Snow Leopard

Keep on Rocking in the Free World

4 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:

I misjudged you, your selfless and I am selfish for having 5 kids that have fulfilled my life with happiness and love, I suppose I am therefore selfish like the rest of the world for overpopulating it, i.e. I didn't know there was any restrictions, that said, I hope all of my kids have 5 kids each in the new world that Greta will bring them, don't know where they will all fit though.

You cant change what is already done and i wish you and your children all the best. My point was this, there needs to be some serious open debate about the subject. 

4 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:

@Snow Leopard

 

So which bridge will it be boys, I mean were talking reducing the population right, that is the problem you both agree on, ok then, jump, that should reduce the population by 2, got to start somewhere, yeh right, I thought so.

I would think there is a more logical way to do it than having people jumping off bridges. 

This part of the L.O.B still makes me laugh to this day. 

There should be a sensible policy to protect the environment and reduce emissions. But the biggest Elephant in the room is over population of the planet. No one seems capable of taking this on in fear of the PC brigade. 

16 hours ago, pauleddy said:

I am here for the temples. Sorry.

Me to

Switch off and unplug everything. I have been having similar issues which i think is something to with AIS Fibre. 

On 12/2/2019 at 1:06 PM, Thingamabob said:

Just don't touch the 800k at all. Leave well alone and you will find things much easier here.

Correct. Rainy day if needed. 

12 minutes ago, Peter Denis said:

HI Snow Leopard,

When your OA Visa was issued July 30, 2019 that implies it is valid till July 29, 2020.

When you entered last week you were stamped in for a full year till mid November 2020.

When you leave Thailand and re-enter just before your OA Visa validity expires, you can squeeze out almost 2 years from that original OA Visa, i.e. till end July 2021.

During that full 2-year period you do NOT need to have thai-approved health-insurance, and can freely exit/re-enter the country (but you would need a re-entry permit when re-entering after July 29, 2020 in order to keep your granted permission to stay alive).

Once you apply for an extension of stay (early July 2021 when you timed it optimal) you MIGHT be required to have thai-approved health-insurance.  The situation is not clear at the moment, whether it is needed for extension of stay based on an original OA Visa issued before Oct 31, 2019 or whether holders of such Visa will be grandfathered.

But that's 1.5 year from now, so by then the situation will hopefully have been clarified ????

 

Re the foreign issued travel-insurance you have, and which expires Jan 1, 2020.

It is up to you whether you think it useful to renew, change or even cancel. 

Obviously, it is a good idea to have insurance while in Thailand  in case something happens.

But it is as good as certain that your travel-insurance will NOT qualify as thai-approved health-insurance once you apply for an extension of stay in 1.5 years.

 

Thanks Peter. I have had a look at the various health insurance plans for non O&A. To be on the safe side i will probably go ahead and get a policy anyway. The cheapest one i can see for my age bracket is around 35K THB. I will need some kind of medical insurance anyway. May as well get one that's approved.

21 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

1. Not correct.

    There is no requirement to show insurance when entering the country with a OA visa issued prior to October 31st. There were reports of people incorrectly being given a 30 day visa exempt entry due to not having insurance but that been fixed.

2. Nothing more that a completed TM47 form.

You can still get 2 years of total stay from the OA visas you have.

  

Joe i was questioned and asked for insurance last week on entering at BKK. My visa was issued on the 30th of July 2019, A bit of a song and dance really but they eventually let me in. The stupid thing was that i do have insurance but the card and policy was in my checked luggage with some other papers. 

I need to renew my insurance before the 1st of January 2020. Will Thai Immigration allow a 12 month travel insurance policy issued in my home country with a multi-entry OA visa?

5 minutes ago, Enzian said:

We were lucky, because we went in knowing that that those might be required, but the girl was nice and went with what I said. That's the problem, every office and officer can be different. 

did you certify yours at the Thai Embassy in your country?

45 minutes ago, overherebc said:

Mine have been on record in UK since 1968-ish. Black ink and card type. I am assuming they have been scanned now and are on a database.

Don't see a problem.

Bad Boy

8 minutes ago, Enzian said:

Just my passport, two photos, copy of passport data page and copy of recent visa page, her ID and blue book.

Wow my amphur wants certified copies of my passport and birth certificate.

5 minutes ago, Enzian said:

Din Daeng Bangkok in my case, but I would think you have to go to the one that covers your address.

Yes i am just in Samut Prakan and they want a shed load of documents. What did you hand over in the way of documentation? 

19 hours ago, lucky2008 said:

What do you mean by pennies?

 

Unless you are one of the 'privileged few' you will be paying significantly more doing a Swift transfer from the US. 

 

For a 65,000baht transfer using Swift it's about 100USD per transfer end to end

 

For 65,000baht transfer using Transferwise it's about  22USD USD per transfer end to end. 

 

 

 

There is no possible way Bangkok Bank can print out a credit advise for a SMT transfer. 

 

 

Why don't you read it properly. Blackarab stated he uses Xendpay. That is not a swift transfer, it shows on your account as an FET and not a local payment as per a transferwise transaction. 

1 hour ago, Enzian said:

I'm in same situation, live in my girlfriend's condo, on a "retirement visa", and she nor I have ever filed a TM30 that I know of. But we recently went to the amphur, got me put in her blue book, got a yellow book for me, and to boot, without us asking, they fixed me up with a Thai ID "pink card". I've read reports that all this makes me exempt from filling the TM30, and my attitude is that they can bite me; a 2000 baht fine is next to nothing, but if and when that happens then I'll go ahead and file one of the damn things. Of course I might have to when we go to Chang Wattana to apply for my next extension later this year.

Which amphur is that please? I am having issues. 

20 hours ago, sometimewoodworker said:

Probably because TransferWise is cheaper and they feel that they are  [sarcasm] the customer and the customer is always right so they must get what they want [\sarcasm] even when the service they want is not one that the company offers.

 

Or they don't want to take the time to find a company that does offer the service they want.

On say a 65,000B per month transfer the difference would be pennies. 

On 7/17/2019 at 1:51 PM, Black arab said:

I used xendpay recently, this gave the FTT i needed on my statement and bank book.

Thanks. So why does everyone keep using transferwise when it doesn't show as a foreign transfer transaction on their account. Use another service that does as you say.

has anyone used another transfer provider like Worldremit or WU Account transfer? Do these show as an FET?

Do everything correctly, Make sure everything is by the book and pay JACK SH*T. I came through Swampy last night and it seemed to be taking a lot longer per individual with the fingerprint scan. 

Maybe along with all the other ministries, it might be good to have a ministry of Correct Information and Translation. That way all the ministries that have policies that do have an impact on foreigners can channel their communications through this branch.  

19 hours ago, buick said:

OP - you might consider rewording your title.  i think most readers will just pass over your post after seeing the title saying to themselves 'no chance of denial'.  but in reality your real question relates to obtaining the TE visa with a history of overstays.  as i recall, there was a recent thread that suggested more than one overstay was a problem for obtaining the TE visa.  and the period of overstay didn't matter much.  with a revised title, maybe one of the folks active in the other thread on the topic of TE visa/overstay will come on board here and assist.

 

i definitely remember reading the fee had to be paid before you knew if you actually got the TE visa affixed into the passport.  again, if memory serves, the OP was concerned that he/she would pay and then get rejected based on overstay history.

Correct. i being one of those readers.