Mike Teavee

So today I have cancelled my (Premium) Netflix subscription as it seems impossible for me to access Netflix from the App on my Samsung TV & Netflix's advice was to keep unplugging/plugging in my TV until the problem went away (Hello, have you seen the power points in Thailand & do you know how much this TV cost!) Gutted as the GF loves Netflix for the subtitles so am sure I'll be back before too long but I really am fcked off with them so she can pay if she wants it back...

I just get a Multi Re-entry with my annual extension (Pay an agent 8k to do all of my extension paperwork/running around for me + another 4K for the multi re-entry permit) I'm just one of those guys who if I didn't have a re-entry permit, I would go through the "Standard Channel" with my Business Class ticket to get one, "Walking Back" behind the scenes (as has been commented before) is just "Bad Form" to me... Hey.. To Each His Own ????

Hands... Touching Hands... Reaching Out... Touching You... If the 1st words in your head are not "Sweet Caroline... ... ... Da Da Da Da" ... Then I think you might be dead.

Sorry I thought all Condo purchases under the "Foreign Quota" came with a Yellow Book but clearly you can buy a Condo in Foreign name and have a Blue Book (albeit your name cannot be on it) - As a newbie to buying property in Thailand are you able to get a Yellow Book for your condo or does having the Blue book mean you can't do this? As others have said I would take everything that had my name & address on it to Immigration, if you're really concerned then maybe can go beforehand & get a residency certificate (say you need it to buy a car/motorcycle or for your Tax return) & take that along as well.

If you have a "Blue Book" then I'm guessing the Condo is in your wife's name so her ID alongside a letter confirming that you live there should be enough. If you have a "Yellow Book" then that should be suffice as proof of address. If the Condo is in a Thai Company name then I'm assuming you'll be able to get a letter from the accountant/lawyer to prove you live there

In my defense in most countries you would not be able to access "Land Side" services when you were "Airside" Or to put it another way, the moment the IO stamps your Exit from Thailand you're considered as having left Thailand so to access a service in Thailand, then technically you are in the country illegally... But thanks for being the 3rd person to point that out to me, I had already acknowledged the guy who said you could do this, ME, wouldn't dream of even trying to do it so I get my re-entry permit before I go to the airport.

Thanks for this, I hadn't even considered that you could do it that way... Great Info...

Not if you're using the Fast Track lane. Sorry to keep harping on about this but if you go through Fast Track you cannot get a re-entry permit at the airport.

Last time I needed a re-entry permit (have always got a Multi with my extension but stopped doing so during Covid times) I went to Maneerat on Soi 13/2, 15 minutes later I was in Robin Hood Tavern for lunch... Went back next day re-entry permit in passport, took the GF shopping at central. Next time I'll queue up in Immigration for 4 hours, it's a LOT cheaper!

What I'm suggesting is at 76 you should get your re-entry permit before going to the airport & use the fast track lane.... I'm 56 & shouldn't be telling people this as I'll probably be queueing behind you with my Business Class ticket but my father is 76 and I would hate for him to use the "Standard Channel" when he could be using fast track

Clearly you’ve never heard of Ko Tao… This is the 1st drowning I can remember reading about in Pattaya & actually it was in Wongamat, which isn’t part of the “Pattaya” that you think you know. Dont tell me, posting from afar thinking you know everything about Thailand cos you’ve “Read it on the Internet”… Have you even been to Thailand?

Classic Monty Python... Back to serious... I live in Wongamat & often see guys swimming (what to me looks far) too far out & outside the "Protective Buoys" that stop you swimming in the path of a Jetski/speedboat.

I originally went to Revenue Department 3 which is more or less across Jomtien 2nd Road from Soi 5 (Jomtien Immigration) https://goo.gl/maps/d3RxuXyWjzSeNczL7 They informed me that I as I lived in Wongamat, I needed to use the Revenue Office in North Na Klua... https://goo.gl/maps/ZRzJMcpyho9S4yEi9 ... but were very helpful & explained what I would need to get a TIN which included a Residency Certificate. As we were just across the road from Jomtien IO & as I had all of the documents with me I thought I would need for the Tax Office (Passport, Copy of my Condo Lease, TM30, Photos etc...) I popped in & 1 hour/300b (+ about 15b in "Copying Fees") later I walked out with one (I needed all of the documents mentioned).

Quick update… My deductible (per year not claim) is 100K & for this I get a 32.5% discount.

But the desk is also only accessible from the "Standard Channel" so if you're flying Business Class or can use fast track for other reasons (e.g. being over 70) then you'll need to forego being able to use the fast track channel & so potentially lose a lot of time. I prefer to get my re-entry permit with my extension but failing that I use an agent who charges 1,500b for a single (4,500 for a Multi or 4,000b when you do it with your extension). In Pattaya I use Maneerat on Soi Post Office (13/2)

I’m doubting myself now as the deductible may be 100K but I just checked the email notification & the reduction for taking a deductible is 32.5%.

I have the Pacific Cross “Visa Friendly” policy & at 56 my renewal this year was 31,090b (I removed Outpatient cover & have a 200K deductible). I believe this policy is no longer available to new customers but existing customers can continue to renew.

It was the 5 C's when I went working there (2008) - Condo, Car, Cash, Career & Credit Cards! Had 3 of those but still managed to date a couple of SPGs ???? Awesome place to live & work though.

Most of us don't work in Thailand, though I did meet my GF through work (I was buying aftershave in a mall, she was selling it). At the time I was working in Singapore - Have you tried dating a Singaporean girl! - Wait, aren't you married to a Singaporean (I love them btw) or was that a Thai lady you met whilst working in Singapore (Which is how it worked out for me).

It also teaches you very little about finding a good job & living a healthy lifestyle ???? But joking aside & back to topic... IMHO 5-10 years ago you could easily meet a very nice Thai lady working in a bar & go on to have a very happy life with them, I'm not saying it's impossible nowadays, just not so easy (If I had to guess, 80% chance 10 years ago, 8% chance now). I met my Thai GF while she was working in a mall (Rangsit Bangkok), she was one of the older ("Only" 20 years younger than me) & less attractive (Beautiful to me) girls I met on that trip... But she's the one that stuck (4 years & counting).

I love 90s Gangsta Rap & if I've learnt anything from it it's that I've got 99 problems but the Bitch ain't one (cos she's at least 98 of them ????)

Bali has a similar set-up (Albeit you're buying a Visa when you land & you should be aware of this before you land... Cambodia same same) but the amount of people who turn up on exit with no money to pay the "Exit Tax" is unreal. I actually ended up paying for a young American family's exit tax because they had no money to pay it with & their cards weren't working (& I was bored waiting behind them in the queue) - No idea what would have happened to them if I hadn't, presumably they'd have missed their flight which would have meant they missed their connecting flight home from Singapore. Philippines is the same on exit... You have the money or you don't leave.

I have a couple of those (one of my hobbies is lockpicking) & most modern condo keys can't be copied by the cheap Chinese scanners as they operate on a higher frequency. As others have said, it's not possible to get a personal card that cannot be copied, the whole condo security infrastructure needs to be set-up so cards can't be copied (Seen this in Malaysia where each card had a unique digital signature) & even these can be copied, it just takes more work (Instead of a 1-1 copy you have to copy, tweak the data & then rewrite). My condo just introduced facial recognition for entry into the building (Lift & Unit access is still controlled by card, which I've not yet managed to copy), the "Hacker" in me is trying to work out how I would get around that if I had to...

I see the head of Wagner Group has written to the White House to ask why his organization has been labelled criminal... https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-latest-putin-could-make-final-push-on-invasion-anniversary-as-belarus-president-warned-over-joining-war-12541713 Apologies Sky News is rubbish for links so you might need to scroll down & click on that particular article... Key Text is here...

Your 90 day reports have nothing to do with how long you can stay in Thailand, the only thing that matters is the "Permission to Stay Until" stamp in your passport from your last entry/interaction with Immigration. If it says 1st March 2023 then you're good until that date.