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1 hour ago, Jip99 said:

 

 

Remember, anything in Thai needs translating.

 

If someone is struggling for an address document get the wife/GF to copy her ID card/passport and write “I confirm that Mr Joe Bloggs lives with me at the following address”..... get her to sign it.

 

A brief covering note from the applicant to say that this is all that is available and away you go.

When I renewed my UK passport earlier this year I used my Thai driving licence as my proof of address.

I did not have to translate it at all as my driving licence has my address in both English and Thai.

So along with my UK passport with extension of stay based on retirement stamp and the driving licence and form filled out was all I needed.

11 hours ago, Gecko123 said:

My research has led me to conclude that indiscriminately playing loud music at home is far from a bedrock trait of Thai culture and it is highly questionable whether it deserves the deference that some foreigners seem to have concluded it deserves.

 

I have canvassed hundreds of Thais on this subject

 

Dozens and dozens of Thais have told me that that type of behavior would be problematic if it was happening near them,

So you have canvassed hundreds of Thais and only dozens have said it was a problem.

Therefore your own research confirms the vast majority do not and are prepared fo tollerate it.

Loud music is certainly part of the culture when it comes to funerals in Issan. From dawn to dusk loud music will be played from huge speakers for the entire 5 day funeral.

This is village life in Issan I am talking about not in a big city. 

16 minutes ago, canopy said:

That's actually a bad thing. Even if you are sleeping the brain is monitoring and decoding all the noise going on. That's why if someone says your name you wake up. The brain needs quiet times to recuperate and replenish and this is essential to our health. Our species from the beginning of time enjoyed quiet all the way until our generation in the developing world with these ultra loud speakers and vehicles all around us. We are only now learning just how harmful denying our brain the quiet times it needs is. Studies show people that live closer to busy roads have a higher incidence of heart attacks. Just your whole physical and mental health deteriorate. Anyone in rural Thailnd will notice the people living there typically don't live long and suffer from many health issues from a young age. It's not uncommon for people in their 50's to die, even some in their 40's. Places where noise is kept in check the life expectancy is much longer. If your body tells you something is wrong, listen to it. Never ignore what your body is telling you is wrong. It's like putting your hand over a flame hurts, but you condition yourself to take the pain. It's a nonsense solution.

 

You will enjoy your life a lot more if you accept you are in Thailand and not in your country of origin.

You will die sooner of stress or a big hatchet from a young neighbour if you refuse to adjust !

I live in a small village in Issan and it took me a while to adjust to the neighbours playing music very loud.

At first it would wind me up but now I just accept it along with the dogs barking all night and the cockerals crowing all day and night.

I have a good stereo which I like to listen to at reasonably loud levels however it can not compete with the locals sound system who have the biggest speakers that they can get hold of.

For them it seems quality listening is not for them but only the ability of the speakers to make your neighbours windows rattle in important 555.

Unfortunately it is something you should learn to put up with as by constantly being anoyed by it you run the risk of exacebating the situation.

I agree it can be very annoying and it would not be acceptable in our home countries. I have had the following said to me before - This is Thailand and you are only farang and have no rights to interfere.

Grin and bare it, or like it or lump it. It is the only way in this situation. I would be very carefull about upsetting the locals.

9 hours ago, kevin612 said:

Yep, Lazada is just like America’s amazon, you can not have the refund.

I have bought things from Lazada and have had them sent back due to goods being faulty and received an apology and a refund.

With the new requirements for keeping a minimum of 400000 baht in the Thai bank account all year round ,many of us thought it would be the end of agents.

However it seems to have affected the agents in such a way that they are now doing more business as more people prefer to use them than keep the money in a Thai bank.

14 hours ago, JaiLai said:

 

Isaan is one of the flattest most boring landscapes in Thailand, the scenery is very boring.






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Issan has beautiful countryside and many hilltop temples with stunning views.

2 hours ago, Peter Denis said:

Hi HarryAbel,

I am just curious for the reason that you did not apply for a Non Imm OA Visa in your home-country

That's a much simpler route than what you did (applying for a Tourist Visa in your home-country and converting it in Thailand to a Permission to Stay as retiree), and it has several additional benefits (like no need for parking 800.000/400.000 THB in a Thai bank-account).

But seeing how meticulously you went through the complex process, there must for sure be a reason you opted for that route.

 

 

I thought It is only a much simpler route if you are old enough to qualify. Correct me if I am wrong but when I did the same thing as the OP it was the only way to get the Non O and extention based on retirement as I was only 50 years old and not in receipt of my UK state pension.

Please could someone confirm as this could confuse things for people not yet in receipt of a pension.

54 minutes ago, bamboozled said:

I briefly touched on re-entry permits with Ubon Joe in a topic yesterday but failed to ask what is required to get one. I may go to immigration in Chiang Mai before my flight or if I am lazy and risk-prone I may just opt to get one at the airport before flying out of Suwannaphumi. What is required, please? (I have an 0 visa based on marriage).

 

Thanks!

Just go to your local Immigration office and ask for either a single or multi re entry permit and pay the fee. They will then stamp the permit in your passport.

There is a form to fill out and you need 1 photo.

Some Immigration offices will fill the form in and take the photo for you.

10 hours ago, mikecha said:

allways complaining the cheap charley brigade 

500 baht no hassel in out job done  never complain about 500 

The female Immigration officer was very friendly and asked me why I had never done any 90 day reporting and I explained that I travelled back to the UK often as my Father was very unwell. She let me know my next reporting date and asked if I were travelling again and I replied yes and told her the date and she said that I would not have to report but to start the count again when I return.

She wished me good luck and waiyed me.

The Udon office are very friendly and helpfull,the new head of Immigration there who is a young chap seems to be running things well.

I could have argued about the fact that other places it is free but I have enough common sense to realise if I did when I next visit Udon Immigration I would be remembered as the farang who caused a fuss and would be treated less favourably.

I am sure they would have pointed out that I needed to complete tge form myself and provide all the photocopies myself.

It might be wrong in principle but it is what it is.Take it or leave it! 

1 hour ago, cnx355 said:

So as it is officially 500  B you must have received a receipt or it went in the < Local Office fund> ?

Just curious !

Did you not read the above post?

32 minutes ago, jackdd said:

Did you get a receipt?

Yes

3 minutes ago, lopburi3 said:

There has never been any charge here in Bangkok unless it is new.

Udon charge 500 baht for many things that are supposed to be free. The proof of residencey letter is also 500 baht.

I recently applied for a new British passport at the Trendy building in Bangkok. The whole process was straight forward and I received noitice that my new passport was ready to be picked up 13 days later.

I was asked if I had any visas or extension of stays in my old passport and as I answered yes was given an official form to fill in requesting the transfer of such into my new passport to hand to Immigration.

Yesterday I went to Udon Thani Immigration  and had my retirement extension and multi entry permit transfered into my new passport. The charge for this at Udon is 500 baht. It was straight forward and I am glad I did it in country as opposed to getting my passport renewed in the UK.

On 5/27/2019 at 12:04 AM, Yinn said:

ไม่ต้องบอก “ฉัน”นะค่ะ

บอก “รักคุณ\เธอนะ” จะดีกว่าค่ะ

This is my experience of normal spoken Thai also (rak khun na) 

We had a big storm yesterday evening in our village about 20 kms from Udon. The electricity went off as well as water and it only came back on after 22 hours!

Dual pricing is Thai price and foreigner price. You are a foreigner and have to pay the same as all us other foreigners do.

If you had a Thai passport or Thai Id card showing you are a Thai citizen you would be charged the Thai price.

You may have a yellow tabien baan and a pink Id card but that does not make you Thai.

I am do not agree with dual pricing but there is no point in getting anoyed about it.

If you go back before the re entry permit expires you should be fine.

19 minutes ago, surfdog said:

or by removing your posts, do you even live in the south?   You want to summarize two years of work by members of the southern forum into "you guys are idiots this is all central Thai" and then move the thread to another forum where we'll likely run into more 'help' like you are providing?

 

I think this thread would benefit by you outlining what is not southern Thai, back up your comment man!

555 bit of an over reaction to someone who only discovered this thread yesterday and has spent  quite a bit of time compiling a list of the words which have been posted that are spoken throughout Thailand and not specificaly used only in the south.

I made a genuine suggestion as there are some very advanced Thai speakers who post on the Thai language thread and thought they could be of help.

No I do not live in the south.,I previously lived in Samutprakarn but now am living in Issarn. My comment was based on the fact many of the words posted are used also in central and north east Thailand.

You appear to be one of those people who think they are fluent in a language but quite clearly are not as you throw your toys out of the pram as soon as someone has an alternate view to you.

Where did I suggest you were all idiots ? 555 Talk about toutchy 555.

Shame I wasted my time compiling a list of words that I was about to post in reply to you asking for examples.

I think this thread would benefit from being transfered to the Thai language forum.

I have read through all the posts on this thread and the majority of the words posted are just standard conversational Thai and not specific to southern Thailand.