beddhist

We live in Suphanburi province, the far North. I have never officially reported my address (TM28/30, no idea what they really are). But  the Suphanburi office gave me a form (cert. of residence?) with which I got my d/ls.

Great, now I'm totally confused. I think I will do nothing for now and see what happens when I do my fist 90 report online.

Plan B: take a hotel room in Singburi, then I can do my visa extension there.

If I get my name on the tabien baan, does anything change? (I see potential for lots more confusion!)

Yes, I saw both of that. I don't understand how that is relevant, though, as in theory the rules should be the same everywhere. Hotels make these reports, so that's how they could know - in theory. (Yes, I know, TiT.)

Singburi looked like a very professional setup, with posters detailing how many minutes the processing of each application was going to take. They would have accepted our TM30 without a fine (many weeks overdue), but wrong province.

So I guess my next question is: if we don't file any TM30 can I still do my first 90 day reporting online? Or should we just make a new one, pretending I only just arrived? Or report to the cops? I just don't know where I stand and what I should do. I have a one year retirement visa from NZ.

Yes, we went to the "wrong" office first. Originally, the family were going to put my name on their house register, but that required the personal attendance of a government officer and the village head man. Unfortunately, the latter is said to be so corrupt, my family refuses to have anything to do with him.

My question is not about filing a TM30 for temp accommodation. Accommodation providers are responsible for that. But the way I understand the law, every time I spend one night in accommodation somewhere else another trip to Suphanburi is required. At least that's what I understand reading the article in the paper. At the very least, it would require printing out two forms, getting father-in-law to sign both and then me taking this to the office - or a cop shop, I don't know whether the latter is an option for me. For now no TM30 has been filed anywhere.

This looks scary to me: https://www.thephuketnews.com/better-if-you-do-phuket-immigration-chief-urges-foreigners-to-re-register-addresses-even-if-staying-off-island-just-one-night-65744.php

I'm staying with my inlaws. None of us knew about this law. We are in the North of Suphanburi province. To obtain a driver's licence I needed a piece of paper showing my residence. We obtained a form (TM30?) from Singburi Immigration, got father-in-law to complete it and make out an authorisation as well, but when trying to turn this into a proof of residence they said they can't do it, wrong province. So we went to Suphanburi, about a 160 km round trip. My wife never presented the form to them, instead they made one up with my photo on it, cost 700B, no receipt. With this I got my licence.

It was only after this that I started learning about the TM30 and 24-h reporting. The way I understand the article, every time I spend a day away from home my father-in-law has to report my residence in person at the Suphanburi office. I'm sure when he finds out about this he will tell me to leave. I would. And if I had to do it myself I would leave.

My wife rung the Suphanburi office to ask about this. They confirmed it and said that now a 800B fine is due.

Now, apparently the law says:

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within 24 hours from the time of arrival of the alien concerned. If there is no Immigration Office located in that area, the local police official for that area must be notified.

What exactly does "area" mean? Province, Amphoe, Tambon? x km from my home? Do I just play dumb and report to the nearest cop shop? Do they need to give me a receipt?

What does the house master have to do if the 24 h period falls on a weekend, when the office is closed?

Am I worrying to much?

Kind regards,

Peter.

On 9/30/2018 at 3:31 PM, Tony125 said:

Try an electronic pest repeller, on low setting they repel mice/gekos  high setting mosqitos and other insects. Get a good one.

 

According to webmd these don't work at all: https://www.webmd.com/allergies/ss/slideshow-mosquito-repellents

Thank you very much, even it looks like expensive pet food! ????

Organic or at least chemical free preferred. We have our own flour mill and haven't been able to find any.

Thanks,

Peter.

Singburi

https://goo.gl/maps/mzGJnkAhvn72

2 ถนน บ้านพระนอนหมู่ที่ 2 สายที่ 1 ตำบล จักรสีห์ อำเภอเมืองสิงห์บุรี สิงห์บุรี 16000

2 Ban Phra Non Mu 2 Sai 1 Rd, Chak Si, Mueang Sing Buri District, Sing Buri 16000

Ph 036 510 960

[email protected]

N14.8524534 E100.3881275

On 11/23/2016 at 3:03 PM, Ron19 said:

Suphanburi

We went to this office a couple of weeks ago or so. I found it by searching for the school, as my Garmin program would not accept the coordinates given. It is at N14.45853 E100.14579

Interestingly, I needed address confirmation and had a form from Singburi Immigration all filled in. They didn't want to know about this and produced their own form, to which they glued my photo. 700B and no receipt given...

Also interesting the contrast between Singburi, where everybody wore uniforms to Suphanburi, where the uniform consists of yellow T-shirts with logo and jeans.

It has 2 entries on Google Maps with the address shown as

หมู่บ้านกลางเมือง พีพี 9 เลขที่ 99/328 ม.5 ท่าระหัด เมือง Chang Wat Suphan Buri 72000

which Google translates to

The Village of Phi Phi 9 No. 99/328 Moo 5 Changwat Chang Wat Suphan Buri 72000

Yes, most of the formatting is gone again.

I've used a 60CSx on the 2nd half of my trip, from Thailand to Timor Leste and around NZ. It works well.

The bicycle bracket is adequate, but it does wear due to vibration on the bike. I strongly suggest you cram a short bit of rubber band between the 2 cradle parts and glue another into the cradle, so they can't move. Works wonders to preserve them.

Cheers,

Peter.

Ahh, yes, that looks a LOT better.

Similar here. I'm using Firefox 4 on XP. There is almost no formatting on my screen. I tried restarting FF in safe mode, but that didn't change anything. As it is now, the web site is practically unusable. It's also very slow to load. I have a 5 Mb/s internet connection and other sites load fast. I'm in NZ, if that matters.

After reading their web site I rung them and was told I had to show a return ticket. This is a new one for me, as I didn't need this when getting tourist visas in Laos.

I applied by mail for a double-entry visa, but only got a single entry. No comment.

Cheers,

Peter.

You posted a very similar topic only a few days ago:

Do you have a financial interest in this product?

Cheers,

Peter.

Is this a record?

Monday lunch time I sent my passport, together with photo, bank account printout and e-ticket printout to the Thai embassy in Wellington, NZ. When I arrived back home 2 days later my passport with tourist visa was waiting for me. Couriers normally deliver in the morning, which would make it less than 48h for courier both ways and visa processing.

I would like to commend the embassy publicly for their speedy processing. :jap:

Now, if only they had issued me the double-entry visa I had asked for it would have been perfect.

However, I rung them beforehand and was told that they would only issue a visa if I supplied a confirmed return air ticket.

Regards,

Peter.

Interesting. The Thaivisa.com front pages:

http://www.thaivisa.com/272.0.html

http://www.thaivisa.com/299.0.html

tell us otherwise. However, the MFA website confirms it:

http://www.mfa.go.th/web/2637.php

Regards,

Peter.

According to Garmin, the Basecamp program will work with maps installed on a GPS, without having to install them on the PC. Haven't tried it, though.

Thanks for clarifying that. By "your embassy" I assume that is the NZ embassy, the country where we got married, rather than the German embassy (I'm German). The rest is now crystal clear, I've read all over the forums.

All this info should be on the front page, but that doesn't seem to get updated much.

Regards,

Peter.

But as has been advised already - you CAN register a marriage (make sure you have photos etc)

We don't have any photos, as we got married in the registry office in NZ. Can we still register the marriage in Thailand?

Cheers,

Peter.

Thanks for your reply. The question of a work permit was discussed in the quoted topic earlier on. The way it was stated above in here, however, led me to believe that I would be allowed to work on a marriage visa. Obviously, nothing has changed then.

Cheers,

Peter.

it doesn't really matter as you can work on a NON-O if you are married.

Have the rules changed? In February I was advised that on a "marriage visa" I was not allowed to work.

Which is correct?

Thanks,

Peter.

simple answer: none.

Thanks raro. You have convinced us to stay in NZ and my wife will apply for a residence permit here. Perhaps we will retire in Thailand one day.

All the best,

Peter.

My wife and I are considering running a small guest house. If I understand the rules correctly I will not be eligible for a work permit, unless we employ at least 4 Thai people. How much work can I do in our own gh? What can I expect to get away with?