earlinclaifornia

21 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

It can be but they may still want signed copies of you daughters house book and ID.

It seems the volunteers were at fault for saying you did not have proof of residence. That was referring to a receipt for a TM30 form not proof of residence.

To be safe you could have your daughters to complete a TM30 form and have it ready next time. 

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I have never been asked for a TM30 report and of course no receipt for one in my passport.

CM last month while applying for retirement extension had me get a stamped version as they would not process with my online confirmation. 

All my friends and family have had their shots. My Thai GF thinks I will die as I am treating heart fibrillation.  Guess who's advice I have decided on 

3 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

Why? 

The covid 19 insurance is only required the length of stay he will get when he enters the country.

My question is which country is the least expensive to return from. The cost  could be a six month version if permit to stay remains at less than six moths.

On 6/25/2021 at 12:20 PM, EVENKEEL said:

The heavy bags are terrible. I pay decent money at an English program school. I sent an email to the principal stating lockers for students was needed. No response. No reason to drag books around that aren't needed.

The bags are so heavy even as an adult I am shocked at how heavy my 4th grade girls is. Like you say, lockers for this books, etc. need to be made available so as to right this travesty. In the USA this solution has been in effect now for years.

22 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

A new TM30 form is no longer required unless you change addresses. They might ask to see the receipt for you previous one.

At CM a week back, I had a print out of my online TM30 and they had be update it at the back office to include the stamping.

2 minutes ago, earlinclaifornia said:

Well, if this trend continues my SSA will get back to having an extra 13K monthly. I like being a frivolous spender. How about you?

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21 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

What difference would •60 something do to your money would be the question.   

Well, if this trend continues my SSA will get back to having an extra 13K monthly. I like being a frivolous spender. How about you?

Is it possible that the baht going from 31.17 to 31.84 is due in part to Biden's return from the World stage.

7 hours ago, bluesmon said:

A warning about Lazada.....

I have been shopping with Lazada for several years, COD is the way I have always paid.

When on the odd occasion, I have needed to return the item (wrong description etc) I have had the refund paid into my Lazada Account Wallet, then used tis to pay for other items... Never been a problem, until this last year.... Lazada informed me , because my account it is in a foreign name, I cannot 'verify' my Wallet, therefor, the money in the wallet is inaccessible.

I applied to have the money refunded to my bank account, after their 'Checking system', this was refused.

So basically, the money is limbo....

This is not a problem. Foreigners or people over 50 can have the wallet transferred to Bank account. Try again on line access. If still an issue you call CS and they send you a link to complete bank transfer

23 hours ago, Mansell said:

Another question relating to the monies IRS sends for Covid relief. I got the first two checks by mail which took a few months to arrive. But the latest for 1,400 dollars hasn’t arrived ........yet! I was wondering if anybody has received that one by mail? Thanks.

https://www.irs.gov

I assumed you did check Get My Payment

50 minutes ago, Mansell said:

Another question relating to the monies IRS sends for Covid relief. I got the first two checks by mail which took a few months to arrive. But the latest for 1,400 dollars hasn’t arrived ........yet! I was wondering if anybody has received that one by mail? Thanks.

My first two were direct deposit to my BKB. The third was to go out March 16. They included a letter was to go out first to my current address. I was told that was to be a bank card. I updated my address while on the phone. I emailed  that I had a new address and so far nothing,  so would they send another. That letter arrived May 25 and was a forwarded from old address. The Check arrived May 31st. 

I thought that my NYBB direct deposit was set up using my SSA change that I made online two months after requesting at SSA.gov

3 minutes ago, GreasyFingers said:

I retired at 62 so that I could do all of the things I wanted (Thailand holidays, travel Oz in a caravan) to do before I got old. The body gradually slowed but could do what I needed so it was only a matter of getting old. Then one day when I was 70 I realised I could not do the things I could when 68. It was then that I was old, not just getting old.

I too felt old at 70. I recall three Japanese girls walking past me down hill from Monk's trail in CM. Having never been passed by a female was a new experience. Since then I stopped competing altogether. In the last two years it has taken a while to adjust to my new reality.

1 minute ago, Tanoshi said:

Just confirm that Eric.

You leave in January and re-enter when?

Two weeks

12 minutes ago, Tanoshi said:

You can obtain the required Covid Insurance online here: Home - Covid 19 Insurance (tgia.org)

 

Prices reflect the period of Cover and the risk factor of the Country your entering from.

1 year cover from Singapore is 14,400.

When do you plan to go and return to Thailand?

Leave in January and return I January.  I have lived here 5 years now and had used re-entry before when I vacationed in Bali two year ago. Prior to vacations two months in California. Now I see this is Covid related requirements and looks like where I vacation is related to risk of the country I re-enter from. Correct?

2 minutes ago, Tanoshi said:

Hi Earl, it's not a 'Visa', it's a 'permit' (of stay).

 

At some point you would have originally had a Non Imm O Visa, which grated you permission of stay for 90 days. You then apply to extend that stay for a further 365 days each and every year (an extension of your permission of stay).

I know Immigration officers and agents call it a 'Visa', but you cannot extend a Visa, it has an expiry date. My guess is they don't know the difference themselves, or describing it as a 'Visa' just makes their life less difficult.

 

You could have applied for a re-entry permit yesterday whilst at CW.

Single entry are 1,000 baht, multiple entry 3,800 baht.

Yes you are correct This is an extension of stay to 2022. The insurance is notated as $100K Is the yearly cost about 3000 baht?

1 minute ago, Tanoshi said:

Your Non O has almost certainly expired, you obtained an extension (a permit, not a Visa) of your permission of stay for 1 year, valid until June 2022.

 

You only require the $100 Covid Insurance to obtain the COE for re-entry with a re-entry permit. The Insurance must cover the period of stay granted on entry.

In your case that permission of stay will be until June 2022. (The expiry date of your extension).

 

I appreciate you helping me Yesterday I spent one hour at CM Immigration getting a new one year visa. My old one year visa was schedule to expire on Friday. 

On 6/7/2021 at 1:17 PM, ubonjoe said:

The only insurance needed is the $100k covid 19 insurance if you extended a non-o visa entry and you can get insurance up at the age of 99.

Look at this site. https://www.tipinsure.com/CovidRegional/product_detail

Joe, My daughter is visiting me from USA in January. My current NON-O will not expire until June 2022. We are to vacation in Singapore for two weeks. I planned on requesting a re-entry when we leave. Do I understand that only the 100K insurance is needed to be in effect January to June?

She refused the first time as she has nothing ordered. Than another caller tried it again. Has this happened to anyone else? My 9 year old says this does happen in Thailand!

On 6/5/2021 at 4:09 PM, Presnock said:

Yeah I have done most of those things too.  I lived and worked in many countries, kept a log of good and bad and finally ended up deciding on Thailand when I retired 16 years ago and haven't regretted it at all.  I don't like "burning season" nor the 90-day report but other than that I have no real complaints.  I love it here and think that I always will.  I have been through many of the changes of govt during my working days as well as now in retirement and even with the changes, most things just stay the same.  As I see, around the world not that many people seem happy with their govt either so I don't complain about the govt here at all.

Sabai Sabai

I returned from CM using the 65K deposits and took less than one hour. First I use Bangkok bank NY NY for my SSA deposits.

Second I print out my Benefit letter you can access on line at SSA.gov. Third they attached at the information line the statement about the Embassy's no longer issuing monthly from UK/USA/Australia. Lastly the Bangkok bank letter was duplicated from there attachment.

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Great read that CMI is working well.

My BB said a week and my 12th deposit is scheduled for Wednesday. They said I best start on Friday