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34 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

If you have obtained a new pp since the original non O then they accept reference to it in new pp.

 

I know that, but neither was mentioned in the question from the OP or in the reply from other posters.

14 hours ago, Finlaco said:

@DrJack54  Thanks for the quick reply.  "Re other passport page photocopies" - Other than the main page (photo, details), last year's renewal stamp and most recent entry, what other pages must be copied?

 

 

 

@Upnotover  Thanks for the reply.  Interesting  as I've not read about not having to photocopy each page of the bank book.  Thanks

It's been a few years since I used CW, but back then they required a photocopy of the original Non Immigrant visa. 

15 hours ago, Maestro said:

 

Correct, but handing down punishment under Section 77 of the Immigration Act can only be done by a court of law, not by an immigration official. Please take a look at Section 84 for clarification.

That's the opposite of how I read it:

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Section 84. For all offences under this Act, except for offences under
Sections 62 paragraph one, 63, 64, 71, and 82 paragraph two, there shall be established a Settlement Committee comprising of the Police Director-General or representative, the Public Prosecutor Director-General or representative, the Commander of the Immigration
Division or representative, as members. The Settlement Committee shall have power to compound the matters and to authorize the inquiry official or the competent official to carry out settlement on its behalf. The Settlement Committee may prescribe criteria for settlement or any conditions as deemed fit.
Upon payment of fine as compounded for settlement, it shall be deemed that the case has been settled in accordance with the Criminal Procedure Code.

Section 84 allows the settlement committee to grant authorization to Immigration officers to issue fines and close the matter without taking it to court.

But regardless of this my point is; the Immigration act is the legal framework setting out duties and punishments surrounding immigration matters. Immigration have been granted authorization (via police orders) to issue fines for transgressions against the act, but they cannot be granted authorization to issue fines in excess of what is legally set out in the Immigration act. When the act states a maximum fine for a transgression, no one can fine you more than what is stated. 

Also from the Immigration act:
 

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Section 81. Any alien staying in the Kingdom without permission, or with expired or revoked permission, shall be punished by imprisonment not exceeding two years or a fine not exceeding twenty thousand baht or both.

This is why, when years ago Immigration increased the daily fine for overstay from THB 200 to THB 500, the maximum fine was left unchanged at THB 20,000. To increase the maximum fine for overstay would have required amendment of the Immigration act, which is a lot harder than just issuing a new police order.

52 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Where do you get that from? more like 10,000 baht in Phuket 

From the 1979 Immigration act
 

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Section 77. Whoever fails to comply with the provisions of Section 38, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand baht. If the person is a hotel manager, the punishment shall be by a fine from two thousand baht to ten thousand baht.

As previously mentioned it's a millipede, more specifically of the order Orthomorpha communis

1 hour ago, fezza said:

Really?  Have they changed the rules?  Years ago I got one on Samui when I bought a motorbike...

I guess I'll have to come in on a spouse visa - I can get one then, right?

No, they haven't changed the rules but different Immigration offices have different requirements. In Bangkok they don't issue a certificate of residence unless you have done a 90 day report, which you can't do when on a tourist visa.

2 hours ago, fezza said:

I can buy the car on a tourist visa, if I remember correctly, I'd just need a certificate of resident from immigration?  Unless things have changed?

All very true, however you will not be able to get a certificate of residency from Immigration in Bangkok when on a tourist visa. 

28 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Trump got two people mixed up from and incident 34 years ago . 

Can you yourself remember everyone's names from people whom you met in 1990 ?

   Its quite acceptable to get peoples names mixed up , especially when they both look alike 

And yet he supposedly clearly remembers them during the helicopter ride discussing Kamala Harris, who at the time was 25 and fresh out of university:
 

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Trump during Thursday’s news conference claimed Willie Brown was “not a fan” of Harris and that he had told him “terrible things” about her.

It's very easy to differentiate between Wolfsnake and Banded Krait. The Krait has yellow and black bands that are the same size, the Wolfsnake has narrower yellow bands.

On 7/27/2024 at 10:00 AM, Callmeishmael said:

I know that I am nitpicking here, but Hua Sai is in Nakhon Sri Thammarat, not Surat Thani.

There are Hua Sai districts in both provinces.

7 minutes ago, Callmeishmael said:

5348 baht for four 50$ bills??? 

 

That's an exchange rate of less than 27 baht to the dollar!

However, if she actually exchanged three and not four bills (as reported) that would make the exchange rate 35.65, which sounds correct. 

2 minutes ago, Crossy said:

 

We have the Seplos BMS (well known for its chronic balancing system) along with the optional flying-capacitor balancer.

 

It's definitely worth sanding the cell terminals and bus-bars before assembling and the zinc-loaded paste can't hurt.

My battery pack came fully assembled, so you would expect the seller to put it together in a professional manner.

On 7/23/2024 at 9:21 AM, Crossy said:

 

Did you get anything back from Luyuan?

 

Our packs are behaving well and staying well in-balance (we do have the optional active-balancers).

 

They claim it's a problem with the JK BMS balancing function and not the cell, and have forwarded data to JK for analysis. So far no further update. Unless you push Luyuan daily they don't follow up on their own, I am not impressed at all with their customer service.

Despite the cloudy days we are have had lately our battery stays above 70-75%, so I haven't had the new battery pack shut down because of low voltage protection again. I topped up the "bad" cell when discussing the problem with Luyuan, and on advice from them also flipped the bus bar between cell 9 and 10 and added some contact paste before reattaching it.

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My plan is to get a multi entry permit and apply for the marriage extension in the middle of my 3rd trip to Thailand which would be a week or so until the visa expires. Get an extension for marriage, 60 days, at the same time and another re entry permit.

Maybe I am misunderstanding what you intend to do, but you can't apply for both a one year extension based on marriage and a 60 day extension to visit your wife at the same time.

36 minutes ago, Foxx said:

Aren't you being rather ridiculous?  That message will have appeared after certain data were submitted - that's why it's a screen shot.  It's simply not possible to link to an interstitial page.

 

That is not a message that appeared after entering your report, it's a screenshot from the user guide of the old 90 day reporting system:

I posted that screenshot in this post from 2015:

Approximately four years ago they changed the reporting window and updated their user guide with this illustration:

Immigration is correct.

From the Police order:

You were granted a new one year permission to stay on the 15th, so from that date and for the next 3 months you had to maintain the 800,000 Baht in the bank.

14 hours ago, Sheryl said:

Can I ask  what your prior year premium was? (Trying to figure out if  you'ce gotten the Zone 2 increase despite normtuce saying Zone3).

 

I'm wondering if my change of broker somehow enabled this switch of cover zone.  Can't see why it should, but you're rhe second person to have gotten a premium notice that still says Zone 3. 

Another data point for you:

Last years premium USD 2,114.21 so a 13.4% increase (going from age 61 to 62).

On 5/28/2024 at 12:27 AM, Lorry said:

You have obviously never paid anything at a shop with a mobile app.

In case you ever want to try, let me tell you: most of these apps will, for security reasons,  close after a relatively short time. As you don't know how quickly or slowly the guys before you will pay, you cannot possibly "have the app and camera scan already open".

 

Nice try, but you gave yourself away. 

Of course you can have the app ready. If customers in front of you take longer than expected, and there is a risk that the app times out, you can just click on another function in the app (e.g. check you account balance)  while waiting.

25 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

Happy to be corrected, and if you have something to support that it would be of great benefit here for others reading this topic. Thanks

44 minutes ago, FlorC said:

How long till this government will raize the VAT to 10 % ?

Actually, the standard VAT rate in Thailand is already 10%, and has been for decades. The rate has been "temporarily" reduced to 7%, a reduction which will expire on 30th September 2024 unless again extended by the government. So the government wouldn't have to raise the rate, they can just let the current reduction in the rate expire in September.

On 5/3/2024 at 3:43 PM, Crossy said:

Hernia anyone??

 

Those Liyuan 280Ah x 48V battery packs are about 110kg each!

 

No, I didn't lift them in!

 

We just happened to have a couple of Thai labourers re-building (actually knocking down) our damaged retaining wall. A hundred Baht each (probably about 30% of their day rate for demolishing the wall) and they were more than happy to oblige.

  

Keep an eye on the cells in your new battery packs. I installed an identical battery pack (from same seller) in January, and after just three months of very gentle use (as you can see from the cycle count) one of the cells is already failing:

To protect the cells I set the low voltage cut-off at 3V, and when cell 9 reaches that voltage the other 15 cells are still close to 3.3V (approximately 70% SOC). As a result I have very little usable capacity in the pack. Clearly, cell 9 has a manufacturing defect, even though it looked OK when i first received the battery pack.

I have sent all the evidence to Luyuan, and am waiting for their engineers to take a look at it.

22 minutes ago, Pumpuynarak said:

 

Well i tried to set up Netflix 419bht per month on my phone here in Thailand and i was doing fine and then they asked for my debit card details,

I then realised that my Bangkok Bank account ATM card is not a debit card as it does'nt have my name on it.

 

I'm going to Bangkok Bank this morning to hopefully get a debit card, does anyone know if i will be able to get one ? TIA

 

If i can't get one then no doubt i will have to buy the Gift card 500bht from 7/11 but i don't really want to go down this route.

Your Bangkok Bank card is a debit card. The card may be locked for online use, in which case you will have to ask the bank to unlock it.