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What difference does it make what promises the Iranians make? They could have promised to send chocolate Easter eggs to every American child the problem isn't the hardliners in Iran but the hardliners in the American congress. This deal has been negotiated in part by the Americans (Obama) and we all know that anything that Obama does must be wrong. So standby for the usual nonsense and probably another Benghazi inquiry after all to date there have already been thirteen its about time for one more.

BTS always needs to be forced to do what it is supposed to.

As far as I remember, the London Underground has no toilets, and they're not common in most subway systems, so why should the BTS have them?

London underground does have toilets, But not at every station

Yes there is one at Piccadilly very popular with gays or so my friend told me. Then there is the one at Westminster but to gain entrance to that one you first have to obtain a bank loan. It must be the most expensive public loo on the planet.

The new rule is that you only get an extension till the date your passport is valid and when you have a enw paspsort you have to aply for a brand new extension of stay.

If you go to the UK before the curent extension expires (don't forget the re-entry permit) you simply take both old and new paspsort with you. You show the old paspsort with permisison to stay and re-entry permit and you will be stamped in on the new passport.

Next you visit your immirgaiton office to have the details transferred from old to new passport but first you apply for a letter regarding your new passport from the embassy.

I currently have a multiple entry visa which I always obtain along with my retirement visa. So if I go to the UK prior to the expiry of my current retirement visa in November and return with a new passport I take it that I can re-enter using the multiple re-entry visa by showing my old passport plus my new passport and then a short time later make the normal annual application for my retirement visa?

That is my favored approach if possible since it would negate the necessity of having to reapply for a retirement visa only a matter of months after having obtained one because of a new passport.

"I currently have a multiple entry visa which I always obtain along with my retirement visa. "

As people have attempted to explain already, it's a multi re-entry permit, not a visa, and it's an extension of stay based on retirement, not a retirement visa.

If you won't have a full year left on your passport when you would need to renew your extension of stay, it would be better to get a new passport before applying for the new extension. Then immigrations will transfer the stamps to the new passport and with the new passport, when you apply for the new extension, you'll get a full year.

If you apply for a new extension with, for example, only six months left on your old passport, the new extension (and any new re-entry permit) would only be valid for six months, at which point you would need to go through the renewal process again.

Many thanks for your reply as I admitted on a previous post my terminology was somewhat misleading but I have always referred to my annual trip to Chaeng Wattana as my annual visa run. Of course it is the extension along with the multiple entry option that I get based on my age and the income proof that I provide on each occasions.

What I needed to know was if prior to going to Chaeng Wattana to complete this procedure I in fact arrived back in Thailand a short time before the normal annual renewal date and having obtained a new UK passport what would be my position. It appears from the helpful replies I have received that I would be admitted on the basis of the multiple entry stamp in my old passport and I could then proceed to attend Chaeng Wattana a short time later and apply for the next annual extension.

OP - when does your passport expire? If you renew up to 9 months before its expiry date, you will have the unexpired period automatically added to the validity period of your new passport. You might wish to (re)consider the timing of your trip to the UK in this light.

Thanks I was taking that into account. My main requirement was to avoid doing my annual trip to Chaeng Wattana for the retirement ext and multiple entry only to have to repeat it several months later when my passport expired. It appears if I return to UK before my annual retirement date, obtain a new passport while I am there and return to Thailand before my annual retirement visit to Chaeng Wattana then I can complete the annual retirement extension along with the multiple entry all on the new passport. That is my understanding at present. Sorry if I have been using the wrong terms, I tend to call it my retirement visa when of course as has been pointed out it is in fact an extension. .

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You have a multiple re-entry permit, not a multiple visa (which you get abroad). Yes, you can leave and re-enter on that and that is the easiest way to do it.

Many thanks to everyone for the advice. Yes I have the multiple re-entry NON-IMM visa which I renew every November along with my retirement visa at Chaeng Wattana.

One more time !

You do not have "visa" ! Nor is this "visa" multi entry !

You have an extension of stay based on retirement, with a multiple re-entry permit.!

Thanks, you are quite right but given the information I supplied I think everyone got the drift that I have the annual extension with the multiple re-entry option obtained from Chaeng Wattana. On that basis given the helpful replies I now know what I am able to do.

You have a multiple re-entry permit, not a multiple visa (which you get abroad). Yes, you can leave and re-enter on that and that is the easiest way to do it.

Many thanks to everyone for the advice. Yes I have the multiple re-entry NON-IMM visa which I renew every November along with my retirement visa at Chaeng Wattana.

The new rule is that you only get an extension till the date your passport is valid and when you have a enw paspsort you have to aply for a brand new extension of stay.

If you go to the UK before the curent extension expires (don't forget the re-entry permit) you simply take both old and new paspsort with you. You show the old paspsort with permisison to stay and re-entry permit and you will be stamped in on the new passport.

Next you visit your immirgaiton office to have the details transferred from old to new passport but first you apply for a letter regarding your new passport from the embassy.

I currently have a multiple entry visa which I always obtain along with my retirement visa. So if I go to the UK prior to the expiry of my current retirement visa in November and return with a new passport I take it that I can re-enter using the multiple re-entry visa by showing my old passport plus my new passport and then a short time later make the normal annual application for my retirement visa?

That is my favored approach if possible since it would negate the necessity of having to reapply for a retirement visa only a matter of months after having obtained one because of a new passport.

In November I will renew my retirement visa which I have been doing for the past several years. However several monthly after my retirement visa is to be renewed I will need to renew my UK passport. Now I appreciate that under the new regulations once I change my passport I will need to make a new application for my annual visa. As I intend visiting the UK either prior to applying for my annual retirement visa or shortly afterwards I thought I would take the opportunity of obtaining a new passport while I am in the UK.

My question is, if I obtain the passport prior to my annual visa and while I am in the UK would I have any problem when I return to Thailand since the visa stamps would still be available for inspection in my old passport. What sort of entry stamp would I get on arrival?

Alternatively if after applying for my annual retirement visa I then went to the UK and changed my passport would I have any problem returning and re-applying for the retirement visa as would be the normal case if I had stayed in Thailand and obtained my passport while I was her?

The anti-conservative anti-Christian crowd will make a mockery out of Cruz's run for the White House...

The liberal press will ask loaded questions and present him as being either unresponsive or a fool for answering their inquiries...

He has some good ideas...but I doubt he can mount a serious attempt at the nomination as the deck is stacked against him...

Loaded questions I like that bit, do you mean like, "what newspapers do you read?" or perhaps a really difficult one like, "do you think the earth is 6000 years old?" I think Barry Goldwater no leftie by any means said all there needs to be said of the religious right and none of it was complimentary.

well, lets say, gladly, he did not target other people before he took his own life

next farang visitor will have to sign a waiver : I WILL NOT KILL MESELF , sign here

10 years ago , I was at a Phuket shooting range. The guy from the range was standing 2 meter beside me.

It takes only a second to put the gun in your mouth and pull the trigger. A waiver , would not help much.

Quick , easy and efficient way to go , if you have the balls for it.

I would be more concerned about it only taking a few seconds for him to turn the gun in my direction and pulling the trigger.

One of his five priorities is to abolish the IRS that should play out well.

When my English friend died his friend was told the hospital would not release the body until another friend provided his credit card to ensure they got their money if the insurance did not come through. My instructions in this eventuality is that they should be told to keep the corpse and do what they will with it.

I have only one other instruction, no cleric or priest anywhere near me when I am dying, what mumbo jumbo they do afterwards is of no concern to me.

How nice to see someone who is against government spending sticking to his principles.

so then whose fault was 9-11?

Obama and of course Pearl Harbor must not forget that blunder.

Is there anything that Obama doesn't get the blame for?

Find this hard to believe since not that long ago it was categorically stated by the chief of police that there was no Russian mafia in Pattaya!!

Well there is a precedent with J Edgar Hoover informing the American people there was no mafia (organized crime) in the USA.

I seem to recall Mother Teresa being informed that a million dollars donated to her cause had been given by Charles Keating from the Savings and Loans organization that he had swindled. Requests to return the funds to their rightful owners fell on deaf ears. I guess at least we can say in this case that someone has turned up to explain why they are not getting any money back.

Perhaps the Thais need to borrow some Chinese expertise in these matters.

[she/they] are such obvious and vile criminals. Her audacity is only equaled by her contempt of American; this characteristic explains why being in the Obama admin was an easy fit. Go, dig deeper, find those Egypt related emails myself and others have been talking about. That Hillary is a bought and paid for lackey of the Muslim Brotherhood really surprises no one, least of all Egyptians. Those emails DO exist; lets see how convoluted the road is to securing these emails will be, and the unassailable evidence that she effectively broke countless laws, the State email account requirement being the least of them. I am more interested in the emails regarding her role in coups, murder, insurrection, conspiracy, violations of international and Egyptian law. Lets see the emails regarding the Libyan leader begging a way out and Hillary demanding his death and destruction. Demonstrations? Lets see the emails where she fabricated the impending genocide in Tripoli that never was. I hope she dies a broken, discredited, dishonored woman, who finally defined herself not by who she was but by who she pretended to be. Hillary is a criminal. Hillary is more than complicit in murder. Hillary should be tried with treason but then having her and a sitting president charged at the same time would be unseemly.

Amazing and you know all that without even having seen one email. Hang her now I say why waste the time with the umpteenth enquiry on Benghazi.

More nonsense straight from the pit of hell, Republican Congressman Paul Broun and a former member of the House Science Committee

I did mine last week and got the email with in 2 days ( sent in on a sat , back on monday morn)

I received an acknowledgement email with a reference number to allow me to track the progress of the visa. Did you actually receive the visa back by email or did you have to download it using the reference number they supplied?

I have a feeling that what happened to my visa was a glitch in their system.

Unfortunately I believe there are some millionaire preachers in the US, reminds me of Ray Stevens song "Would Jesus wear a Rolex watch".

And, it was reported that Clinton's received a lot in contributions from Buddhist Nuns in a Los Angeles Temple during their campaigns.

American preachers never took a promise of poverty.

As with most things the basic theory soon gets tossed overboard especially if it is not profitable.