JackGats

Seems now to be the case in this IO. They even rejected my condo's TM30. Said they wanted to see a fully-fledged rental contract. What they really want of course everybody knows.

As a further reason to get a new passport early, let's not forget the 6-month validity rule. Even though it would seem Thailand did not insist on that, there's always fear the airline could. My coutry now issues passports that are valid 7 years. As someone rightly remarked above, passport deteriorate quickly in TH, what with all the stapling done inside and the fact that milling about with foreigner's passports is a national sport in Thailand.

Yeah I remember this was still general practice a decade ago. In my country they stapled the old passport to the new. I guess they stopped doing that after many complained about it being cumbersome and unaesthetic.

Again, so what? Ocean levels have always been on the move. That's why there's such a science as sequence stratigraphy. Sea levels up and down. Temperatures up and down too. Mankind or no mankind.

They will want a certificate of residence instead, mark my words.

So what? Climate sceptic voices are a drop in the ocean compared to mainstream climate hysteria. Many peddle bad science of course, but so does much of established climate "science" and journalism. Every time someone I talk to gets on my nerves with their climate change lamentations, I ask them for how long they've been driving an electric car and which brand they recommend I buy. They go silent on this because they're only interested in lamenting and parroting, not in putting their money where their mouth is.

Bolt taxis do not even come to touristy areas most of the time. I couldn't get one on Soi 11 Sukhumvit.

Someone told me if my old passport has "cancelled" stamps all over it or has one corner clipped off, the visa might lose its valididy (as opposed to when a passport just expires).

One last detail, would customs at the airport stamp the date I'm allowed to stay in Thailand (until expiry of the renewal) into my new valid passport? I'm asking so that I know what I to look out for when I enter Thailand with old and new passport. Not that they do no more than stamp a 30-day visa exempt on my new passport.

If it's a woman being beaten I should intervene as any white-knight worthy of the name should. If it's a man being beaten it's all right. It only matters when it happens to a woman.

How many times have I read catchy articles warning about some "dangerous new drug", only to find it's about the same old controlled substance in slightly different packaging. Powdered Xstasy = molly. It's just more or less pure MDMA that hasn't been compounded into an e-tablet. I suspect some people want law-enforcement to come hard on xstasy since their business is chiefly meth.

OK. They mean I cannot go on using cancelled and new for ever. Makes sense.

I meant flying back to Thailand. Flying back to Thailand with old (cancelled) and new. There's no place I can have the visa transferred outside Thailand. No time left to do the transfer in TH before I fly out of TH.

If you get a new passport abroad and the extension is on the old cancelled one, what's the deal at Suvarnabumi when flying back? 30-day stamp on the new passport and visa dead? Or you show the old passport, then what?

Beating the dead horse of Covid again. Next thing will be a requirement for a Covid insurance. This time it might be good business and not a disaster like it was last time.

Make sure they will honour your booking of two seats next to one another then, otherwise you'll be paying for another passenger's comfort. For all I know they might even realocate your doppelganger seat.

No transfer letter required any more, makes things cheaper and simpler, that cannot be, they will surely require something instead. I know what: a certificate of residence!

Business class of late is no longer what it was. In the past business class tickets were 100% refundable and flexible. Now they cost an arm and a leg to cancel and/or reschedule unless you buy business class premium which is 5 to 6 times the price of economy! The trick is they sell you a ticket they say can be rebooked for cheap PROVIDED there are vacancies in the same class coding as the original ticket. Unsurprisingly, when you try to rebook there are seldom such vacancies. In the future, I have a good mind to downgrade myself to economy flexible. If I take one zolpidem two hours after take off and redose when it wears out, a 12-hour flight reduces to 4-hour. With the money I thus save I can pay one-month hotel bills.

Will not merging 12 PDF files create a document 12 times bigger? It remains to be seen if that turns out easier "swallow" for the LTR website. If there's a bandwith problem it might prove more difficult and the merged file may take for ever to upload. Still, thanks for the tip. P.S. I see it is also possible to use online "PDF compressors" to purge the files of some of their fat. Makes a file half as big.

Seems the LTR website is of the same ilk as the then Thailand Pass website. Do I stand a chance when I need to upload, among other thinks, 12 statements of accounts + their Thai translations? That's 24 PDF files!

The woke brigade is at it again. Not the first time: https://www.npr.org/2023/02/21/1158347261/roald-dahl-books-changed-offensive-words

I do not fully understand what's possible with Wise. If I manage to open and fund a Wise account in Thailand, can I use it to send money to Colombia? Let's assume the Colombian side is ok (I have a bank account in Colombia where Wise remittances are enabled).

What if you were out of Thailand when you got the LRT approval, then entered Thailand (on a 30-day permit) to receive your LRT? Would they require 90-day reports you got months or years ago, whatever the last time was you stayed in Thailand more than 3 months in a row? Most people would detach and throw away their 90-day reports as soon as they leave Thailand for more than a few days.

Would this mean it's better to give an address abroad (outside Thailand) when applying? Supposing you are applying from abroad to come and pick up the visa in TH once approved/issued.

Regarding the LTR, could somebody tell me if the "endorsement letter" (or was it "letter of endorsement"?) comes in electronic form or is sent to the applicant postel address by snail-mail?