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This is common policy in Thailand. My wife's Thai friend visited from Sweden. They drove around all afternoon trying to rent a motorbike in Pattaya. "Farang only" was the answer everywhere.

Apologies yes just checked. Republic of Ireland is not a Schengan country because of the existence of the Common Travel Area CTA agreement with the UK. Meaninh anyone with a UK visit visa can also use this to visit the Republic of Ireland.

I leave and return to Thailand to the same address with a Retirement extension/re entry permit once a year. I never do a new TM30, my last one was 2017. A guy down the gym did a 30 day extension of his visa exempt entry last month. His TM30 is 3 years old, no mention ofa new one.

I don't know why people keep saying this. If you get a new passport, go to immigration, fill out the form and have the extension stamps transferred to the new passport. As long as this is done, immigration have your new passport on record. You can then do the 90 day report online as normal. Jomtien immigration. I did my first report online last December and this week I did my 2nd. Reported online at 14.30 and approval was back 08 30 the next day.

Just go onto Lazada and buy a DTV box and an outdoor antenna. That's all you need, very basic set up

Well The Pattaya Expats website is wrong. There is no need to do a new TM30 after leaving and returning to the same address. I entered with a new passport, transferred the retirement stamps over to new passport and have since done 2 90 day reports online including the first one with a new passport. No mention of a new TM30 at any stage. A chap down the gym has just extended his 30 day visa exempt entry and again no mention of a new TM30. Yes this is Jomtien immigration.

Incorrect, you will be forced left not right at beach road. Most Thai's on bikes will of course ignore this.

You are lucky. I manage to get about 8 hours sleep but I wake up about 5 or 6 times in that period with a very dry throat. I normally manage to get back to sleep but I have not slept through now for years. I am 67 years old

Please note new location from March 18th. Trendy building no longer being used.

Exactly the same with me. Despite many posts by people who don't know, Jomtien is very efficient. For me stamps transferred over in October to new passport, no new TM30 required and 90 days completed online with new passport in December.

They are owned by Thai Watsadu. Just go there instead. One on the Suk towards Na Jomtien.

The issue is yours. You didn't say a different bike turned up then the one you expected. You just said a different bike turned up. As Bolt have many bikes I would expect a different bike to turn up. So rather than posting rude insulting replies you should look at the reason for my comment in the first place, that was your unclear first post.

6.30 am is the middle of the night for me. Who on earth gets up so early?

Your post did not say that, that's why it's confusing

What a load of bull manure. As already said 1,000's of Thai's go to South Korea with the sole intention of not coming back, overstaying their visa and working illegally on the fruit farms. My wife's sister is there for 3 years already. Her brother wanted to go but got rejected. There are even Thai organisations that organise these illegal trips and take them to Vietnam first for a week just to get a visa stamp and a travel history. No way it is racism, its just a click bait headline.

You havr have the correct answer, but a question to you. Why do you need an Irish visa, that is covered by a Shengan visa. Also if your wife has a UK visa, this also allows entry to Ireland.

Who writes this rubbish.

I know one that does it for 599 baht, if this helps. Suggest also you change your attitude, being a bit defensive in your comments when asking for help is not the way to go.

I don't know why people post the same question over and over again. It's a 90 day report of being in Thailand, if you leave before 90 days, that's it do nothing. When you re enter its day 1 again. Get it now? Probably not, the same question will pop up again next week.

Posted to help others but made yourself look stupid in the process. There are loads of walk in clinics in Pattaya for 100 or 150 baht that give a 10 minute service, most don't even examine you. The fact you paid 1100 baht is laughable.

People like you say this but I entered with my new and old passport with a re entry permit in my old passport, in late September. I changed the retirement extension stamps over at immigration in October. My 90 day report was successfully completed online using my new passport details when it was due in December. No mention of completing a new TM30 either. Jomtien immigration.

Maybe it's your name? Mr Hermes Hermes. They like having a hood laugh.

Not at all offices. I always do mine online after being in the UK for 4 months. Jomtien office.

Not at every office. I had mine approved in December with a new passport online. As long as you have previously visited and had your extension stamps transferred to new passport. Jomtien office.

Similar thing with Makro delivery. I was expecting 3kg of steak mince to be delivered in a 4 hour time slot. Towards the end of the timeslot I checked the tracking and it said delivered. Angry thinking that the delivery had gone astry I had the wife call customer service to chase the order. No call back but 2 hours after the 4 hour slot the delivery arrived. The driver was stressed because we had chased the order. We told him that he should not say its delivered just to make his timeslot. A simple call would have stopped this nonsense.