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Bangkok immigration has them:

https://bangkok.immigration.go.th/en/downloads_en/

Immigration offices in all provinces use the same forms.

Online appointment booking for Chiang Mai Immigration - is it this link?

https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/[email protected]/bookings/

Thanks. I had just heard from a Burmese friend that this week, he was at Chiang Mai Immigration since 5:30 am and was stuck there for the whole day, just like during pre-pandemic times.

But the queue for migrant workers from neighboring countries is different.

Now that it's July 2022, what time should we arrive for visa renewals (marriage, education, or other 1-year visas requiring lots of paperwork)?

The Thailand Pass is no longer required, so many people have been arriving in Thailand again. That probably also means more visa applicants at immigration too.

Should we arrive around 5-6 am like in the mid-2010s, or would 8-9 am work just fine?

On 5/31/2022 at 3:17 AM, GregTN said:

I did my extension of stay based on marriage today at Chiang Mai immigration and received great service.  Arrived at 8:45 and was out the door by 10:00.

How is the situation at Chiang Mai Immigration now that it's July and that Thailand has opened up?

Should I arrive at 5 am, 7 am, or 9 am?

1 minute ago, kwak250 said:

Back in the UK there was a restaurant called The Hungry Horse the portions were huge. I took my thai girlfriend at the time there and she was not impressed . She said why do you want to eat 1kg of fries with half a cow

Throw in som tam, turn the cow into larb, add chili and fish sauce, supplement the meal with sticky rice, and she will be impressed!

When your non-immigration O visa (Thai spouse/family) aka marriage visa is under consideration for about 30 days after you submit all of your forms, can you still travel abroad and get a re-entry permit within those 30 days?

I know that you would have to return in time to pick up your final stamp again.

1 minute ago, KhunLA said:

So the OP posted before any research ... hmm

 

Motive ???

I already did some research online.

https://letmegooglethat.com/

Heart and cardiovascular disease prevalence in the US and Europe, especially Central and Eastern Europe, are indeed higher than in Thailand.

Causes are debatable.

Mine is pretty fluent and functional, but for most Westerners including me, learning Thai is like learning French.

It's almost impossible to pronounce it like a local because the language sounds like flowing water, whether it's Thai or French. The vowels are really tricky if you want to sound native.

You say a word or sentence. Many Thais can understand but some can't. Then they correct you with something extremely nasal-sounding or something from way in the back of the throat.

That's like French. You thought you said it exactly as it's supposed to be. But no, the "on" and "r" sounds are supposed to be extremely nasal and uvular for you to be understood and sound like a native.

16 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

No

Your 90 day report would be due 90 days from the day you enter the country.

The online reporting site you posted a link to is gone now. New site is here. https://tm47.immigration.go.th/tm47/#/login

You have to register to get on the site. Click apply near the bottom of the page.

Thanks Ubon Joe.

So as a long-time resident coming back to my own house in Thailand, what online form do I have to fill out within 24 hours of arriving in Thailand? I think it's the TM 30 form.

Is it this link?

https://extranet.immigration.go.th/fn24online/FilterNoLogonServlet?nodeId=24&programId=FNHOTELREG

Or this link?

https://extranet.immigration.go.th/fn24online/

Or do I have to physically visit an immigration office?

I haven't traveled outside Thailand and didn't travel often before then.

Say I just renewed a spousal visa, and after 1 month of its renewal I travel outside Thailand for a 2-week trip. I would have to fill out the online TM 47 form within 24 hours of my return to Thailand right?

https://extranet.immigration.go.th/fn90online/online/tm47/TM47Action.do?cmd=acceptTerm

A Thai friend asked me, "Why do so many farangs get heart disease?"

Good question. Why do Westerners (North Americans, Europeans, Australians) get heart disease more often than Thais? (Assuming this is true, but it really seems like it.)

Rough estimate of Thai women married to older Western men - about 1/3 have husbands who have, or have had, some kind of heart, cardiovascular, or blood pressure type ailment.

Thais eat a lot of fatty pork (moo sam chan, pork leg, other kinds of pork) and deep fried foods too, which are arguably just as nasty as bacon and fatty sausages.

Leading causes of death for Thais seem to be traffic accidents, liver disease from alcoholism or hepatitis, and the like.

On 6/28/2022 at 6:51 PM, CharlieH said:

Wife often says "why you walk same run " !

 

 

What does that mean?

• Walking is the same as running.
• Why don't you run, it's better than walking.
• Why don't you walk, it's better than running.
• Your walking speed is like running.

Sorry but I never really speak Thailish.

2 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

Oh, I did not know that.  Sorry.

I'm not one of them. ???? No grey hair yet.

3 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

If you're walking slowly and you're only middle-aged, you probably have an injury.

Just trying to be poiite here.

You know that the really old forum members here insist on being referred to as "middle-aged."

Some of us walk faster than our significant others.

Others might be slower due to injuries, being middle-aged, or just wanting to take it easy.

And for others, it probably depends on the situation.

Participate in the poll above and let's see what we get!

4 minutes ago, DrJoy said:

Go and live in India for a month, you will take your words back

Or Afghanistan or Yemen

Thailand is actually not so bad.

On 4/23/2022 at 8:11 PM, kokesaat said:

My Thai wife and I lived in Texas for 14 years before moving here.  When we put our house on the market, our realtor told us it'd probably be a few months before we'd sell (back in 1996).  A few days after we put the for sale sign out, an elderly mother/daughter looked and made an offer.  My wife says she put sticky rice on all the fence posts around the yard as an offering to the spirits for a quick sale.  Who can argue with that?

If Thais think that house spirits are supposed to originate from the spirits of the previous owners (I think the souls of the previous owners?), then wouldn't Texan house spirits prefer Whataburgers, Texan BBQ, and Tex-Mex treats instead of sticky rice?

Why not place offerings of pecan pies and cornbread?

On 5/16/2022 at 3:51 AM, Isaan sailor said:

For me, best smaller thing in Thailand—the small hips of the ladies (including mine)—lovely.

I thought most men are supposed to prefer bigger hips? Hence the popularity of Kim Kardashian?

2 hours ago, mcl2504 said:

I will concur with the many posts saying Thais have smaller penises than most Westerners. Based on personal observation. And (although this will make me vulnerable to ridicule, I'm sure) I actively try to look at as many penises as possible.

 

Which leads me to a question no one can answer (maybe because I can't figure out who I could ask!):

 

I used to live in Hong Kong. Chinese men, in general, are about as open as can be in public restrooms. You can usually see whatever there is to see. They also don't consider it odd to select the urinal right next to a person even if there are many other options. My hypothesis is that there are so many Chinese in such compact places that they're just used to have no privacy. So why do Thai men practically hug the urinals and desperately try to make sure nothing is visible? First of all, how do they prevent splashing their clothes with urine? And secondly, why so conscious about what's visible? I figure if someone wants to look, let them look. And if nobody wants to look, it doesn't matter what I do. Admittedly, I say this as a person who *would* prefer to look . . .

 

So there it is. Or rather, usually there it *isn't.* 

And your observations about size in Hong Kong?

20 minutes ago, Expat68 said:

Disagree with some of comments.  Young thIs are actually quite tall.    Some roads are large.                      Cows especially buffalo are big.      Food you can ask for a big  portion.                                    Getting expensive in Thailand.        Some houses very big

You can always find some counterexamples.

But on average? It's pretty obvious.

26 minutes ago, fittobethaied said:

It obviously correlates with average height.

2 minutes ago, Kenny202 said:

I don't know how people make this clap trap up? Who says people here are smaller? And cows? Most of the cattle here Brahman. Have you ever seen one? You must be an interesting bloke to go and have a beer with

Have you seen skinny Thai brown humped cows as compared to the huge, fat Western cows that get fed corn and antibiotics?

And does anyone else here think that Thais, on average, are really just as big or bigger than all the giant balloon-shaped orcs that we'd always see in Oz, UK, and Murrica?

For authentic Hakka food, go to the Tulou Restaurant at Wualai.

The Mandarin Place at Kad Farang. It's real Cantonese dim sum. The owner is Cantonese. Definitely not Thai-Chinese fusion.