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8 hours ago, placeholder said:

My marriage visa expires on august 29. I've been told by my visa agency that I have to be in Thailand on Sept 28 ( or thereabouts) to pick up my newly extended visa. Unlike retirement visas,  there's a period of a month when Immigration holds onto a marriage visas.  If I'm not there to pick it up on that date, my visa expires. I had planned to be out of Thailand on that date Is there any way to circumvent this rule. I can opt for a retirement visa instead, but if I do, I lose my work permit. Is there any workaround here, I could also just let my visa expire and start the whole process again, but it's a lot more work when a new work permit is involved. I'm hoping there's some way I can do all this early so my visa is returned to me before I leave. But I don't hold out much hope for that.

I had the same problem a couple of years ago. Immigration used to let me come in early if they had received the paperwork early (sometimes 2 weeks early) but they got anal-retentive and would only let me pick it up on the one day. I had to let the extension go and reapply since I had to leave the country to start work in the US.

Back to Tokay. They must eat a lot of insects, but that leads to one of the biggest downsides. Massive amount of crap that if not washed off soon will stain the walls.

Something else I have noticed in their call, when I was in the south of Thailand the call ended with many a Grr, Grr, Grr, but where I live in Essan, they rarely make that ending sound.

I don't get it. 14 posts by people reading your post say they don't want to read your posts. Are these people masochistic or what?

This is just for informational purposes, I am sure it is not your problem. A friend of mine, about ten years ago, felt a bit dizzy after we had dinner one day, and then his hearing started to go bad. In three months he was deaf. He never regained his hearing. He now has implants to pick up bone vibrations. Some kind of nerve damage.

I really like the Tokays also except when they find a hole into my attic. The Thais are afraid of them. When they were children they were told that if they are bad the ToKays will come to get them. As far as your mating call, has it worked with anything else?

On 5/11/2024 at 7:40 AM, AreYouGerman said:

 

That's pretty awesome. But does it make a sound we humans can hear? I need to be very diplomatic with the neighbor and his dogs and don't want him to find out that I am torturing his dogs for torturing me with barking 24/7.

 

No, you can't really hear it, but there seems to be a low hum.

1 hour ago, Moonlover said:

 

I bought this one Dog bark silencer There similar types on Lazada.

 

I just want to add that they are not 100% effective. I have used them on my peddle bike to stop dogs from chasing me. Some dogs (usually older and larger) don't seem to hear it, and some get used to it. They work really well on younger dogs, sometimes yelping in pain.

5 hours ago, stament said:

So, you are saying in the exact circumstances I have described, that there is no issue even though they entered the UK on their UK passport? I such an instance won't why depart England on their UK Passport? In which case, is it their UK passport that is checked for this 6 month rule or the destination country, in which case of the person has citizenship, like in this case, it would not matter as they are legally entitled to enter Thailand on their Thai passport.. Also,upon return to the UK, on a passport less than 6 months its still ok as they are also a UK citizen, of that makes sense?

It seems that English is not your first language and it is hard to understand what you are asking. Let's clear things up.

Are talking about one person who came into the UK on a UK pp.?

Does this person have both Thai and UK PPs?

If you are a Thai citizen and you enter Thailand with  UK PP. Thailand will label you as UK citizen, and you will need a visa or visa on arrival. You will then have to leave on that PP at the end of the visa even if you are also a Thai citizen. If you enter on Thai PP, Thailand sees you as Thai. You can stay in Thailand as long as you want. Then when you leave you use your Thai PP to board the plane. Then when you arrive back in the UK, you show your UK PP at UK immigration. It will not matter if it is close to expiring since you are not traveling on it.

4 minutes ago, stament said:

@ubonjoe maybe you in your wisdom can help on this. Thanks in advance as always.

He died several months back. Missed!

Not UK but US. My wife dual citizen, flies out from US on Thai PP, enters Thailand Thai PP, leaves Thailand Thai PP, enters US US PP.

What is the active ingredient? Ivermectin which is used for head lice is in one ant power at 1%. I (not a doctor) wouldn't think it was very toxic to animals in small doses.

Kind of odd. I added to my Wise account 3 days ago ($1000). The money showed in my wise account in seconds and a day before WF bank posted the transaction.

Same stories as above. I tried to get my wife a tourist visa twice, but failed. I know a woman in her 50s who owned a company with 10 employees that failed. Then again I know a 20-something, that got a 10-year visa. (although on her second visit, it was taken away from her and told she would have to apply again next time.)

It was some years back. At some point, I misread that my DL was to expire in 2016 when it was to expire in 2015. During the year it expired, I got stopped twice where I had to show it, one in which I got ticketed for not having my seatbelt on. Neither time did they inform me that my DL had expired. Just luck I guess.

Need a better fan

Thailand is still a place you need to watch closely where you take your next step.

10 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

There are ~75 immigration offices.

Regardless of what some rogue offices do, a TM30 is not required after travel out of province overnight travel and international when re-entering with same visa or reentry permit. 

Shoot the messenger if you want. The message is still the same as told to me at Korat Immigration. I said no more or less.

2 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Reinstated when.

Korat maybe have their own rules

 

That is why I was being clear the information was from Korat. They just said reinstated after Covid.

Korat. The last time I returned (6 months ago) Immigration told my wife that we had to fill out a new TM30 every time we left the country. The requirement was lifted during Covid but was now reinstated.

2 hours ago, Ben Zioner said:

And only one toilet for the 5 of you? Or maybe they got you catheterised? I know that some doctors do. I was a bit worried as I have one giant prostate, but they didn't. During the night I went to the toilet 5 or 6 times, had a weak flow and I had to drag the rip rig with me... They also said that could have a sore throat from intubation, but no trace of that either.

Yes, one toilet. That reminded me of something else about that stay. Every day a woman around 50 years old would come with what I believe were young nursing students. The girls (about 10 of them) would surround my bed and the older one would ask me questions in Enghish. "Have you had a pee and poop yet Baby?", "Have you washed up yet Baby?". She would tell the girls what I answered and all the girls would smile at me in approval. The "Baby" bit was a little disarming🫤.

21 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

And I wonder what the gas was like in a room of 5 guys who've just had a Cholecystectomy.... 

I think I was the only one in the room that had one. Not sure what the others were in for except one had a broken leg.

3 hours ago, Sheryl said:

 

Note quite.

 

The 270k surgery was laparoscopic.

 

The 25k will have been open.

 

Only higher tier public hospitals can fo laparoscopic and this will cost more like 50k. Still much less than private, of course. 

No, mine was laparoscopic. 2 or 3 small holes. But like I said around 6 years ago. Can't even find them now. Just want to add it was at Suranari Korat

14 hours ago, Ben Zioner said:

Had my Gallbladder removed 48 hours ago a Bumrungrad by Dr. Theerapol. I am amazed by the effectiveness of the laparoscopic procedure [as performed by Dr Theerapol]. No pain [and no food] at all during the the first 24 hours, some mild soreness since yesterday. Four meals  and even coffee so far, and no problems whatsoever,  I'll try salmon with a glass of white wine for lunch.

 

The downside being that I am going to get even fatter...

 

Once more, ladies and gentlemen, if you settle in Thailand make sure you have a proper health cover and you'll be safe. The above procedure costs about 270k, which is what you'd pay in Switzerland. But why not you'll get great doctors and great nurses.

I had mine done at the government hospital for around 25k. The two downsides, they use gas to put you under, and you are put in a room with 5 others afterward.

I have used this guy often to drive me from Phimai to Bangkok. He is stationed in Bangkok and drives out to pick me up. My cost is just under 4000. He is a good driver, not crazy. Glad to stop any time to pick up a coffee or use the toilet. PM me for his name and number. Have your wife talk to him as I don't think his English is very good.