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Can I do my 90 day report at Big-C Lad Phrao?

   ... Been here 13 years - Never able to successfully navigate their Online 90-Day Reporting!  ????

... anything having to do with Thai Immigration - as usual, ' as clear as mud.'

I went to Chiang Watanna on Aug 19th to do my 90-Day Report -which was due on the 20th.

At Chiang Watanna (where I have been doing it for the last 12 years, they threw

a faded-out half page of jibberish at me and told me that the 90-Reporting Office

had been moved and the (unreadable) jibberish on the paper was a map to there.

(So small and washed-out it could barely be seen!) ... after much dickering

with the taxi driver, (in Thai,) I finally persuaded him to use his meter. 

Th new 90-Day Reporting Office was in a concrete Parking Garage

in back of Impact Arena, in Muang Thong Thani.  I stood in the heat

and waited my turn for about 20 minutes.  I was serviced by a heavy-set

lady that was unresponsive to my attempts of polite civility (-in Thai.)

On the street out in front of the garage were an abundance of Motorcycle taxis

and car taxis.  Since I had already paid the (metered) taxi fare to get there, I had

some idea of what the cost would be.  The motorcycle taxis wanted double that amount and

I couldn't find a car taxi until I persuaded the 5th taxi in line to use his meter.

All in all, it was a very uncomfortable, stressful, time-consuming, expensive afternoon - UNECESSARILY!  :(

5 hours ago, Neeranam said:

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How many straight male residents in Pattaya have a male Thai friend, for example? ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While having a conversation with a Thai Business Lady, She said. "Oh, you've lived here a long time.  Do you have a lot of Thai friends?"  Without hesitation I replied, "Thais can't be friends with farangs - what would all their friends think?"

AHHHHH, 1973/74 - "Heaven-On-Earth!" 

19 hours ago, ThaiFelix said:

Hahaha this reminds me of my situation here in a small village in Isaan.  I'm told I am disliked by most of the locals here because I have been here too long and therefore quite knowledgeable of the tricks/scams etc the Thai wives pull on their farang husbands.

 

This horrifies me because its an indication that most of the villages support/condone such  thievery!

Correct! Yes, the truth is that the entire village/town is in on it!  They act so friendly and say "you are so handsome-man."  All the while knowing that your Thai lady is working on getting a big new house, a Toyota Fortuna, and setting everything up for her and her family to live the high-life after you have run out of money and left or died.   ...  The truth is that 'New Arrival Tourists' don't know about the monetary burden of all the sick water buffalo up-country that desperately needs surgery!  

15 hours ago, Emdog said:

Is immigration on board for this? Have they even been consulted?

How about cutting through red tape and rip offs and allow retired native English speakers to teach part time? I was a teacher in USA & native English (okay, American) speaker. I don't need the money and would enjoy maybe 10 hrs a week... but I would not put up with ignorant administration making money off of my free time, among other things.

 

Identical situation here.  Also, at the many Thai Schools that I have worked at, the Passive-Aggressive, (Indirect Hostility,) was so thick that you couldn't cut it with a knife!  Methinks this might be one of the "among other things" emdog referred to above.  

.... They couldn't make an easy 10,000 baht solving any REAL problems! 

Prefix was " K ."  I think all 3 led to such a wait time - Process, Staffing and # of people. ????

about 2 hours for the Stamp transfer.  The 1-year retirement extension took the most amount of time (by far.)  It was then that they kept telling me, (in Thai,) of the TM 30 requirement!  The Re-Entry Permit only took about an hour as it was past working hours and they were finishing-up all the remaining people.  ????

2 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

 

So it sounds like you actually accomplished five tasks, with the TM30 being the fifth, and that one took two hours.

 

If you wanted to share any details that would be great.

 

I'm guessing you did the stamp transfer first? Did you get flagged for the TM30 there, and have to sort that out first. How long did the stamp transfer take? Busy? Any fee for that? And any fine for the TM30?

 

 

...Yes, Stamp transfer first - no fee. then, 90 Address Report, (they warned me that they might ask me for 'Residence Verification' -but I didn't know what they were talking about.  While getting the 1-year extension, they informed me (in Thai,) of the required TM 30!

I am glad the cops got him and I hope they teach him a lesson that costs A LOT MORE than 200 Baht!  What a loser!

Wow! - That's Great News!  I'm tempted ????

Where is an "affordable" country to retire to?????  

    Been living in Thailand 10 years.  Within that time, I made 2 visits to Vietnam.  #1 was 9 days solo in Saigon, (HCMC.)  Inadequate nightlife, horns were a nuisance, some people were friendly, hawkers were uncomfortably aggressive...  I am American and visually quite caucasian.  I enjoyed the War Museum and the "tour" of the Viet Cong tunnels.

  The second visit was to Hanoi/Ha Long Bay.  I was accompanied by my Thai girlfriend so I didn't look for or find and nightlife at all.  The "tour" of Halong Bay was spoiled by the endless nickel-and-dime charges for everything imaginable.  Overall, I felt much more of a "targeted-ATM" than in Thailand.  

Right - since the most recent "Update," everytime I try to mak a call is says, "Your signal is not strong enough - Try again later."  (I try numerous times throughout the day and get the same response!)

Like:  Eye-Candy!!!

Dislike:  Closed Mindedness of Thais.

Yes, I first went there in 1973 and it was still a quiet little fishing village <3