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My house on Thai estate btween Bangkok and Chonburi was broken into several years ago and jewellery stolen. Could only have been workmen renovating neighbours house. Police of course never caught anyone. We had one of these metal grille doors but padlock was too small and forced open. My advice is to install substantial locks and make sure all windows and doors are very secure. 

Haven't looked for storage box yet but what you mighr find useful are "lashing straps" for securing loads. You can find these by using search bar in Lazada.

22 hours ago, Pib said:

I changed my retirement extension to a marriage extension on my old OA visa from 2008 last month at CW.   Here's a checklist I made for myself. It may vary for your situation/your immigration office like maybe if your marriage didn't occur in Thailand then you would be getting a KR22 vs KR2, etc.  And it's based on the Bt400K deposit method; not the monthly income/transfer method.  Prepare two copies. 

 

	Core Application Documents
1.	TM 7 Application for Extension of Stay
2.	Copy of Passport including TM6 Departure Card and Latest 90 Day Report
3.	Copy of Marriage Certificate (Kor Ror 3)
4.	Fresh Kor Ror 2 Marriage Registration from District Office (get a few days before applying)
5.	Copy of Wife’s Blue Book
6.	Copy of Wife’s Thai ID Card
7.	Map to Home.   Hand drawn of immediate area and another of the larger area.  Include names, address, phone numbers, and if even GPS coordinates on the maps.  Just make it easy to find your place.
8.	Four pictures of husband & wife In and around residence.  One must include husband & wife pointing to the house number, one further back showing husband & wife in front of house, one setting on bed, and one in living room.  And best to have some extra pictures in/around the house just in case the IO prefers some additional/different pictures.  Place two pictures per A4 size page.
9.	Get Bank Letter and copies of passbook….fresher the better like same day or day before.  Passbook must show an update on day of application.  Main passbook page and those pages showing all transactions at least over the two months before the application date.   Ensure minimum Bt400K account balance is met over the two-month period….and be sure to maintain that minimum balance through the ensuring “under consideration” period/until you get the final approval stamp authoring a one-year stay.
	“Original” Docs Which You Must Took Along
1.	Marriage Certificate
2.	My Passport
3.	Wife’s Thai ID Card
4.	Bank Passbook

Good summary of requirements above. I am going through same process of changing from retirement to marriage extension of stay at Chonburi Immigration. I have learnt that if you are doing it on your own i.e. no agent and hence no "tip", they will make life as difficult as possible and keep sending you away for additional information, as they did with myself.

A few additional tips for dlclark97:

1. Chonburi Immigration insist on two full sets of documentation but a copy of TM7 was not good enough, it had to be a second form completed by hand!

2. Kor Ror 2 should be in Thai. This might sound obvious but the district office in Prakhanong who provided my Kor Ror 2 gave me an English version only. This was not accepted by CI so had to make another trip.

3. Would suggest it is better for the bank letter and bank book to be updated on day of application. CI also insisted that the bank printed out the previous 2 months transactions to be attached to the bank letter. This was as well as providing a copy of my bank book showing previous transactions!

4. Immigration may also want to pay you a visit at your home.

At the end of the day it all depends on the immigration office and the person processing your application but i'll be better prepared and ready for them next year!

2 hours ago, digger70 said:

What about Golf course ground Insurance? Why was she 200 Yards In Front of the Golfer ?.Her Problem she's Suppose to be Behind the Golfer. No Pay, Her Fault .

True it seems she was in the wrong place and bad luck but regardless of liability what has happened to common human decency? I feel that the Italian could have offered more satisfactory compensation, somewhat more than the paltry sum of 5,000 Baht.

4 hours ago, baansgr said:

480 Baht a day....those 300 Baht compulsory tips are not required then

Not if you think they're overpaid working for little more than 10,000 Baht a month....!