Woofer

I have been using this company for many years.

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Coco gym in Mike Shopping centre has a nice view of Pattaya beach. It's bit more than 120 baht though.

Thanks for all the information everyone. It really helps.

I thinking of going to Siem Reap from Pattaya. I am not to keen on driving to the Don Muang to catch a flight. Has anyone taken the deluxe mini bus from Pattaya to Siem Reap? If so what is the trip like?

TIA

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Castro gym has a stairmaster. https://www.castragym.com/gym.html

I used the new online service to do my 90 day report and was sent a reply that it was pending. After a week I received an reply saying it was not approved because I had over stayed, which is not the case as my visa is not due until May next year.

Join the online gaming platform steam, https://store.steampowered.com/join/,  its free and download some free games and see which ones you like. I would suggest you play some tower of defense games. Plants verses Zombies is good tower of defense games.

All the gyms I know of in Pattaya are now closed. Some were opened yesterday because they had not received official notification of the closure.

Sent my water cooler for repair to Sharp service centre and it took them 5 months to repair. But it never really worked properly, so I purchased another brand of water cooler.

Hi,

I checked with Numchai and they will do it. I had to supply the brand and models of the refrigerators, so they can order the sealant from Bangkok. Thanks for everyone help.

Hi,

I would like to get my 2 Sharp refrigerators resealed around the doors. Does anyone know anybody that offers this service in Pattaya, preferably on the darkside. Alternately does anyone know where I can buy the resealant rubber so I can do it myself. Any assistance would be appreciated.

My daughter attend Sawang Boriboon Wittaya School and does the Chinese English program, We receive very good feedback from the school. Her classroom teacher has a Line group which informs all the parents what is happening in my daughter class. The advantage of the CEP is that the English and Chinese teachers are native speakers. The English teacher also contacts the wife on Line about the progress of our daughter. This year the school has started to use the School Bright app which again details what is going on at the school. It's all in Thai of course, but one thing that does impress is that you can see if your child attend on a daily basis. We receive all our daughter's exam results via Line very soon after she complete them. In general we are very happy with the school and with the progress of our daughter. My only concern is that the school day is very long 8 to 5 or 6 pm if she attends extra tutorion. You might consider transferring your daughter to the CEP program to receive more feedback.

22 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

It appears this will be your first extension of stay which means the money only needs to be in the bank for 60 days not 3 months.

There is no 30 day extension for a non-o visa entry. Your only choice would be the 60 day extension to visit your wife.

Thanks. Problem solved. I will going ahead and apply for the retirement visa now.

Hi,

I am on a 3 months non-immigrate O visa and I will apply for a retirement extension soon. I need an additional month extension to my current visa, so I can have my 800K in the bank for a full three months. What the best way of obtaining month extension, going down to immigration and asking for one? What paper work do I need? I am married to a Thai, so is it better to apply for a two month extension via a spousal visa?

Appreciate any advice.

Thanks

I simply would NOT give a copy of the Chanote ownership. End of story. A copy of

the lease and a copy of the photo of your passport with the above mentioned thick

squiggly lines and what the photocopy is for should be enough. Everything else forget

about it. Maybe consider more if your man on the ground taking care of your rent collection

is known to you and trustworthy and they can accompany your tenant to the government

agency making the request. There are just too many scams going on. A loan is taken out

on the house in your name and you will be responsible. The banks/loan givers are well

protected, the home owner is not. You will be left to repay the loan and it will be up

to you to get the money back from the tenant. BEWARE

Thanks for the advice.

Woofer

UJ is spot on with his summary Woofer.

It's normal to take the landlord's ID and house book when applying for extensions as proof of address.

Being a foreign Condo owner though your name will not appear in your blue book.

Your chanote will carry your name though and proof of ownership.

The renter may require a copy of your passport, chanote and blue book to satisfy Immigration.

Nothing unusual about his request.

Thanks for the info. I will supply the tenant with the information he requested. I thought I better check before I did.

Cheers

Alan

As a digression I think we should all look at how Woofer had responded. Extremely courteous and polite and thanks passed on to everyone for their advice.

The man or perhaps it's a woman is a shining example of how people used to react and in a minority of cases still do react.

Agreed. Sometimes I feel like saying thank you on behalf of someone when they get a detailed, informative, and helpful response and don't have the courtesy to say thank you.

Thanks mate!

As a digression I think we should all look at how Woofer had responded. Extremely courteous and polite and thanks passed on to everyone for their advice.

The man or perhaps it's a woman is a shining example of how people used to react and in a minority of cases still do react.

Thanks. I am always appreciate getting good answers to my questions.

Regards

When I applied for my last visa extension I had to supply photocopies of my landlords ID card, rental agreement and their blue book. On the copies they drew diagonal lines across as detailed above. Immigration are definitely asking for my proof regarding residence these days.

Edit: typo

Thanks for the info

thedmon post # 4

If you give them a copy, draw 2 Parallel lines diagonally across the document copy and write something like "Only for purposes of Thai Immigration" (or whatever is appropriate) in between the lines.

That is quite standard in Thailand when you need to give copies of important documents to all and sundry.

thedemon offers sage advice .

As said make sure that those lines are thick and squiggly as well.

Documents are so very easy to replicate these days.

You could lose your property due to outright forgery and fraud or as a security for a loan or a business transaction etc. The avenues of fraud are manifold.

I will do thanks

If you give them a copy, draw 2 Parallel lines diagonally across the document copy and write something like "Only for purposes of Thai Immigration" (or whatever is appropriate) in between the lines.

That is quite standard in Thailand when you need to give copies of important documents to all and sundry.

Exactly, the locals do this all the time for all kind of copies.

Nobody will be able to take over your land based on a chanod copy. But TiT, everything is possible

Thanks for your input

Perhaps confusion between a work permit and applying for an extension at immigration. Although there have been reports of some work permit offices wanting proof of residence.

I was also asked to provide this stuff last time around (not sure whether it was extension or WP).

Thanks for your input.