aka_jack

675000 baht 1998 with book!

I am sure there is somewhere that does it for free or so the mrs reckons will find out the details and post them!

At the end of the day isnt it part of there job description to process visa applications whether it be 1 or 1000 a day! Thats what they get payed for!! Why make it difficult for people so as they get a lighter work load!!

According to section 38 of the 1979 immigration act, "House owners, heads of household, landlords or managers of hotels who accommodate foreign nationals on a temporary basis who stay in the kingdom legally, must notify the local immigration authorities within 24 hours from the time of arrival of the foreign national." If there is no immigration office in the province or locality of the respective house or hotel, the notification is made to the local police station. In Bangkok the notification is made to the Immigration Bureau. The notification of residence of foreign nationals is made by the manager of licensed hotels according to the hotel act, owners of guesthouses, mansions, apartments and rented houses using the form TM. 30.

The notification of residence of foreign nationals within 24 hours can be made in a number of ways to make the notification as convenient as possible:

In person at the respective office, or

Through an authorised person at the respective office, or

By registered mail, or

Via internet.

This is from the immigration web site!

Reporting of Alien's Residence

The Immigration Bureau must be informed when a foreigner rents the property of a Thai citizen.

1.Place to contact :

In the Central/Bangkok Area : Section 4 (Record & Statis Subdivision 4, Immigration Bureau, Room 311, 3 Id Floor, Old 287-3911 or 287-3101-10 Ext. 2244

For provincial areas : The owner of the house must inform Immigration Office or if not available. the local police station

2.Reporting Procedures :

- Authorities must be informed within 24 hours of the alien's occupancy.

- The above procedures may be done by mail.

- After 90 days in the country, an alien must report his/her address to the Bureau. Reporting must be done every 90 days thereafter.

i just found this by googling it ! this is what i thought should happen the owner has to report you ! Doesnt say about what visas if any apply ! I think it is a scam personally and if you told them the owner has to report and to see them they would probaly not bother to contact the owner and fine them it is much easyer for them to fine you on the spot when wanting a letter of residence ! ie. you want the letter you pay and get the money from the owner!! the cost and hassle of chasing up owners just isnt worth it thats why they dont bother but hey if you are there, <deleted> why not charge you!!

Yes went there today paid the fee!! I would not worry about it if you are just holidaying i have been here since febuary and never checked in until now!! I do think they are just putting this charge on anyone as when i was in there somebody next to me was having a problem with his visa stamp from the airport, only given a month instead of 3, but the lady was telling him about some new rule and showed him some book on temporay extension of stays, i think !! Will have to look into it more and read up on some visa rules and arrival in thailand!!

Just for clarity, aka_jack, are you in the Hua Hin area? i.e. Did your wife phone up the Hua Hin Immigrations office?

If not Hua Hin (my fingers are crossed it *was* Hua Hin), where else are they fining for that now?

Yes hua hin area and hua hin immigration!! Looks like i will have to bite the bullet and pay the fine, what a load of b/S!! If i didnt need the letter they would be guessing at where i was!!

What do you need to report in within 24 hours ? might go there and report in and then ask for the letter!

Is this for real or what i have just asked the wife to phone up for a letter of proof of address, and they also said fine 1000 baht for not reporting in within 24 hours, now i can understand this if you are on a visa where you have to report your address every 90 days at immigration, and thus you are late reporting it ! But i have to do a border run every 90 days on a non imm o!

was in there last night ! nice place !

Like others have said i would personally think of health care and emergency services in thailand, ie being near a hospital!!. My wife also wanted to live in a village but i managed to talk her out of it on the hospital situation. We went there in april to visit family and a day after we left a young girl was knocked down and died on the way to hospital, a 1 hour drive away in a pick up!! Sad but true!!

Also i think you will have more chance of getting your money back on a harley than any other bike, they seem to hold there price more than any bike i know!!

thats the one!!

stand facing the hilton and walk left there is a place on the bend that rents cbr15o's about 50 meters away!! I think you need your passport there!!

I think if you want the passport you will have to wait a long time i think somewhere in the region of 4+ weeks as they have to send it to thailand and back to process. But if you are travelling in a short period of time they will give you a one way passport and then you can get it whilst you are here!! Thats what i done anyway!!

I think if i remember rightly you will need birth certificate, marriage certificate, passports and i.ds, and possibly thai house registration. You will then get a thai birth certificate and then proceed to thai passport for your child.

ok finally got some grass seed bought it in bangkok the other day at chatujak market from one of the plant stores 20 baht for 5 sachets. Got the wife to check the packet and the main shop is in bangkok the tel no.s are 02216571, 02215499. The address is เฮ่ง ง่วน เฮง 238-330

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โทร 02-221-6571,02-221-5499

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กรุงเทพมหานคร 10200

Was open last week if not sure phone the thai immigration office there number on the home page somewhere!!!

what satelite system have you got and how much was it??

Simple answer to this really!! I was also going to get a plasma or lcd, after talking with a friend who worked at currys in the uk just ask them to show you what the pic is like with ubc, cable whatever!! I did this and have a local cable operator when seeing the pic i said no thanks and walked sticking to the normal tube tv better pic!!

where abouts is the seventy fives on samui please?

hi there does anybody know where i can buy some optic bottle holders in bangkok and what are the standard measures for shorts??

where do you go after you have been stamped out at immigration to get the boat for the andaman club??

Anybody know where to buy grass seed from in hua hin have checked the most obvious places but cannot find any!! A couple of places even told me thay dont have in thailand!! i was going to reply well how did you get that grass on the front of your shop, but just walked away instead opting to keep my mouth shut!! Anybody???????

My source is a friend who was around that area last night, did not see it himself and said it was about 11 pm that was it !! and know i was not dreaming !