brian2322

I have an elite visa and am about to renew my passport. Does anyone know how long I have to transfer the visa to the new passport? I would like to go ahead and renew the passport now, but wait until early next year to transfer the visa when I leave and re-enter the country. Does anyone know if that is possible?

The doctor just gave me the numbered prescription. I was able to find the power and within 5 points on the cylinder and axis for the astigmatism in the Coopervision Proclear Toric XR brand. Anything is better than the +6.00 (I am > +8.00) no astigmatism correction lenses that I'm making do with for now. Yeah I would just order 1 box of each to see how they feel. I've been wearing contacts for a very long time, it's just that my prescription exceeds what is available in Thailand. My guess is in the end I will just have to return to my country for the order, but I'm interested if anyone has successfully ordered contact lenses online and gotten them through customs.

I received a prescription from Bangkok-Pattaya Hospital recently where my contact lens prescription was over +8 with astigmatism. The doctor said I should order contact lenses online because that high of a power of toric lenses is unavailable in Thailand. I have previously had to abandon a contact lens order that was shipped by the company via DHL at customs because I didn't have the necessary paperwork. Specifically they are asking for a doctor's certificate specifying why I need the lenses. I emailed both customs and the hospital to ask for an example of such a medical certificate, or if my BHP-provided prescription would suffice, but noone has responded. Has anyone successfully gotten contact lenses ordered online successfully through customs? Failing that, does anyone know of any eye doctor that is able to order high power toric contact lenses in Thailand? I thought BPH was my best bet but they seemed oblivious to the customs issue.

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It's in addition to the 1900 normal fee. Basically no more "free" immigration services, everything is 2000 baht. Just an FYI, don't want to get into a value argument.

Do they return the old passport so that you can transfer your current visa to the new passport?

I recently did the 500k baht upgrade for an additional 15 years. Apparently now I have to pay for the "Elite Personal Liason" service (them handling stuff at immigration). The first one is free, after which I have to pay. The first one is apparently affixing the new visa. I asked about doing a 1 year extension at the same time (to save a trip to immigration), and the cost is 2000 baht for the 1 year extension. I'll just pay it cuz I'm "wealthy" (joking). But that was a surprise. I suppose anything (changing visa to a new passport, etc.) is now going to cost at least 2000 baht (in addition to the 1900 to immigration). I think most people also know that the car service is also cancelled once you do the upgrade. So the upgrade is definitely a downgrade to "now you just get a visa, no more services". Just an FYI.

it would be nice to just keep it factual. where are they playing, are they playing after dark, etc. then if you want to go, you know where to go, and if you don't, you can avoid it. cosy beach area is respecting after dark rules, what about elsewhere?

has anyone been to lk metro or walking street after dark? are they still splashing or not?

is there still an insurance requirement?