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

... 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!" 

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!

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

Like:  Eye-Candy!!!

Dislike:  Closed Mindedness of Thais.

... Take a book to read.

Voted 'No'.

There's a security certificate warning at the beginning - I just clicked "continue to this website"

Go through to 'pending' status without a problem but didn't get either approved or rejection confirmation.

Chaeng Wattana - BKK

Last month, while extending my Retirement Visa, I was ordered to read and sign the progressive overstay/blacklisting form- I asked for a copy to show a friend. I was told that they couldn't give me a copy of it.

..... tried a few times last week - no go. Just tried again (new website, ignoring the "Security Warnings,") - no go. I guess I'll just have to waste a few hours going to Chaeng Wattana again.

Nope - went to Viet Nam twice last year. Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. Both were simply places where it's "give me money, GIVE ME MONEY,... " (More so than in Thailand, Cambodia and Laos!) As a farang, I was only seen as an ATM machine and I was entirely unsuccessful at having an exchange other than a "commercial transaction." I left Hanoi thinking I have no desire to return to Viet Nam.

2- weeks ago, I did my 90-Day extension- took 5 hours! From now on, I'll be sure to mail it in in time or try doing it online!

Since you're 61 years-old, you probably don't have to worry. I had just turned 30, married a Japanese girl from a "upper-middle class" family in Japan. Took her to the states, (CA,) and had 3 adorable, wonderful, great kids. She met an older Japanese lady and after 16 years of marriage she decided she wanted to "sow her wild oats" again. She became American-ized in all the worst ways imaginable! With her lawyer's expertise, she ended-up with everything! - The kids, (they're all over 18 now but won't talk to me,) the house, the car, and all my money for the rest of my life! - Just sayin, would be different if I was starting out at 61 and she was 49. You probably won't have the same situation at all. Best Wishes to both of you

DISHONEST.

As distasteful and repulsive as it is for most Thai ladies, they know that marrying a farang is being a "Big-winner" in the financial jackpot. There's no such a thing as "friendship" with Thais. Take away the commercial transactions and tere's precious little acknowledgement. They can be patient and stick-it-out for 2 or 3 years and getting access to all financial resources, house, car,... then isolating you so that you drink yourself to death or just outright running away- to their Thai BF. So the question, "Where's your wife?" is done to size-up her possibilities of her hitting the "jackpot" and having a huge windfall over the next couple of years!