Pattaya57

I'm the same, I've set my alarm twice in last 5 years. Sleep when I feel tired and wake up when ever

How has he broken the rules by leaving Thailand? What rules as everyone is allowed to leave Thailand as many times as they like during a lease

Not correct. If Renter leaves Thailand without a re-entry permit they will need to do another TM30 for their new entry permission Example, someone rents with single entry Tourist visa, does border hop and comes back on new tourist visa

That's interesting as elec bill would normally stay in owners name. No-one is changing over elec bills for a 1-6 month lease I know for my Condo the agent does the first TM30 for the new renter and then renter is responsible for any further TM30 needed during rental period.

Or a copy of your Lease thereby allowing the renter to apply for TM30 as "Possessor" of the property.

Is the OP having a mental break‐down?

Yes, a bus crash 6 hours drive from Pattaya, across the other side of the Gulf of Thailand below Hua Hin, is now deemed to be what the OP meant when he said 24 people were killed in Pattaya therefore starting his rant about Pattaya traffic. Why is it assumed that's what he meant as OP posted several times in this thread but never once answered questions why he said it was Pattaya and increased the death count.

I'm saying Thai Embassy/Consulate exchange rates are stupidly wrong all over the World. LA is not special and it's not an increase in the 800k baht requirement

I also reported OP as obvious false news. No response. I means who states 24 people died in a Pattaya bus crash just to start a thread as it didn't happen? What's his next thread, 10 people shot and killed in a Pattaya shopping mall?

Then shut off the gate for the non payers 😀

The water and electricity was the absolute last straw preceeded by a letter warning of disconnection. I don't know if they actually disconnected as everyone paid.

Not gated village but Condo. We had many non-payers for years, getting worse every year. Our Juristic just wasn't pushing it hard enough, just sending reminder emails. We then appointed a new Juristic who followed the law as written. It's still a long process with legal letters being sent and late fee interest being formally charged, followed by water and electricity disconnection. Eventually people got the message and started paying on time. This should be a very heated topic at your AGM's

Not surprised he hasn't answered you or anyone else that's asked the same question. His post history shows he's never acknowledged being caught out in a lie

As is 800,000 Baht / A$54,545 = 14.67 instead of 23 for Australia but it is what it is (application fee seems to use 16.67 exchange) Note that Australia has 2 choices to apply. Sydney is $54,545 (1.25 million baht) or Canberra which says 800,000 Baht equivalent. Likely different thai embassies in US also differ between Baht and $ equivelent

Thanks for all that, but a simple "yes, you need to have 800k baht in Thai bank" would have sufficed lol Now I know to milk 2 years out of the initial O-A before having to bank 800k

As I said in my post above, it's just the poor exchange rate the embassies use. Another example is O-A visa officially costs 5000 baht, which is A$217, but embassy in Australia charge A$300

You should register now for the Vientiane online appointment system as no walk-ins are allowed. Once registered you can see all the available appointments to give you an idea of how long before to book https://thaivisavientiane.com/ Note: booking today you can get an appointment tomorrow or next week Tue-Fri Processing time is 2 working days, so application Monday means pick up Wednesday. This means Mon-Wed harder to get an appointment as Thu-Friday means staying over the week-end (Friday is a Tuesday pick-up)

Regarding O-A visa, I know it's valid for a year with multi-entry and every time you come back you get another 12 months (subject to insurance to that date). This means leave and re-enter just before validity expiry and you get 2 years out of it (needing re-entry permit in 2nd year). Or, if you want to get a further 12 month extension of O-A without leaving Thailand, do you need to show 800k baht in Thai bank, or show your original home bank account again?

In other news 6 tonnes of Meth was found in Pattaya and 5000 Covid cases discovered in Pattaya this week.... Oh wait, wrong numbers and wrong place but stories happened so it's ok to sensationalise as a Pattaya problem for post count....

I have heaps of spare Duracell batteries in my condo so I must have bought them easy somewhere without looking specifically for them. A quick look on Google and Shoppee and Powerbuy have them

Facts were wrong? It's not like he said 30 dead but only 24. There is no bus crash killing 24 people in Pattaya which the basis for his whole rambling post. That's a pretty big news story to get wrong I thought spreading false news was not allowed on Asean Now. Guess times have changed

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How is any of that new? Seems the same requirements for O-A visa since they upped the health insurance to 3 million baht a couple of years ago Note: all embassies seem to use a poor exchange rate so more required than 800k baht. Australia requires A$54,545 for O-A which is about 1.25 million baht instead of 800k

Wow, I did 3 years of high school French but when I went to France no-one could understand me. All these years I thought my French was crap but I now realise from the OP that it was their fault they didn't understand me 😉 Also, what's this got to do with Pattaya, all forms of English seem widely understood here

Not so, OP said he's on an O-A visa which is multi-entry in first year so no need to get a re-entry permit. It would help if OP indicated if he's in first year of O-A?