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They asked me to renew another year on mine, I actually had about 16 months of insurance at time of application. Luma were happy to renew early.

Yes HKT is well aware of LTR visas. We're not country bumpkins down here.

At least we didn't get Nick Adams! Feel sorry for Malaysia.

It was dead already. And how is letting a cat out, negligence? lol.

Does the government actually understand how the people behave or their behaviour towards laws they dont agree with or laws that get in the way of making money? A prescription, that'll solve it 🤑. Has anyone EVER gone to a pharmacist with a prescription in hand? I remember getting blue and whites and yellow and whites, colloquially known as diet pills back in late 90s without a prescription. - I wasn't fat 😉 No one cared about your prescription then nor do they care about a prescription now.

Juat called SCB call center. Got an extention of the exemption for 3 months no problem.

Ill answer this generally. As long as you can prove you have the required income to spend in thailand, they do not care. So unrealised gains are out, so are non-dis dividends - probably. Realised gains are in. Your situation seems similar to me in terms of having no bank account, no pension, no obvious income per se, I got a lawyer to do it, as their criteria is very fluid and flexible(Probably even more so now given the low take up of LTRs). My lawyer did it on distributed coupons and realised gains reported from my brokerage account only. Best 50k I could have spent. They will tell you what you may need to adjust in your brokerage to get your application accepted (if anything) As for 4. Was 1 year for me. As for 5. I had no income tax statements. Because I live in Thailand. So they are sure not required. As for 6. I wouldn't even give it any thought at the moment. See 5.

Ill answer this generally. As long as you can prove you have the required income to spend in thailand, they do not care. So unrealised gains are out, so are non-dis dividends - probably. Realised gains are in. Your situation seems similar to me in terms of having no bank account, no pension, no obvious income per se, I got a lawyer to do it, as their criteria is very fluid and flexible(Probably even more so now given the low take up of LTRs). My lawyer did it on distributed coupons and realised gains reported from my brokerage account only. Best 50k I could have spent. They will tell you what you may need to adjust in your brokerage to get your application accepted (if anything) As for 4. Was 1 year for me. As for 5. I had no income tax statements. Because I live in Thailand. So they are sure not required. As for 6. I wouldn't even give it any thought at the moment. See 5.

They're lack of efficiency is staggering and worse, they don't see it at all. They're super efficient at streamlining inefficiency though. My advise, bite the bullet and go down there at 7 45am on any day. Sit down on a seat (thus ensuring being high up in the 100 queue). Ensure a full battery on your phone and go with the flow. If you accept that, laugh at the newbies getting stressed then you'll be having a beer by 3pm with a new driving licence and forgotten about it by the morning.

From my understanding speaking to such folk, laziness, cantbearsediness and lack of funds. I can kind of see the attraction. If you struggle to meet a visa condition and skip it, seems very easy to just fall between the cracks and never bother again if you dont interact with any govt agency.

TM30 notification process working well then. Wouldn't the system flag him on day one as an overstay?

Yawn.

Ita crazy how fluid the process is. They have to be the worst government department to deal with. Improvised chaos. So I muddled my way through it. As of yesterday the RENEWAL process is: Come before 8am, earlier the better as there is a loose queue system of sorts. Sit/stand under the tent for renewals only. At 8am a lady comes around and gives everyone a Thai form with a queue number written on it. This is for their use only. This is limited to 100 a day, so be prepared to hustle if you see you're going to miss out. Yesterday there were more than 100 trying. Seems sitting is best as she gives queue numbers to those sitting first and regards that as the start of the queue. All 100 are then taken upstairs where 2 queues are formed, one for Thais, one for foreigners and your docs are checked and kept. Passport, old DL, medical certificate, residence certificate, copies of passport and visa page. You show them your e-learning completion receipt also at this point. This was done in about an hour for all. You're told to come back at 1pm sharp and hang around counter 5, where a guy calls you up one by one in queue order it seems for the reaction test (pedals) and the obligatory red green yellow test. Take docs and pay for licence with new queue number the guy gave you. Take docs, keep passport and put in the camera ladies basket and wait for her to call you up for a photo and driving licence to be made. Hope this helps someone.

Anyone renew their driving licence at the Phuket office recently? I was told to go with required docs and the proof of e-learning. I duly went and the lady at the counter seemed very angry, and asked me, have I booked an appointment. I said I was told I just to come down for photo and get a new DL, and anyway the Queue app is fully booked all year and next year (I suspect its been closed(blocked out) in reality for Phuket. PN has some slots for the end of July.). She then said, come tomorrow, not sure what or why she said that. Anyone know the current process for renewal? TIA

Where do you hang out!