Red Phoenix

Nearly a quarter of Americans believe someone they know died from COVID-19 vaccine side effects, and even more say they might be willing to become plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against vaccine makers. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 24% of American Adults say they know someone personally who died from side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine. Sixty-nine percent (69%) don’t know anyone who died from being vaccinated against the virus. (To see survey question wording, click here.) Forty-two percent (42%) say that, if there was a major class-action lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies for vaccine side effects, they would be likely to join the lawsuit, including 24% who say it’s Very Likely they’d join such a lawsuit. Source: https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/public_surveys/killer_jab_24_say_someone_they_know_died_from_covid_19_vaccine

~ This thread is not about me. The topic is about the rapidly mutating covid-variants, and the fact that the landscape of circulating variants did change significantly by the time the new updated covid-vaccines are rolled out. The FDA was proud to announce that the new updated booster which they approved mid September was targetting the XBB 1.5 variant, which was the dominant variant end of July, but which in mean time has become almost extinct. And the currently dominant variant HV.1 was insignificant at that time. Source: https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-takes-action-updated-mrna-covid-19-vaccines-better-protect-against-currently-circulating Source: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions Now of course, the experts 'expect' that the current booster 'may' still provide some protection against death and hospitalization when catching covid. That the vaccine does NOT protect against catching covid in the first place should now be common knowledge (although when I talk with people about it many did not get that message), and it is most probably the main reason why the booster-uptake is 'abysmally' low. But by all means if you believe that the risk/benefit for taking the current booster is positive for you, do take the jab. Just be aware that the mainstream media are 'somewhat' biased in touting these wonder-products...

Looks like you are obsessed with fear, and are projecting it on me. ~ I hope that helps to allay your fears about that. ~ I get that you are put into a state of panic when things change. ~ You go into a high level of fear and so you are unable to cope well. ~ ... and here's the scary part so hold on to something ... ~ Now I hate to frighten you further ~ I hope that does not cause you mutation nightmares. As I wrote earlier, in response to your earlier nonsense. > A total misunderstanding. I do not fear the virus. I have a robust immune system (never vaxxed, and never sick by the way) and if I got covid I didn't even notice it. But yes I fear for my loved ones that were deluded or coerced into taking the shots. Those that are currently still lining up to get the latest jab to 'protect' themselves, are the fearful - and gullible - ones. ... And no I am not a hermit, and never wear a face [mask] nor practice (a)social distancing, and go to gatherings in my village where large groups congregate.

Okay, I adapted my statement: The current jab is 'expected' / 'may' / 'should' reduce your symptoms leading to hospitalization and death, when catching covid. But of course the large majority of the population still believes the earlier 24/7 propaganda that the jabs will 'protect you from catching covid'.

You are currently on a 90-day Permit to stay based on your 1-year ME Non Imm O Marriage Visa. When wanting to apply at a Thai Imm Office for the 1-year extension of that Non Imm O Marriage Visa, that needs to be done first time for the SAME reason that the Visa was provided. So for this first 1-year extension application in your case you can only do this for reason of Marriage. Making use of an Agent for an application based on Marriage is possible but due to the much larger administrative burden, such a service is much more expensive than an Agent service for a Visa and/or 1-year Extension application for reason of retirement. And not all Agents provide that service for a Visa and/or Extension based on Marriage. = = = Also note that if you want in the future to change the reason for your 1-year extension of stay from Marriage to Retirement, that this is a 2-step process: 1 - The Imm Officer would first check whether you did meet the (financial) conditions under which your Marriage extension was provided. When that criterium has been met then 2 - The Imm Officer will check whether you meet the requirements for a 1-year extension of stay for reason of Retirement. Which means that you need to provide evidence of having met the financial requirements during the 12 months prior to the date of application. In other words, when you apply next March for the 1-year extension of stay for reason of Marriage, you should have already started with meeting the financial requirements for NEXT year's 1-year extension for reason of Retirement, otherwise you would not be able to meet that 12-months requirement.

A total misunderstanding. I do not fear the virus. I have a robust immune system (never vaxxed, and never sick by the way) and if I got covid I didn't even notice it. But yes I fear for my loved ones that were deluded or coerced into taking the shots. Those that are currently still lining up to get the latest jab to 'protect' themselves, are the fearful - and gullible - ones. The current jab is 'expected' 'may' 'should' protect you from catching covid, while its composition is mainly targetting an almost extinct variant. So its effectiveness is questionable (similar like the yearly Flu-vaccines which are based on Guesswork which variant would be dominant for the coming season). And then I am not even addressing the potential serious adverse effects of the mRNA-shots.

I highlighted some words in your post > #1 - ... so there's expected to be continuing protection. #2 - ... disease experts say the new shots should offer cross-protection against the currently dominant strains #3 - "Experts say that the updated COVID-19 vaccine is expected to help provide protection from this variant. The updated vaccine is based on the XBB.1.5, and HV.1 is a “grandchild” of the XBB.15 variant. So the available vaccines may protect against the serious disease caused by HV.1." Doesn't create much confidence to me...

A new COVID-19 virus variant, dubbed HV.1, has overtaken EG.5 (Eris) as the leading variant diagnosed in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) latest Oct. 28 report. HV.1 has risen from 1.1 percent in early August to 25.2 percent of COVID cases. Meanwhile, EG.5 declined from 24.3 percent on Sept. 30 to its current share of 21.9 percent within one month. Source: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions The covid-19 vaccine was updated to include a monovalent (single) component that corresponds to the Omicron variant XBB.1.5, and approved and authorized for emergency use by the FDA on Sept. 11, and it is that covid-vaccine that is currently being rolled out. Source: https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-takes-action-updated-mrna-covid-19-vaccines-better-protect-against-currently-circulating My comment: Take a closer look at the CDC table with an overview of the reported genomic sequencing. End of July the XBB 1.5 variant was the dominant variant (16.8 %) and HV.1 had only 0.5%. But currently that's not the case anymore. According to the latest CDC report XBB 1.5 now only occurs in 0.6 % of cases, while the the previous almost neglible HV.1 variant is now the dominant variant and occuring in 25.2 % of cases. https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions

Did you have covid-19 and if so when and how many times? And were you covid-19 vaccinated? Your symptoms sound like 'long covid' or vax-injury. It's clearly not 'in your head', the excuse given when there is no indication of the cause. Do visit a medical doctor to get advice on how to treat the symptoms and causes of your condition. Wish you a speedy recovery!

~ When you fly back to Europe, I presume you will be visiting your home-country. So why not apply while you are there for the 1-year MultipleEntry Non Imm O Marriage eVisa (the application has to be done when you are in your home-country, but as the eVisa is provided by e-mail, you are not confined to stay there till it arrives). Also in case your application for the 1-year ME one is denied, the Thai Embassy from your home-country will in most cases then automatically provide you with a 90-day SingleEntry Non Imm O Marriage eVisa.

~ My old passport was damaged but I was still able to use it to fly back to my home-country. When I applied in Belgium for a new passport, the young lady at the municipality where you have to file the application in person wanted to keep my old damaged passport to destroy it. I explained to her that I needed that old passport as it contained my 1-year Permission to stay based on my Non Imm O Retirement Visa as well as a Re-Entry Permit. I had to be persuasive and politely told her that the normal procedure is to clip a corner of the passport such that the passport is invalidated. She then did this, and handed me my old passport back after having filed my application for the new passport. If she had refused to hand me my old passport back, I would have left the municipality and come back another day when a more knowledgeable staffer would be available. = = = I feel for you that the official you dealt with destroyed your old passport. You are correct that your Thai Imm Office might have done the relevant stamp transfers to your new passport based on the photo-copies and their records. But you almost certainly won't be able to persuade a Thai border Imm officer to 'honor' your Re-Entry Permit based on photocopies from your old passport. And so it looks that you will probably have to go through the whole procedure of applying for a 90-day Non Imm O Visa either while still in your home-country or after having entered Thailand again VisaExempt or on a Tourist Visa. Probably the easiest route for you to follow now is to apply for the 90-day Non Imm O eVisa while still in your home-country (provided you have enough time before your planned departure to Thailand). And once you are in Thailand you then need to file a new TM-30 to notify local Immigration of the address in their province where you are staying. = = = It is indeed absolutely dismal that an incompetent official destroyed your passport against your will, and in your place I would file a complaint to avoid that other applicants will have to go through same ordeal.

~ Yes, every Hotel/guesthouse is required by Thai law to notify local Immigration that a foreigner is staying at their premises. That's why they ask for your passport, so that they can take over the required data and file that required TM-30 notification on-line. And on simple request the Hotel/guesthouse will provide you with a copy of that TM-30 notification which they made. = = = Note that it is always a good idea to also take the small business-card which most Hotels have, that contains their address and contact-info, and keep that card in your wallet. Can be handy when the taxi-driver doesn't speak english or doesn't know the Hotel/guesthouse you want to return. And of course in this case, when there would be a problem with the TM-30 notification, the Imm Office would be able to contact the Hotel/guesthouse.

On the old Imm Office TM-30 web-site, when wanting to check whether the TM30 data you uploaded had really been filed, you had to open the website again, and on the left-hand page click on the 2nd directory and select Search TM30. You had to enter your username (when it did not appear automatically, e.g. when using a different laptop/PC) and then fill in the search-period for your TM30. The search-period dates needed to be max 7 days apart and had to be in Thai date-notation. Probably still same search-period in the new system...

~ Yes, the Imm Officer is correct that you cannot permanently live at another address than the one you are registered at in the province where you have your official address for immigration purposes. But nothing prohibits you from making trips and lengthy 'holiday' stays at other places, as long as you are genuinely residing at your official address (even if most of the time you are not there).

You can do the 90-day report on-line on 31st december. Obviously due to New Year holidays it will be only handled during the working-days of the Imm Office where you have your official address. If by 12 January 2024 you did not receive a confirmation from the Imm Office (you can check the status of your 90-day report notification on-line), you could call the Imm Office and ask why it is still pending. If for one reason or another they want you to do it in person, you then still have time till 19 January to visit the Imm Office (as there is a 6-day grace period when doing the 90-day report in person).

By law you can make as many and as long trips to anywhere in Thailand or abroad while on a 1-year extension of stay of a Non Imm O Retirement Visa. Obviously your address must be genuine but in the OP's case it is indeed his place of residence. A fake address is not allowed (like when you make use of a Fixer Agent who applies for your Visa or extension at an Imm Office in a different province where he has 'connections'). OP was asking for a legal solution to get rid of the hassle of having to 'relocate' every 6 months as he is living half of the year in a different place than where he has his official residence. And it is clear from what he wrote that if he is not actually relocating, and that he can simply keep his official address at the province where he is residing, as he would be on 'holiday' in the other place. And there would be no reason to make the trip to the Imm Office where he has his official address just for doing the 90-day report in person, as he could easily do it on-line. In the rare case that the Imm Office would want to visit him after being already more than 1 year on a 1-year extension of stay at the same place, he would receive a telephone call to announce the visit. And if he is not there but at his other place, he can truthfully say that he is on holiday and make an appointment on a date when he would be at his official residence.

You are not a prisoner, confined to stay at your official address for Immigration purposes. The 90-day report is nothing more than a confirmation from your part that your official address for immigration purposes is still the same and has not changed. As you are on a 1-year extension of a Non Imm O Retirement Visa, there is no reason for Immigration to check whether you are 'always at home'. And in the extremely rare case that Immigration would want to visit you, they always phone beforehand to avoid that they make the journey for nothing because you being on holiday in another part of Thailand.

~ I am not saying that this is a fake seller, but when the price is less than half of other sellers, there might be a risk. To avoid that, when I buy from Lazada I always select sellers that bear the LAZMALL mark, as Lazada guarantees that these are genuine sellers. So you could do a search for " lazmall 1 year internet unlimited sim card 30mbps dtac " .

I read and checked NextG's posts, and he is correct that they hiked the price for that 1-year unlimited download 30 Mbps dTac SIM-card to almost 2.200,- THB. In april of this year - less than 7 months agao - I bought one for 1.500,- THB on Lazada. He is also correct that you should check your location whether you can indeed get the full 30 Mbps. I live in the sticks and most of the time I have a bit more than 20 Mbps. As I am a heavy downloader, even at 20 Mbps unlimited download and 2.200,- THB per year I consider it a good deal.

There are 3 options for doing the 90-day report: 1- Doing it in person at the Imm Office where you have your official address for imm purposes - then it has to be done during the window from 14 days before due date till due date, but when doing it in person you also have a '6 day grace period' allowing you to do it without any repercussions until 6 days after due date. 2 - Doing it on-line, using this web-link > https://tm47.immigration.go.th/tm47/#/login then it has to be done in the window from 14 days before due date till actual due date (and there is no grace period). Note that the program does not allow you to report when you try too early or after due date. Depending on the Imm Office you are reporting to, the confirmation can be quick (same day) to very slow (sometimes arriving AFTER due date). So when doing your 90-day report on-line it is recommended to do it as early as possible (14 days before due date). 3 - Sending it by mail. Generally not recommended, as in that case according to Imm procedures they need to receive your 90-day report 15 days before due date (although in practice they seldom adhere to that ridiculous time-line).

No problem, but the Imm Office will most probably transfer your VisaExempt entry stamp from your old passport to your new one, before providing you with the 30 day extension of stay. Otherwise it would not be traceable anymore on which basis you got that 30-day extension of stay in your new passport. That 'stamp transfer' process is free of charge. Also, when you are currently staying at a Hotel/guesthouse ask reception for a copy of the TM-30 notification that the Hotel is required to make to notify local Immigration that a foreigner is staying at their premises. Without that TM-30 copy chances are that your local Imm Office will not provide you with any service as they want to have proof of the address where you are staying in their province.

A PBS Newshour 27 October press-release states that only 7% of U.S. adults and 2% of children have gotten a shot. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/vaccine-data-shows-rates-for-latest-covid-19-booster-is-abysmal-only-7-percent-of-u-s-adults-with-shot One expert called the rates “abysmal.” The numbers, presented Thursday at a meeting held by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, come from a national survey of thousands of Americans, conducted two weeks ago. The uptake figures are so 'bad' (depending on your point of view of course), that it is difficult to get info on the actual figures. 555

In your case you could consider buying a 1-year 30 Mbps unlimited download SIM from dTac or IAS, which provides you with continual Internet-access, and is more than sufficient to even stream movies on your mobile or connected device. Such SIM costs only approx 1.500,- THB, but you can only get them on Lazada or Shopee, and not at any of the phone-shops. There are however 2 drawbacks to those SIMs: #1 - After expiry of the 1-year validity, you cannot renew that 1.500 THB package, and would have to buy a new one (with a different phone-number, that cannot be changed). Note that you can buy cheap 1-day, 3-day or 1-week packages to bridge the 'intermediate time' between SIM 1-year expiry date and arrival of a new 1-year one. #2 - You will receive phone-calls and SMS messages on those 1.500,- THB 1-year 30 Mbps unlimited download SIMS but they do not have phone- or SMS-credit for making calls. Obviously when you use WhatsApp or Messenger or any other Internet-program to (video)call, chat or message your contacts, there is no need for making 'regular' phone-calls or sending SMS. And you could buy a 70,- or 100,- THB phone-credit from dTac or IAS, which you only use for making the occasional call. >> All in all these SIMS are a far better deal than the regular packages when you primarily use them for Internet access. But when you mainly use your mobile phone for making domestic calls, then a 'top-up' package might be more appropriate.

No problem at all, with your re-entry permit your Protected Permission to Stay date (17th March) will be stamped again in your passport by Thai border-immigration on arrival.

He simply wrote > I have it. It has wrecked my life for over two years. So he has long-covid, but unclear whether he was jabbed before he got it. Even in Thailand the vax roll-out started more than 2 years ago.