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20 hours ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

In Hua Hin, it used to be 500 Baht and you got it straight away. Now it's free, but you have to wait three days. 

 

There was no mention of an option to pay and get it quicker. I would have taken that if available as I was renewing my driver's licence which had already expired and I didn't want to be driving around on an expired licence any longer than I had to.

You can renew a Thai driving License up to 6 Months if it has expired.

1 hour ago, arick said:

Good advice is never get married. 

 

Everybody loves a smart ar*e

Greg I haver rang the Lady & she will help you ok

Hi GregKeo,

Ring this Lady, she is an Agent in Bangkok, she has helped me with the documentation to get Married in Thailand.

Her name is Pui, phone number 0878128544,   tell her Lewis from Pattaya has given you her phone number.

44 minutes ago, The Fat Controller said:

Wise to Bangkok Bank is usually in seconds if you DO NOT select "long stay" or "property purchase", however the transfer time also depends on the amount, the app or web page will advise.

 

"Long stay" transfers have always been "next working day" for me and the funds credited between 1400 and 1403 Thai time, except for the October 2021 debacle.

As above, Wise do the currency conversion and you are not able to find the rate THEY get!

All payouts from Wise are in THB.

Wise to my Bangkok bank using Long term stay in Thailand if the transfer is done before 9-00an then it goes into my  Bangkok Bank 2 or3 minutes after 2-00pm the same day, doing the transfer later say around 9-30am to 10-00 am or even later, then it will go into my Bank just after 2-00pm the next day.

22 hours ago, TheLaughingMan said:

Its Bangkok Bank

Hi, I live in Buriram, and I use Wise to transfer money from  my UK Bank Acc to my Bangkok Bank in Buriram to get my Annual extension of stay based on Marriage to a Thai Lady. showing Monthly income of 40,000 Baht or more, not the 400,000 Baht in Bank method.

The Immigration Officer told me to tell Wise my funds were for Long term stay in Thailand which puts the code FTT then they know it's a foreign transaction and I get notarized copies of my Bangkok Banks statements which says International Transfer.

It usually takes the Immigration Officer about 20 minutes to check my statements, then in a back room they put a 30 day  consideration stamp.

For your  first one in Buriram based on Marriage you submit photos showing you and your wife together in several photos in the house and at least one showing you, your wife & the address,  then they will arrange a time and day to make a visit to the home where you live.

Please note:- In Chonburi ( Pattaya  ) they visit your home every year, but in Buriram they only come to visit your home for the first one.

8 minutes ago, SmokeandIce said:

You need to do more research or talk to more Thais.  Farang specifically refers to western foreigners.  Japanese are called yippon.  Black foreigners are cslled farang dam.  Cbinese are called Kuhn Cin 

as I've already said Farang is what Thais call Foreigners, and it means ANYBODY not born in Thailand irrespective of their colour or the Country where they were born.I am not a newbie, I have lived in Thailnd 15 years next February.

you are wrong, the word Farang means Foreigner, so anybody not born in Thailand is a Farang, ie;-Foreigner.

3 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Also if currently you were opening a bank account in Bangkok and a residence certificate was required you could not obtain one on visa exempt or tourist visa.

Yes, I believe also some banks in Pattaya are refusing to open accounts unless you have a Non immigrant '' O'' Visa in your passport.

I opened a bank account in Pattaya when on a 30 day Visa On Arrival 16 years ago no problems at all, in and out in 15 minutes. But I think now you need a Residence Certificate from the Immigration Office to open an Account with most banks.

2 minutes ago, Eff1n2ret said:

It must be a few years since you renewed your passport. They don't do that any more, and as someone has already posted, VFS don't clip the corner off your old passport until you go to collect the new one.

Yes it was a few yrs. ago, November 2017 

13 hours ago, Lucky Bones said:

Wow Bloke that sounds completely bizarre. I am not doubting what you say but to have no passport and be told you can not leave the country just sounds so wrong on all levels.

Did you still have more than 6 months of validity on the old one?

Any other posters have any experience with their Embassies?

Cheers

yes I had 9 Months left on my passport, which they added to my new one, making it 10 yrs. & 9 Months

10 minutes ago, Lucky Bones said:

Not so @ Aus Embassy. I chose to retain my old passport until I picked up the newbie last month. Old passport was clipped upon pick-up of newbie.

I would hazard a guess that no passports are ever cancelled until new one is finalised.

No-one who is above board should ever, ever be in a position of not having a valid passport.

I don't know about renewing an Australian passport,  but when I gave them  my new UK passport application, they clipped the corner off and gave it back to me with the specific instructions that the old passport was cancelled and could only be used for ID purposes, and they said cannot leave the Country with my old passport.

20 hours ago, darrendsd said:

Your old PP is cancelled as soon as you receive your new one so best to do it ASAP

 

In saying that I waited around 3 weeks to transfer my stamp over last time ( couldn't be bothered to go to Immigration) and Immigration didn't say anything about the delay

 

 

Your old passport is cancelled and the corner clipped as soon as your application for a  new passport is accepted, not when you receive your new one. Your old one can then only be used for ID purposes

When using bank transfer method on Wise, If you use funds for long term stay in Thailand it shows on your Thai bank statement as FTT  ( Foreign Tellex Transfer )

6 hours ago, Hummin said:

That was the first I asked my gf mother about, what she expected from me! 
 

Nope, if you follow tradition, a uneducated woman passed 28, 30, 32 years, divorced, have history, and kids, zero sin sod. End of discussion. Better to clear that question befor you get to connected. 
 

 

I agree 100% I have lived here in Pattaya 13 yrs. & now living in Buriram for 1 yr.

I have been married at the Amphur ( Legal Marriage ) 3 times & divorced twice, wives ages 39, 40, & 44, always refused to pay Sin Sot, they had all been married before to Thai men who paid sin Sot.

I always said not paying for second hand wife ha,ha,ha,  and I am not a " Cheap Charlie" it's just the principle of buying a wife that I don't agree with.

My wife took  my Father-In-Law and me to Buriram Football Stadium on Tuesday the 20th July 2021, we both had the Sinovac vaccine injection and were told no other choice, but our second vaccination would be AZ  and given 3 weeks later on the 10thAugust 2021

5 hours ago, Moonlover said:

Over 60s get AZ.

Sorry Moonlover, what you wrote was happening a few weeks ago, but not now.

I am 73 & from the UK but now married & living in Buriram.

I went with my wife,& Father-Law to the Buriram Football Stadium on Tuesday 20/07/21 expecting the AZ jab, but was told that I had to have Sinovac first & then the AZ on the 10/08/21 given no choice except have Sinovac or go home.

sorry spelling mistake,  do not due 555

I use Transfer wise, It gives you the offshore exchange rate, which covers the difference in the Thai bank exchange rate fee for sending money from the UK.

No charges for converting Sterling to Thai Baht.

You send money bank to bank, and it arrives into Thai Bank usually within a few minutes, but can take a couple of hours.

Never due a transaction after 3-00pm on a Friday because, you will not recieve your money until Monday afternoon (Thai time)

Making Pattaya do the 3 official Songkran days would help,instead of the usual mayhem for 10 days.

somebody will have to tell the street vendors in Soi Buakhao to stock up with charcoal and kebabs on sticks for the expected influx of Indians 55555555