CMBob

I know he wasn't made an offer to play and didn't say that. From the news: "LIV Golf officials have said Nicklaus was not offered the same role that Norman now has, but rather an “ambassador’’ type arrangement that he turned down."

It would be refreshing if the LIV guys at least publicly were honest as to why they joined the LIV tour......simply because they got paid a boatload of money to do so (more money that any one of them could possibly make for the rest of their golf lives). One wonders why the LIV guys aren't simply admitting that. Then, of course, is the consideration of the source of the money and why the Saudi's would essentially throw away 2-3 billion dollars (real money!) to get it started. Their offer to Jack Nicklaus ("north of 100 million dollars" according to Nicklaus) is especially puzzling/concerning to me. Why would they offer that incredible sum to somebody who doesn't even play professional golf anymore? Simply an attempt to buy prestige? Finally, while I admittedly have never been a big fan of Greg Norman, one at least wonders if he jumped into this simply for his claimed "love of the game of golf." Come on, Greg, how much money are the Saudi's paying you to do this?

According to the news, the man entered Thailand last October and overstayed his visa, living supposedly in central Phuket (Kathu district) since then. While the monkeypox virus itself doesn't seem all that concerning, the man clearly caught the virus here so he's hardly the first case of the virus in Thailand.

Construction is finished. Edit: Would note that the auto bays for the building open to the west (toward the mountain) so I'm doubtful business noise will bother residents of Nakornping Condo. And banana/vegetable ladies are still working the west side of your street as usual.

Also had a rather comprehensive health check up at RAM Hospital this past October, all except one procedure being at the Health Center. Cost for me was 7,012 baht (like above poster, rather good value in my opinion given how thorough they do things).

Come on, enough. As others have correctly said, there's no current reason to believe the OP (or anybody else) will find a new set of rules for converting in-country to a Non-O from either a visa exempt or a Tourist Visa. Last fall, I converted from visa exempt to the Non-O without a problem.....and no rules regarding that process have changed in the interim. Unless you're aware of a rule change and can support it with something other than pure speculation, perhaps best to not offer your comments that serve only to confuse.

Not a dumb question. In Chiangmai, it's 21 days, other places may be 14 days. On your first trip to Immigration, they will tell you when to show up for the second trip which basically is a time for them to stamp the Non-O in your passport and send you on your way.

Thanks for that info. I've only tried it with the computer app.

When you attempt that online with Bangkok Bank, you can't get a statement of anything beyond the last 6 months.

They did give 45 days with visa exempt entry back when there was a 14-day required quarantine but they quit doing that near the end of last year (when I came in visa exempt in September and had to do the 14-day Phuket sandbox routine, I got 45 days). Only 30 days will be given now.

OP, presuming your stay will be just 60 days, why not just get a Tourist Visa before your trip? Then there's no need to either visit Immigration for an extension or to buy a separate onward airline ticket. And will save you $30+ in the long run.

I waited until I had 2 pages left and then got a new (US) passport.....and just noticed in my older passport that Immigration (Chiangmai) had used three "Endorsement" pages for stamps. That being said, as long as you have time, get a new one now as the process is easy from here and you'll get it done in about 2 weeks or less (if applying by mail here in Thailand).

According to Chiangmai Immigration website, the 13th, 14th, and 15th are "holidays" and the office will be closed all three days.

Yes, easy to have the paperwork and photo ready ahead of time. Here's a fillable TM8 form...... 2022FillableTM8.pdf

Perhaps a bit of over-thinking this but I'm presuming you see the merit of switching from an Non-OA to a Non-O if only to get rid of the medical insurance requirement. If so, I'd simply not obtain a re-entry permit for the October trip, come back in on a 30-day exemption (presuming that's available for you), and then promptly convert to a Non-O (if you do it within a week or so of your return, you won't have to bother obtaining a 30-day extension of your exempt entry to buy more time), and then apply for a one-year extension of that within the last 30 days of your new Non-O. For future trips out of Thailand, just make sure you have a re-entry permit (either single or multiple depending on how many trips a year). Under the scenario listed above, I wouldn't bother coming back on a Tourist Visa....just more expense and hassle and you'd be facing the same conversion to a Non-O routine. Since you've mentioned you keep the 800k baht in a Thai bank, I'd recommend your annual extensions be based on retirement (versus marriage) as that involves slightly less hassle/paperwork; however, if you only want to retain 400k baht in a bank here, then extensions based on marriage would be the only way to go.

The mother certainly broke the rules by adding anybody besides herself to her bank account. The daughter is on a Non-O Ed Visa and I'm curious as to why you think any rules were broken in granting her an extension.

This is getting strange. What you just posted is not a 90-day Receipt of Notification but the TM30 Receipt of Notification. A 90-day Receipt of Notification looks just like this.....

Wrong. A 90-day report is required for any foreigner staying continuously in Thailand for 90 days. When filed, you also get a Receipt of Notification (either in person, by mail, or via the online process). Whether Immigration has waived those reports for people on covid extensions is unknown to me.

That's for renewals of passports within the US. But, to be fair, they could print on their Checklist (which you're required to include) some very clear language that the payee on the bank drafts can only be American Embassy Bangkok. That bit of information can be found on the website associated with passport renewal (see attached) but you need an eagle eye to catch it. Anyway, good luck, second time should be the charm.

The topic of the thread is about the closing of all of KSK, effective this Thursday. I presume Immigratiion might want to place their sattelite office in a place that's open. As concerns less crowded, it hasn't been for the last many days due to half of Chiangmai attempting to snap up the discounted items.

1. Air ticket out.....just buy one of the cheap ($15.00 or less) throwaway tickets as mentioned. 2. Insurance.....none required (after this month). 3. You won't need "proof of accommodation" to apply for a Non-O or extension thereof here in Thailand; however, you very well might need to show proof that a TM30 (which, I guess, is a proof of accommodation) has been filed for you.

(1) It's also 107 north of the gate. (2) In Fang, it's called tanon jahk Chiangmai (that thar road from Chiangmai).

To avoid confusion, Chang Phuak Road is the name of the road from Chang Phuak Gate to the super highway. North of the superhighway it's Chotana Road. You'll see that the address for the Bangkok Bank branch you reference is: 125 Changphuak Road, etc.

BritTim has likely guessed the true scenario here. Most of the "confusion" in this thread was caused by the OP's misunderstanding of the terms and perhaps also misunderstanding as to what the immigration people here at Chiangmai told him. The OP's contention that they told him to come back July 12th and he'd get "45 days, after that I come back and get another 45 days..." is, I believe, a continuation of the OP's misunderstanding of the situation. On July 12th, he appears he will get his Non-O and, during the last 45 (CM rule) days of the Non-O he can apply for an annual extension based on retirement. I went through the same process at CM Immigration this past fall and thought it was rather an easy process.

Would presume that BB would notify you of whatever changes are in store. My guess is your pension is not paid directly into KSK branch but into some central receiving account or bank in Bangkok. You could stop by and ask the KSK branch but I'd guess they would not know as yet exactly what will happen....but it'll get sorted out in the next week or two.