursday 30th july but leave thailand again sunday august 2nd.

Due to the paperwork that has to be done beforehand, fi bankstatement 800.000 baht it is almost impossible to apply for the extension of stay. Just one day (Friday 31th july) for bankstatement, application at office in chiang mai etc.!

Hope you are still there!!

My question is. When i leave bangkok airport i do have in my passport a visastamp dated 30th july with stamp : admitted untill 30th july plus 90 days so let us say 30th october. I intend to enter thailand again 15th october. I is clever to ask for a re entry permit, when i leave on 2nd of august? And then coming back in october aply for a extension of stay based on my Original non immigrant O retirement visa?

Hope it is not too complicated.

Thanks

If you get the re-entry permit before leaving it would keep that last 90 day entry valid and you would get stamped in until the date the entry ends. Then you could do the extension.

It would not matter that your visa was expired.

thanks again. clear!

maybe i am a very slow student then sorry for that.

i do have non o multientry so when i leave on 15th july and return on 25th of july, multientry still active, i expect that i will get a visastamp "admitted untill 23 october."" I understand from your message that you expect that i get stamped untill the date my former entry ends that is 7th september 2015.

everytime i enter thailand within the period my o visa is valid (untill august 7th) i get a new date : entrydate plus 90 days.

Sorry again if i am a very slow learner.

If you get the re-entry permit before leaving it would keep that last 90 day entry valid and you would get stamped in until the date the entry ends. Then you could do the extension.

It would not matter that your visa was expired.

thanks again. clear!

If you will be back before the 90 day entry you will get when your enter on the 25th of July you could get a single re-entry permit to keep that entry valid when you return and then apply for the extension of stay. The re-entry permit will cost 1000 baht.

dear ubonjoe,

yuur answer is for me not quite clear . when i come back on 25th my o visa is still valid, i will get 90 days so again can not comply with the 45 days before!

leave on 2nd august and thats it. emopty hands. visa expires. When i come back lets say 10 october a do not have a visa. being european i get a visaexemtion of 30 days and have to restart everything again.

dear expats experts,

just came back from immigrationoffice. Wanted to apply for one year extension retirement and multiple entry.

Was advised to come back later because i was applying earlier than 45 days before date of expiry of visum. Was surpised but after reading everything again i understand now but a new question rises.

the facts.

i do have a non immigrant visa o category multiple entry expiring 7th august 2015. Got that in my homecountry, holland.

i entered several times thailand in the past year. Last time i entered june 10th 2015. I got, entering thailand the last time a stam that says: /visaclass: non o admitted untill 7 september 2015.

I will fly to europe 2nd august 2015.

I misread several boards. Thougt: expirydate is 7th august so can apply for extension 7th august minus 45 days. WRONG !! The relevant date is NOT the expirydate of my non 0 visa (7th august) but the expirydate op my visaSTAMP so 7th september.!!!

Have learned that now. BUT, i was intending to visit the filippines leaving 15th op july and coming back 25th of july. So, i will get a new visastamp that says"admittid untill 25 july plus 90 days so let us say 23 oktober " The consequence is that again i can not appy for an extension of stay based on retirement because i expect to leave Thailand on 2nd of august!!

This will go on so just my question now : how can i get a extension of stay based on retirement for one year. Or do i have to apply for another non immigration o visa in Holland? The problem is that such a visa does not state on what it is based (retirement, marriage to a thai etc) sometimes that gives a problem fi when you want to open a bank account( which i have of course already) but it is just an example.

Thank you!! Love you all because of your expertise.

dear Drees,

i am dutch too

I got a non O visa retirement at the thai embassy.

I used a dutch agent at a cost of € 25 . No need for a bankstatement only copy bankstatement with monthincome.

Questions about traveldates. Just fill in the next visitdate to thailand.

hope this helps.

OK, I may be as thick as pig poo, but here is my understanding from your posts.

1 I am on a one year visa and I only report my address every 90 days (not extend)

2 At the one year anniversary, I must extend for a year (and it can only be a year) by providing the same info as originally sent to Thai consulate in L.A.

3 I may leave and re-enter with a re-entry permit for 1000 baht. but only within the visa year, IE not past it's expiry date. My arrival was August 15 and my renewal will be August 14 therefor if I am out of the country at renewal time I have to start over, presumably from outside the kingdom

4 There is different treatment once past the first year?

Guys, I've pored over the Immigration Site and with the greatest respect I Just can't deduce the info from there.

Thanks

Alan

1. Yes true

2. No. You do not extend the visa , you ask for the period you have been permitted to stay on the visa to be extended, ( extension of permisssion to stay). You do not need the medical certificate, or the police cert. that you supplied to get the original O/A, merely proof that you have had 800,000 baht in a Thai bank account for two months before you apply for the extension (or three months for subsequent extensions), or proof you have an income of at least 65,000 per month, or a combination of the two.

3. Each time you enter on an O/A visa you are give one entire year's permission to stay, even if you enter one day before your visa expiry date (the "enter before" date). You do not need a re-entry permit unless you leave and intend to re-enter after your visa has expired (after the "enter before " date), but before your "permission to stay until" date. A visa is a permission to enter the country. After the "enter before" date, your visa has expired, though your permission to stay has not. As you do not then have a valid visa (permission to enter) you must therefore buy a re-entry permit to allow you back in with your full permission to stay period intact.

4. 30 days or less before your one year permission to stay ends, you apply for a new extension of permission to stay. This is not extending a visa. Once you are on extensions of permission to stay you do not have a valid visa any more. You can keep extending your permission to stay annually for as long as you like , providing you satisfy the financial conditions.

is tha answer for point 2 correct ? The extension can not be done by a thai consulate but should be done in thailand. Correct ?

But coming back at the core question: if i do have the choice, independent of the paperwork that is involved, why should i prefer a visa or a extension??

thanks again.

As ubonjoe has pointed out, you would need to trot along to the border every 90 days to renew your permission to stay under the multi-entry non-O visa - which you would not, of course, need to do in the case of an annual extension of stay granted by your local immigration office.

On the other hand, you would not have to trot along to your local immigration office every 90 days to file a 90-day report.

So at the end of the day, it all depends on the distances you need to travel from where you live in Thailand to (1) the nearest border and (2) your local immigration office, I suppose. But that said, you could always file a 90-day report either by snail mail or even electronically these days, thus saving a physical trip to your local immigration office every 90 days - which would definitely tilt the balance in favour of the annual extension of stay option, I think.

I am completely happy with all your information. It is true, i would have to go every 90 days but, as i travel often back to europe that is not a problem. I am never much longer in thailand than two and half month .

Coming back but, please not for starting a discussion, yes or no a policestatment and a medical approval.

Seems that is the difference between a OA and a O visa. Tried several websites of the thai embassy in different countries and foand found one website, thai embassy Stockholm that mentions the requirements foir a OA AND !!! for a O visa.

There you can read that for a O visa a mediacal statement or a police statement is not required.

http://www.thaiembassy.se/en/visa/types-of-visa/49

Thank you all.

It seems to me you are getting a multiple entry non-o visa not a OA visa.

The requirements are clear a medical certificate and police check is needed for a OA visa. See: http://www.mfa.go.th/main/en/services/4908/15385-Non-Immigrant-Visa-"O-A"-(Long-Stay).html

i added a copy of my visa., Is a non-o visa Multi entry. But, yes your reply says that you need more than what i wrote woukld be needed. Still do not understand why i got this visa without the medical certificate and policecheck.Still on offer!!

But coming back at the core question: if i do have the choice, independent of the paperwork that is involved, why should i prefer a visa or a extension??

thanks again.

"I am surprised that there is almost no price difference between both applications so I get the feeling that applying for an new visa at my embassy is the first choice. Same price, less paperwork, no need to travel."

As paz has pointed out, there would be a need to travel back to your home country in order to obtain a fresh O-A visa from the Royal Thai Embassy there. So you would need to take a hefty return airfare into account in addition to the Embassy-related costs which you would incur for a replacement O-A visa.

Thank you for the two reactions above.

To complete the picture. I travel three times a year back to europe so no extra travelingcosts involved for applying at my embassy in Europe.

Paz said " requires certified copied of bank statements, police record, and medical certificate, plus of course that you travel to you home country.

Dear Paz, my embassy requires No plocie record and No medical certificate! A certified copies bank statement is not reuired.

I made a copy of two of my monthly bankstatements with remiitance of my pensionfund, signed and that is it!

Of course pasport, fotograph etc but thatbis really all that is necessary.

I did it that way one year ago and informed what is reuired now. Same!!

So the core question is: is there a reason to prefer the way of extending my stay via the "chiang mai route" instead of applying for a new 1 year O retirement visa ?

Thank you again.

dear members,

Thank you for your clear reply about the diffence between a O visa on retirement and a extension of stay on retirement.

May i use this topic for a related question?

I do have, as written before, a o visa year, retirement. That will expire august 5th trhis year. I want a new possibility for staying in Thailand but are hesitating between two possibilities.

The first one is applying for a extension for one year. Have to do that in Chiang Mai where i live.

The second option is again applying in my homecountry at the embassy for a one year visa on retirement.

The reason why i hesitate is the following.

Applying for a retirementvisa is quite simple. Paperwork, sending to the embassy and get it back by post within two weeks.

Applying for a extension of stay is much more work. Going to the bank. Making copies of all pages of passport and bankbook, going to immigratiuoin etc.

I am supprised but there is almost no pricedifference between both applications so iget the feeling that applying for an new visa at my embassy is the first choice. Same price , less paperwork, no need to travel.

Coulkd you please advise me why i should choose one or the other way. Advantages between both "visa's " ?

I did not forget that at the same time i will have to apply for multiple reentry permits. But again: almost same price.

thank you

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dear members,

Thank you foer your clear reply about the diffence between a O visa on retirement and a extension of stay on retirement.

May i use this topic for a related question?

I do have, as written before, a o visa year, retirement. That will expire august 5th trhis year. I want a new possibility for staying in Thailand but are hesitating between two possibilities.

The first one is applying for a extension for one year. Have to do that in Chiang Mai where i live.

The second option is again applying in my homecountry at the embassy for a one year visa on retirement.

The reason why i hesitate is the following.

Applying for a retirementvisa is quite simple. Paperwork, sending to the embassy and get it back by post within two weeks.

Applying for a extension of stay is much more work. Going to the bank. Making copies of all pages of passport and bankbook, going to immigratiuoin etc.

I am supprised but there is almost no pricedifference between both applications so iget the feeling that applying for an new visa at my embassy is the first choice. Same price , less paperwork, no need to travel.

Coulkd you please advise me why i should choose one or the other way. Advantages between both "visa's " ?

I did not forget that at the same time i will have to apply for multiple reentry permits. But again: almost same price.

thank you

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