Mike Teavee

She maybe specialises in the Wongamat area but I can highly recommend Som from Ocean Properties https://pattaya-ocean-properties.com/ Within 1 hour of walking into their office we’d visited 3 condo blocks that we were interested in & ended up using her to get the Unit we eventually settled on, even though it wasn’t on her books, as PBRE wouldn’t even acknowledge our viewing request. Also did my TM30 for the move & has been very responsive when we’ve had plumbing/AC problems.

My understanding is that when you got your extension everything associated with the previous extension (e.g. Re-Entry Permit) are voided so you should have got a re-entry permit to go alongside your new extension which becomes ”in force” from the date it’s issued. E.G if my extension ended 30th April & I got a new one today with a re-entry permit, left Thailand & came back on 4th April they would stamp me in until 30th April 2024 based on the re-entry permit. if I left without one I’d expect to get 30 days, They are not going to stamp me in to 30th April 2023 as that would mean I’d have to go to Immigration to get a new stamp before that one expires.

I can’t help but feel sorry for the Brit, he’ll be deported back to the UK that he’s not visited in over a decade with likely no where to stay & hardly a pot to p155 in. The UK is No Country For Old Men

Always use Nam’s (1,000b including tolls from Wongamat) but last week they were fully booked so I used Cherry’s taxi (https://cherrytaxiservice.com) 1,100b great service (as is Nam).

Very sad, no matter your thoughts on his actions that led to this, that’s 5 kids who have lost their dad ????

Manchester must be worse ???? Am giving serious thought to flying into Heathrow (or Birmingham) on my next trip to the UK just to avoid that cluster<deleted>. what makes it worse is I pay (Business Class) to try to avoid spending hours in queues but this seems to mean nothing at Manchester, guy even tried to tell me I couldn’t use the fast track lane when I was flying back as I didn’t have a “Sticker” on my ticket (go to Qatar Desk, they draw a circle around the words “Business Class” on my ticket & I go back).., this after waiting 1.5 hours to check in some golf clubs…

lol, No, that was the boat carrying the beer, I just happened to be sat in the seat behind ???? i haven’t seen any ferry’s, all long/speed boats but I guess you could make arrangements to leave it somewhere secure if you did fancy a few days on Lipe.

I mention Pak Bara as it’s the most obviously Muslim place I’ve visited in Thailand, other areas I’ve visited in the South (e.g. the GF’s family who live approx 20miles from the Malaysian border) have been non-Muslim (no problems getting alcohol or pork). BTW on the Koh Lipe boat now & this is what is under the seats in front of me…

Stayed in Pak Bara last night to head to Koh Lipe today & no problem buying beers in either of the 2 7-11s I popped into. in fact I’d say they had a better selection than my. Local 7-11 in Wongamat. .

Many thanks for recommending this, am binge watching & loving it ????

I had this last year and when I checked my "Visa Expiration" date on the mobile app it didn't reflect my last extension for the whole year, ended up doing the 90 day via Maneerat (200b) and from then on had no problems doing it online. Seems I wasn't the only one... The App is called "Imm eService" but though I can run it on my phone , I can't find it on the App Store either (My country is set to Thailand) :s This is what it looks like BUT I wouldn't trust this site with the download... https://steprimo.com/iphone/us/app/1464624948/IMM-eService/

That's not 100% correct, sites like https://onwardticket.com/ allow you to have up to 14 days validity & you can book it as far in advance as you like as they'll schedule it to be delivered to you - The one key point is that the ticket will be cancelled 48 hours before the flight is scheduled for so you don't try to check in for it. Up to that point, it is a perfectly valid ticket that you can use the reservation code on to select a seat add baggage etc... though you'd obviously be crazy to do so as chances are you'd have to pay money which would be forfeited when the flight was cancelled.

I hear that, if I had a Time Machine I would go back, cash everything in & stick it under the mattress ????

A for Maths but an F for reading comprehension as I posted... "Your argument assumes that the 800K is the only 800K Investment that somebody has where as the reality is that it's a rounding error (<0.05%) of other's retirement funds." Other's = not me... Joking aside I still maintain that the 800K is just a part of most people's pension pots & people who claim to have it invested somewhere that yields 5%+ are either lying or have much bigger balls than me, I like to keep 2 years spends (> 4Million thb, hence Bangkok Bank keep sending me stuff) at hand despite the fact that it only pays 0.7% in interest. Hey, better than it being in the market at the moment (still nursing a bloody nose from last week's shenanigans).

And people mock me for paying an agent 8K pa to not have to deal with this BS... I go to the bank, get a 3 month statement (This year maybe not as I'll be using a term deposit account) hand it to the agent alongside passport, photo, copy of lease... Come back the next day... See you in 12 months. Simples...

Your argument assumes that the 800K is the only 800K Investment that somebody has where as the reality is that it's a rounding error (<0.05%) of other's retirement funds. End of the day I choose to keep at least 2 years annual spends in cash, in Thailand & that more than meets the 800K that immigration ask for, the fact I pay 8K (+4K for a multi re-entry permit) for an agent to make my life easier is just that... it makes my life easier. Have a Bualuang Key fob going spare if you fancy it, sorry I gave the car parking pass to a mate of mine as I don't have a car (wait, I don't have a car so I must be very poor.. yeah... Pathetic!).

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I don't know where you fly from but every person I know flying from the UK has been asked for an onward flight ticket. You are correct in that it can be fixed with an escalation to a supervisor & you signing a release form but for the sake of $14 I'd rather not have the hassle.

Can always buy a throw away ticket ($14 https://onwardticket.com/), a lot cheaper than a trip to SG though I can think of a lot worse places to spend a weekend ????

Would love to learn what wines you enjoy...

Agree 100% - BUT the post I responded to was about guys who have the money in the bank & use an agent for convenience Vs having the money in the bank & doing the extension yourself. The poster I replied to suggested he has the money in the bank but chooses to do his extension himself, good luck to him, I honestly wish I had the patience to do the same myself, but I don't so I use an agent to do it for me because my time is worth more to me than the cost. Edit; FWIW I gave you a thumbs up on your comment (you can't see who did nowadays) because I 100% agree with your point

How many packs of ciggies? I don't smoke either but others do & the answer is approx. 50, I don't know any smokers who get through less than 1 pack per week. Point being we all place our own value on how we spend our money, I believe I get great value from paying an agent 8,000b to sort out my annual extension for me (I actually give them 12,000b because I need a multi-re-entry permit) some people get better value from a couple of extra (small) beers or pack of ciggies per week. Again, to each his own

I pay an agent 8,000b to do my annual extension for me (I keep the 800k in the bank), so at 4-5 hours that’s 2,000-1,600 ph… 1 time per year which is worth it to me, but maybe not to others To each his own

There are a couple of dedicated Russian tourist booths in Wongamat & the restaurants have more signs in Cyrillic than they do in Thai & English combined, even an outdoor stand with tourist type maps is 100% Cyrillic.