parallaxtech

Koh Samui shops are offering to buy back the gold bars at a 30% discount from the current price. Is that common in Bangkok? If you want to fly to Bangkok to sell your bars, can you fly with them in your hand luggage?

It was 30K (if no money in the bank) many years ago. What scares me is an old friend (85) didn't know any better and paid 60k, received a fake stamp, and was arrested and put in Samui Detention where they asked him for 80k to be released which he refused. He stayed over the weekend and saw the judge on Monday and had to pay 600 baht.

There's a good reason she's never been fired. It would be difficult to find a jai dee woman who must antagonize foreigners daily as a job description. SIO has some lovely women who wouldn't dare take that job. I witnessed her screaming in Thai at a Russian couple with babies who didn't understand a word. She then yelled at them in English to go back to Bangkok. He finally said in broken English that they had just arrived from Bangkok. I would love to meet any foreigner who would marry her.

That makes sense. There's Thai law and then there's Samui law. I guess I'll just stay in Samui and avoid this mess.

To add more confusion on the subject of the TM30, according to the law firm konradlegal.com, the hotel or rental place must submit the TM30 and as long as your TM30 shows you're within your allowance (mine is 365 days), you don't need to resubmit a TM30: TM 30 Registration for Short Time Stays You might be asking if you need to record your residency every time you go away for a few days and come back. This is dependent on whether you return within the stay term set on the most recent TM30 you submitted. You do not need to submit a new TM30 if you return within the time frame stated on the form. You must submit a new form if you return beyond the time frame specified on the TM30. If, for example, your most recent TM30 indicates that you will be staying in your home property for another three months, you will not need to report when you return home. If you live in a rented residence, the same regulation applies to your landlord. In this case, your friend, like a hotel, still he/she must disclose your stay. This is because your most recent place of residence needs registration in the immigration database. This database is under Section 37 (2) of the Thailand Immigration Act of 1979. It’s a different matter if people truly follow this guideline, and let’s face it, most people don’t. Remember that if you stay in a hotel or guest home, you won’t have to bother about reporting because they will take care of it for you.

I guess ankle monitors or GPS chips are next. Does anyone know any country in the world that requires this?

Hi Tropic! Thanks for the information! I registered online for the TM30, but it keeps asking for the address where foreigners will be staying. I don't rent out my house or have guests so am reluctant to put my address down. Is there somewhere on the site where I tell them I returned home or must I fill out the entire TM30 form each time I stay in a hotel? What about people who go back and forth to Bangkok weekly?

KP! Thanks for the info and the TM30 link. It seems that the TM30 is for the owner of a residence allowing foreigners to stay at his place. That will never be my case. I'm the owner. If I visit a hotel in Thailand, the hotel reports the TM 30, correct, or both of us submit it?

You nailed it just as I suspected.

Please remind your friends that Immigration will be closed on Monday (12th).

Someone who is not a newbie can correct this if it's wrong. You can't apply for a one-year extension outside of the province where you reside: You can submit the TM7 form, which is used for extending your stay in Thailand, at the local immigration office where you are requesting the extension. For example, if you are in Bangkok, you would go to the Bangkok Immigration Office. If you are in a different province, you would go to the respective immigration office for that area12.

Thanks, I'll follow up on this. I've lived here for twenty years, with a house in my name for 17, but I need to notify them if I get a hotel room. Sounds normal to me. Yes, I remember Nok, and heard he paid 10M baht for that job. I'm sure he cleared that in a month. The fat one extorted me 5 years ago by making me wait until they closed (sat for 8 hours) and then asked for 5k or my passport might get lost.

Can someone comment on whether this is allowed? The first question would be why I was not applying in Samui since I lived there. I remember years ago on thaivisa others commented that you can't apply for a one-year extension anywhere outside of your province.

That's the one! She seems to enjoy her power as she demeans expats.

If my Thai girlfriend leaves me, the house burns down, and the animals all die, I'll probably travel again. I traveled the world when I was young but am not very interested these days. I guess I built a mausoleum in 2007 without realizing it.