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17 hours ago, Thailand Outcast said:
This is my plan, and from what I read, and from the people I speak with, it is a common plan.
That is my tentative plan right now. just got 3-month V.N. visa; in Quy Nhon now.
Enjoying life here and missing Thailand at the same time.
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IMHO you MUST go to the embassy now.
Tell them and they will issue a new p.p. (if U.S.A.), or add pages in now - before you attempt to cross a border.
It ain't worth putting your self at risk.
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OK, this is off-the-topic. But I have a simple issue and I would like to ask for a simple answer if anyone knows it.
I am in C.M. on a 30-day visa-exemption; got it renewed once, without any trouble for another month.It says:
"Extension of stay."
Now the question is: can I get this renewed once more??
My plan was to fly to Saigon - booked a flight to there for 28 Feb, and another flight to Quy Nhon that evening.
But VietJet airways have apparently gone nuts. They sent me an email stating that my itinerary might have been changed - so I should check with the attached pdf file (which does not show anything but numbers and letters) to see if it has been changed, or call their phone number (which is no longer receiving calls), or send an e (I did, and they responded with a message saying they would respond in 3 - 5 days.)
SO, I could fly to Vientiane and apply for a TV to Thailand there - but I want to go to Vietnam, where I have a 3-month visa already approved online, before deciding if I want to apply for a Thai visa there.
If I want to just wait another month - (Mercury is going retrograde in March - so all kinds of communications will be disrupted even more than usual; I don't want to make new travel plans in March)) - will the I/O ask - as the members of this forum ask - <deleted> I want another extension and why did I not get a regular visa. / Not that it matters but I thought it was not worth the trouble to drive one day to Los Angeles to apply for a visa and pay for a night in a motel that cost as much as a week in C.M., so I just came here not knowing the visa thing would get worse and worse.
The point is: do I have the option of getting another extension of stay?
Appreciate any answers.
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On 2/23/2019 at 7:32 PM, FolkGuitar said:
Interesting.... I've never had a problem with ebay shipping to me here in Thailand, and I order 3-4 times a month. But Amazon... My word! 95% of the time I try to order something I get the message "this item doesn't ship to Thailand," and I have to have it sent to my re-shipper in the US to be forwarded to me. Extra expense and extra two weeks time!
I have had mostly nothing from Amazon in the two months I have been back in Thailand, I dropped eBay long ago,, while in the U.S.A. but I thought it was a communication problem between them and me and my computer. Now I see that other people have had problems with eBay.
Amazon has shipped one thing to me here. It came from Germany, way ahead of schedule - I don't remember what it was - nothing vital - but everything else that I have tried to order was not available in this country.
On top of that they claim now that none of the movies I want to watch are available in Thailand - even the movies that I bought and own I cannot see.
And not only that, they blocked me from listening to my music. Even the songs that I had purchased were blocked.Now I am able to download - some of them - from their site, after arguing with different reps a lot.
I do blame Amazon. They have become too big to care about their customers and if things can be forwarded by a shipper then Amazon could take the trouble to deal with these forwarders to make a sale. They are too busy counting their profits to honor their commitments.
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1 hour ago, billp said:
How about Canary Islands? Temperature ranging from 20-25°C year round. Can be quite cool in the winter but never really cold. The two main islands have real cities in the north and busy tourist strips on the south coasts. Lots of English-speaking expats and visitors.
Canary Islands used to be on my list - and somehow I forgot about the place.
Anything more to add: the attitude of the police/government officials towards farangs? traffic? medical facilties?
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Hi Geisha.
No advice to offer today but I wonder if you care to share more info about this beach in Myanmar?
This country was not even on my bucket list of places to go to. But cool beach, remote appeals to me - I don't care much for shopping and hanging with ex-patriots.
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On 2/16/2019 at 7:42 PM, Thailand Outcast said:
A lot of people talking about not staying here anymore. If they do these adjustments and stay, what are all of these changes for? Maybe give more money to the Thai banking system? If the tourist visa rules stay the same, that's ok. I can live 6 months Thailand and 6 months somewhere else, but it is difficult to chose the other place. I ask this question on a different forum.
For me I settled on Vietnam. If things go according to plan, I will receive the visa at the airport in Saigon, which I applied for online - three months, a place rented in Quy Nhon near the beach, motor scooters to rent by people who claim they do maintenance on their machines. Long enough to decide if I want to stay there, apply for TV to Thailand there, or go to Sri Lanka, if they don't start a civil war in the meantime.
Be glad you have the freedom to choose.
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On 2/17/2019 at 6:21 PM, farangx said:
Why not fly to Vietnam and go to Thailand from there?
.... or stay in Vietnam ?
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1 hour ago, lyskamm said:
How and where can you book the visa trip with Andaman Club. We are staying near Khaolak. Thanks folks.
Me too.
What is this about? The Andaman Islands?
A boat service from the Khao Lak beach area ? to the Andamans for a border run?
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I checked the jeopardized box - rather than definitely leaving - because my current fall-back plan is to go to Vietnam on a visa run and probably remain there. Not 100% committed yet. But I can't see me trying to jump through more hoops when on my best days I have a hard time figuring things out and coping. Even renting a m.c. is a challenge - nobody has and 125's at the shop - one is due back in minutes - or they don't do insurance - or they will hold on to my passport (no way I am giving up my p.p.) or want 5,000 bt security deposit.
Just looking for a quiet place to dose away and watch the sunsets or sunrises for the short time left to me and it seems I won't be able to make it in L.O.S.
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On 1/26/2019 at 12:14 PM, JackThompson said:
In theory, yes - but only if your local immigration office will let you.
The procedure, if permitted, depends on whether or not you have a Non-Imm type visa now vs Tourist.
The likelihood of imm-office cooperation depends primarily on the type of school. If a 4-Yr Degree university, they may be OK to do it; but a if a Language-School, it is highly unlikely. Somewhat more likely in both cases, if you already have a Non-Imm type Visa.
Today I went to the I/O in Chiang Mai to get an extension on my 30-day visa-exempt.
Having STUPIDLY forgotten/neglected to get copies of pp pages and to bring my photos of me, I had to risk my life to run across the road to Tian to get copies made. Twice.
The who trip took me only a couple hours: 11:30 - 1:30 but it was a relatively simple process - just to get a new date stamped in for another month.
BUT, I asked them at the Tian place about help with an Ed Visa, since they list that as one of the services they provide for a fee. I was thinking about applying for with one of the language schools, had talked to NES and Walen and both told me they could get me the Ed Visa, after I made the committment and paid the non-refundable fees. It would take 40 - 60 days. Having only a 30-day permit, I would have to go to Vientiane or elsewhere to apply for a TV - I understood NES to tell me I could go ahead and apply to them and take my paperwork with me to Vientiane and apply for the TrV and later get them to help me change it over to an Ed Visa.
Just passing on what they told me, whether this helps to clarify or muddy the issue.
At Tian they told me they could doing nothing until I get a real visa - from out of the country -
the 30-day exemption gives gives the bearer of this card no right at all - but for the bearer of a real visa they claim they could make an Ed Visa happen; it is what they do.
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7 hours ago, jacko45k said:
If you have problem, you should take a short trip to Pattaya, stay a couple of days and extend the tourist visa exempt there!
Just as an aside - a BTW - I have been thinking about going with the ED visa, applying to one of the language schools. I lived in LOS a few years ago and now am back on just a 30-day exempt and I would in any case be paying friends or college students to tutor me and study with youtube so what the hay? In a year I would be somewhat fluent in the language and hep to the situation and have a chance to get my money - disability allowance from my Uncle Sam - transferred into a Thai bank every month for a year, et cetera....
BUT, I don't want to stay in Chiang Mai - it is not the C.M. I remember and the beaches down in Cha Am appeal to me.
They tell me if I enrole in school in C.M. I have to stay in C.M. I have to do 90-day reports in C.M. and prove residence here during the term of the visa.
If I move to the South, PKK province, instead and enroll in school there in Hua Hin ? then I am stuck there.
I don't know about medical facilities there for a man as old as me - old enough to be a Vietnam veteran.
So, does anyone have any advice (sensible advice), experiences to share about this?
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7 hours ago, jacko45k said:
If you have problem, you should take a short trip to Pattaya, stay a couple of days and extend the tourist visa exempt there!
Now you have gotten me more confused.
I will have to make the attempt to extend my 30-day visa-exempt soon.
Are you saying that it is easier to do so in Pattaya - as opposed to in C.M. where I am? I would make the trip there if that were the case.
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14 hours ago, Pib said:
And a report I'm looking forward to is where some one goes in with a year's worth of bank statement which show 12 Transferwise transfers say for 65K, but they are not coded as international transfers (just domestic transfers); however, the applicant also includes 12 Transferwise receipts which match up to the 12 transfers reflected on the bank statement.
That is what I am wondering about too. Just arrived in C.M. this month - for "ever" as they say; to die here is what I am thinking - and my monthly income is a disability DD from Uncle Sam. Easy enough to make the transfers myself to a Thai bank once I have the right to open one; but difficult to get the Veterans Administration to change my DD from the American bank to a Thai bank.
So I wonder if I/O will accept bank statements that show I made the transfers here monthly.
ANy encouraging words to offer?
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14 hours ago, ubonjoe said:
You can apply for an extension, pay the 500 baht overstay fine, pay the 1900 baht fee for an extension and then be granted 7 days to leave the country after the extension is denied.
Thanks for that info.
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On 1/9/2019 at 4:43 PM, ubonjoe said:
Those from China only qualify for a 15 day visa on arrival after apply for and normally paying a 2000 fee for it along with about 20 other countries and it cannot be extended.
See this for ingo about who gets a visa on arrival and a visa exempt entry. http://www.consular.go.th/main/contents/filemanager/VISA/Visa on Arrival/VOA.pdf
Sorry, Ubonjoe - when I arrived at CNX, 6 days ago, the sign on the wall said that the V.O.A.'s were free - no fee - for the period extending sometime into January - and there was a mob of Chinese in front of me at that window. The Thai agents were patiently taking the passports and papers by the handful and stamping and signing them and sending them back to be passed over-head to the tourists.
When I got to the front the Thai lady just looked at me and said I didn't need a Visa because my Arrival/Departure card was a 30-day permit - free.
Still not clear if I can extend this permission at the end of 30 days - if I elect to not make a scheduled flight to Laos and back.
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On 1/4/2019 at 8:39 PM, ubonjoe said:
The bank will be able to confirm that. A statement done by them may show it.
It seems to me from reading the comments that i cannot just continue to receive my VA disability into my U.S. bank and (after I open a Thai bank account here) transfer it online myself into the Thai account.
Have I got that right?
And before getting a Thai bank acct. to request Uncle Sam to change the D.D. to, I have to have a permanent residence - which I cannot count on since getting a visa and extensions is not at all guaranteed.
Is that an accurate picture of the situation?
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11 hours ago, YogaVeg said:
Doesn't that require also mailing in your passport?
I'm not comfortable with that. Too concerned it would get lost. Or arrive late...
Yes, you must mail your passport to the consulate or embassy.
That is why I decided to forego the visa application and just arrive with an onward ticket and hope to get a V.O.A. or 30-day exempt.
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16 minutes ago, MuuKondiao said:16 hours ago, ubonjoe said:
Edit: You could apply for a single entry tourist visa at the honorary Thai consulate in Utah. It is the last one on this list. http://thaiembdc.org/royal-thai-honorary-consulates-general-in-the-u-s/
ou will get a
The reason I decided to forego applying for a visa in the U.S. was that I don't want to drive one day to L.A. and pay for one night at a decent motel that costs more than one month at a g.h. in Chiang Mai if it is less trouble to just get a 30-day exempt at the airport there.
The visa application forms have a space for the departure date out of Thailand and my sources say that you must have a "throw-away" ticket out of the country when you land or a ticket for a visa run.
What would you do if you were in my place?
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16 hours ago, BritManToo said:
30 days visa waiver on arrival at any airport for US citizens.
Don't sweat it.
Another 30 days from immigration for 1,900bht if you need it.
So, are you saying that I don't need the onward ticket (round-trip flight to LP, Laos) in hand when I first arrive in Thailand - Chiang Mai- ?
so I could get a 30-day exempt status and then apply for an extension in country?
I am 71 y.o. and would prefer to stay there in Thailand until the end of time.
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16 hours ago, ubonjoe said:
How long do you plan on staying here?
Yr. Each of those 30 day entries can be extended for 30 days at immigration for a fee of 1900 baht.
As far as I know there is no agent that can arrange a tourist visa form the embassy in Vientiane in Luang Prabang. Vientiane does not accept applications from agents. You could fly to Vientiane from Luang Prabang to apply for a tourist visa.
Edit: You could apply for a single entry tourist visa at the honorary Thai consulate in Utah. It is the last one on this list. http://thaiembdc.org/royal-thai-honorary-consulates-general-in-the-u-s/ou will get a 30 day visa exempt entry every time your enter the country not a 15 day visa on arrival that you do not qualify fo
What I am not clear about is to get the visa exempt entry (I had that mixed up with VOA too) one has to have a ticket out of the country when arriving in Thailand for the first time.
That is the reason that I have booked the round-trip flight to Laos from C.M.
The Thai consulate in Utah has closed down - as of SEptember this year I understand.
So I was mistaken in thinking I could get a Thai visa in LP, but I think you are telling me I can get the
visa exempt entry when I get back to C.M., (that would be February, 2019) at the airport.
So, won't they want to see another ticket in hand for a flight out of Thailand w/in 30 days?
How long? I want to retire in Thailand. I thought the easiest way was to get into the country and start
making extensions to visa (and a new passport) and apply for a long-term visa eventually.
Please help me clarify things.
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I have a plan - to fly to Chiang Mai from Utah, U.S.A. in January. The info. about visas online is getting more confusing every day.
I have booked a flight to C.M. and a Guest House where I used to stay in 2012-3.
And I just booked a round-trip flight to Luang Prabang form C.M.
This will allow me to get a V.O.A. in C.M., I am pretty sure.
BUT I cannot be certain that I can get visa for Thailand in Luang Prabang -- none of the info online addresses this. Not interested in 10-hour bus rides or walking across bridges.
Can someone tell me if there is a visa service for Thai visas in Luang Prabang (I think there is no longer a Thai consulate there)?
If not, can an American get a Thailand visa - without going to Vientiane - legally, in Laos.
Failing that, does anyone know if I could again get a V.O.A. at the airport in C.M.
Thanks for the input.
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I lived in Thailand about 6 years altogether, too, including Jan-Feb of this year. Now in Quy Nhon from the beginning of March. Different set of problems in Vietnam; different crazy way of driving, but I am making a go at it.
Subscribed to two ex-patriot forums here.
So, you are welcome to get in touch with me if you want to give Vietnam a try.