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I just got a 12 month retirement extension renewal 3 weeks after arriving back here from abroad on a re-entry permit based on the previous one. They put a piece of paper in the passport with the date my 90 day report is due. It is not 90 days from the date of the extension, they put 90 days from my arrival in the country . Irrelevant for me anyway, because I will have left the country again before that date.

I actually nearly drove into the back of a truck because of those tints. It was night time on an unlit road, and the truck had small tail lights that were barely visible - a combination of hardly working plus they were dirty. It was going up a hill and barely moving, probably 10 km/hr at best. We approached it at 70 km/hr I guess, not really sure, and suddenly there it was right in front of us. Jammed on the brakes, thank god for ABS and a dry road, and we stopped millimetres before the back of it. A small miracle. Even that was not enough for my wife (who was in the car also) to get those dark tints removed and replaced by something lighter. From that point on, I drive slowly at night unless it is extremely well lit and there are other cars around as well so their headlights are a guide as well. These dark tints are actually illegal as I understand things, a pity the police don't enforce it. Try it in the UK and you'd be taken off the road instantly.

Yes, that is the downside, requires two visits. At Mae Sai they do it all in one visit ?

The tint that the Toyota dealer recommended for us on our new car was perfect. You could still see well at night, and in daytime it reduced the sun enough to make things comfortable. Unfortunately my wife then sent it back for some darker tints. She wanted no-one to be able to see in the car, i.e. privacy. The result is that yes in daytime visibility is still fine, but at night time it is simply dangerous. You have to drive under the speed limit, you can see nothing beyond the headlights so that is the distance you have to be able to stop within. And I often find myself opening the drivers window at least to see properly. Disaster, but that is what she wants.

No, I had nothing to claim for. Which is as you want it to be.

I got the TUNE PROTECT policy for 30 days when I came in. I asked about this, and they pay the hospital directly if you are admitted with Covid, but for anything else you have to pay up-front and claim back.

The Chiang Rai office only do some things on certain days - for example they only do retirement extensions on Mondays and Wednesdays I think it is. Someone else may confirm. No such restrictions in Mae Sai. I've been to both once and prefer the Chiang Rai one. Parking is much easier there if that is a consideration.

Of course the SMS text alerts will only ever go to one phone - that is fine

OK that is good. I need to visit the bank or an ATM to get a UserID and pin. On the second phone it says I can't use my ATM card details as I've already used them - to set it up on the first phone obviously

Yes exactly this.

No, but it I know it isn't possible it saves a visit to the bank.

Has anyone got the app installed and operating on two phones ? Most banks allow it but for example one of my UK banks doesn't.

Yes I did this recently, it was incredibly easy. Absolutely minimal amount of documentation. If at some point in future it makes sense to switch to marriage extensions (insurance requirements perhaps, or extra financial requirements) then I will do that. But until then I think I'll stick with retirement extensions.

I certainly take ours out of the economy transmission mode but don't use power.

Our 2.8 Fortuner TRD we bought new nearly three years ago is on 125,000km and no problems at all. Just regular oil changes etc. Still drives the same as new and amazingly still on the original tyres and I'd say there is another 20k left on those. I'm thinking maybe front disks and pads must not be far off, and those tyres in the next 2-3 mths as I don't believe in letting them get right to the legal limit. Totally happy with it as you are, great to drive, tough as old boots and imho the best looking of the Japanese SUVs at the time. Later engine has a bit more power, but I don't find this one lacking.

All went smoothly, no mention of any missing 90-day report and no questions at all actually. They just took all the paperwork for the extension and the re-entry permit, called me to sign all the passport copy pages, and took the 1900 baht and 3800 baht payment and job done. Yes it was a 2 hour long queue but it could have been worse I guess. I came away quite impressed with how smooth it was - at the bank firstly and then straight on to immigration after that.

Thanks, that makes sense of course because they are also asking for the TM6 number, but you never know !

Hi, I'm filling this out for a 1 year extension of stay based on retirement. It asks what date I arrived in Thailand. What do I put ? The last entry per the TM6 that is stapled in the passport ? Or is it an older date of some sort for a prior visa or extension ?

My first 1 year extension finishes mid-February so I want to do this next week. Last time was Chonburi so this is the first at this particular office. Is it: Completed TM7 1900 baht Passport Copies of passport pages, signed Copy of TM6 Passport photo x 2 Bank book Copies of bankbook pages Bank letter Proof of address ? (so my wife's Tabian Ban and marriage certificate) Is that it ? Does this office require 12 months of bank statements (which from Bangkok Bank I understand takes a week to get) I'll get a re-entry permit as well following the extension. I may have to pay 2000 baht fine for lack of 90 day report before I left for the UK earlier in June last year. I tried to do it in Mae Sai in May but they refused to accept it, saying I had to do it back in Chonburi - even though they had just accepted the TM30 for change of address before telling me this. Maybe I struck an IO on a bad day, but I'm not keen on that office now, so there are two to choose from in Chiang Rai province about the same distance from us.

I used a hospital on the approved list. I did not see a laboratory number anywhere on the negative test certificate, so in that field I simply entered the hospital name. Should be sufficient.

Having uploaded the pdf test result to the website, the Morechana app now shows me as green "Very Low Risk" compared to orange Medium risk beforehand. For what it is worth...

My test result was emailed to me as a pdf the following morning. I didn't get (or expect) a paper copy, with only the one visit there. The link in the Morchana notification was a personalised URL, because my name appeared on the web page when I used the link. The forms I filled out at the hospital had "Test & Go" on them so it was a slightly different procedure from a normal test I think.

Unable to upload with Morchana yes, but in my case Morchana popped up a message with a URL for me to upload the test results to, which I did. Annoyingly the URL isn't clickable, so you have to screenshot it and then manually type into the browser.

Certain nationalities (UK included) don't need any sort of visa to enter Thailand. You just arrive and get stamped in for 30 days as a tourist. HOWEVER of course you also these days need to go through the Thailand Pass application process (and before that it was the COE)

I had my Day5-7 test in Chiang Rai. They emailed me the result back the next day, negative. Whether the test result is stored in some government database I don't know. A few days later the MorChana app notified me that it was time to scan in my negative Day 5-7 result, but there is no capability to do that in the app that I can see. That app seems to be a complete waste of time.