Lorry

I didn't address these questions as they seemed quite unhelpful ("criminal" blablabla) The reason of the name change had nothing to do with Thailand, it was some family matter in his home country (family are all of the same nationality, no Thais involved). Absolutely legitimate. I think so, too. But this implies that Thai immigration IS aware that he is the same person as in the old passport, doesn't it? Which is the topic of the whole thread...

Udon

Exactly my thoughts, too. There is no reference to the name change in the new passport. The entity who issued the new passport - is 600km away - requires an online appointment anyway, months in advance - does not answer the phone - will most probably not understand what he wants, and once they understand it, they will probably give him the runaround. And once he obtains some kind of document, he will have to have it certified by the Thai embassy in his country. I still think, this would be the correct way (and he should have asked about all this when he got the new passport - problem is, you can't ask the bureaucrats issuing a passport, and you can't ask the Thai embassy, both are incomunicado, everything is online, no phone calls are answered). I completely agree. Do all immigration offices accept applications for a non-O visa after entering visa exempt? CW does, but I seem to remember some offices are reluctant to do this.

Their direction wasn't overly clear: "we need a certificate from the amphur of your home country" - that was it. They will certainly need it stamped by the Thai embassy there (which is 600km away and doesn't answer the phone). And what certificate exactly do they need? I thought, too, that this is a pretty standard situation, so there might be some people here who know.

A friend who lives in Udon on retirement extensions of a non-O visa had a name change when in his home country. He got a new passport with his new name. The old passport (with visa, retirement extension and reentry permit) has been invalidated. How can he come back to Thailand? He called immigration in Udon. They told him they need a certificate from his home country that he his the same person as in the old passport, then they would transfer the visa. But how can he even enter at BKK airport? Does he need a new visa? Would he even get a new visa, or would the system realise he has a visa already? He is afraid he will be stamped in at BKK for 30 days visa-exempt.

Funny: When I apply for the reentry, they ask for my visa and i put in my original visa from years ago, not the latest reentry permit from my latest entry into the country. But when I entered the country and TM6 (now abolished) asked for my visa, I had to write the number of the reentry permit

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No

I know, but I did myself anyway. Pennywise....

Thx

The application form asks me "my previous visa for Thailand is"... The last time I got a visa was a couple of years ago. I guess that's the one I write here? Since then I have been here on extensions. (The last time I entered Thailand was on a reentry permit, but I don't think that's what I should write here) Am I right?

I know one bank that's asking for tax residency. This is my experience in other countries too. I suspect every bank or financial institution handles this a bit differently, but I don't know for sure.

That's the going rate (for farang), not only at this place.

Bangkok Bank offers facial recognition to foreigners. Kbank doesn't.

Correct. Actually, even if you were a generation older, a Thai girlfriend would call you Pee. Lung sounds like an old man, and who will call her boyfriend old? A stranger who is a generation younger than you, especially kids, might call you Lung. But even taxi drivers who are clearly a generation younger than the customer will use Pee. It just sounds nicer.

That would be child abuse

This "number" +69711852123459 is not a phone number, it's not registered anywhere on the planet. It is just what your provider shows you if you receive certain calls routed through the internet (most calls are nowadays routed through the internet). The calls may be scam or not, you have no way to know. I got a call from exactly the same "number" (ie my display showed this number). It was a legitimate call from overseas. I did answer and heard a familiar voice.

As others have said: If the interest rate for THB is lower than for western currencies the market expects that the Baht will appreciate against western currencies. BTW the baht has appreciated against all major currencies for the last 25 years (but better don't talk about events 26 years ago). The Financial Times had a piece about "the world's most resilient currency" not long ago

CIMB?

Many Thais pronounce every s as a th (as in thin) and cannot pronounce an /s/. thin and sin, sick and thick, sing and thing are pronounced the same. I don't know whether this is a regional thing. They seem to have no problem saying "thaw theua" instead of "saw seua". But it becomes a problem when they want to learn English, Spanish or any other language where a /th/ is not an acceptable substitute for an /s/ Today I tried to teach a Thai friend an /s/, with little success. Any experiences from the English teachers?

Unfortunately, legitimate calls from overseas, if routed through the internet (i.e. pretty much all of them) can show up on your display with the same prefix, no matter which country they originate from.

I will have a look, sure. Those very high bills were international calls, difficult to get them much cheaper. Nowadays it's all VoIP, phone bill just several hundred baht.

I figured that. Postpaid used to be good if you were an old customer, but these times seem to be gone. (AIS, where I am also an old customer, just offered me postpaid with a monthly call limit of 500 baht. Hard not to feel insulted. With DTAC, I used to have a monthly limit of 30000, and it was no problem to increase it) So maybe i really switch to prepaid

I got it. Sounds good, change the number to prepaid, and just keep it. I am not aware of any advantage a postpaid number has over a prepaid number. Are you?

How? DTAC told me the cheapest they can offer is 299/ months. It includes 400 free minutes (that I don't really need), no internet included. I am not sure yet, but 299 per month just to keep a number sounds too much.