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21 minutes ago, jeab1980 said:

The mrs and relevent forms TM 7 if i remember correctly. Copy of your passport and visa tm6 ext.

I think the OP wanted to know what the 'relevant' forms are.

6 minutes ago, yayo said:

yes but 6 years ago i did some export from thailand to germany over my own company but i didnt have a WP I assumed I didnt need one

Without a work permit you would be working illegally.

Unless you are defined as a specialist or expert in certain fields, the only employment you'd find is teaching English.

A lot of schools employ unqualified personnel without any experience due to the vast shortage of English speakers.

You would probably have to accept a reduced salary, but it's a possibility.

Read this link;

https://www.samuiforsale.com/knowledge/foreign-work-permit-application-thailand.html

42 minutes ago, yayo said:

Ok so if i get it right once ife got the 400k on my bank account i can obtain the 'extension based on marriage'  with the Non Imm O ME visa to?

 

The WP I can do right away when i arrive in Bangkok or?

On each entry your are given permission to stay for 90 days.

Within the last 30 days of any of the 90 day entries you can apply for an 'extension based on marriage'

The 400,000 must be in a Thai bank for 2 months before the date of the application.

As already mentioned you can apply for a 60 day extension to any 90 day entry, giving you 120 days before having to exit/re-enter.

You would first have to find suitable employment.

Your new employer should supply the documents that you need to obtain a work permit.

Your choice of employment is restrictive due to Thai laws.

You were on a Non B previously, I assume you worked?

4 hours ago, jeab1980 said:

No you havent you have an non o expired visa wich is still used by immigration for you to get a year on year extension without that visa you would not have an extension of stay

The only reason I corrected you was because you gave totally misleading information, i.e. Extensions of Visa.

Now you may call it semantics, but tell that to the guy who read, or was told and believes he's extended his Non Imm O ME Visa at Immigration. Leaves the Country only to re-enter and gets a 30 day Visa exempt in his passport.

It happens, it's not semantics!

Having replied in another topic, but now seeing your financial situation, then a Non Imm O ME Visa is your only option at this point.

You will have to leave the Country every 90 days, to get another 90 day entry.

Once your financial position improves, you can obtain an 'extension based on marriage' to a Thai from your local Immigration office.

You can then make 90 day reports at that Immigration office.

Being married to a Thai allows you the right to work, you'd just need a work permit from the Dept of Labour.

3 hours ago, yayo said:

Hey there I am New to this forum searching for information and this post fits in my situation. I will be moving to Thailand shortly together with my wife Thai and daughter Thai/German we lived about 5 years now together in Germany but we are at the point that we want to go back to Thailand before I Applied for a non imm B visa and did the visa run ever 90 days but that was 6 years ago and many things changed . Now I Requested a Non Imm O based on marriage multiple entry visa. So my question do I have to leave thailand every 90 days? Because how I understand it for extending 90 days at the Immigration Office I need to show the 400k at the bank or?

Being married to a Thai you can apply for a Non Imm O ME Visa at the German Embassy/Consulate.

However with this type of Visa you will have to leave and re-enter every 90 days.

It is not possible to make 90 day reports at an Immigration office with this Visa.

Your better option would be to obtain a Non Imm O single entry Visa. (90 days)

Within the last 30 days of that Visa, apply for an 'annual extension based on marriage' at your local Immigration office.

You can make 90 day reports at the Immigration without leaving the Country.

There is a financial requirement to get the extension, which is either 400,000 baht deposited in a Thai bank, or proof of an income of 40,000 baht per month. If you use the income method you need to gat a letter from the German Embassy confirming such.

The vast majority of foreigners married to a Thai prefer to do the 'extension'

16 minutes ago, jeab1980 said:

Whatever you say still semantics you cant have an extension without a visa so in reality its an extension to stay based on a non o visa. Regardles if the visa has expired.  So please stop trying to big yourself up by insinuating nobody else knows what there talking abot eh.

It's quite pointless arguing, you just don't get it!

Believe as you will.

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you cant have an extension without a visa

I have.

7 minutes ago, jeab1980 said:

Samantics

Sorry, but no!

The word semantics is used far to often on this forum as an excuse for 'I don't really know what I'm talking about'.

A Visa and an Extension of Stay are two completely separate interties, with separate conditions.

You cannot extend a Visa, just as you cannot enter a Country on an Extension.

18 hours ago, allane said:

All foreigners have to report their place of residence every 90 days, regardless of their type of visa.

Actually your not reporting your place of residence every 90 days.

Proof of residence is only shown at annual extensions.

I take nothing more than my Passport to make 90 day reports.

Your reporting staying longer than 90 days;

TM.47
FORM FOR ALIEN TO NOTIFY OF STAYING LONGER THAN 90 DAYS

5 hours ago, jeab1980 said:

Only on overstay if your on a visa. Extensions of visa and dont do 90 day report, not on overstay but you will be fined

Your not extending your Visa.

A Visa cannot be extended.

The Visa ends and you extend your permission to stay.

On a coach trip through Bulgaria we stopped at public urinals in one of their cities.

A large long stone wall had 'womens' entrance at one end and 'mens' entrance at the other end.

Inside it was just a long line of holes in the floor with no dividers. Pointless having separate entrances.

And the real reason you'll always find women cleaning the floors in the men's urinals, is because we can't hit the bowls.

Same, same at home.

21 minutes ago, The manic said:

You are correct.  And I do not know if the same documents were required.  Now I know why people use agents.  I will probably do so again given the oddly negative and hostile comments my query generated. Thank you all.

@The Manic,

I don't think anyone is trying to be hostile and negative, perhaps they didn't understand your situation though.

I sent you a second PM and I'm happy to help you in any way I can.

It may appear confusing at first, but once you've done one, it gets easier.

You do require to provide the same documents year in year out to renew your extension.

Think of it not as renewing your extension, but applying for a new one.

Same procedure, same documents.

On ‎30‎/‎04‎/‎2017 at 9:50 PM, phuketjock said:

The whole OP is a bit off, if he is doing a renewal as he states then surely he must have some idea 

what is required from his previous application? or not who knows???

He may have used an agent to do his original extension.

1 minute ago, The manic said:

Its not so much repetition as reiteration of my situation which seems to have been misconstrued.  This line is the salient point: 

1. How do I renew me extension based on retirement?  What documents do I need?

I sent you a PM.

Not every document may be required at Chonburi, but this is the requirement for my Immigration office.

You can do both at the same time from 15th May.

read my post #3.

24 minutes ago, jeab1980 said:

This has gone way off topic. Buying a car on a tourist visa. Simple answer yes you can. How the hell it got onto IDP's is beyond me. Never had one ever drove and hired cars in multiple countries on my UK licence got a thai licence on my UK licence. OP yes you can buy a car on TV.

The OP hasn't asked if he legally drive here on a UK licence after buying a car, so although the thread went somewhat off topic, the information was relevant and may have helped the OP.

Now time for a cuppa! 

1 minute ago, Lokie said:

I took the trouble last week to get the source (in this context for UK only way of acquiring a IDP is via the AA/ Crown Post Office) so I would imagine that the AAs website is the place to go for UK licence holders, it clearly states that Thailand under the 1949 Convention requires an IDP along with your UK licence.

 

The other link was the one mentioning that after three months most Insurance companies not covering unless on a thai licence (time factor)

 

When I was issued with both my Car and motorcycle licences at Phuket DLT in January they had a fleeting glance at my UK photo licence, it was the IDP they wanted and checked - that was my experience.

 

I agree with most of your post, but my experience tells me that at least in Phuket they were more interested in seeing an IDP as well as my UK licence... (I was out in just over an hour with both car & bike licence) maybe if I did not have an IDP they may have made me watch the Video? who knows, and I also know people who have got their licence without an IDP but hey is Thailand, for UK holders the UK Govt says you need an IDP to be legal (Thailand blows with the wind) I would rather be belts and braces especially in this country.

 

For the OP he wants to buy a vehicle, so I think we all agree he should be looking at getting a Thai licence to cover all bases in the long run and for £5.50 at a post office and 5 mins, just get an IDP is my advice 

The AA covers Europe, so not surprising they recommend an IDP to cover all European licences and offer the IDP for a fee.

Better to be safe than sorry when advertising products.

From my own experience and that of many others, a UK licence alone was sufficient to obtain a Thai DL.

I have also used my Thai DL to hire a car in the UK without any requests for an IDP.

I can completely understand a DLT office especially in areas of high foreign visitors, or residents, feeling the need to see an IDP so it covers any eventuality of legally acceptable licences regardless of what Country the licence was issued in.

However that does not change the fact a UK photo licence should be perfectly acceptable to obtain a Thai DL with an IDP.

As long as you do your research and know the law, you sometimes have to stand your ground in Thailand with certain government departments when certain customer staff appear to be ignorant of even their own laws.

I wish I had a dollar for every time I've been told 'no hab' or 'no can do', only to find they 'hab' or 'can do' but I accept TIT.

In a similar recent thread, Savannakhet or Penang seemed a better alternative.

Still need financial proof, 800,000 in Thai bank, Income letter from your Embassy (65,000 PM) or a combination of the two, but no medical or police clearance required.

48 minutes ago, Keesters said:

I agree it is not nice but is there an alternative? Where is there a public, city run, dump that you can take any and all garbage to? Do you have to pay for it? If so is the cost reasonable?

All Amphurs have a Waste Disposal Service.

For an annual fee they collect and dispose of your rubbish.

So, what are you doing with your rubbish then ?

21 minutes ago, AlfUK said:

This is a good reply and yes you are correct as an Englishman living in the UK I do feel somewhat like a foreigner.   That is perhaps why I am looking for somewhere to retire other than the UK.  Foreigners in the UK do not have to report to the immigration every 90 days in fact not at all.   The only people who have to report to the police in the UK on a regular basis are convicted criminals and people on bail waiting trial.   Although we have somewhat got away from the thread of buying a car in Thailand on a tourist visa, I do feel akin to a convicted criminal having to report every 90 days.   Has any retiree in Thailand tried to change the rules? I do believe in 'people power'. 

You feel like a foreigner in the UK, but want to retire to a foreign Country.

Alf, I've got news for you mate, there full of foreigners!    

As a UK national you can enter Thailand without a Visa.

As a Thai you cannot enter the UK without a Visa.

As a UK national you can meet the Immigration requirement to stay in  Thailand for around 2,000 baht per year.

As a Thai national you pay thousands of £ to meet  Immigrations requirements to stay in the UK. Not to mention the requirement to learn English to a certain standard.

Thailand doesn't suit everybody, and everybody doesn't suit Thailand.

You may want to rethink. I believe Scotland and Ireland are nice this time of the year.

10 hours ago, Lokie said:

We went over this last week and you are supposed to have an IDP accompany your home country valid licence under the Geneva convention, Click the AA link for UK licences, you should have an IDP for Thailand, its there in black and white, here it is again:

 

As has been stated; IDP is only valid in conjunction with your home country licence and basically just lays out your entitlement in several languages

 

Below is overview of an IDP issued in the UK by the AA, is £5.50 valid for 12 months - Thailand falls under the 1949 Geneva Convention (some countries under the 1926 conventaion)

http://www.theaa.com/driving-advice/driving-abroad/idp

 

I never trust commercial websites for information. Where possible I try to find the source.

UK licences or those written in English are legally acceptable licences in Thailand under the Geneva convention.

Note that before 29 March 2011 the Article demanded Contracting Parties to recognise as valid for driving in their territories:

• any domestic driver's licence drawn up in their national language or in one of their national languages, or, if not drawn up in such a language, accompanied by a certified translation;
• any domestic driver's licence conforming to the provisions of Annex 6 to the Convention; and
• any International Driver Permit conforming to the provisions of Annex 7 to the Convention.

Let me approach this from a different angle;

What are the recognised languages of Thailand..............Thai and English.

Why are Thai ID cards drawn up in Thai and English?

Why are Thai Driving Licences drawn up in Thai and English?

Why does Immigration accept my documents in English.

Why can I use my Thai licence to hire a car in the UK without an IDP.

An IDP is a translation of a home Countries licence into English (amongst others).

Only Countries under the agreement who's licences are not in English require an IDP.

Insurance is a different issue. Some Insurance companies may only cover you on an acceptable licence or IDP, as in the case of Tourists. For those staying longer than 3 months I would strongly recommend you obtain a Thai DL.

18 minutes ago, muzmurray said:

 

That does not negate the fact that custody of the children is important in future visa issues.

You didn't read the link did you!

Parental powers are the rights AND obligations exercised exclusively by the parents to raise a child. A parent or both parents having parental powers will have the right to make all the decisions concerning a child, including, for example, choices regarding religion or education. In return, parents have an obligation to provide physical, moral and emotional health to the child. Parental powers in Civil Law are WIDER than terms like 'custody'. We will see later that under Civil Law, 'custody' may apply only in matters where the parents  are physically present but under Civil Law, the parent or parents can be away from a child and still have ‘parental powers” (or ‘parental authority’).

http://thailawonline.com/en/family/children/custody-of-a-child-thailand.html

2 hours ago, killala said:

Oddly enough, I've been using IDPs for 40 years ( ex Middle East haulier) so I do know what they are! I'm relaying the situation in Pranburi when she gave me back my Irish photo card licence without a glance and asked for my IDP.


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Poor education, poor training, and that's what happens at some DLT centres.

Your Irish photo card licence should have been accepted.

1 hour ago, Peterw42 said:

An IDP is a translation document and accompanies your actual license. An IDP is not required to get a Thai License, based on your valid license from home country. 

Almost!

Under the 1948 and 1968 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic the Thai government accepts all driving licences in English with photo ID.

Most countries, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the USA have this agreement with Thailand.

An IDP is only required for licences not printed in English.

It is a translation of your licence in English. (International accepted Language)

Thailand ratified it's membership in 1954.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parties_to_the_Geneva_Conventions