Red Phoenix

The OP's sister is Australian, and like the large majority of Western nationalities she is thus eligible to enter Thailand VisaExempt (without a Visa) which will provide her with a 30-day Permission to stay.

When you applied for your Non Imm O-A Visa, which can only be done in your home-country, you must have provided a valid Non Imm O-A compliant health-insurance policy, otherwise they would have not issued you the Non Imm O-A Visa. When you (re)-enter Thailand on that Non Imm O-A Visa before its validity expires (you wrote that this is in 1 month), you will be stamped in for whatever is the shortest: - 12 months from date of entry; or - the expiry date of your Non Imm O-A compliant health insurance policy. Immigration will not accept your travel-insurance policy as such policies are not Imm O-A compliant. So you would need to bring that Non Imm O-A compliant health insurance policy which you used to apply for the Non Imm O-A Visa. Of course if that insurance policy is only still valid for 30 days or shorter, there is no use to do that, as you can also receive a 30-day VisaExempt Permission to stay. You could of course also apply for a renewal of that Non Imm O-A Visa compliant health-insurance, as bringing that and entering before expiry of the Non Imm O-A Visa, would provide you with a 12-month permission to stay. = = = Re the METV > I am not sure how you got hold of that METV, but if you do not get a new Non Imm O-A visa health-insurance, I would keep quiet about that Non Imm O-A (although your passport will show your entry stamp when you used that Non Imm O-A Visa) and try entering on that METV. It is possible that because your Non Imm O-A Visa is still valid, that border Immigration will not accept that METV, and that you will end up with a simple 30-day Permission to Stay VisaExempt entry...

Yes, that's fully correct. When your local Imm Office has been notified of your official address, there is NO need to file a new TM-30 when returning from a domestic or even from an international trip and you are re-entering on the same Permission to Stay. However, as Edwardflory mentioned, there are a couple of rogue Imm Offices that contrary to the official TM-30 regulations, DO require to re-file a new TM-30 when returning from a domestic or international trip. Chiang-Mai Imm Office being one of those rogue ones. NOTE: In case it is a nuisance (e.g. because you live far away from the Imm Office) you could consider having the address where you are staying registered on the IO TM-30 website which will then allow to notify local Immigration by issuing a TM-30 online of you having returned from a trip. Obviously such notification is only necessary when the address you stayed at during your trip did file a TM-30 of you having stayed there (as they are required to do according to Thai law).

Yes, it always applies. Immigration will not provide you with any service when they do not have some proof of your address in their province. So if you are staying at your Thai wife's property, a TM-30 has to be filed notifying the local Imm Office that a foreigner (you) is staying at the premises. In your case it would make sense that your wife (or you on her behalf) registers the property on the IO TM-30 website, as that would allow you to issue a TM-30 online of any foreigner staying at the premises. I did sent you PM a comprehensive guideline document on how to do that

Yes, she can visit any Imm Office and apply for a 30-day extension. It costs 1.900,- THB and is provided on the spot and the 30 extra days will be added to her Permission to stay expiry date (so no need to wait till last days to do it). She would however need to bring a copy of the TM-30 notification that the Hotel/Guesthouse where she is staying has to make stating that a foreigner is residing at their premises. And that Hotel/Guesthouse needs to be in the same province as the Imm Office where she would be applying.

The Climate Change Fraud - Bill Gates is funding a scheme to cut down 70 million acres of forests in North America https://www.2ndsmartestguyintheworld.com/p/bill-gates-is-funding-a-scheme-to?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email Well-written article about the climate change fraud, addressing among others the Totally Bonkers latest Gates project to chop down 70 million acres of forest and not use the timber for something useful but BURY the dead trees. The real reason for the destruction of forests is to reap saleable carbon offsets. The article also features this nice gem extracted from National Geographic’s encyclopaedia intended for children aged 10 to 13. The Carbon Cycle Carbon is in a constant state of movement from place to place. It is stored in what are known as reservoirs, and it moves between these reservoirs through a variety of processes, including photosynthesis, burning fossil fuels, and simply releasing breath from the lungs. The movement of carbon from reservoir to reservoir is known as the carbon cycle. Carbon can be stored in a variety of reservoirs, including plants and animals, which is why they are considered carbon life forms. Carbon is used by plants to build leaves and stems, which are then digested by animals and used for cellular growth. In the atmosphere, carbon is stored in the form of gases, such as carbon dioxide. It is also stored in oceans, captured by many types of marine organisms. Some organisms, such as clams or coral, use the carbon to form shells and skeletons. Most of the carbon on the planet is contained within rocks, minerals, and other sediment buried beneath the surface of the planet. Because Earth is a closed system, the amount of carbon on the planet never changes. The carbon cycle is vital to life on Earth. Nature tends to keep carbon levels balanced, meaning that the amount of carbon naturally released from reservoirs is equal to the amount that is naturally absorbed by reservoirs. Maintaining this carbon balance allows the planet to remain hospitable for life. Read more: The Carbon Cycle for Grades 5-8, Encyclopaedic Entry, National Geographic

UPDATE > Over 1,600 scientists have now signed the declaration titled, “There is no Climate Emergency. Here’s the link: https://clintel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/WCD-version-081423.pdf Unfortunately there is little hope that the professional opinion of 1,600 scientists will stop the climate psychos from claiming there is “consensus” among scientists about global warming.

When you are married to a Thai national or have Thai dependant children, and you did not yet apply for it during the consecutive Permissions to stay based on your original Visa, you could consider applying for a 60 day extension for reason of visiting your Thai wife/children. That will push your Permission to stay date from 11 Nov to 10 Jan. And you could then apply for your 1-year extension after your return on 2 Dec. Note: When you are eligible for that 60-day extension of stay, which is provided on the spot when you meet the requirements, don't forget to buy a Re-Entry Permit to protect that 10 January Permission to stay date when exiting Thailand.

Only prisoners use the 'Papillon' method to store their money and valuables, and only then it would make sense to wash your hands when doing a transaction with one of them...

When it has not been done yet, your landlady or yourself as tenant can register the address where you are staying on the IO TM-30 website. Having done that, the registrar will receive a username:password which will allow him/her to file a TM-30 on-line of any foreigner staying at the premises without the need of having to go in person to the local Imm Office. I did sent you PM a comprehensive guideline document outlining how to do this (it's not rocket science, but without clear guidance you could get easily lost in the process).

Thanks, I didn't realize that the quota was a maximum of 100 annually per country. It sounds crazy to apply the same quota for populous countries like India, China, USA and small countries. But the requirements for permanent residence are such that there are relatively little applications for that. Do you know by any chance the number of permanent residences that were handed out during the last 5 years?

When you buy a Re-Entry Permit it protects your current Permission to stay. Buying a multiple-entry Re-Entry Permit (3.800,- THB) is only financially beneficial when you foresee at the moment you buy it, to exit Thailand at least 3 times during the remaining period of your Permission to stay. Unless you foresee to make multiple exits/returns, buying a Single-Entry Re-Entry Permit (1.000,- THB) is cheaper. You can buy a Re-Entry Permit at the Immigration desk in all major international Thai airports, so unless you are exiting Thailand at a land-border there is no need to visit your local Imm Office to buy it.

That's correct. As long as you are on Permissions to stay of the same Non Imm O or O-A Visa, there is no need to re-submit a new TM-30. That would only be required when you left Thailand without a Re-Entry Permit, applied for a new Non Imm O-A Visa in your home-country and then re-entered Thailand on that NEW Visa.

... and other stories of Mitch McConnell's Thailand holidays....

When you meet the financial requirements and only use the Visa Agent for hand-holding, there is no reason for the Visa Agent to apply for your Visa/extension at a different Imm Office than your local one.

WOW - Donald Trump Reveals Where He Stands on COVID in New Viral Video “To every COVID tyrant who wants to take away our Freedom, hear these words—WE WILL NOT COMPLY!” https://vigilantfox.substack.com/p/donald-trump-reveals-where-he-stands?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email I am not a Trump-fan, but for this speech I will forgive all his buffoonery... Wow, triple Wow! Here is Donald J. Trump’s message, word for word: “The left-wing lunatics are trying very hard to bring back COVID lockdowns and mandates with all of their sudden fear-mongering about the new variants that are coming. Gee whiz. You know what else is coming? An election. “They want to restart the COVID hysteria so they can justify more lockdowns, more censorship, more illegal dropboxes, more mail-in ballots, and trillions of dollars in payoffs to their political allies heading into the 2024 election. Does that sound familiar? These are bad people. These are sick people we're dealing with. “But to every COVID tyrant who wants to take away our Freedom, hear these words—WE WILL NOT COMPLY! So don't even think about it. We will not shut down our schools. We will not accept your lockdowns. We will not abide by your mask mandates, and we will not tolerate your vaccine mandates. “They rigged the 2020 election, and now they're trying to do the same thing all over again by rigging the most important election in the history of our country, the 2024 election, even if it means trying to bring back COVID. But they will fail because we will not let it happen. When I'm back in the White House, I will use every available authority to cut federal funding to any school, college, airline, or public transportation system that imposes a mask mandate or a vaccine mandate. Thank you very much.”

No need for them to ask you as they know exactly what happened. Your Fixer Agent acquired Non Imm O Visa or 1-year extension shows at which Imm Office it was provided, and the up-country Imm Offices where fixer Visa Agents have connections are well known. But local Immigration does not know how high in the hierarchic tree the Agents' connections reach, and will not create problems as that can back-fire on them.

What exactly does this mean? It means you made use of a 'fixer' Visa Agent to circumvent the financial requirements. If the Non Imm O Visa/extension you got hold of by such means was obtained by the fixer Visa Agent in an up-country Imm Office where he got 'connections', your official address for Imm purposes is at the address that fixer Agent used in that province. And it means that for any service you require from an Imm Office (e.g. filing of your 90-day reports, applying for a Residence Certificate or a Re-Entry Permit, etc.) that needs to be done at that Imm Office. In that case and if you want to do it yourself, you would have to relocate to your 'real address' by filing a TM-30 at the Imm Office of the province where you are residing.

Yes, there are no banking-charges when paying with your local Thai Bank account debit-card, and the money is in seconds on the seller's account. But when I bought some 6 months ago a 60.000,- THB motorcycle at a large bike-shop, they told me they would add 3% when paying with my Thai bank debit-card. So I visited the bank-branche at the other side of the street and did withdraw 60.000,- THB and went back to pay cash.

In order to deal with the erratic processing time of the on-line 90-day report system, it is recommended to do it as soon as possible (14 days prior to due date). That gives the system 20 days to process your report, as you can still do it in person without any repercussions till 6 days after due date (the so-called grace period).

And Placeholder seems not to know how to use Google or other search-engines otherwise he would easily find that quote... I did not make it up. So, let's stop the 'dishonesty' nonsense now.

I cannot delete it any more as the time-frame for doing that has passed already. Actually there is also no need anymore for doing that as the follow-up posts with clip and transcript gave the exact rendering of what Biden has said. The point of course is not so much what Idiot Biden is mumbling/stuttering, but the fact that covid-jabs, lockdowns and face-mask mandates are once again considered to address the inevitable winter-uptick of new covid-cases.

Thanks for posting the clip. And yes you are correct that Biden did not say that he will mandate the new jabs. “Tentatively it is recommended that it will likely be recommended everybody get it no matter whether they’ve gotten it before or not,” he added.

Let's wait till the transcript becomes available of what he actually said in that speech over the weekend. I agree that there is a difference between him mandating it or him recommending it, but in either case it is clear that covid-jabs, lockdowns and face-masks are again being considered when the inevitable winter-uptick of covid-cases starts.

It's from a speech he did this weekend. Here one of the many links reporting on that latest lunacy: https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2023/08/27/biden-suggests-he-will-mandate-a-covid-booster-for-all-americans-n2627591