Lazinonthebeach

Mark Jacob on Facebook was shopping for people at IKEA and organising the shipping at a very reasonable price.  He seems now to be focussed on helping people with passports.  If you have a FB account, send him a message.  He's trustworthy and reliable.

I'll be visiting my home country soon where my drivers license has expired.  I have a 5-year Thai license issued on Koh Samui.  Can I get an International license on the island or do I have to go to Surat Thani or Bangkok to get one?

I'm wondering also how this is going to work.  I'm in Thailand on a Non-Imm O Retirement extension.  I don't have medical insurance here.  I would like to go back to my home country for a few months and return on my Re-entry permit which means Thai Pass without needing a visa I guess. I figured I'd have to pay for medical insurance until my next Extention comes up which in my case would be about 5 months.  Is this realistic?  Is the cost of this type of medical insurance correct meaning I should figure on about 15,000 baht?

My retirement extention based on Non-Imm O (not O-A) is coming up for renewal.  I've heard rumours that I'll need a much more complete medical exam than in the past, but no one I know has done it yet.  Can anyone confirm this and give further details?

Might be a bit tricky to get back after April 7, especially without exposing yourself to a lot of people on a bus and ferry, if they are still running.  Check out Bangkokair site.

On 7/9/2018 at 10:56 AM, Mattd said:

This has been done to death over the years on TV and no one can find a law that states that you must carry your original passport with you at all times.

The requirement is that you can prove your legal status in Thailand and photo ID, so a copy of your passport along with a Thai or Foreign DL (with photo) would be fine, you could be asked to produce the actual passport at a later time.

Personally I have the passport stuff recorded in my phone, if ever asked for it.

Carrying the original poses far too many risks, so only do this if doing something official that may need it.

Always a good idea to include photos of current visa or stamps

I probably know the answer to my question but I'm hoping I'm wrong:  my 90-day report for my retirement visa (Samui immigration) is due May 22.  I fly out to my home country on May 26.  The re-entry permit is already in my passport.  As I officially have a week, until May 28, to file the report, will there be a problem if I just skip the report this time?

A friend left Thailand, leaving her car with me thinking she had done the paperwork necessary for me to register it in my name.  To make a long story short, she didn't.  She's back in the UK now, not intending to come back in the near future although she still owns a home here.  If/when she does come back, can she sell me the car if she comes in on a tourist visa or 30-day entry or will she need a Non-Imm O?

Thanks you both...that's all I need to know

Nearly a year ago last October, I was issued a Non-Imm O-A (retirement) at my local Thai embassy in Europe. It has a "use by" date of Oct 29, 2015. I entered Thailand with it on Nov 25, 2014 and was given permission to stay until Nov. 24, 2015. As it is a multiple-entry visa, I left Thailand some months ago without notifying anyone or doing anything. Personal reasons delayed my return, however, and I can't get back until mid-November. Am I likely to be allowed in on that same visa? If not and I come in with a tourist visa, is that convertible to a Non-Imm O for retirement these days? Or is there an easy place to get a Non-Imm O single entry in Asia which I can then convert? My local embassy will only issue me another Non-Imm O-A which is complicated for me as it locks me into the Oct-Nov time schedule which wil always be difficult for me. I'd much rather have an expiry or renewal date Jan or Feb.