madmonk888

I know it's been covered but has anyone managed to renew their 5 year driving license recently with the yellow book/ pink card. 5 years ago it was smooth as silk but I keep reading that they are refusing yellow books and insisting on COR only. I will be going to Chonburi DOT so sorry for possibly repeating this. I did go through the online e-learing and make an appointment but I have since found out I can't go and have to go to DOT first in person and make an appointment, so, do you have to have all your relevant papers when you pop in to make the appointment or at the actual appointment date ( validity of medical /cOR are only 1 month ). Thanks in advance

2 hours ago, irwinfc said:

did my 2nd 5-year DL last month at chatuchak DLT office. three things have changed. numbers 1 and 2 only affect Thai DL applicants. 

 

1. download an app to set an appointment

2. watch videos online prior to the appoinment

3. foreigners can just walk in without an appointment, but only 50 applicants are accommodated per day

 

good luck!

 

 

I have heard this , and I have a pink card so I downloaded the app, had 3 questions in Thai beforehand, watched the video (in Thai with my missus) and got the same 3 questions after , answered them (they are multiple choice) and was allowed to book an appointment next month and given a screenshot to show DLT when I arrive BUT I have heard that this can mean nothing and as irwinfc says they just ignore your booking and send you to the foreigners queue ! Anyone , experienced this ?

Has anyone had any experience moving from one yellow tabien baan to another in a  different municipality office. I am lead to believe you cancel your old one at your existing office and receive a letter which you take to the new office. I am also led to believe you don't need any documentation ( as per the original application e.g copies of passports or residents letters from Immigration ) … Thanks in advance.

that is really helpful. thank you taking the time to reply

Picking up a friend at Don Muang International ,  any help and advice on the parking system there. Where is the short term ? is that the so called basement parking ? is it easy ? they don't have a sim so it's a go get them in the terminal job. Thanks in advance and sorry if it's been covered recently.

and anyone's experience with regard to witnesses too please, I keep reading conflicting reports

2 hours ago, dayo202 said:

I went to my local immigration office few weeks ago for my extension renewal.

 I'm on a retirement extension right now but I wanted to change over to a  marriage extension.

Immigration would not let to swap over my extension, IO told me I had to leave Thailand and get a new fresh Non o imm based on marriage then after 45 days I could do a marriage extension.

I booked a appointment at Vientiane and got myself a Non o imm based on marriage.

sounds unlucky and as we all experience different offices we get different requirements but in essence I was also lead to believe as it's an extension based on...….. and we all already have O Visas then it's just the reason for extension we are changing. What a pain to have to leave . Thanks for sharing your experience

1 minute ago, BertM said:

Dear madmonk888,

I go next week for my extension in CW. I did retirement last year, but will do extension based on marriage this year. So, I will be able to give a first-hand experience afterwards... ????

excellent timing ???? , yeah please let us know and I hope it all goes smoothly

I'm sure it's been covered but does anyone have experience, guidance, or advice in how easy/difficult it is to move from a retirement extension at renewal to a marriage extension assuming there is the required 400k in the bank . Thanks in advance

thank you ubonjoe we can always reply on a great answer from you, the house and the condo are at the same office so yes we will be applying there. That will save me a lot of hassle and I do understand a lot of Thais stay in their families tabien bahn in different districts for years. I still pick up post etc from the condo. Thanks again ubonjoe

Sorry, if this has been covered before.... do you have to be registered at the same address, i.e. wife is the owner in the house's blue book where we both stay and I have a yellow tabien bahn for the condo I own that I have not changed .  I have heard sometimes it's more complicated to change the yellow tabien bahn than to just leave things as they are. The question is, for the marriage extension do you have to prove you are registered at the same address or just live at the same address with the photos ? As in can I keep myself at my condo for ease .  I hope that make sense and I look forward to the responses ???? 

Thanks all for your replies. I was not looking for a retirement / marriage extension but just for proof to assist with a mortgage application, If it is feasible. The money comes in each month into a foreign currency deposit account in £s but it is not a salary or a pension it comes from my current account.  Is the letter to Immigration in Thai ? and good idea Paulo59 I will email the embassy.

Hi

does anyone know if you can get a letter or affirmation from the British Embassy to show you bring  x amount into Thailand each month. It is not pension money, nor wages it comes from savings so it's not so easy to prove but there are bank statements in a Thai foreign deposit account showing an consistent amount coming into to Thailand every month in £s. My wife will get the mortgage with her job/income , mine would be used to help bolster the amount we can borrow. Does anyone have any experience , Thank you in advance

I just watched a video from Fabulous FM on YouTube that explains the TM30 rules really well for what they say is Chonburi but only mention the Jomtien office. It was really helpful but I still don't get the TM 28 rules , it looks like you have to report if you go anywhere in country for more than 24 hours which I understand is to know where we are but isn't exactly convenient nor logical if people don't have transport and have to try to find an Immigration office or Police station.. Also when we return we don't have to report ourselves if we are on long term visas and doing 90 days. I think ;-) . 

1 hour ago, ldiablo72 said:

My wife asked this question at Pathumthani immigration because we were going on a trip to Kho Samet and they told her I only need to report if I were to leave the country.

thanks, sounds sensible to me, I am leaving the country so will see then, as I will return to the exact same address, and to where my tabien bahn and Pink ID card say I live :-)

1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

That reporting is not normally enforced since it would be almost impossible to do.

Thanks ubonjoe, makes sense

Every time I do my 90 day it has never been mentioned. I have lived in the same place for over 5 years and have a yellow tabien bahn . Now if I return to my country for 2 weeks when I return to I have to do a TM28 for myself and a TM30 for myself and go to an Immigration office within 24 hours ? I have left the country before, not since 2015 and just went back to my Immigration office after 90 days and no mention of any TM forms or fines were mentioned.

Also, if , say you decide to go on holiday in country to another province are they saying you should go to Immigration and report yourself if you are staying more than 24 hours and does that then mean when you return to your registered home you have to go to your local Immigration again  ? 

I am sure this has been covered before but any help to clarify this would really be appreciated. Sorry to ask but is it the same across all Immigration offices as I have never been asked before but as I am going away and it seems a hot topic especially in Jomtien (which is not my office ) ?

Thank you

That's great news. We are  in the same situation. Went in last Friday and they called on Monday to her employer and to her. Now 4 days later we haven't heard anything , we have paid for the sms service. So, fingers crossed, just like you we will get it soon. Songkran is not going to help we were hoping to get it back before. Your good news makes us feel better, thanks for sharing.

I would like my wife to apply for her visitor visa herself and not supported . Do you think this looks better to the Embassy staff or is the sponsor route easier ? It's only a two week trip.

She can get a letter from her employer saying she has a job to return to , I also put 20,000 in her bank every month to take care of the home she has 200,000 in savings. So she can supply bank statements showing both the money I give her and her salary.  Should I write a supporting letter saying she will pay for her own flight as she actually wants to but I will pay for any hotels and expenses while we are there  and that she will be changing up her own sterling . I guess most of the documents will be proving our relationship which is 6 years so loads of photos for them to see. It's not as straightforward as you would think it would be. Some great advice on here so any help would be great.

I am sure this has been covered but I can't find it. For a spouse to visit the UK with her UK husband do they need copies of every page of her passport and mine or just the stamps and photo pages. I assume my visa stamps show I was genuinely with her and also do they have to be colour or will black & white suffice . I have read conflicting answers to this. Also, if giving photographs as proof of relationship can these be black & white copies too. Do they actually take all the photos and documents and then return them with her passport ? Thank you, it all gets a little confusing. Any other tips or help would be greatly appreciated before we book our appointment at Trendy.

Somebody kindly sent me some food goods from the UK by UPS which have now arrived in Thailand but UPS are refusing to deliver them and insisting I go to a Customs Department and register online with my passport to receive my goods. Also while this is going on, they will be charging me a fee to get my goods. Now I have no problem paying duty but I do not understand why I have to pay them a fee to get what is mine and why I can't deal direct with customs. I asked them to arrange for the goods to be sent to my local Thai Customs department where I would go with my passport and pay duty as I have before but they say they cannot do it and it's against the law.

Does anyone have any experience with similar and any helpful advice. I say it again, I have no issues paying the duty but not their fees and a fdaily charge for the goods to be held in a warehouse which they say is customs but is called UPS TG warehouse...help !

we were taught how to drive, In the Uk you had driving lessons with an instructor and a family member might help. You were told to look three cars in front, not to block the end of the road so a car could join the road, about flow, about using your indicators to let others know, to only using your hazard lights... well we get the point ... here's hoping the improve the test system and help to educate people on "how to drive" and don't get me started on motorbikes coming the wrong way down the road at you and expecting you to get out of the way and turning left onto roads without even looking ..rant over .... we live here but we find it hard to be affected by all this, either that or we start to drive the same...!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Its a nightmare. I'm currently doing the same. Every re entry you do, you realise, you're going to need to notify them AGAIN. For EVERY re entry. They don't make it particularly clear but they clarified that with me today. Seems crazy to me but there we go. Rules are rules ...

It depends upon where you are staying and reporting to.

If staying at the same address at some offices you only need to report once and then can show the receipt for that report. Others will say you need to do a new report for every trip into the country.

If you are staying at a hotel, guest house, apartment and etc that does the reports you do not need to worry about the reports.

ubonjoe what happens if you own a condo and have a yellow tabien bahn ? I have never done a TM30 on myself but recently re entered from Singapore. Am I going to have a problem next time I do my 90 day ?

what happens if you are the condo owner and have a yellow tabian bahn book ? Do you register yourself ? I've never been asked to prove address before even after staying in a hotel here but my 90 days is coming up

and everytime I go to stay in a hotel here I have to re-register myself ?

Logic would say I don't have to register myself but take my tabien bahn book with ... but :-)

Yes you can complete and submit the TM30 yourself.

easier said than done... you seen the form ? :-)

what goes in for relationship on page 2 and do you then have to lie to say the date as it's your first time of doing it .... all seems quite un necessary , and I just present this to my local Immigration when I do my 90 days or before as it has to be registered. Then if I go away for a couple of days to say Phuket, when I return I have to go straight back to Immigration within 24 hours and register again ? to register myself as living in my condo ?? :-)

what happens if you are the condo owner and have a yellow tabian bahn book ? Do you register yourself ? I've never been asked to prove address before even after staying in a hotel here but my 90 days is coming up

and everytime I go to stay in a hotel here I have to re-register myself ?

Logic would say I don't have to register myself but take my tabien bahn book with ... but :-)