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I have 2 remarks for your situation: 1. I suggest you get a reentry permit at the same time you get your extension of stay. In HH for example you can get it during renewing the extension without the need to queue a second time. 2. You most likely will need to deposit 800k with a transfer from abroad, even though you already have 800k+ in your account. Every new extension based on retirement requires this (e.g. not a repeated extension). Is enforced in HH, don't know other IOs. Unless you work with an agent and pay him/her for avoiding the money deposit.

You apply for a 90 day non-o in the US, then when back in Thailand apply for extension based on marriage (earliest 45 days before expiryof the visa). You need the documents, bank letter and statement, photos from you and wife taken at your home, and a witness (neighbour). During the one month "under consideration" period the immigration officer will visit your house. All of this can only be done when in Thailand. Also note there is no marriage visa, only an extension of stay based on marriage.

If you have a valid extension of stay with reentry permit in your old passport: 1. Bring your expired (old) passport and show both to the immigration officer in the airport 2. visit your local immigration office to transfer your extension of stay from old to new passport 3. You will have entered the country on your extension, not visa exempt If you do not have a valid extension of stay and enter on visa exempt no need to bring and show the old passport. In both cases you must update your valid passport number with your airline, either online or at checkin.

You do not need to leave the country, just go to immigration and apply for new extension of stay based on retirement. The 800k must have been transferred from abroad, can be several years ago or just now, but if recently it must have been in your bank account for 2 months. If you have not done that in the past do it now and request a 60 day temporary extension from immigration. The clock starts on the day the money arrives in your bank account from abroad, how much was in your account before does not matter. This process works in Hua Hin (I did just that several years ago), but you might want to check the procedure with your immigration office.

It's a kingdom wether the world likes it or not

Some people wear masks to protect themselves, but many and particularly service personnel in shops, food courts, Macro etc. wear them to show respect to others or their customers. Such consideration is unknown in Western countries, so don't blame the Thais for wearing masks, please.

If you want to establish a Thai company to purchase the land you will need 2 share holders (since March this year, before 3 were required), and the required minimum share capital is 1m Thai Baht (price of the lot has nothing to do with opening a Thai limited company). You are obviously one of the share holders, the other one must be Thai, for example your wife or anyone else, and must prove his or her 510k (equal to 51%) in a bank account in his/her name only prior to establishing the company. You can establish sole authority to run the company. The process takes 1-2 weeks. I'm using Tuk accounting for all my accounting and legal needs, google and you find their details, they have very reasonable fees, are reliable, and they have an office in Pattaya. They can also help you checking the Chanote, obviously.

This is the correct answer. Thai family names are unique in the sense that same name means same family. You can change your family name, yes, but not to an existing one you are not related to. My wife's niece for example changed from her father's to her mother's family name. If you adopt Thai citizenship as a foreigner you must adopt a Thai family name which is not yet taken.

In my province I can apply for extension up to 45 days before expiry of the previous extension. I'm then asked to come back on the day of expiry, but could ask the IO to come back after 30 days, in which case the new extension will expire 15 earlier than the previous one. Check with the IO at your place, this might solve your problem.

Correct, counting from the day the work permit is cancelled, which your company is obliged to do.

Also true for all the European countries I'm aware of. In addition, embassies only allow certified translators (certified by the embassy) and if the document is notarized by the Thai Ministry of foreign affairs. The procedure would be: 1. Get the marriage certificate notarized by the Thai Ministry of foreign affairs. 2. Get the list of certified translators from your embassy and have one of them translate the document. 3. Get the document with translation notarized by your embassy.

I beg to differ. I don't know where you go, but everywhere I go I get lots of smiles. Everywhere. Every time. But then, I don't go to the typical tourist places. Try to go upcountry for a change, you will find it there for sure. corruption - yes, but does not affect the majority of Thai people pollution - yes, in the North, in Bangkok, no different from the last 50 years opportunities - there are plenty, including career growth health care - one of the best in the world, for 30 Baht per year (for Thais), in public hospitals. The doctors are often the same doctors working at the best private hospitals. household debts - yes, but... Many of my friends kept telling me they are afraid to move their money from the US or Switzerland to Thailand because they do not trust the local banking system - well, what about now? leadership - the country is not led by a dictator. Every Asian country has and needs strong leadership, Thailand is no different. There are certainly questionable decision been taken by the current government, but this government did more for the country and people than all the previous governments I experienced, and this goes 30 years back.

When an account holder dies, be it joint or individual account, access to this account must be put on hold until the bank has verified who is the legal heir. I cannot see anything wrong with the banks approach, rather the widow did not act correctly as she did not inform the bank at time of death. In absence of a will and testament this could or could not be the deceased's wife or her alone. You can avoid this by opening a bank account on your wife's or gf's name alone. If you must, establish a power of attorney to access that bank account for you.

For some people it seems to always come down to this, no matter what anyone says. Fairly narrow view of the world or the people in it.

You provided so much good information in the past, but this time you're not. Stop ridiculing people who post first hand experience which might be different from your own. I said Hua Hin, didn't I, a place or IO you seem not to know anything about.

90 days report and visa extension dates are not related. You need to report your address every 90 days and get a paper in the passport with a date when to report again, irrespective of when any extension was issued. If you're more than 7 days late the official fine is 2000 Baht. The 5000 is for non-compliance when caught, not for being late if you report. Now, the official rule is that when you leave Thailand and come back the 90 days are reset, which means you need to report 90 days after arrival. Some provinces request to follow a different procedure, superseding the national rule. Check with your immigration on that. In Hua Hin, for example, you need to keep the due date put in your passport before you left, or if expired while abroad you need to report 90 days again within 7 days of arrival in Thailand.

Not possible in my home country. Drivers License issued only if registered to live in my home country (living there and paying taxes). Don't assume too much.

The ones quoting 4 or less Baht per kWh might be outdated, as tarrifs increased by 30% 3 months ago.

You cannot compare Thailand with Western countries for many reasons. When a country is not well developed, most people are poor, most jobs are simple, and education is basic or poor too, then most people have problems which makes them ignore "lesser" things like safety, environmental protection, and yes any kind of laws. For many a motorcycle is the only affordable family vehicle, and renting a taxi with seat belts simply out of question. Not unique to Thailand, and as long as the standard of living (for the poor people) does not improve these things will not and cannot change.

You should teach them how to do it. Of course for this you first need to learn how to speak, read, write, and think Thai. After that you probably cannot find the problem anymore.

This has been asked and answered several times in this forum. If you live in Hua Hin please note that the immigration office here requires you to do 90 days reporting no matter if and when you leave and return to the country (implemented when the TM6 arrival form was abolished). However, I don't report online as the IO is a few minutes from my house, but I can confirm this based on clear instructions received just a few days ago.

Misspelled names unfortunately are a big issue here, for several reasons. There are names different by just one letter, first or family names, problems with fake identities, etc. 1500 is a really small price to resolve your issue.

Not in HH anyway. You apply 45 days before expiry of the extension, from that day the 30 days under consideration start counting, you don't get a one month extension but directly a 12 month extension starting from the previous expiration date. And yes, good observation, I should have said 'you pick up your passport with the new extension and the reentry permit', you don't leave the passport at the IO, thought this is obvious as no country or official is authorised to keep your passport except the country who issued the passport.

In HH I would go to immigration 45 days before expiry of my current extension, which is the earliest you can do here, then pick up passport after 30 days (still 15 days before expiry) and do the reentry permit at the same time. You would have your passport back way before your travel date, even if in Kalasin you could renew 30 days before expiry only as it appears to be in some provinces.

The easiest way I found is go to immigration, at the welcome desk tell them what you are here for. They will give you the required documents to fill out and check other documents such as photo or house book for completeness. Then head over to the copying machine service (every IO has it) where there is someone who makes the copies for you. This someone knows exactly what needs to be copied for which application, and the copies are really not expensive (2 Baht per page in HH). Then pass by the welcome desk again, get a queue number and wait for your turn. Same procedure for reentry permit, extension of stay, 90 days, etc.