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If it helps anyone, here are the latest requirements for Marriage extension at Samui Immigration.

And...yes papers should be submitted in same order as the list.

Method of applying same as mentioned earlier for retirement extension except you keep your passport and have to go back one month later for the stamp.

Also of course for the marriage extension there will be a visit to your home by officials soon after your application.

Edit - sorry for poor quality reproduction, best I could do.

Have you noticed if the red light come on on your router when the drop out occurs which afaik indicates a local problem between your router and your connection their main line.

In our case a squirrel had bitten through the outer line casing  according to the engineers because they  like the taste of the 'fluid' encasing the optical fibre.

Their explanation, not mine, but replacing the whole cable worked.

K Per, OP is talking about interruptions to supply or 'drop outs' not speed (apart from WhatsApp sometimes being slow)

I am with True and live in Plai Laem Soi 4. Not sure if this helps but we haven't noticed any problems here recently.

(our line comes direct from the main road).

bikes are 500 baht, clamped cars are charged 1000 baht. I KNOW! ☹️

(....and don't ask for a receipt)

19 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

Samui is at maximum number of flights now - 50 in and 50 out.

First flight out at 06.45.

And the roads are a battleground.

Allow extra time for journeys.

 

The road from Choengmon to departures at the airport is still flooded.

Almost knee deep. I had to push the bike through the last 10 metres. Soon dried out though.

Only large 4 x 4 trucks were getting through. (And one crazy Brit on a bike.)

For anyone driving to departures/ Bkk Airways booking office  from Bangrak market area it is easiest to enter through the arrivals barrier and take the narrow road from there to departures. Many folk including taxis are doing that now. Also, you can enter/exit through either of the barriers, all cards are accepted at either one.

On 10/10/2024 at 3:29 PM, Andycoops said:

If you want to book with a niche airline no doubt your experience is real.

There are plenty of other flights available on the many consolidaters sites last time I looked.

 

As for it being busy that's a subjective statement.

There is only one airline that flies BKK to Samui and that is Bangkok Airways, not only niche, but ''Boutique" 🤪.

The one way flights with a Samui residents card cost 2,700 baht, a price you will not see offered on their website if you don't have a card.

I challenge you to find a similar price on any 'consolidaters' website.

(Tut tut TE, bet you don't forget next time) 😅

Walking Street market, Fisherman's, Bophut many on sale last time I looked but they are there for tourists to buy so may be overpriced if you are buying quantities.

I think there is a computer shop just past Makro going towards Lamai, can't remember its name.

They fixed my Macbook Air just around pre-covid, happy with repair and cost.

26 minutes ago, Tropicalevo said:

I have asked around and the only one that we know of so far is the PP Care Services that you are already aware of.

Thanks Te. Scope here for an ambitious entrepreneur maybe ?

Are there any care/residential (not nursing) homes for the elderly on Samui?

My Google search so far has found only 2 sites, PP Homes and Diamond Care.

FYI, the Diamond Care Home does not exist, it has not even been built despite having a website and phone number which takes one to Diamond Pool Villa on the airport road.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

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19 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

Mostly foreigners in our experience.

Europeans and Indians.  (Half term/Easter in most of Europe)

Some Thais with overseas boyfriends/husbands meeting up with family.

And as there will be a 3-5 day National holiday (Songkhran) soon, the Thais will be arriving here en masse in about a week's time, so once again many hotels will have full capacity.

Fortunately, the actual 'enjoyment' of water throwing lasts for only one day here on Samui unlike the rest of the country where it can last for up to a week.

Agree 100% with TE, the island is buzzing and packed with tourists.

One strange phenomenon though, the expat bars in and around places like Bangrak are strangely very quiet and have not seen their clientele return since Covid.

Been here in the NE since mid February and not a drop of rain and no storms or high waves so far.

We are a small group of Bridge enthusiasts playing Duplicate Bridge regularly every Thursday afternoon in Bangrak.

Standards range from beginner to good but most importantly we are a friendly group intent on enjoying a friendly game.

Please DM me if you are interested in playing and would like further details.

3 hours ago, Spamhead said:

Makes perfect sense. The guy being quoted is a Swiss national and is talking to a Swiss news outlet therefore talking Swiss Francs. 

Fair point. So they were offered the equivalent of 410 baht.

Am I missing something here?

Surely if he is married (OP calls his partner his wife) then for a start he only needs 400k baht in his bank not 800k baht, something which seems to have been missed through 6 pages of comments.

(Sorry if I missed a post pointing this out).

My 400k is lodged in a savings account IN MY NAME ONLY (as required by immigration when I go for my annual marriage extension) in a Bangkok Bank Savings Account (No debit card, but get a small amount of annual interest).

I went to the bank a couple of years ago and filled in forms together with my wife which according to the bank allows my wife to withdraw funds (without needing my signature) both before and after ones death. (Yes, you have to trust your wife or lock away your passbook).

There was a charge (of course).

Sorry I can't remember any more detail about the forms or the process and am currently not in Thailand to find out more, but worth OP going to his bank and asking if this is possible for him.

Sorry it was not the OP who mentioned 800k baht, it was the next reply from MickTurator