foreverlomsak

what catch themselves, the RTP are one of the main culprits

Can understand the reporters human interest story, but he's probably landed the Belgian in deep Sh## with Immigration and the Labour Department

Of course it would be 300 Baht whichever way you count it. 9.40am Sunday to 11,00pm Monday is well over 24 hours, so 2 X 24 hour periods or most of Sunday and nearly all Monday, so 2 days at 150/day

As @ubonjoe has stated different offices different needs. Phitsanulok was fine with the computer copy but my nearest office is Phetchabun and immediately said no must be hand written, also they will not accept the downloaded forms as they have preprinted their own forms which have all the various coloured stamps included, that is from my direct experience, others have not had the same "guidance" from them like the "must use blue ink".

Wonder how the delivery company called "Best" will fair with this.

Have done 90 day reports in 5 different offices and all have wanted a completed TM47 form and a copy of my passport, even when applying in person on a retirement extension.

When I was on a Non-B the school had to provide a pack of papers to be given to Immigration along with my 90 day (TM47) and copies of my passport. I was suggesting that maybe it's this pack that has to go separately to the Labour Dept when using the Immigration on-line reporting system.

Work Permit holders are required (and have been for years) to report to Immigration every 90 Days, the report has to contain a number of Employer documents. Maybe that has been changed with the advent of the on-line reporting system, i.e. use Immigration on-line report need to report to WP Office as well.

I was referring to some UK banks not all.

Nobody expects them to work for free, but they make fantastic profits off using your (sorry their) money through mortgages, loans, investments, etc.

Don't have ability to open new UK bank account as I don't have UK address, and finding an alternative "offshore" account has proved to be a waste of energy, some still ask for UK address, at least 2 have wanted a 25,000 GBP deposit to open account.

Not at my local "ttb" branch they aren't. Last year went to deposit cash into my children's accounts, offered Pink Card as ID, not acceptable doesn't show passport no, offered Thai Driving License it does show passport number, not acceptable must be passport, crazy but OK it's their country. This year must have account owners with me (my children aged 16 and 18) luckily still during school holidays.

the banks have always been good at that they apply charges to the accounts for the slightest thing and don't give interest on the balance.

I thought the crossing bridges are there to provide shade on sunny days while your dodging through traffic

and after a few rainy seasons the sand will probably be on Miami beach.

with the agents photo presumably

I had to go home to do the on-line test on my PC as the-room machines were fully booked on the appointment system for Thai's. Hardest part of the entire process was a 30 km round trip during the office lunchbreak. Arrived at about 10:30 initially (no appointment made just turned up) and left with new license about 2:30.

how can you equate that to bottles (600 ml) of beer or glasses of wine or ...........

Easy tattoo forehead with amounts of points left, change number every time person is caught. Never happen of course, but just in case, my forehead is so high it reaches my collar at the back.

lucky you, in the last 5 years my IO's list has been added to on 4 occasions, one time was 4 new forms

Possibly because it's going an Indian account which presumably is not in your name.

Yes and no. 1 friend has been told he needs submit one every year along with an annual self-assessment tax return. A 2nd friend who has been here for many years and has a number of pensions says he's never been asked for one. As far as I can work out it's somewhere between, the official line appears to be if they want one they will contact you, if you have the payments going into a UK bank and have a UK address very unlikely that they will ask.

True, it's a savings account, have had 3 FD accounts in the past and it was always a problem with IO as the banks concerned (2 different) would not allow me to add to the balance to show a transaction on the day.

Lucky you, mine asked me for a 12 month statement. Reasoning, the passbook may have consolidated entries and the ATM book update machine sometimes overprints the previous entry. I use an SCB account so have no need to order it in advance (unlike Bangkok Bank) they can do it there and then.

Neither Phitsanulok (the extension issuer) or Phetchabun (new local office) Immigration would allow me to change from a retirement extension (non-O) to a working extension, both said I needed to leave country to obtain a B-Visa. Changing from working to retirement was easy, normal submission papers for retirement plus a letter stating why I wanted to remain in Thailand plus confirmation of WP cancellation from local WP office.