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7 minutes ago, elviajero said:

I'm not confusing anything. I'm showing another member that Consular staff can ask for whatever documents they want to see. And that could include an old passport.

And I may ask a took-took driver that he stands on his head and dances before driving me somewhere.

"My old passport was lost/washed in a washing machine/stolen/100 other reasons"

"I don't wish to"

What will be working days and days-offs in January 2020? From the 1st to 15th.

1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

The 2nd.

January 2nd, 3rd and then 6th, 7th, etc... -- all banks and local immigration offices , for instance, will be open?

what's the first working day in january 2020?

1 hour ago, Lovethailandelite said:

It is pointless to change passports now. Plenty of reports out there of people being asked to produce their old passport when going to nearby Embassy's and consulates with a fresh passport. Vietnam, and Laos in particular, are well on to it.

What else they want?

"My old passport was stolen/lost/I got rid of it as soon as I've received a new one/it's at my home in my country/It's in other embassy".

Or "I don't wish to give it to you because there's no official requirement for that"

2 hours ago, elviajero said:

You shouldn’t have a problem with VE (30 days) entry by land as long as you haven’t made two already this year. The 2 entry by land limit resets On Jan 1st, 

But there's no such official rule, nor a limitation in the law, nor in the system. This rule "no more that 2 entries by land per year" is made up -- unofficial.

53 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Sheryl is correct. Aside from that If your coming on bus with agent. Meaning agent taking care of a group of you then should be fine. If coming unassisted avoid Poi Pet.

Can you recommend a good agent? Those that have buses, not mini-buses. How much will an agent change me on average? Or perphaps all in all it'll be better to take a flight?

From Cambodia to Thailand by bus.

Is Poi Pet still a bad place to enter Thailand in terms of scrutiny? What are better ones?

34 minutes ago, Langsuan Man said:

Congratulations.  38 posts and you are already a Thai Visa Warrior, ask a question the dis the answer you get 

Thank you! So fast, yes! This is only one of hundreds of my accounts here!

1 hour ago, SaamBaht said:

Hey Gang,

 

I was wondering how you all handle the smoke in Thailand and if there is a magical smoke free region of the country. I have really been feeling the effects. I have difficulty breathing and I'm having a hard time reading to my children because of a lack of oxygen. I do have air purifiers in all our bedrooms but they are a bit on the cheap side. Do the expensive ones really work? Does sealing the cracks and crevices really work? Those old wood window in our home are never really air tight. 

 

Any thoughts or experiences? 

 

Cheers!

In the whole Thailand?

3 hours ago, drjden said:

I have never had any problems nor have I been asked to pay/donate for the certificate of residency at the Surin immigration office in Kap Choeng. Usually in/out in 15-20 minutes.

One of the  last uncorrupted immigration offices in Thailand.

What's the yellow book?

49 minutes ago, lkv said:

To make/receive a call and send/receive SMS on dtac call application, the service fee will be charged based on your current package as if you are in Thailand

What does that mean?  I have no package. I'm outside of Thailand.

Incoming calls #3. --> does free of charge assume that I receive a call while being physically in Thailand or anywhere in the world?

5 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

Yes. And why shouldn't you? It takes them about 10 minutes to prepare from a template and print.

because they all have the rule for that "you may not pay, but then you'll have to wait for N weeks for your recidency certificate".

are incoming calls paid, when you're outside of Thailand?

1 hour ago, Phuketshrew said:

I had the same thing happen at Phuket Immigration. Female IO asked for 600 baht for proof of residence letter. She got the hump when I pointed out that there should be no charge for this and I was made to wait over lunch time. Nothing but a bunch of thieving, hypocritical criminals.

Did you get it the same day eventually?

47 minutes ago, Langsuan Man said:

I don''t know, I just keep an extra older phone with my Thai DTAC SIM when I am in the US just for OTOP's and turn it on when I know one is coming 

I'm happy for you.

On 12/26/2019 at 10:17 AM, ubonjoe said:

The unofficial fee for the certificate of residency has been discussed many times on this forum.

There is no official fee for it due to it not being a standard service assigned to immigration.

I've always payed 300 or 500 baht if I remember correctly. In Samui and Pattaya. And in Chiang Mai may be. Is it supposed to be free?

Is it possible to receive calls via "DTAC call" app when one is abroad?

1 minute ago, Don Mega said:

Which airport ?

bangkok

2 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

It will take longer than 5 minutes so might as well make a day/night of it.

How does that matter? 5 or 10 or 15? So what? Whatever!

2 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

If you have changed passport since you opened the account be sure to take the old passport with you  !!

First of all, I'm not asking about that. Secondly, that's wrong - I got a new card with a new passport, without the old one.

4 minutes ago, OJAS said:

There would only be a remote possibility of this being achievable within such a short space of time if there were a Kasikorn branch slap bang next to a Cambodian border post on the Thai side. As far as I am aware this isn't the case at any such border post.

Incorrect. I got a new card in the airport in 5 minutes.