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Same same for me and a buddy 1 year back , but they only demanded 2000 baht each. Wouldnt take US or Riel for some reason...

Russians have opened a Motorbike Rental Shop just down the road from Kamala Or Bor Tors office near the Muslim 7/11 in Phuket. They work in there without Thai assistance , bold as brass. I thought the rules must have changed ...

Theres about 6 of us who play bowls in Kamala , Phuket , thinking of coming up to HH for a couple of days . I tried the number but it says its no longer active. Im wondering about opening times and days , whether theres a roll up comp day etc. If somebody could reply with the HH Bowls email and latest phone number it would be appreciated !

Well I dont anymore , thanks to good advice here. But my 'agent' here in Hkt , who previously extended my Retirement Extensions ( O-A ) 2 years running and couldn't this year ( He said theres a new 'boss' that resembles Big Joke ) suggested that I try to get 90 days 'O' in PP , then he would do the years O-A for 10k baht as he felt bad that he couldnt achieve what was promised ...

Top advise and my main area of concern and thanks !

Darn close on yr Thai Visa Centre estimates ! They said , in part - " We will make you a Retirement Visa. We need a Thai Bank Saving book in your name , balance immaterial. Procedure for Australian arriving on 45 day Visa Exempt- 1st , 3 month non Imm "O" : 20,000 baht ( we require 20 days min on VExempt to start and take 3 to 4 weeks ) Addit : This is what I was hoping to 'buy ' thru an agent in P.P. till I was put straight.... 2nd , 1 year Retirement Visa ( Non Imm "O" ) , this takes 1 to 2 weeks . 16,000 baht. Total , 36,000 baht for 15 months of Visa , and you are "O" , and no longer , "O-A". ( Happy to flick the O-A as it gets more punitive every year , and it was purported to be the best visa back in 2008 when the 'O' demanded you left LOS every 3 months... . Ive been told why the O-A has declined in status and the O has risen , if somebody wants me to relate what a Officer told me ... ) Anyway , TVC asked for some odd stuff also , like a 5 sec vid of me standing in front of my home , address on my wall /letter box , and a Google location map , and of course Im wondering why they need all that <deleted> when it appears they can do anything they please. Thanks again guys ! But Im not arguing . The most important thing for me that I learnt from you and TVC is not to fret about the overstay , and for that I thank you all. And , Jesus that R.H pop up is so annoying , and I had forgotten thats why I stopped posting on here ! 555

Thanks Mike for your help . Im based in Phuket and still on my original O-A ( issued in Sydney ) of 15 years. Well , WAS , its now expired , and tickets to PPenh for tomorrow already bought. This will be my first overstay ( 3 days ) , and I will try to re-enter by flight to Bkk on 30 day Visa Exempt , which , I believe is now 45 days. ( BTW , How annoying is that pop up on the right here while you type ! )

Thanks Mike . Do you think it will matter Im on 3 day overstay now to get the 30 day Visa Exempt ?

Cheers. Do you mean I must have 800k in a Thai bank when you say , "The Funds" ? Im in a quandry because my usual agent couldnt renew my O-A this year and told me its because of the O-A and that "O" was way easier and I should go to P. P. and get a 90 day Non Imm O and return. Im on 3 days overstay . Im worried about leaving and things becoming even more difficult. A very popular agent in Bkk says they can renew my O-A at 25k baht...

I am flying to Pnom Penh tomorrow and will be in need of a reliable Agent there who can acquire me a 90 day Non Immigrant "O" visa for re-entering Thailand ( without 800k in the bank ) . I have found an Agent who will convert that 90 days to a one year "O" Retirement Visa on my return to Phuket. Im appreciative of anybody who has done this and can offer advice. Im well acquainted with P.P. Thanks in advance.

First they're revoking aggressive Tuk Tuk and minibus drivers licenses ( for 6 months ) down here in Phuket , and now they're actually saying they will confiscate corrupt cops ill gotten gains ? Wonders will never cease ! Im definitely voting for this government next time !

A "misunderstanding" surely ! 555

I read where you said you were leaving Thailand a year or so back. You sure are taking your time...

Exactly me and my families situation when we contracted it , because we live in Phuket and had had reported to us ( by friends who are nurses, hotel staff ) numerous appallingly exploitative practises applied to unsuspecting tourist first arriving under the Sandbox Program. It included as victims the tourists merely sitting in proximity to those who tested positive on arrival ... it didnt matter if they tested negative , they were "potentially infected" as determined by Contact Tracing Practises and whisked off to 2nd rate , recently re-opened hotels now called 'hospitels' to while away 10 days of their holidays at the cost of 10k baht a day ! Often without refund on their 4 and 5 star hotels they couldnt use. EVERYONE of them reported they only saw a nurse , usually once a day , to have their temps and vitals recorded. That was it ! At the start , Insurance paid for their 'confinements' but soon saw what was going on and started refusing to cover the 'ill' that werent actually 'ill' and had no symptoms and no positive testing - for obvious reasons !! How a supposed health program had degenerated to this was hard to fathom , until you realised that the Phuket gouge had simply been applied to a new target group at the same time they were begging for tourists to return , and this one generated by hospitals , with the Bangkok Group always the front runner. Despicable stuff. So of course we ( my family ) , at the urging of my Thai wife who heard all of these stories from her cronies who worked in those areas , were not going to report to any authorities , and probably , even today still wouldnt !

I believed them for a couple of weeks for my locale , until I saw that constantly the daily variance was always 2 or 3 new cases ( up or down ) on a population of approximately 800,000. I could only conclude that somebody without a lot of experience in statistics was trying to deliver 'softened' news. The really sad part was that decisions effecting peoples personal or family economies were being made on the basis of such lies. And still are !