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26 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Pretty sure there is a regulation stated somewhere that Extensions cannot be longer than 1 year.

Immigration used the amnesty expiring date October 31 and extended it 1 year from that date. Several other Immigration offices did the same. 

13 minutes ago, GeorgeCross said:

 

can't speak for him.. but i personally won't be doing anymore extensions whilst immigration are giving out the free visas

 

i'll be feasting at the buffet with everyone else!

 

 

 

I was referring to annual extensions, nothing else.  

3 minutes ago, DogNo1 said:

Had to look it up: Pritsajikayon.  I wonder how many posters can really remember the months of the year.  I certainly can’t.

 

As I understand it, year-long extensions are not technically visa extensions so the November 1st extension date does not apply to them.  My extension of stay is good until May but I wish that some helpful policy for those with long-term extensions who are stuck outside of Thailand would be thought of.  Returning on the special 90-day renewable tourist visa is expensive!

People on 1 year extensions based on retirement on an initial Non-O have to wait until they let them in or the restrictions incl quarantine are removed. It will happen, eventually.  

9 hours ago, steelepulse said:

I wonder if this includes the 60 day extensions?  It seems those who actually adhered to regulations by using legal 60 day extensions haven't fared any better than those who didn't.

What is an illegal 60 days extension? 

At some Immigration offices, yes. Even for a simple thing as the TM6-card. That's why I said CW 'might' ask for it. You're here as a tourist and during an amnesty, it might make it easier. As I said, not much to transfer to a new passport. 

1 hour ago, WalsallRobbo said:

It depends on how long my work will let me stay - maybe one month.

Although that doesn't seem all the effort and expense.

The minimum total cost just to get here incl 15 days quarantine is about 100,000 baht. A friend of a friend from England paid £3,000. That's about 120,000. A big part of the total cost is the hotel, next is the airline ticket. 

If you are here on a 30 days Visa exempt or a 60 days tourist Visa, there's not so many stamps to transfer. Did you report your passport and departure card = TM6 as lost at the police? CW might ask to see a report. 

11 minutes ago, federicoP said:

Thanks, Ubonjoe, but if I check the price on TGIA for one year, declaring my country of origin as Italy, the price for one year is 43.200 baht (that is well more than LUMA).

If I put UK, where the situation is much worse than in Italy, as country of origin, the price for one year goes down to 23.040 baht.........
A bit surprising....
 

Are you going to stay 1 year or longer? If staying a shorter period a travel insurance from Italy or online might be cheaper than a Thai insurance. It's about making big money from foreigners here in Thailand. 

On 9/25/2020 at 8:35 AM, ericamai said:

I had spoken with a woman who is in the process of having her house repossessed by a bank from whom she'd borrowed to buy. She told me that if her property did not sell, the bank would try to sell again. By what means I was unable to elicit a response. The word 'how' is anathema to Thais. Her case differs from mine in that hers is a civil suit, mine criminal, although I'm not sure that makes a difference. She told me she had ten years before being kicked out, when some type of statute of limitations expires. 

 

In my case he led site says it takes the property off of the list after the fourth auction, but not what happens to it after. It has already been seized, so my question is, are you saying they wait a period of time before re-listing it? do you know how long that period of time is? Months? Years?

 

Thank you for taking the time to respond.

Why not ask The Legal Executive Department? 

5 hours ago, jossthaifarang said:

Sweet Jesus, by the time you've gone through all that you're going to need a <deleted> holiday. It's exhausting just to read through that... 

When you have done the paper work and paid for everything, you won't have any money left for the time the real vacation starts. ????

20 hours ago, bruin said:

Good point about the end of the lease who is responsible for tower. I'd imagine would have done scrap value but thanks for your input.

My main concerns are perceived negative impact to value of overall property vs income from lease. We do have our home here so that does have some weight. Nothing like looking at a giant blinking cell tower out your window all night I imagine...

If we don't do it then possibly a neighbor does and we still look at tower for our view but no income from it lose lose. Similar to the wind turbines back home, if you don't do it neighbors will.

Ask for a free subscription of everything they offer during the whole period on top of the monthly payment. 

29 minutes ago, dutchbull said:

So they said All visas.... does that mean my annual visa starts ticking again from November 1 and have full year again? Would be big surprise

Is it to much work for you to do your annual extensions as usual? As I see it, you're not affected by the amnesty. 

7 hours ago, ezzra said:

As they say, all good things must come to and end, and thus did the free ride, and now things are back to normal, well, as normal as can be in this fairy land we call home...

What is back to normal in your opinion? 

According to an article 2-3 days ago it wasn't possible to apply for the STV in China. There were no such Visa at the Thai embassy in Beijing. So how did these 120-150 (the number depends on newspaper/website) so called tourists get their Visa incl the documents and tests needed, if they are/were supposed to enter October 8 and the STV was officially announced in Thailand October 4?? The website thought maybe they are invited. They might be right. 

Just Google 'ASQ-hotels in Thailand'.

I think there are 79 hotels at the moment. You can see what every hotel offers and what you're paying for. You can find family suites/family rooms,but they are quite expensive. Is a wedding ceremony worth the price for 2 persons? I personally doubt it. 

1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

You wife could chose to stay in the same ASQ hotel as you are instead of a state quarantine one that is free. But you would have to stay in separate rooms.

There are actually family suits/family rooms at a few hotels. Quite expensive,though. 

5 hours ago, JusticeGB said:

Thailand has helped stranded tourists enormously but people who have wives and families in Thailand are not allowed back if they live in countries deemed to be risky for covid19 even if they pass a covid19 test. People who have paid 1m. baht for the Elite program have no extra rights either. 

People with the Thailand Elite Card are allowed to come back in if they apply for the CoE and accepts the 15 days quarantine. But it comes with a price, a total cost of maybe ฿100,000 or more depending on the choice of hotel and type of airline ticket.

On 10/5/2020 at 4:57 PM, 2530Ubon said:

Me too, they weren't too sure of the new regulations tbh, they were all talking about it amoungst themselves and i had to talk to the boss of the IO. They were all very nice and helpful, but i question why i can't have an extension to the 30th, but the embassy letters can. I have an embassy letter and showed it to the IO at the same time. Otherwise i've just thrown away 1,900, but the ohers who have paid with an embassy letter haven't. Feel like i shouldn't have bothered to do everything correctly. Perhaps they will call me again soon and say "sorry, i need to do your extension again!"

 

"Otherwise i've just thrown away 1,900."

Don't forget how long you have stayed for those ฿1,900 during the amnesty. 

On 10/5/2020 at 10:47 AM, Hamus Yaigh said:

Ah OK, so the ID card code is same as a Thai ID code I suppose?

 

Anyway, I don't know what happened(!?!) but when I went to log on the site today (makroclick.com) today with my login the tax ID part seems to have been bypassed and accepted as incomplete, but the site now allows me to pay, something I wasn't seeing yesterday. It says delivery is within 2 days.

 

It looks like a good alternative to Shopee as prices are the same or less if buying over 1000THB worth and the range of products include some things I cannot find on Shopee.  Worth a try for anyone interested.

 

Cheers,

 

Who buys food at Shopee or Lazada where the prices are higher than in physical stores? Why don't you try Tesco Lotus Online or/and Big C Online? The delivery fee is only 60 and no minimum purchase price. At Makro they have at the moment a 3 months delivery promotion. Only 60 baht instead of 299 baht from October 1 - December 31.

On 10/4/2020 at 12:41 AM, blackcab said:

It is possible to have two separate names on the title deed, but it is unlikely that the bank will give your wife a mortgage unless she is the sole name on the title deed.

 

This is because if your wife did not repay the mortgage, the bank would have to find a way to evict you in order to sell the property to get its money back.

 

Banks simply don't want that hassle, which is why it would be unlikely that they offer a mortgage in the circumstances you outline.

 

Your best option might be to have the condo in your wife's name and the mortgage in your wife's name. Each month, you can give her half of the mortgage payment until the debt is paid off. You pay half, she pays half.

 

This keeps the lump sum of your capital in your bank for longer. It also means if your wife divorces you then in the future she will have to pay all the mortgage as the debt is all in her name.

 

I know that overall you will pay more and get less than you wanted, but if you are still together when the condo is paid off you will probably still be together forever anyway.

 

Just an idea.

",but if you are still together when the condo is paid off you will probably still be together forever anyway." 

That's the day his wife kicks him out and he has no say at all.  ????

2 hours ago, LukKrueng said:

Not true. There might be a limit to the number of times per month you can withdraw from a different bank then yours for free, but so far I never reached that limit. A charge is applied if you're using an atm at a different province then the one your account is in (unless that was scrapped as well recently...)

It's not a different province, it's region. The fee is normally 10-15 baht for every withdrawal. Every bank has a list of fees on their website. 

On 10/3/2020 at 5:22 PM, motyduke said:

I have talked to some but what they say is really confusing. Some say i can apply for a new thailand elite visa but Thailand Elite say it is impossible.  And some talk about the retirement visa but they dont really understand that i can't get an extension as Ubonjoe said

An experienced agent knows what he can get you. That's what you're paying for. It has nothing to do with what is normally not possible. 

22 hours ago, howerde said:

I'll try,   don't get confused between the Health insurance requirement  for O-A OR O-X visa,   and the $100 000 Covid-19 insurance to enter thailand

 

1/ O-X was always 3 million or 1.8 made up to 3 million within a year 

 2/ O-A and O-X require insurance for you entire stay, this changed a few years ago 

    the  40 000 and 400000 have not changed, 1st year you can use a home policy but future years you need to buy a policy from tgia list

 

the $100 000 is a Covid-19 requirement that you need to have for a COE to enter Thailand or indeed board an aircraft.

If you are outside  Thailand with  an O-A visa then you must already hold health insurance, as long as it specifies the 100 000 and states Covid-19 then you are ok, if it does not state Covid-19 then you need cover for that, it can be bought from a thai company or any where, it is supposed to cover your entire stay, but most seem to just

buy a month or few months of cover to comply with entry requirements.

 

 

 

 

"1st year you can use a home policy but future years you need to buy a policy from tgia list"

Not entirely correct. From October 31 last year if having a foreign insurance you need a certificate to be signed by 3 directors at the insurance company. Those 3 signatures are almost impossible to get. That leaves you with a very expensive Thai insurance from day one + the insurance covering $100,000 incl full Covid-19 coverage. 

2 hours ago, SVC Porter said:

Thai Consulate Ireland is closed.  Good luck with London Embassy. If you are planning to head out good luck with flights as I've had a few cancelled. Factor in between 3-6k GBP before you've had a chang!

 

Oh and buy lots of paper....you'll need it.

A friend of a friend paid £3k in total,that's about ฿120k, but you can pay less, if you are able to pick a cheaper ASQ-hotel. 

20 hours ago, Bender Rodriguez said:

if you don't pay, will they take:   your car ? your licence ? your .... ?

I don't think they can take anything. Yet.