lordgrinz

Yes, they wanted copies of all the pages from the old passport for the next extension only, after that they said they wouldn't be needed. Believe me, I wish all IO's did things exactly the same, and by the book, but we all know that isn't reality.

At Nonthaburi IO they made a point of telling me they wanted copies off all the pages of the Old Passport and New Passport when I did my next extension. I handed them the old passport book and copies off all the pages when I went for my extension in February, everything went smoothly. After that they said they wouldn't need those copies for future extensions. Not sure why they wanted them, but I kept them happy.

I'm still hoping for a new Ice Age, oh well 😒

I use my Amazon Prime Visa card, which I believe has no foreign transaction fees, though I can't remember the last time I used it here. Everything here is paid using my wife's CC's or more often by using my SCB account for online payments or purchases. I pay almost everything using my SCB app, haven't been in any situation where I really needed the Amazon Prime card here, the SCB app is super convenient to make everyday purchases.

Yeah, they have no way to verify a US territorial state document, other than going the full route of legalization through all the channels. I had my brother send all my documents back and forth to all the entities, below is a link to the procedure for legalization. You did the state part already, just a few more steps (US State Department, US Thai Embassy, MFA), though time consuming. If you have someone in the states to help with all the USPS priority tracked mailing, then they could get you the rest of the way, then the MFA you can do yourself from Thailand. Don't get too discouraged. https://newyork.thaiembassy.org/en/page/legalization?menu=61ea69ddf85ab7598d722da2 https://washingtondc.thaiembassy.org/th/page/certify-us-documents

Maybe just the Asian ones, us Westerners stick out like a sore thumb 😉

Can you expand on that? So we get a free tax preparer at the RD?

If you're a leader of a country, where the buck stops with you, and you're are shocked, it's time to let the people know you are out of your depth and resign.

Did you get the Apostille legalized at a Thai Embassy in the US? Plus, I think the Gold seal is the state Apostille, you would still need to get it authenticated by the US Secretary of state(which when they are done is a bonded/riveted together multi-paged document), I believe the Secretary of State was John Kerry in 2015. Then bring that back here to the MFA and have them certify the US Thai Embassy signature? My full Apostille/Authenticated Marriage documents have an original notarized (embossed seal) marriage certificate, a letter from the Secretary of the Commonwealth (Massachusetts) with his Gold Seal applied verifying the signature of the Notary, then it has the top off-white/Manila letter from the US State Department (embossed seal) with the US Secretary of States signature certifying the Massachusetts seal, then a red and blue stamped seal from the Thai Embassy in Washington DC with Signature on the Top riveted page from the US State department. The backside of that top page has the MFA stamp certifying the signature of the Thai Embassy in Washington DC. So three pages riveted together with multiple certifications by people attesting to all of the signatures and seals.

My wife did the Kor Ror 22 and Surname change before I even applied for a Visa back in early 2016, using only the state (Massachusetts) issued marriage certificate (Notary sealed) and a translated copy, not sure if she also used a copy of my Passport info page. The only thing I did when I got here was to get the Affidavit, for Immigration extension purposes, from the American Embassy in Bangkok stating the following: "I ______________________ married_________ at the address of __________________ in the town of __________ in the state of ____________________ on the date of _________________ ,the ceremony of marriage was administered by the Justice of the Peace and acting Town Clerk ______________." And like said, a year later I went through the process of getting the Apostille/Authentication, because I wasn't sure if the marriage documentation would ever be questioned in the future, so far no problems. We were also told by my IO we don't need an updated Kor Ror 22 because my wife changed her Surname to mine, otherwise they would have asked for one.

He was a former police officer, then became a politician, everything is "ill-gotten gains".

Did you marry in the USA or Thailand? Did your wife ever get the Kor Ror 2, or Kor Ror 22 done? and did she also change her surname to yours? Other than what you presented above, we also present our Kor Ror 22, and her Surname change each year. But just in case (a year later) I went ahead and got our Marriage Certificate from the USA authenticated by the US State Department (Apostille/Authentications), then had it legalized through the Thai Embassy in Washington D.C. and then stamped at MFA here at Chaengwattana. The Apostille/Authenticated version, as far as I know, is as high as you can go with that process, but it takes considerable time and effort to get it all done. I was worried about eventually running into the same issue you have, that's why I went with the Apostille, so far I haven't had to pull that out though.

The last "premier" was a village idiot, so in this instance even "dumb" would be a slight improvement.

The link to the original story on TheThaiger still clearly states "8 billion Chinese".

The biggest problem with bumping up over 1 million baht will be leaving money in a Thai bank account without deposit insurance to cover it. They dropped the coverage amount to 1 million baht now, which is an issue if asking us to put above that amount in a Thai bank.

Thanks guys , I figured as much, but I wasn't sure when they referenced the original Visa on the line before it.

What date is used in the "I arrived in Thailand on" field? The original date I arrived on using the Visa referenced on the line before it, or the last date I arrived back into the country from my last trip?

They usually leave the public sector for the private sector, or leave to other countries, mainly because of more money!

Maybe they're like my wife, she just bought another condo, mainly for renting out (up to 4 now).

Both are extremely dangerous fugitives with warrants for their arrests, but can't name them, or show their faces?! So, nobody knows who they are and they are free to travel around the world untouched, and under secrecy?!

You would think it would be the first thing on every tourists list, last thing you want is to be denied access.

Also, what is the average spent per year in Thailand by Westerners residing in Thailand?

Agreed, I was looking for some quality Authentic Thai goods to bring back for friends on my last trip back to the USA, not much of anything worth buying, I settled on some high grade (i.e. costly) Silk Ties and Silk scarves, because the cheaper ones were poorly made. The only other thing I found many years back were some well made pottery up in Chiang Mai, but really there isn't a whole lot of quality goods made here.

Pot, meet Kettle.

When I use Google translate on the original title, it says "crashed the engine" but not sure that makes any sense either.