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Tod Daniels

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  1. News Flash !!

    ALL Land borders with Burma are CLOSED to foreigners bouncing out and back and have been since March 23rd 2020 when the country locked down. 

    With that being said ALL land border with Burma ARE open to local traffic <- (for the thick that means thaiz and burmeze)

    Three of the four countries who have land borders with Thailand are open; Malaysia, Cambodia & Lao 

    One final time BURMA land borders are CLOSED to foreigners exiting OR entering

  2. ANY country that uses the eVisa online portal to get a visa for thailand has the option of getting a 6 month METV,
    https://www.thaievisa.go.th/
    You FIRST select Tourism/Leisure Activities, that will fill in the next spot down "Visa Type" with Tourist Visa (TR) and then you select Multiple in Number of Entries.

    Keep in mind IF you want a 6 month METV you have to show you're exiting/re-entering within 60-90 days of your expected arrival. They specifically say if you don't show you need this visa you will get sold a single entry and NOT get the difference refunded (example an METV in the US is 200 and a SETV is 40 so you lose 160 if you don't show you're exiting/re-enter thailand 

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  3. All the land borders with Burma have been closed for more than two and a half years.

     

    Why not just go to the immigration office and get a 30-day extension for 1900 baht off your 30-day entry stamp

     

    Or if you're hell bent going on a board of bounce slogan up to Chiang Rai province and bounce out at the Thailand/Lao border crossing of Chiang Khong. You need to buy a Lao visa to stamp in and out of the country for $40 but that is the closest land border that's open to Chiang Mai

  4. Hate to go against ubonjoe ????BUT in Vientiane it is NOT turn in one day pick up the next afternoon anymore ☹️

    Now they have a THREE day processing <- meaning you turn in your application and pay one morning and then TWO days later (the 3rd day) you pick your passport up in the afternoon. This means if you apply on a Thursday you get your passport back MONDAY afternoon

    Also you aren't gonna get IN to the consulate without booking an appointment in advance but joe did link to the appointment web-link

    Pay attention to the posted holidays too. This Friday Aug 12 is a holiday SO if you turn in your passport Wednesday this coming week you ain't gonna get it back until Monday 

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    11 hours ago, Scott424 said:

     If I remember correctly I needed to have 400k in the bank with the balance coming from monthly transfers so it was not possible for instance to have 200k in the bank and monthly transfers totally 600k. 

     

    I believe that is a misunderstanding on the immigration office/officers part of how the rule is really written. ????

    There is NOTHING in the rule in thai or english that says for the combination method that you must bank 400K baht. ???? What it says is the seasoning requirements are in effect for the banked portion <- That means what you're banking has to be in the account for 2 months before you apply, must remain in the account for 3 months after and then the balance can't go below 50% of that amount the rest of the year (no matter how much you're banking) ????

    I know of a couple immigration offices that told people that, one person I spoke with filed an appeal and had their initial denial of extension overturned (he was using 200K baht banked to make up the short fall of his monthly transfers). Another person wasn't bold enough to tell the officer he disagreed and wanted to file an appeal and I don't know what happened in his case.

    As Scott424 correctly suggested, GO talk to the immigration office in person, BUT make it clear you know that there is no "must bank 400K baht" in the combination method and push it as far up the flag pole as you feel comfortable with if you're getting a different answer

  6. 5 hours ago, zenplay said:

    My expiry date for OA visa on passport : 07-Sept-2022.

     

    If I re-enter Thailand between 01-Sept-2022 and 07-Sept-2022, I will get one more year, but Am I concerned with the new policy of mandatory insurance (as this is not a 1st application of visa, and not an extension) or the old policy is still OK in that case ?

    I would wager this is a question NO ONE (not even the highly illusionary posers ???? errr posters on this group, myself included ???? ) knows the answer too

    The insurance coverage WILL increase (in fact some immigration offices are already telling people applying for an extension NOW that they need the 3.5 million baht policy, not the old 40/400 one)
    AND
    some embassies that are selling the OA visa already have implemented the 3.5 million baht policy as well.

    If your OA visa (the sticker or the eVisa PDF) is expiring in Sept 2022, you'd need to renew or get a new year of insurance anyway so you'd get stamped in for another year.

    Personally I'd just get the increased coverage, and then you're sure no matter which way the cards fall when you go to come back in on an existing OA.  

    This is a policy offered by LMG which is the 3.5 million baht coverage but has 1 million baht deductible ???? as you can see it's mostly a "tick the box" show the insurance policy seeing as you'd pay the first 33K USD of any claim. 

    These two show the difference in premium when the insurance goes from 40/400 to 3.5 million

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  7. You have to go back to the immigration office that issued the under consideration stamp
    NO office that I am aware of will "close the loop" on a pending u/c stamp except the issuing office
    SO
    Your choice is go back to the office where you got the stamp, get the loop closed and the rest of the covid extension
    OR
    stamp out of the country on or before the date on the current under consideration stamp. <- I say that because you asked in another thread about going to Vientiane and getting a visa from the thai consulate there.
     

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  8. Sadly, there is no 'long term' visa option for you OR your foreign wife who is piggy backing on the non-B/extension you have under the trailing spouse clause. 

    You have an extension a year at a time and that's about all you're gonna get for employment in thailand (although some companies [BOI and IEAT notably] get 2 year extensions for their employees)  

    IF you have been on unbroken yearly extensions of stays making more than 80K baht a month for 3 years you could look into applying for permanent resident status. It is NOT a visa, and has strict requirements takes time but could be the option you're looking for.

    You can read about it at this link (which is about the most useful one out on the inter-web for people interested in P/R and/or thai citizenship) 
    https://www.thaicitizenship.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-thai-permanent-residence/

    There is also a very long, thread which is super useful for people thinking of PR called "Camerata's Guide To The Permanent Residence Process"
    https://aseannow.com/topic/74654-cameratas-guide-to-the-permanent-residence-process/

    That's about all I can think of that would let you continue to work here, good luck with it

     

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  9. If you don't do the money swap in two steps it could cause you to not meet the requirements for seasoning of funds using banked money method

    I would recommend you move 400K baht to the new bank account FIRST.  Then a few days later move the rest.

    That way you meet the seasoning requirements of having a minimum of 400K baht in a thai bank account in your name only during the year. And as long as the 800K baht is in an account for 2 months before you apply for your next extension you should be okay,

    Keep in mind there is a good (in fact great) chance that you will be required to have the year transaction history from the bank account you have now (to show the officer you kept the 800K baht in the bank for 3 months after you applied for the last extension AND that the balance didn't go below 400K baht the rest of the year.

    I am near 100% certain they will NOT accept your application for extension if the money is "missing a few days" <- as in not in one account or the other when you go to apply for your extension. The recommendation I made is just to stop you from running yourself off the rails 



     

  10. 7 minutes ago, LivingNThailand said:

    I've "heard" that returning expats need a 30 day insurance policy.  Now the above says same as work permit and not needed.  What is it?   I'd rather not buy a policy but the rumour mill is ridiculous.   Anyone know for "sure".

    I can say with 100% certainty that if you legally work here (holding the correct visa/extension and a valid work permit) you can use your S/S number/card on the thai pass application and NOT need to buy the 10K USD insurance. Too many people have done it and gotten in just fine.

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  11. 12 minutes ago, Hal65 said:

    The above is unclear to me. Do I have to do the report in person or can I mail it in?

    ANY 90 day report can be done by mail (IF your office accepts mail in 90 day reports) as long as it's post marked 14 days before it's due 
    OR
    in person from 2 weeks before down until 7 days after the actual due date (after that you get a 2000baht fine for failure to file on time)

     

     

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