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Yes I left hua Hin city at 0730 and was in a bar on bintabaht at 2050hrs! The journey back was 1 hour slower due road works

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No only if the receiving phone was roaming. English number within England

So if it's an English mobile no. and it's in England they don't get charged any more for taking the call than if it was another caller from next door in England ... Are you sure? Please confirm Thanks

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But won't the receiver of the call get hammered for taking an international call?

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Maybe you have a point but I can assure everyone that having a ticket was not the issue. They simply had never heard of lunch being included. My only explanation is that there were sandwiches and coffee in the casino room but they couldn't even tell me that!

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Uh no I didn't go into that games room because as I was walking around the hotel lobby asking the staff where do I go, when I went there and flashed my ticket(950 bht) they sent me back to reception, who then should have sent me back to games room but were pretty clueless in truth! So yes, well spotted, that's where I went wrong, despite me walking round insisting "where do I get my free lunch?" not one of 6 or 7 people could answer a simple question, Nb including the Hotel's own guest relations manager(HOW can she not know this, considering how important that whole visa thing is to their hotel?!) Again needs knowing, and I know for next time. Thanks for clarifying for the readers of this.

One other point I'd make is that when I took the shuttle bus up to hotel there was no information given at all by anyone, or any signage, as to when the bus would return, which is daft as that's the number 1 thing you need/want to know. The driver should shout out "Bus come back 2pm" when he drops you at hotel reception but again I had to drag that out of them! My bus went up at 1.30 ish and came back for us about 2.10pm.

Grand Andaman could do better IMHO

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Went yesterday and was as described by many posters thanks.

2 points

1. The 950 bht does NOT include lunch at the at the Grand Andaman Hotel (previously known as the Andaman Club) I tried to tell the hotel that the Internet is full of people who had gone and had inclusive lunch and 5 hotel employees looked at me like an alien from the planet Zog! They couldn't even tell me when this had stopped! So I wasted 40 minutes as I should have just gone straight back across the channel as the only reason I went up to the hotel was for the free tucker!

2. I messed up re my dates... Schoolboy error!

So I had permission to stay Thai until 17 Feb, I assumed if I went Ranong on 14th they would give me 30 days FROM the 18th.... WRONG! I now guess that how it works with extensions(only) but not NEW entries as effectively my original visa had expired and I was making a new fresh entry. So people in my position need to be aware of that and be careful to time their Ranong run accordingly (thats assuming my take on this is now correct?) hopefully in my case on this particular trip it won't cause me a big issue but it needs knowing!

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Coming from Hua Hin, have taxi for day not worried re waiting time cost, just wanted to advise him of approx times plus would like to know myself. What would be really handy is to know the Andaman club ferry times but I can't see them on the hotel website or the net apart from an article by Samui times in 2014. If anyone has more updated schedule I'd be keen to see it thanks all

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Ps to 2.sorry I meant from Thai immigration start to all finished thanks

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Very useful thanks, to clarify two points 1. Approx Distance from Thai immigration to Andaman pier? 2. Should I expect from andaman pier to Burma, stamp and back all to take say 90 mins if immediate return ? Thanks

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So in deciding to choose which ferry... What does the Andaman 950bht include apart from the return ferry ride and the free buffet lunch? Does it include the 10 dollar Myanmar immigration fee thus avoiding the need for "crisp clean 10 dollar bill"? Anything else?

I'm trying to ascertain if you took your own long tail whether you would(should) be back quicker than the Andaman experience??



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I have scoured the forums re this and picked up many tips but... two things that I can't clearly see are

1. If choosing Andaman(I'm still undecided) do I have to visit Ranong immigration before or after or both?( Or all taken care of by Andaman)

2. When at Andaman do you have to go to Myanmar Immigration from the hotel or is it all taken care of on site. And how quickly can you expect to able to get return ferry.. 1 hour or 2? Trying to calculate how long my taxi driver will need to wait for me

Thanks in advance

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So to be clear and summarise......... i go to Ranong, with my passport, and my taxi driver should be able to find the Andaman Club Ferry as its close to public ferry jetty(?).I stamp out of thailand and take the Andaman Ferry which runs hourly(ish) i guess, and  i pay 950 bht all inclusive (no other fees needed ?)for which they will return me to the start point(at regular hourly ish intervals) and take care of all the visa paperwork at the hotel? i get back to thailand and assume i have to show my new 30 days somewhere and then im free to make my back to Hua Hin? is that a correct summary of what i need to know or have with me? thanks

To clarify im in Hua hin and can't go ban phu nam Ron(SETV) so Ranong only option now that I have less than 15 days(11) of current permission left thus appears to late to get a 1 year retirement visa in time to avoid Ranong run(assume i could always get one afterards but doesn't really achieve my goal.) If anyone knows differently please advise thanks

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If they not accept 7 days as part of the remaining permission then I think I have no choice but to go to Ranong. In truth the motivation behind the 1 year retirement visa is mostly to avoid the Ranong Visa run. Hey ho I have left it too late thanks anyway

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If I have extended a 60 day SETV by 30 days already can I get a further 7 days? Plus are there any medical grounds as I 'lost' 10 days due hospitalisation and also the 7 day extension is required to facilitate an application for a 1 year visa (15 day before permission ends rule)

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Ok that's interesting to note, I've never bought a sausage here outside of a pair of shorts in MV! So on a 130 dollar phone what's my ultimate liability if I get hit for it?

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Sounds like people on here have used Gear Best, any big issues with them? I'm thinking of the Oukitel U13 pro, cheapest 64gb phone with decent reviews. Any feedback appreciated.

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Example... If you come in on a SETV, so 60 days ....you then have to leave country unexpectedly e.g. bereavement, assume visa expiry date still valid for your re-entry? And also assume you can't reclaim your ' lost' days. So therefore you may need to apply for a new SETV for the return?

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In UK they're generally categorised as upper limb surgeons but within that you do get hand& wrist guys which is what I want(mine is a fairly common wrist condition).I could stay here in UK to do it but that would mean missing my annual 4 months in Hua Hin and at the moment that's breaking my heart! It's bad enough that I'll miss all the golf. Out of interest any specific reason why Sheryl is stating not to go to Hua Hin?

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anyone had a TFCC wrist arthroscopy in Thailand especially Bangkok or Hua Hin? or know of a ortho surgeon who is very good on wrist/hand ?

 
heh heh, I dont want to name names, but thanks for the quick reply as ever ubonjoe.

Might be wrong but I think this just highlights that the Consulates can only quote you the rules as they're given to them. If however youre learning that many people 'on the ground' are experiencing differently then I guess you have to hope that you will get the same treatment

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This is just a suggestion as I'm no visa Guru but as re 2.could you not get your Accountant or equivalent to draft up your 2016 income figures with a letter of certification? Better than nothing?? In my case I could not demonstrate income from 'work' which im told is what comforts them that you will have to return home eventually...

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Firstly I'd like to echo the praiseworthy comments of Bert Jones [emoji122] Now, going back to earlier post re dates... I'm getting an SETV on Friday. I thought the valid for 60 days meant I just had to enter in that period but does it also mean that my SETV will expire 90 days from issue Nb regardless of when I enter? If so this concerns me as it means if my departure date slips back my visa clock is running so maybe I should delay my appointment... Please clarify

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and naturally following on from your brilliantly concise 'Day 1' terminology(which is immensley helpful to all reading this )if you have a stay period for e.g. 60 days , then strictly speaking are you permitted to stay in thai for the whole of Day 60(and leave 61) or must you leave on day 60 as that it is your last day? as i think it could be argued both ways....

sound advice, do you get 30 days from expiry of current or from the day IO stamps it? same question re extension of SETV?