problemfarang

Thanks for the comments

Hi,

I bought plane tickets to fly somewhere from expedia com th cheap and fast i also bought seats for my flight, again cheap.

So today was the check in day and... ta ta! The seat i paid for was.. taken by another passanger.

Contacted with someone live chat help from the website. No waiting, really fast. Explained the situation, told me to hold on so he can check, 5-10 min later he said that he cannot see that i paid for the seats.. LOL!!! Well i have the recipe and all. Well, after another 10 min duscussion on the situation it seemed to me its a done deal, no refund and started the same answers, i gave up. Obviously nothing to do.

2000 baht extra for 2 round trip seats are gone.. lesson learned never book seats again.

So just wondering if this happened to anyone else too?

Thanks

filled the form 29/04/2022 at 12:05 got the QR code at 18:00

wow

10 hours ago, DFPhuket said:

Some of the questions that were asked before may not be required when the updated and simplified Thai Pass goes live tomorrow. 

 

How you're entering the flight number is correct. Since you can arrive plus or minus 7 days from the date of approval, the exact flight number doesn't really matter. 

 

My extension is based on retirement. I have have left the departure date blank on my Thai Pass applications and they were all approved. The Thai Pass did not ask for details of immigration status or copies of passport extension stamps. 

thank you for the info

2 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

I see no reason for there to a problem with the way the flight number has to be entered.

Only the arriving flight number is required on the Thailand Pass site.

yes, thank you for the confirmation.

also what about the departure date from thailand? we can leave it empty? because he will be working here.

thanks again

When registering thailand pass one of the options is your flight details. few questions about this:

- you cannot use 'space' between letters or numbers when entering your flight number. For example your flight number is KLM 68 but when you are entering your number in to the system you have to write KLM68, is this ok?

- no problem with arrival date but my friend is coming with non-b visa and with his work permit so obviously no ticket for back or out of thailand. How to deal with this? does the system accepts only entering arrival date? will there be a problem?

his arrival is 14 May

thanks

yes, i read somewhere saying you can register for May after 29 april. 

lets see

hi,

i will give you a proper answer. please ignore the posts before. they are just being stupid. its obvious you are asking a legit question

so, if your wife find a job as a teacher.. she will have non-b visa which also allow you to stay with her which means you will get a non-o visa with her too. hers will be non-o work yours will be non-o member of your family has a work in thailand, you are the husband so you can get it.

about the photography. sorry but i dont think you can find a job about it. almost impossible.. maybe she can apply some university like teaching art and photography but really no chance. the best option for her is to teach english.

about IT. im sorry you have zero chance to find a job about it. you can do some work but dont count on it because it will be illegal. i suggest you to find a job about teaching english too. 

the biggest risk is, how many russian woman i started to see in my tinder and also how many russian woman started to post really silly and stupid tiktok videos, so boring and really annoying

No police will call you for any traffic bills.

they will send a mail which show proof of the crime (speeding or whatever it is) with a radar photo or police photo camera. 

another thing is all that traffic bills sent to you from radar photos are not related or linked to traffic office. There will be nothing and yes, nothing happen if you dont pay them. I sold my old car with 13 or 15 speeding ticket on it!!!! and the oldest ticket was around 8 years ago

thats the new scam they are trying now. because their police scam is so much on the media they need to find a new way

4 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Interesting.   BBL's head office is on Silom Road, not Sukhumvit.

yep... 

4 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

She went with him to "vouch" for him as per an item listed on requirements from Bangkok Bank.

This take along an existing customer or a "respected" Thai is hit and miss at best. Even moreso in Bangkok.

Been there done that. 

well, that means she didnt try the letter telling he will work for him. So, i dont know if vouch and the letter i said are the same thing or not. I dont think so. if yes, same than ok. but if not please stop replying to my posts about this. it looks like you just reply any posts you see.

because its totally a new way to do for him and his friend. 

thanks!

On 4/23/2022 at 7:59 AM, Onerak said:

Surprising that visa agents won't open a bank account in Bangkok. In Pattaya, all visa agents provide services of bank accounts also for a few thousand bahts.. 

the agency i used for 2 years, opens in Bangkok. I think it was Kasikorn. she did for another friend was taking non-o retirement

5 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

From OP earlier post........

 

".i have to laugh my Thai manager friend was stressed after just going to two banks trying to help me open an account yesterday mind you i had the pleasure of doing the circuit twice at immigration then checking 4 branches of banks in the basement there for like 5 hrs"

Well, obviously you didnt understand what i mean... i was trying to say maybe she can write a letter. the letter i mentioned. i dont know if she tried that or only went to the bank and ask to open an account. 

and before you post something again i also added if it wont help you can give an idea for others. 

Not sure it will help your case or not:

my friend opened a bank account without a work permit. And most likely no residency paper.

one of his friends helped him. He has a Thai company here and he is thai. he wrote an official letter to the bank with signature and stamp. Now im not sure if he added anything else to that letter or not. Maybe like a documents shows his work is real or not. I think he added that too. In the letter he mentioned that this guy will work for him and asked them to help about bank account. this is also how many schools do. They first write a letter same this one and the bank opens account. 

he and his friend went to the bank (kasikorn) it took 10 min to open an account.

maybe your insurance friend can help, worth the try. If not your case might give an idea to other people.

Hi guys,

so today i did something i really wanted to do for some time. I bought a durian, ate it and started to watch many youtube videos 'how to plant durian from seed'.

as you already understood i will try to plant durian in my garden. So i went to the nearest agriculture shop which is very easy to find in nonthaburi. bought very special soil for growing durian and 2 small pots. from my research i found out February-May are not the best months to plant young durian tree( 1-2 yrs), they dont mention seeds so i will try my luck. I saw 2 types of planting. 1 is just plant the whole seed body under the soil (not very deep maybe max 5 cm deep) 2nd is and this type of the videos are the most i saw you plant half of the body. after 2-3 months if all ok then you will move it to another bigger pot then goes like that till you really plant it. Which will probably in a year time.

Although every video mentioning that no sun shine at all for young durian trees (1-2 years). i spent long time to find out for the seeds stage. couldnt find any info. I think it should be the same logic and no sun shine at all. all videos says shade place. im most likely wrong but i think sun shine is also good for plants to get their needs to grow up. Maybe not too much but i really think at least 1-2 hours per day. So i was wondering if you have any idea about this? 

i just planted 3 seeds in to 2 pods, lot of first time water and left them in a shade place. no sun shine at all. But it will be hot. 1 pot i planted 5cm deep, other 2s half of the seed is in the soil rest out. So i tried both ways videos saying. Didnt try kitchen towel way.

I dont know if to keep them in the house for a while is a good idea or not. I scare the AC will drop the heat they need. I heard durian need some hot air also. what do you think about this?

if you have any suggestions, ideas please let me know

thanks

20 hours ago, orchidfan said:

Certainly not driving 20 minutes through the traffic to the Imm office, just to be told "sorry not hab yet.....try again tomorrow"

I would go there at least 1 time and ask if there is something wrong or this delay is because of holidays. You are calling them every day means you really worry about it. And you are lazy for a 20 min drive... if nothing on monday again, go there on tuesday. Nothing to lose.

But as Ubon said and probably correct its only because of holidays and im also sure because of covid and so on they must be very busy

13 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

The OP has a valid ME visa

He doesn't need to obtain a visa.

In fact he can fly back whenever he wants

ohh i tought his multi will expire soon.

Well, then he can just fly to cambodia and come back. seems its the best option so far. 

but a question; he used lot of extensions in thailand without leaving. Yes, has multi but can still use if he go and come back? they wont say anything at immigration?

thanks

just heard on thai news when listening the radio. It passed. 

21 hours ago, Oldterrier said:

I hadnt even considered that. How quick turnaround would it need to get the new Thailand pass etc ? 

 

I did think that about the title, sorry, but couldnt think of anything concise enough. If that is what you meant, as I dont know what succinct means unfortunatly.

you need to spend a week in cambodia. my friend just done it, applied on monday and got it on friday. No restrictions entering cambodia just hotel booking and fully vaccinated is enough. Only thing is cambodia will give you 90 days visa (single entry) not multi. keep this in your mind. This might give you some time to think your next step. you need, marriage certificate / wife ID / wife house book / letter from your wife / 80usd / bank letter (this is just to show you have a bank account)

Also most most likely there will be no PCR test or thailand pass anymore from 1 May. so if you can wait for it. 

For retirement visa or marriage extension visa, if you need an agent contact me, i can give you details who i used for 2 years. retirement will be cheaper.

good luck

UPDATE:

after i tried 3 times booking . com my credit card (kasikorn bank) it declined. i was really shocked. Called the bank and kind of argued with them about this (and i must say they know me very well) Because my card limit is really enough and i mean it. and actually this was the first time i had a problem with kasikorn bank in 17 years. It is my favorite bank. I hate bangkok bank. i had many many problems with them and they just cannot fix it bunch of imbeciles.. 

anyway it turned out that kasikorn was right! i was so embarrassed. booking . com is having issues with visa cards!!! they just cannot confirm them from the bank for some reason. 

so after that i went to expedia . co . th .. WOW 2 minutes and actually CHEAPER than booking . com around 2000 baht! i even got SMS and email from the airlines confirming my booking and i even chose my seat for free!! so he airlines official website was 35K, booking was 27K expedia was 25K.. lol i was wondering if i look more maybe could find more cheaper ahaha and this is urgent booking. its next week

i just shared my experience. Im sure it might be different for you. 

thank you all

3 hours ago, DFPhuket said:

Check if the cheaper fare includes the same amount of luggage, etc. as the airline website. Also, go all the way thru the booking up to the point where you add you credit card to see if there are additional administrative fees that are added and not listed in the original price. It does seem odd that you're finding such a significant fare difference. 

good idea. thanks

1 hour ago, khunPer said:

You can normally find a number of different prices from the same airline, on the route, at the same date(s). The price differences are depending of the booking class, which might be luggage allowance, possibilities for changing ticket with or without fees, refund or not for unused tickets or legs, and earned bonus points, just to give some examples.

 

If you know that you don't need to change dates or having the ticket refunded, and the included luggage is Okay for you, then you can look for the cheapest option; otherwise check carefully if the offered ticked is what you need and want.

thanks for the info

the luggage is 30kg + can take 1 bag on plane. 

12 minutes ago, treetops said:

You need to give more details about the airline, routing, dates etc to allow people to fully assess what you've been offered.

 

Booking.com have been around for a while and are part of the same group as Priceline, Agoda and more so a reasonable reputation.  You can probably check their reviews on line.

thank you, i checked from websites just as you said. Nothing bad and actually many serious places says its the best.

thanks again. i think i will buy the ticket

6 minutes ago, BritTim said:

Single entry visa only, right?

yes, cambodia gives 3 month (single visa) only at the moment 80usd

My friend did a very positive  Cambodia non-o thai spouse visa run. Well actually not run he got a new non-o visa. 

He applied on monday and got it friday afternoon.

He said they checked all documents really strict. But no questions asked, no problems.