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Did it a few times before in CM but lately they pulled it out by not having appointments for months to come (no by accident for sure). You would normally need: photo/scan front of passport (the actual book itself), photo/scan bio page, photo/scan both pages of which on 1 of the 2 your visa stamp is, TM30 that is valid until the extension runs out at least, photo copy/scan. They dont say this clearly, if you miss any of above you will end up with delays and a mess with emailing them or updating the system. When approved they send you the few pre-filled documents that you simply print and sign, arrive on appointment in and out 10 mins.

https://thesessionbangkok.com/en/pipe-tobacco-page/ Pretty sure you can order some via LINE and get it sed to you, they open since like 2017.

Can't wait for it, Thailand is just nonsense priced in so many ways. Same they make you believe it would cost up to 30,000 USD for a piece of <deleted>ty land, barely 600 square meters, while it is still 30-40 minutes outside of a city like Chiang Mai. That while there is no economy at all, and there is like infinite land available and unused too. This while you can buy acres of land in western countries for it, that you actually would own legally too. Let a crisis start then I will be cash ready to buy something at 50% off.

I just buy crypto from my euro or dollars and the sell them P2P on online exchanges for THB, this also makes it a domestic transfer that is not taxed. Aside from that it takes like 5-15 minutes on average and zero fees. Do that since years.

Will be better again within next 3-6 months.

No you have to start with zero

Strict on what? I fly twice a week with both my normal day pack as well as a small hard suitcase. They do not even check weight as you can check in yourself nowadays, I always have much more than 7KG. Stop spreading nonsense, it's allowed in the first place to carry 2 items (a day pack or girl bag doesnt count as the main one). Even they make a issue you can always put your day pack temporary in the small suitcase and take it out after again.

CM became a crappy + quiet boring place if it comes to the expats and nightlife. Same with the super slow slow thinking and acting locals, if they think at all. It always shocks me when going to like Hanoi where it is completely packed and has this vibes that Thailand once had. The climate itself is also kind of a big mess: very long rain seasons, then the extreme hot months + after that the extreme pollution months. Essentially Chiang Mai is a horrible place to stay except for maybe 4 months a year. People I know still living here are looking to relocate or even leave depending on tax situations too. Many just switch between Vietnam, south of Thailand and 1-2 months up north aside of a visit trip back to their home countries. I'm personally ready to move out too but kind of waiting for these tax rules updates, kind of senseless to move domestic beforehand.

So you are wealthy and have a very decent pension? Or not? If not you likely never understood how money really works. Many people who are against debts or credit, and not have any debts / credit, often are also living super frugal as they never made good money as a result.

Seems you miss out on discounts, promotions, cash back, air miles and more. On top of that you miss out on leveraging your money, which would over time create more wealth, significant on 1-2 decades especially. There is a difference between bad and good debt but most oldies never learnt that. If you have 100K in the bank and a new business idea that is 70% sure to succeed, the profit is 10% per year and you can borrow the 100K for 4% as well, you would obviously borrow the money and not risk your own capital.

Guess people here are new with the Rich dad Poor dad concept

Yeah it's just this overseas tax thing to become real and there really is almost only Pro's about moving to Vietnam for 6 months a year.

Yeah it is, it's like 2-2.5 USD now depending where you drink it while the same average costs 50 cents to a dollar in Vietnam.

These things come in all kinds of variations, some are with a battery intended to bring along on holidays. I used to have the same in cambodia too back in 2016, i could just bring my router with me hehe.

Yeah the idea is to still have wifi as well indeed, in that case, I would just use a SIM router from Lazada together with a 1-1.5K monthly local sim. If you could resell to your neighbors you could consider a Starlink from Philipinnes with global access at 100 USD monthly.

Ehh unlimited data for 150 baht per month? Right, at 56-128kbps speed lol.

Try out saily

I started using the Saily app instead, they can't track me anymore that way in Thailand too and I can easily pay for other countries too except Laos only. Also possible to just change to access in entire region or even the entire world that way. I used to always want the unlimited ones with truemove prepaid etc but I realized that in reality I never really use more than 10GB data, per month, anyway, maybe 20GB in case I would be working from a hotspot a lot within a month, which happens rarely.

I started using the Saily app instead, they can't track me anymore that way in Thailand too and I can easily pay for other countries too except Laos only. Also possible to just change to access in entire region or even the entire world that way. Benefit is too when using that, it always selects the best networks where you are (AKA true or DTAC or AIS etc). I often have with my Thai simcard of choice that it not works great at all regions of thailand. Last but not least; costs are same too with Saily. I used to always want the unlimited ones with truemove prepaid etc but I realized that in reality I never really use more than 10GB data, per month, anyway, maybe 20GB in case I would be working from a hotspot a lot within a month, which happens rarely. It's made by NordVPN as well so I guess that is a good thing: https://saily.com/

I paid last 2 times recent years around 10,000 - 13,000 baht to move 2 bikes and boxes by truck from CM to BKK as well Phuket to BKK.

What a nonsense, the main reason I came here is due to the climate, cheap cost of living and weather. The entire girl scene wasn't even on my mind until I lived here like 3 years and broke up with my first girlfriend that was foreign.

They were making an advertising video for the zero dollar tours of 2025

I guess it depends on the age, with the ones that are still under 35-40 I would say they most times keep tight control. Not with all, I personally am free to do whatever, I guess it is a benefit i do business and it's normal to need and go away for X days or even a long week every while.

Their biggest fear will likely be after they are deported back to Iran.

I'm not concerned about it staying possible to smoke weed too, which is good for me, but in terms of the shops or the business as a industry I think it is sad to see that all once again ends up being owned by a few. Even it provides jobs, the majority of profits just go in some black hole.