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1 minute ago, tgeezer said:

Not if they haven't told you to. There is a possibilty that Immigration in Jomtien don't have the details of the TM6 but even in that case if you are married and living in your house I should think that Immigration assumes that is where you are. The TM30 is for the householder to inform Immigration that they are accomodating an alien. I don't think that any Immigration Officer is going to suggest that your wife should report your presence.


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Thanks a lot!

That is a load off my mind.

OK folks, I am really confused. I have been living in Thailand as my primary address since 2006. I have lived in a rented house, later purchasing a house with my wife. Every time I enter Thailand I fill out my address in the TM6. I have 10 extensions of stay by marriage at Jomtien immigration, always listing the house I am staying in.

I have never heard of a TM-30... I travel a lot, flying international 1-4 times a month. Often I only get to stay home for the weekend. 

So - even though I have had a stable address and immigration has never mentioned it before, do I really need to go in and waste a half a day every time I come back into the country?

I am in Brazil this month, so I am eating BEEF! File Minion, Picanha, Contrafile and calabresa sausages with black beans and rice at chirrascarias and chirrascos all over Rio. Washing it all down with oceans of caiphirinias.

I will worry about losing weight later...

I have a similar problem with my feet - broken medial sesamoid bones in both feet and a sesamoidectomy on my right foot and I found that only new balance fit right. I ended up buying them while on a business trip to Canada. They were still well over 100 USD but they had a two for one sale, making them really reasonable.

I think the only way someone with real foot problems (and big feet) can find a good fit is to try them on, and that might just mean a trip to another country...

I have been getting an extension of stay for marriage at Jomtien office every year for at least 8 years. They have never once talked to the neighbors...

50 minutes ago, pgrahmm said:

 

 

All have been read the first time....If it's been awhile since getting to the bookstore I'll grab one for  second reading....

 

Right now on a David Baldacci....The Collectors.....

My wife has her's numbered/in order, & cataloged on shelves....

 

Mine live on the floor in the gym/karaoke room....

When I moved here I left over 5000 volumes - hard and soft backed - and now rely on the Kindle. I still have around 17,000 Kindle books to go through, that is about 50 years at my pace...

Just read all the Jack Reacher books (11 or 12 of them). Working on all of Harry Harrison's books - his Stainless Steel Rat series is great mind candy. Ian M Banks is the next in line, he is great. Always recommend Wilbur Smith - everything he wrote about Western-African interactions is gold! Dick Francis is another author on steeplechase racing detectives I could not live without! Gregory McGuire did a huge series on Oz, a must read!James Blish series on world space travel is worth a read or two. I have recently gone through the Game of Thrones series - twice - and it was worth it. All the classic sci-fi authors deserve a look, Asimov, Burroughs, Clark, Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard - those I have read at least twice. Steven R. Donaldson for more fantasy.  Andy McNabb or Vince Flynn for shootem-ups.  All Tom Clancy's novels on the Jack Ryan Series are great... I could go on and on. I travel a lot and try to read every day, I can usually get through 250-300 books a year, mostly mind candy since work is tough and I need a break... 

I think a better question for the poll would be - does your Thai partner play the lottery? I think the result would be closer to 100%

A few years ago we had a similar problem. The daughter of a neighbor did not like the neighborhood kids that my children played with. One day the daughter attempted/pretended to run the kids over with her motorbike. Well my wife was having none of that.

We immediately called our "friendly" policeman and told him the story. His recommendation was to "take the low cost option" which means calling someone to deal with the issue. First we located the farang husband of the woman who's daughter was the offender and located him in a local drinking establishment. Once we explained the story he said he would take care of it immediately. At the same time we called a thai friend who, although he is big, is very mild mannered.

The thai friend and the house owner showed up about the same time. We arrived back at the house to witness the mild mannered Thai man blocking the entire street with his minivan and yelling loud enough to hear it 100m away. The farang was loudly agreeing.

Minutes later the offending party arrived and wai'ed at my wife's feet.

It has never happened again. Peer pressure really works well in Thailand. The thing was, it happened once and the response was fast and hard, delivered by locals. Message received and problem solved.

Here is the deal about evaporative coolers. We called them swamp coolers. I lived in Arizona for a while (too long) and they are great when the relative humidity is low. In AZ the weather reporter would tell you the dew point, which is some magic relationship between the temp and the humidity level. Well around july every year, we had to shut them off and use AC. The reason was the amount of water in the air was more than the swamp cooler could overcome and they became ineffective, all they did then was raise the humidity and not lower the temp. I am pretty sure there is no day anywhere near the gulf or adaman sea that the humidity is low enough for these to have any effect.

Now if you are FAR from the gulf then during the dry season they might help, but they are not worth the money. In AZ if you ran them when the relative humidity was high, your carpets would just rot and the temp felt no different than a fan.

Either get a fan or get AC. Here these are a waste of money.

Once this did happen to me, the money was not "seasoned" long enough. The immigration officer knew me and sorted it out on the spot. I got my visa the day after depositing the money.

I think the OP has a point. I was dating this gorgeous, wealthy farang girl a while back. The first time we went out for a fine dinner, she ate just a few bites. I suggested we take it in a doggie bag. She said no, she never ate leftovers and threw it away. Then she ordered desert and threw half of that away.

That soured the relationship for me and I ended up calling it off. I come from a poor family and even though I had money at the time, I cannot just waste food.

I grew up skiing in -40 to -70 degrees. Now that I am here I like to just use a fan in my office all day (3-4 degrees hotter than outside). If I stop sweating my skin turns greasy and it means I need more water. I sweat some, but when I go outside to do anything I can return an hour or two later and am not really sweating. I only wear a shirt when I leave the house and I find I can wear the same one a couple of days and it is not stinky and soaked with sweat...

The thing is - No AC (at least in the day)

Drink lots of water or soda.

Move slowly - unless you are on a bike, then scoot around fast.

Pay someone to work in your garden, that is a killer!

2 pairs of New Balance trainers

Hanes briefs

Dayquil and Nyquil

Real Nicorette gum

and while I am there I eat enough Taco Bell to kill a small city....

Thanks a lot!

it would be retirement or business, not work or marriage.

Experts

A good friend of mine is considering relocating to Thailand permanently. He has had chronic Hepatitis C for 20 or more years now. Is this a reason that would prevent him from getting a long term Non-O visa?

Thanks Ubonjoe. Figured you would set me straight.

As I read it though it doesn't sound like such a bad idea. Thailand has a visa to fit most legitimate circumstances, the people most affected would be those who are least desired here and contribute less...

Folks

Sorry if this has already been discussed but yesterday when I went to renew my non-O, my company lawyer had me sign a document detailing the rules of overstay.

Are these new and being enforced or are they old and not being enforced?

Yes - your best bet is the dry rice trick.

I have only been back to the US and Canada 3 times in the last 10 years, I can say I only miss a couple things:

1. Taco Bell

2. My superbike

3. Chipotle's

4. Real fast food hamburgers - In 'n Out, Whataburger, Five guys, Frisko Freeze (for you folks from Tacoma)

Everything else they can stick in their ear, I don't need it.

I travel to Indonesia frequently and just use my Bangkok Bank ATM card there. I seem to get as good a rate as possible. I can't imagine that converting THB to USD then USD to IDR would not be expensive for the double conversion.

I have both a Kasikorn and Bangkok Bank debit card which work online with my name on.

When you open the account you will have to ask them that you want the card

with your name on it. It will take about a week and cost me 300 Baht for the card.

Just be sure your name isn't too long, my Bangkok bank debit card came out as William Scott - kinda missed my last name and they said it was too long...

Something similar happened to me about 30 years ago jumping out if Issaquah Washington. My group jumped from 11,500 feet, and the pilot calls "Bombs Away". That is the signal for the plane at 3500 feet to clear the DZ. Well, she didn't and I missed her by 100 feet going 120mph. I most decidedly had a word with her as soon as she landed.

Since arriving my epilepsy has all but disappeared. I used to take seizure meds twice daily and still struggled in the States and other countries I traveled to. Now I don't take any meds and am basically seizure free. The lower stress here has been great. On the other side of things my BP has gone crazy, but is under control with meds. I am sure that is based on my work load and drinking habits...