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I am looking for a colour laser printing service. I want A4 documents printed. Preferably a shop between Hua Hin and Chumpon.

Some reasons not to use just one bank : - A bank employee commits some act to move your funds to another account (either by mistake or from criminal intent) - You are scammed by some electronic means (via a compromised debit card most commonly, normally would only affect one bank) - Your debit card is lost, expires or malfunctions while you are away from home area. (you can use your card from the second bank) - When I was younger I had accounts at many banks. This was to build up a reputation at each, so if I needed a loan I had options for where to obtain it. - Allows access to more credit cards. This is especially important as I have had cards expire while overseas and was saved by having several more to choose from. All that said, I keep the immigration funds in one account (just eliminates a "point of failure" when dealing with immigration), and do not use that account for anything else. We have all seen posts of mistakes made and people dipping below the required funds.

@rwill That year you got the 60 day extension, did you apply for another extension when it expired? If so, was it for one year? and did it expire 1 year from that extension date or from the original? Also, was it a non-imm O visa?

Due to my ignorance I went for my 1 year extension in November (for a visa dated December), not realising the implications of my passport expiring in July. They only gave me an extension to July 26, the date my passport expires. ( I have since acquired a new passport) So I thought I would go and get a new extension in the 45 day period they allow preceding the expiry. I assumed I would get an extension to the visa dated in December, but that seems incorrect. As far as I can tell they will do the extension for 1 year from July 26th. This is a problem for me as I usually spend May - August in Canada. This date does not work for me getting extensions. So I guess I could just leave as usual and get a new Non-Imm O on my return to Thailand next fall. But I was wondering if there was a way to change that expiry date to something compatible with my travel dates? I see on the TM7 a line that says "I hereby apply for extension period of temporary stay in the Kingdom for……………days" Does anyone know if that can be used to alter the expiry / renew date?

But that is in the new passport, that expires in 10 years... So they must be referring to the old passport expiry. But why would the visa extend past the passport expiry if the visa expires on that same date?

So I got my new passport and got the stamps moved. But there is this line that states "Visa is valid through passport expiration date". Does this mean that that the extension of stay I got on November 10 2022 is valid to November 2023? The stamp says permitted to stay until July 26 2023 which was the expiration of my old passport. Seems contradictory. I will be going to Canada in May returning in September and wondering if that extension will be valid or not.

I see now, the best solution is that visa exempt option, thanks for your help! ????

You can get non-o in Thailand now? I thought you had to get it outside of the realm!

OK, Thanks. So the only issue for me on getting a new visa in Canada is the medical insurance requirement.

Maybe things have changed? It used to be you had to leave Thailand every 3 months for the first year of the NON IMM-O

@sandyfI did not want to start the NON IMM-O process all over from scratch.

@ubonjoe When I got the extension the officer mentioned 45 days several times, but I could not understand what he was referring to. Is it possible that an extension can be done 45 days prior to the expiry? Or is it definitely 30 days? Any idea what the 45 days he mentioned would be about?

For some reason it did not occur to me that the visa would expire earlier than "normal". Of course in hindsight it is obvious...

Went and got my extension of stay recently (NON IMM-O). They could only extend it until the passport expires which is in July 2023. I will be travelling back to Canada from May to September. And was intending on getting a new passport while there. But I now realize I would be re-entering Thailand without a visa! So I am about to go to Bangkok to get a replacement passport before I leave, then get the transfers to the new passport. My question is, will I be able to extend my visa (now expiring in July) to sometime after September? (before I leave in May) Is there a limit to how far before an extension expires, you can extend it? I seem to remember something about max 1 month prior. If that is true, are there any options for me?

I can't recall. Tried to find it again on JAL website, but was unable to, sorry.

Just a heads up. I was looking at a flight on JAL and they required a test before boarding in BKK.

I was told that I should not disconnect the battery on my Honda HRV. I always disconnect my batteries in my truck in Canada when I leave for Thailand and was surprised to be told not to for the Honda. Had a Thai friend call Honda to confirm, and they did. But was unable to get the reason for this. They said if the battery was disconnected, I would have to bring the car to the service shop! I had my battery fail once and got a guy to bring me a new one. He connected the new battery to the car with a jumper before disconnecting the old one, so there must be something to it...

@Eff1n2retWhere did you get the booklet?

I may have, see my post :

No I did not Register with the consulate. This was the national health department as far as I can tell.

I am a 64 year old Canadian living in Phrachuap Kiri Khan 20 Km from Bang Saphan. I registered @ https://expatvac.consular.go.th/ on 2021.08.02 This is the only registration I have made for a vaccine. Last night at 2100 I received a phone call from a doctor at Bang Saphan hospital. She spoke excellent English and asked me if I had had any covid vaccinations yet. I replied no and she asked if I wanted the Pfizer vaccine, I said yes. I was told to come in the next day at 0900. So today I get to the hospital at 0905. Filled in 3 pages of forms mostly ID and medical condition. Got my number (10) Took them a bit to get organized, then things began to run smoothly. Got my jab at 0940, Received an appointment slip for September 14th for 2nd jab. Left hospital at 0955. They did not charge me anything. So was this from the expatvac registration? Hard to say, there was an official from the Ministry of Health, but I was unable to get an answer from him. There were only 12 other Farang who were vaccinated while I was there. All appeared to be over 60. You would think if it was due to the expatvac registration there would have been more people there or maybe appointments were really spaced out. I asked some of the other farang if they had registered with expatvac, not one had, in fact they all had registered with different sites! My neighbor who is 74, was also registered with expatvac and did get a call, but had already got Sinovac. Another friend here also registered with expatvac is under 60 and did not get a call. If this was not from expatvac, I can't think of how they knew about me. The only agencies that have my info is immigration and the motor vehicle department, neither seem as probable sources.

@yimlitnoyYou were vaccinated via the [email protected] registration?

@roath I see # 3 on the list states a document we must receive at the immunization center. I guess that would be what I want to know if anyone receives, Thanks again.

@roath OK, Thanks!

I was meaning those that got vaccinated via the [email protected] registration. As of this date I have not seen a report of anyone having got their vax that way yet. The post was for when some do...