Andrew Dwyer

Never EVER call it a retirement visa !!!

( I did once but I think I got away with it [emoji51])

Don't wish to hi jack the thread, but how many of you go from breakfast to evening meal without eating? I do.

Anybody with access to BBC iPlayer ( via vpn ) ?
If so, I recommend:
Guitar riffs at the BBC
Guitar heroes at the BBC (2 episodes)

Some classic oldie stuff for us oldies !!

2 slices of wheat toast, lightly buttered ( well Flora-ed if I'm honest), with Bovril ( beef extract, not yeast extract like Marmite or Vegemite)on.
English breakfast tea with milk or sometimes Jasmine green tea.
2 large glasses of water.
2 small oranges + 1 banana.

Occasionally swap the toast for cereal ( Nestle Fitnesse or similar) with sliced banana on top.
If no oranges then some other fruit, right now I'm into dragonfruit, bought 5 kilos from the " man with a van " tonight.

This is at home, outside the house will probably skip breakfast and have an early lunch of Thai food.

Fall down walking ?

"If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you, but if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you and I will kill you." 

Various bendover productions never got mentioned 

True, we have enough of them back in the UK.

It didn't happen in Thailand but one time on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Buenos Aires, that happened to me mid-flight.  Even though I removed the urine-laden wet socks, I could not get the feel of piss off my feet for the rest of the njourney, and right through to the immigration process.  I still suffer from PTSD to this day.  I know this response isn't entirely relevant to the discussion here, but I do think it might add some depth to it.  My feet are fine now.

PTSD = Pissy Toes Syndrome Drama ?

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Colin, in my experience, people from Yorkshire are more fonder of shouting their mouths off, my father was from Yorkshire,
and the two guys I knew very well in Thailand were always shouting their mouths off.
My apologies if any of the decent guys from Yorkshire are reading this, I know there must be some.

Hi again, I think I am beginning to understand ..... I think.

My visa has a Enter before date of 6 July 2018 - I can enter and leave Thailand as many times as I like until 6 July 2018, each time it starts the visa which lasts 1 year.

In my example above I left then re-entered Thailand on 5 July 2018, this is when my visa starts, and it lasts for 1 year. 

When in my example I wish to leave Thailand on 20th July 2018 and return to Thailand 2 weeks later I would need to apply for the re-entry permit at a Thai immigration office before I travel. I will be based in Khon Kaen and so I guess I could apply at the immigration office there.

 

Can someone please confirm I have this correct?

Thanks

Keith

 

I also had a look on this web page https://www.keyvisathailand.com/re-entry-permits-in-thailand/ and copied below from it:-

obtain a re-entry permit or risk losing your long stay visa!

The re-entry permit is designed to protect your visa so if you leave Thailand when you return your visa will still be intact and you will have no fear of it being taken away.

If you do not have a re-entry permit when you arrive back in to Thailand the Thai Immigration officer will disregard your old long stay visa and stamp you with a visa on entry meaning you will have to start the whole process again of obtaining a non immigrant visa and extension.

When you have a one year visa and you think you may be leaving Thailand then it is advisable to obtain a re-entry permit in advance of traveling just in case you need to leave quickly or you have an emergency.

The re-entry form at the Thai Immigration is called a TM8 and can be downloaded before you arrive at the Immigration office or they have many available there. It can be a good idea to download it and fill it in at home before you go.

The Thai re-entry permit is offered in two formats a single entry permit costs 1000 baht and allows you to travel one time.The second is a multiple entry permit which allows you to go in and out of Thailand as many times as you desire and lasts until the expiry of your visa extension, a multi entry permit costs 3,800 baht.

When you arrive at the Thai Immigration office you must take the following with you.

• Passport
• Copy of passport incl. details page, visa page and a copy of the white TM6 card.
• One passport photograph
• TM8 application form

The Immigration Officer will normally try and complete the task the same day depending on how busy they are at the time you arrive. Never leave it until the last moment obtain the re-entry permit in good time.

It is possible to obtain a re-entry permit at Suvarnabhumi airport immigration, however this is subject to the discretion of the immigration officer who you speak to and we do not advise that you leave it until the last minute.

 

Yes, you have understood correctly.

There was a case on here recently ( Thaivisa ) of someone leaving Thailand and not obtaining a re-entry permit then upon entry not understanding why they got a 30 day stamp instead of 1 year [emoji15].

I for one would not want to go through the whole process again !!

EDIT: just reading the last paragraph of your post, I believe it is not possible to get a re-entry permit at Swampy on arrival, only when you leave !!

I believe that this is the case ( someone please correct me if I'm wrong )

Thank you Evibaz and Andrew.
I am so pleased that I will not have to do visa runs, I did one this last Winter when I was on a single entry tourist visa and it cost me 3 days and about 3000 THB
 
Andrew you are not stating the obvious, it was my next thing to understand.
My exact date of issue is 7 July 2017 (they must have processed it on Friday 7th, then it was a public Thai holiday on Monday 10th and the Thai Embassy in London was closed, so they must have posted it on the 11th)  ..... so my Enter Before date is 6 July 2018.
 
I am entering Thailand on 23rd August 2017.
 
Do I need to register every 90 days? I thought I read that somewhere?
 
I understand your first paragraph Andrew - that for the first year I can leave and re-enter Thailand as many times as I wish. Then let's say I leave Thailand and re-enter on the 5th July 2018 I will receive a stamp that permits me to stay for a further year until 4th July 2019 ................  is that correct?
 
I don't understand re-entry permits.  
 
So I leave Thailand then re-enter on 5th July 2018.  I can stay in Thailand and without leaving and without any re-entry permits until 4th July 2019- is this correct?
 
Now if I wish to leave Thailand say on 20th July 2018 let's say for a 2 week holiday back to the UK, it is then I will need a re-entry permit?
Can you please tell me when and how I need to obtain this re-entry permit? Would it be on the way out of Thailand on the 20th July?
 
Sorry if I am being a bit slow
Thanks
Keith
 

No offense meant mate, just a bit of banter.
Being from the red rose county i just couldnt resist. 

People in Yorkshire taking of their shoes back in the 70s WOW.
I am shocked i thought they all wore clogs.

Saw this on the TV around 7 pm according to my gf the report was saying that the upper safety straps were not locked in properly (?).

Very sad for his family and friends.

RIP Sir.

Mona Lisa
The crying game
Get Carter ( original )

Keith, just to back up what evilbaz is saying:
Your visa will have an issue date ( in your case possibly 11th July 2017 ? )and a enter before date ( in your case possibly 10th July 2018 ? ), am just guessing your dates obviously to use as an example.
You are now able to enter Thailand when you want, every time you enter you will be stamped 1 year in advance, so if you leave Thailand and re-enter before 10th July 2018 you will get a stamp for July 2019, this is how to get 2 years from the O-A visa.

BUT: Important to remember you will need a re-entry permit after 10th July 2018 when the visa expires and you are on permission to stay.
SO: O-A visa is multi entry for 1st year then visa expires.
2nd year ( and additional years with extensions ) you need re-entry permits to get back into Thailand.

Sorry if I'm stating the obvious here but some people struggle with it and risk losing their permission to stay by not understanding the re-entry permit rule.

 

Be forewarned that this simply tests for hidden blood in the stool. If positive -- which can have many causes - you will still need to proceed to colonoscopy.

 

In addition, it  will not detect, much less allow for removal of, pre-cancerous polyps.

 

Hence while better than nothing it is IMO no substitute of a colonoscopy.

Exactly Sheryl, I had a stool sample with traces of blood several years ago, which as you say could be a number of things I.e. Haemorrhoids etc.

The next step was the colonoscopy, which showed everything was okay.

One of my best was The Smoking Barrel i laughed so much. Brad Pitt seen this and contacted the UK director who married the sexy singer. He asked him to play in his next movie similar to this one and he would play in it for free. I think the next ne was Snatch.

I'm not a regular, every other day for me ! but I do like to eat pappaya for breakfast and find that does the trick.
Plenty of water, I know you wrote 8 glasses a day, but you could increase that a little, no harm.
Re: colonoscopy, I had one about 8 years ago, no biggie ( no pun intended), in fact I slept through it due to a pre med.
The worst was the powder/water solution I had to drink before !! Now that was a thorough clean out !!

Good luck [emoji4]