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This guy is the biggest idiot. A disgusting example of xenophobia that is spreading rapidly throughout Thailand. He's given his fellow countryman a license to harass and maybe worse! 

One more good reason to STAY AWAY from Thailand... Songkran is such a stupid silly time.. It's great for half a day.. But Chiang Mai goes on and on.... ! 

The drinking driving there too! Yikes. Idiots 

53 minutes ago, Peter Denis said:

When your OA Visa has been issued 24 January 2019, its validity date will be till 23 January 2020 (look for the date on your OA Visa sticker).

When leaving and re-entering Thailand before the expiry of the Visa validity date (23 January 2020) you will be stamped in for the full year that your OA Visa entitles you to.

I deduct that you last re-entered Thailand on 15 August 2019, as your permission to stay date is 14 August 2020, as stamped in your passport.

You are now outside Thailand.  And when you re-enter before 23 January 2020, you will be stamped in once again for a full year.  E.g. a re-entry on 19 January 2020, will provide you with a permission to stay till 18 January 2021.

However, if you re-enter after 23 January 2020 - as you intend to do - you will need a RE-ENTRY PERMIT to keep that 14 August 2020 permission to stay 'alive'. 

So if you did not buy such a re-entry permit before having left Thailand, a re-entry after 23 January 2020, will void your 14 August 2020 permission to stay.  You will of course not be refused to enter Thailand then, but it will then be on a Visa Exempt which will allow you 30 days of stay.  And when you want to be on long-stay in Thailand you would have to go through the process of applying for a new Non Imm O Visa.  However, an OA Visa as your presently have, can only be issued in your home-country, so once in Thailand you would have to apply for a Non Imm O Visa, which does not have the benefits your present OA Visa has. 

Conclusion:

- When you did buy a RE-ENTRY PERMIT before having left Thailand, there is nothing to worry about and you will be stamped in for the remainder of your permission to stay (14 August 2020);

- If you did not buy such a re-entry permit, there are many options (re-entering before 23 January 2020 (and exiting again with a re-entry permit) / applying for a Non Imm O or OA Visa in your home-country / re-entering Thailand Visa Exempt and starting the process that will allow you a long-stay again / ...).

Will take too long to expand on all of these options, so in case you left without a re-entry permit let us know the following info so that TVF members can correctly inform you of the options you have:

- Your nationality and validity date of your passport

- Are you married to a thai national?

- Are you planning to stay long-term in Thailand, or only doing occasional long trips?

Please note that there are always solutions, so: Happy XMas-days!

 

Uppps. Thanks so much for your detailed reply. I did NOT get a re entry permit. I am a usa passport holder, which expires March 2027.. I am over 60 years old.. Retired No family in Thailand. 

That's a BIG question. How long will I stay in Thailand. It's good to have choices... I've always been in Thailand on an OA visa.. But only spend 8 months or so each year there... I leave to travel.. and then go back. 

I really appreciate the information provided. Cheers. 

34 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Do you have a Re-Entry Permit? 

 

Re entry? I left Thailand a few weeks ago... My oa visa is multiple entry. 

I am on my 3rd (relevant?) OA visa. Originally issued January 24 2019. 

I left Thailand on several trips this year and I have a stamp with a "permitted stay " until August 14 2020. 

I am currently outside Thailand and plan to return in March 2020. 

Am I OK to return on my current visa or do I need another OA visa? Thanks. 

Sorry about my mistake... The lane to my left was empty.. The lane that the truck should have taken to turn.. Left! What are the reasons for driving like this? I would like to know. This and the meaning of life 555

Nothing confusing here. Especially if you are of working age. Immigration would be suspicious... That's a lot of stays on a tourist visa. Are you simply a tourist?

You must really like temple's 

1 minute ago, torturedsole said:

I should also add that my wife and I were collectively two kilos overweight but they have a tolerance of 1k overweight so only settled 350 baht for the additional kilo.  This also borne out when we flew AirAsia earlier this year and were exactly one kilo overweight and we weren't charged.

 

Ha... That's why I asked... So they are strict! I wish they would allow 50kg to be bought beforehand! 

4 minutes ago, torturedsole said:

350 baht per kilo is what I settled on AirAsia at DMK last Tuesday which I thought was quite reasonable.  In the UK I would have been bent over and rogered for considerably more.  

 

 

How many kilos over were you? 

I am returning to the USA (expat in Thailand)... From bkk to LAX... I'm allowed 2 x 23 kg suitcase checked However, on air Asia from Krabi to Bangkok.. I can only pre purchase 40kg. Right? 

Which will be cheaper... Gate checked cost of hand luggage (if they check it) over 7kg or paying 6 kg excess baggage when I check in?.. But how strict are they? The cost adds up fast... About 300 baht per kilo.. Yes? 

So is this "FTI" team related to the TAT statistical manipulators? 

Load of rubbish. Totally illogical. 

On 9/18/2019 at 9:58 AM, ThaiWai said:

My soi has no name.  Just a house number, moo number and ampur name.  I accept that if it makes sense to the people that deliver mail etc to me. I got a call from DHL 5 days ago and was told they had a package for me and could I send my location to the number they were calling from.  I complied. 5 hours later...no package. I then see an email from them requesting I share my location via google maps. I comply...next day no package.  4 days later I see they have enter a shipping status at the merchant website that says "Customer requested rescheduling".  Seeing this was not going to get resolved, I search for the DHL office near me and take a drive there, the shop is marked with company logos etc.  They tell me I am at the wrong location and I should drive to a nearby landmark and look for their associates office at a shop that has no markings.  I go to the landmark and search all over asking shop owners in the area if they know where DHL is and no one does. I call the number they gave me at the first office.  DHL employee answers and I ask where she is and tell her I believe I am somewhere near her.  She says she will step onto the sidewalk so I can see her.  It turns out I am literally parked in front of the office which has zero markings of any kind.  I relay this story to her and she says "We couldn't find your house".  I point to the soi opposite her office and tell her "That's my soi right in front of your office.  You could have walked two minutes to my house.  I was not angry or even surprised. This type of thing happens every day all day at every business. Their systems don't work, the employees don't care, the corporation doesn't care, the governments local and national don't care, there's no logic or motivation behind anything everything is just a big bowl of random actions followed by repeated failures that are never learned from mixed in with heaping helpings of corruption ,xenophobia, racism and greed that trickle from the top down.  I have learned to accept that I live in a country where no one surpasses the brain function of a ten year old and just roll with it.

5555 .  555555 funny I should trip across this old post... i also live on a similar road/address.. just a number and moo2, tambon, city. Thats it. 

At least 80% of my lazada et al, deliveries require a call from the shipping company!! If they see a franang name on the box, then why would they assume i speak Thai? ..and yet they jump right in to talking to me in Thai!! I speak a little..but certainly not enough to direct them to my house or to understand hat the hell they are on about. 

MOST importantly, this driver, ALL he does for 6 frigging days a week is deliver packages!! He is the professional right? He should know how to read a map or stop and ask for help. So WHY the heck do they even bother asking me for help? They should know this area like the back of their hand. Right?

So what's the problem with these drivers? Too lazy? To stupid to read a map? To embarrassed to ask another Thai close by for help locating my house? 

It TRULY baffles me how a driver working 12 hour days 6 hours a day, has all that experience in the location and deliveries etc etc and still has the gall to call me and ask for help delivering a package!!!

On 11/18/2019 at 11:11 AM, gunderhill said:

I Like the sound of your Wife.

I agree. i saw her first!!

"I am not sure how to even ask these questions correctly. I am curious about Thai women" 

Stop being curious. You'll be happier and live longer. 

On 11/19/2019 at 11:57 AM, Jingthing said:

I found out something interesting about the Colombia visa situation. As mentioned before there MAY be a major change coming that would include a major rise in financial requirements including retirement. Well, even if that happened it might not be so bad for people already in the system IF they grandfather the old levels. So I was curious about RESIDENCY TIME REQUIREMENTS for those on Colombian long term visas. Now in Thailand for one year retirement extensions, you aren't required to live in Thailand at all to keep that valid. I found out that in Colombia you don't need to live there much either BUT if you leave and don't return for over six months, the visa status becomes invalid. So that might a useful thing especially for people now in the USA and Canada in that you can pop into Colombia and get a THREE YEAR retirement visa and all you need to do to keep it valid is to show up in Colombia before every six month period ends. So that could be a foot in the door on the current levels and then see if they're grandfathered. Or other personally tailored tactics as needed. Rather more difficult and expensive for those now living in Thailand though. I guess one way to use that rule from Thailand would be to pop in, get the visa, then go back to Thailand and try to end all your business in Thailand within six months (easy for some, hard for others). But then there is the risk that you would need to move again within three years if no grandfathering.

My Mexican Residency visa will never expire and I have actually spent more time here in Thailand than in México. 

I'll be returning to México in a few more weeks.. Immigration allows me to enter Mexico, with my Residente Permanente Card, via the "Mexicans Only" line at the airport. Once, immigration told me "that I am nearly Mexican".. Because I had that card. I always feel welcome there. 

Regarding Colombia.. I read a few years ago that all money going into that country was taxable. Never did understand rule fully.