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19 hours ago, TigerandDog said:

opened my Krungthai account today and the account was credited with the tax refund. My wife asked if the refund could be credited to her krungthai account and was told no, the account name must be the same as the name on the tax refund letter from the Revenue Department.

thank you for the info. 
I am waiting for my tax refund to get approved and then probably have to do the same thing (opening a Krungthai account)

I am hoping more people can add their personal experience here. 
I am also due a tax refund (waiting for the confirmation) and don't have a Krungthai account. 
Does the account have to be in my name? or could I give them my wife's Krungthai account details? 

Thank you very much for the useful advice. 

I am about to move into a new house (rental) and was thinking to get a couple of battery-powered smoke detectors from Lazada. (as the house doesn't have any)

Is this a good idea? how much should I spend for a decent one? 
what about CO detectors, also needed? 

We just bought a new Veloz (Premium version) and drove it from Bangkok to Chiang Mai with all our belongings. 
There was a 3 months waitlist when we made our booking in September. 
I have no major complaints about the car. It drives nicely and I like the safety features. 

Averaging around 16km/L so far.
One common complaint is that there is no cruise control, not sure if comparable Honda or Mazdas have it. 

on the topic of credit cards. 
What is everyone's experience with the yearly fees? 
Usually the fees are waived if spending over a certain limit, but last year both my cards offered to waive the fee even though I did not reach the limit (after I called them up) due to Covid. 
Not sure if the same is possible this year. 

Thank you everyone, this is some great info. 

Does anyone have any recent experience (in Bangkok) with obtaining a medical certificate for work permit from a local clinic, not a hospital?

(for work permit extension, not initial application)
My agent says that the labour office only accepts certificates issued by hospital now. Any truth to that?

Usually, obtaining the certificate in a clinic is much faster and cheaper. Hence the question. 

Sorry to revive this old thread. 
Does anyone have recent experience (in Bangkok) with obtaining a medical certificate for work permit from a clinic, not a hospital? (for work permit extension, not initial application)
My agent says that the labour office only accepts certificates issued by hospital now. 

I just ordered a new Toyota a few weeks ago. We checked out a few different dealers and the offers were somewhat different in terms of financing rates, discounts and freebies (but not hugely). 
What also helped me decide was to join a couple of facebook groups related to the car I was buying, where people post their experience and whether the dealership honored their promised delivery time.

2 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

You must be doing 90 day reports to CW immigration in order to obtain a residence certificate. 

I was aware of this requirement. And I have done 90 day reports at CW in the past. So I didn't think that was going to be an issue. 
But unfortunately it was.
I am wondering how someone who is traveling frequently enough to not be needing 90 day reporting would go about getting the Residence Certificate then..

TaoNow, 

Thanks for your reply. 
I went to Chaeng Wattana this morning. 
I did have a printout of the acknowledgement page of the last 90 day report (online).
But unfortunately for this immigration officer that was not good enough as the 90 day report was "too old" (about 1 year old, I have since traveled in/out of Thailand several times, so 90 day report was not needed). 
So they told me to either wait 90 days, do a new report and then apply for the Residence Certificate, or get it from the embassy instead. 

Did anyone recently get a Certificate of Residence at Chaeng Wattana / MTT and can tell me the list of required documents? 
Specifically, do they ask for a copy of the lease or not? (mine is expired..)

Sorry to re-activate this old thread. 
I am curious about any recent experiences of giving birth at either Sriphat or RAM hospital in Chiang Mai. 
Especially when it comes to:
- natural birth encouraged by doctor
- can father be in the delivery room?
- epidural available?
- total cost

Likewise, I've used Luma twice for successful ThailandPass applications. 
Luma has issued me a simple 1 page letter confirming the coverage amount and time period. 

I would also be interested in this

I applied and received by ThailandPass before my 14 days after last dose were up. But of course the flight date was after that date. 

Update: Seems like there was a misunderstanding. Turns out I can buy ETFs as a foreigner without issues. 
Thanks everyone

I have opened a local stock trading account and was interested in buying a low-risk ETF (such as the TH100).

Now my advisor is telling me that I can only buy NVDR stocks of individual companies, not ETFs. Is that correct? 

37 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

It is a big might. But you could try since you been here already for more than 90 days.

thank you very much. Will try. 

3 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

No they would not. You need a record in their system that you did a 90 day report.

OK, thank you. 
And you are saying that it might be possible to do the initial 90 day report now already (2 months before the due date)?

12 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

Chaeng Wattana has a firm requirement that you need to be doing 90 day reports to them to apply for a certificate of residency.

Try to do a 90 day report since you probably have been in the country longer than days. They might do one if you explain why you need to do one.

related question: I have received my ED-visa extension from Chaeng Wattana a few weeks ago, together with a notice to do my 90-day report in December. As I have never previously done 90-day reports but have stayed in Thailand now since March, do you think the visa extension essentially serves as the first 90-day report? (which would allow me to request the residence certificate). 

I entered on a 1 year ME non-B visa (for conducting business), permission to stay expired in June, visa is valid until October. No work permit applied for yet. 
Do you think as per the new announcement, I will be able to get a new (extended) permission to stay based on the fact that I would like to apply for a work permit (and the employment office doesn't accept it if the permission to stay is expired, even if on amnesty)? 

5 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

If you do not have a valid permit to stay the Department of Employment can deny accepting your application.

They should though accept it though if you are on a "automatic extension" since your original entry was from a non-b visa.

I thought so too, but my agent informed me that the Bangkok Employment Office, Area 3 told them the automatic visa extension does not work for a WP.1 application. If anyone had a different experience I would be interested in hearing about it.