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Seam0nster,

I did see that VSF Closed message a week or so ago but even then, it was not all offices in Thailand, just those in Bangkok. At that time, the Chiang Mai office was still open. Not sure what the current situation is, but it does seem to be that with the exception of the recent public holiday closures that they may be open in some offices of Bangkok currently so maybe that is where the confusion is arising. The other point of confusion may be that offices may be open for Visa applications but not supply a Passport Renewal Service?

From this link, https://www.vfsglobal.com/en/individuals/covid-19-customer-advisories.html you can see the latest (a few days ago so maybe not updated) status:-

REGIONAL

• 22 July 2021
  The Visa Application Centre in Chamchuri Square, Bangkok will remain closed until further notice as per local government directives.
  The UK Visa Application Centre in Trendy, Bangkok, will resume operations on 23 July 2021 at reduced business hours and with limited appointments.
  • Visa Application Centres temporarily closed in Bangkok, Thailand
• 19 July 2021
  UK Visa Application Centres in Bangkok are closed to new applications until further notice. For information regarding the status of your outstanding visa application, please visit the gov.uk.
  Click here for more information.
  • UK Visa Application Centre temporarily closed in Bangkok, Thailand

 Good Luck!

I had no problems recently using a Seven Seas "MoveCube" from Scotland to Issan. https://www.sevenseasworldwide.com

Just make sure you don't drop below 400,000 at any point during your stay!

Ignore my comment. Didn’t finish reading your post before commenting. 

Yep. My Thai is absolutely packed to the hilt with reinforced memories! 555

3 minutes ago, mahjongguy said:

Years ago they issued lifetime licenses. Some of those people are still around. Many of them still driving.  Eek!

Ah, maybe those are the ones I have seen. Thanks all.

Yes, but at what point, after how many 5 year renewals, do you get more than 5 years upon a renewal? 

How many renewals have you done?

OK so First issue is 1-2 years

First Renewal is 5-6 years

Second Renewal is 5-6 years

Third, forth, fifth etc.......

What is the official schedule of renewals? 

At what point do you get more than 5 years upon a renewal?

Does it make a difference if you are on different types of visas? eg.  on a Non-O vs a Non-B vs ......?

20 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

If you have a multiple entry non-o visa issued by a embassy you will have to leave the country every 90 days.

You can apply for a one year extension of stay based upon marriage during the last 30 days of the 90 day entry you will get. You will need 400k baht in a Thai bank for 2 months on the day you apply for the extension or proof of 40k baht income.

After the extension is issued you can then apply for a multiple re-entry permit (3800 baht) or single re-entry permit (1000 baht).

Can anyone point me to the list of documents required for the "application for a one year extension of stay based upon marriage" please? What is the latest rule on the 400k account? Can it be in an account paying interest? 

Yes I suppose a not reported stay is possible. Doubt that they would b einterested enough to go to the trouble of following that up. Thanks UJ. 

True. Except they obviously could check what date we escaped from the Quarantine hotel If they bothered and tried hard enough. Unlikely I know. Thanks 

Thanks UbonJoe. Non-O marriage. Is there a time limit on reporting at Korat? 24 hours?

Hi Maestro and/or anyone who knows...

I had a condo in BKK with both a blue and a yellow Tabien Baan which I sold about a year ago and after selling it I applied and received a yellow Tabien Baan for my new address, my wife's house in Korat for which she holds the blue Tabien Baan. We did NOT do a TM30 then. We then left Thailand and came to the UK for a year and are just about to come back to Thailand and will hopefully arrive for 2 weeks of ASQ prison on Monday, followed by a trip back to Korat. My question is, as  am already registered at my wife's address in a yellow book, do I need to complete a TM30 on release from the ASQ and upon getting back home to my wife's house in Korat? 

Your advice would be appreciated. 

ST.

29 minutes ago, ourmanflint said:

Got a quote for 2021 from UK insurance company, total was £300 for six months including all usual stuff, cancellation, theft etc etc, plus £1million covid cover for emergency treatment and repatriation. 
Thought that sounded like a decent price. These Thai prices are bonkers

“Travel” policies usually only cover a set trip length. People are covered for a year but not for a year long trip. The cover would lapse unless you returned home at the end pf the “trip” cover and took “another trip” during the year’s cover period. Yes, some, a very few last time I checked cover a year trip, bit these are the exception. Check your small print.

“Health insurance” is different from “Travel insurance”.  That is more likely to be a yearly cover as it is usually ongoing for life and not necessarily trip/travel related. 

เผ็ดหูหลับตับไหม้    (Ped Hoo Lab Tdub Mai), - So hot it burns your ears/red faced, etc. -   in/around Korat according to my mrs. 

It is extremely unlikely that you will find the Mana Manee books second hand. There are 6 in the series (one for each school year) and the original books (previously 2 books per year, both parts now bundled into one book) are long since out of print. These have only recently started being reprinted and they seem to be being published very slowly with months between one "yearly" issue and the next in the series being issued. As you can see from the link I supplied above, currently, (31/08/2016), only the first 3 of the series have been issued so far and we can but hope that they will finish publishing the whole 6 books eventually.

That is not to say that you can not find "comic books" or other previous or current school books of similar types and reading grades in markets second-hand, or in second hand book stores, I think it just extremely unlikely you will find either the old or the new prints of มานะมานี series.

ST

http://www.suksapanpanit.com/index.php?route=product/search&search=มานะ มานี

Google "Studyinthailand" (no spaces) and choose the <dot>org site which will likely be top of the list.

The statement at the bottom of the first form will be difficult for the schools to comply with.

"2. The school that has approved foreign students must monitor and check their foreign students to NOT work in Thailand."

And no mention of what, if any, consequences would be for the school if one or many of their students were caught working?

Alternative to the bird spikes might be the plastic cable ties. Pull them tight around the railing with the excess sticking upwards. With enough of them close enough to each other they will have a similar effect as the spikes as the birds will have nowhere to perch. No messy glue required, and cheap too!

Yes there is much insensitivity here.

The other day on an elevator, some Thais holding a very chubby and shall I say UGLY baby. The baby is looking at me. I am smiling at the baby trying to be a sport.

The baby starts crying. Oh well!

The Thais then start insulting me: calling me fat (in Thai), calling me UGLY (in English).

Wow.

Yes I know Thais call people fat all the time but this was malicious.

It's like being regarded as a thing with absolutely no feelings.

Don't worry about it. The only thing they got left is that most of them are slim so they call everybody fat. Besides I dont know when they are going to notice that they are not slim because they are in good shape but they are simply skinny fat so they should just stay quiet.

?????????what the jumpin jehosafat is "skinny fat"? Am I missing something here?

Yes, you are missing something. Skinny fat example quote FYI:-

"The common wisdom is that if you are overweight you are unhealthy, and if you are thin, you are healthy. But new research points to just how dangerous being skinny can be -- if you are a "skinny fat" person, that is.

The medical term for this is "MONW," or metabolically obese normal weight, which many prefer to refer to as being a skinny fat person. It means you are under lean but over fat -- not enough muscle and too much fat (especially belly fat). It seems it is better to be fat and fit than thin and out of shape.

While we know that 68 percent of the American population is overweight, and that most have diabesity -- being somewhere on the continuum of pre-diabetes to Type 2 diabetes -- the shocking news from a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association is that nearly 1 in 4 skinny people have pre-diabetes and are "metabolically obese."

What's worse is that if you are a skinny fat person and get diagnosed with diabetes, you have twice the risk of death than if you are overweight when diagnosed with diabetes."

Mark Hyman, MD

References:

Carnethon MR, De Chavez PJ, Biggs ML, Lewis CE, Pankow JS, Bertoni AG, Golden SH, Liu K, Mukamal KJ, Campbell-Jenkins B, Dyer AR. Association of weight status with mortality in adults with incident diabetes. JAMA. 2012 Aug 8;308(6):581-90.

Ribeiro JP, Schaan BD. Physical activity advice only or structured exercise training and association with HbA1c levels in type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA. 2011 May 4;305(17):1790-9. Review.

Mark Hyman, M.D. is a practicing physician, founder of The UltraWellness Center, a four-time New York Times bestselling author, and an international leader in the field of Functional Medicine.

Depends how serious you are and how much you ware willing to pay.

I am not a member but I have heard that the Fitness First in the Mall Bangkapi does yoga classes.

Otherwise some ideas to try....

There used to be an expensive looking place at Town in Town but not sure if it is still there.

You could try the Sports Authority of Thailand gym (next door to Ram Uni)? That might be cheap if they do have Yoga classes.

There also used to be a gym above the big 7-11 next to the petrol station on Ram 65 (Mahadthai) that did some fitness classes. Not sure if yoga was one of them.

Hope that helps. Give us all an update if you do check these or other places out please.

Also someone has not done their homework when linking the FCO Widget app to "http://thailand.angloinfo.com/transport/driving/" as the angloinfo page has both inaccurate (incomplete), and (especially to many expats) some blatantly incorrect information listed on it.