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18 minutes ago, Evilbaz said:

An Non Immi OA Visa is a "Retirement Visa"  as it is only issued on the basis of retirement.

That is not really correct, it is visa that allows someone over the age of 50 to spend a period of up to one year (per entry) without working in Thailand, there is no requirement that you actually have to be retired.

8 minutes ago, johnc925 said:

This is (supposed to be done) by your landlord or juristic office (depending on their committee rules) to file the TM28 with immigration

Sorry, but that is incorrect information, a TM28 is filed only when you change your PERMANENT address and this has to be filed by you in person.

A TM30 can be filed by several means, if staying in a registered hotel or guest house, then they should be doing this for you, if staying in rented accommodation, then the landlord should report you, the issue is, most will not, as they seem to think there is link to income taxes if they make this report and wish to stay below the radar, immigration will gladly fine you as the renter, loads of examples of this on other forums.

The interesting part, is that there does not appear to be a national database, so if this is the case, for example you stayed at a hotel in Bangkok for two nights and returned back home, immigration in Phuket (or any other province outside of BKK) would not actually know you had been to BKK!

41 minutes ago, abrahamzvi said:

Does this apply ALSO to Permanent Residents (holding PR status)?

No.

7 minutes ago, SpokaneAl said:

His wife has a Thai ID card so that problem is resolved. Just get her a Thai passport, and if she enters Thailand on that passport she can stay as long as she likes.

Absolutely correct, if getting one from an official Thai Consulate or the Thai Embassy in the US proves to be difficult for whatever reason, alternatively, his wife can arrive in to Thailand on her US passport, apply for a Thai passport here, once issued, then they could go for a short holiday to say Singapore, then enter Thailand again on the Thai passport.

Incidentally, she can also apply for a one year extension of stay if she enters on her US passport, based on being a Thai citizen, which would give more time to sort things out.

@yooper Is your wife registered in a blue tabien bahn book? If she is then she is a Thai citizen and entitled to a Thai ID card and passport, of that there is absolutely no doubt, if the Amphur are telling you different then they are incorrect, the only persons that are allowed to be registered in a blue tabien bahn are Thai citizens and those foreigners who have PR status.

The Amphur would not be able to register her if she does not have the ID number etc.

Seek legal advice.

Oh and immigration do not issue passports, these are issued by MFA.

22 minutes ago, Freefly said:

I dont work and am fully independant. As I said, iv never been asked but I do carry copies of my condo title, proof of motorbike ownership, statement from my girlfriend and bank statements to prove my case if asked.

This could also work against you, depending on the IO, if ever asked, as all do go to prove that you are residing in Thailand, the most important piece of evidence that you would need to show in that case would be proof that you are not working in Thailand and that the funds come from outside of Thailand.

TBH I suspect that there is more to the OP's story than we know, however it could be just that the IO was not in a good mood.

The issue is that Thailand have not really properly defined in law or official regulations, their definition of a tourist and usage of tourist visas, so there is confusion from both the ends.

Yes, an argument could be made that those that do wish to stay here long term and are not working here legally,  or are not married to a Thai, do not have children here and are under 50, then the elite visa is available to them.

This still does not negate the fact there is nothing officially wrong with utilising TV's as the regulations stand now.

Converting diesel engines to run on LPG is extremely problematic and if it is not done correctly then the engine will become less fuel efficient and the emissions will increase.

Remembering that the base diesel engine has a far higher compression ratio than LPG needs or likes and no spark to ignite the LPG.

A pure LPG engine can never compete with diesel for pure grunt, you see this daily on the roads, the trucks running gas tend to be sluggish when a hill gets in the way.

A certain German company (along with most others no doubt) proved that software can make diesels perfectly clean and green 

There is no doubt that the days of diesel engines are numbered for personal vehicles, in fact all internal combustion engines on their own, however, in certain applications, it is going to take more advancements in technology to replace diesel engines, that day will come.

1 minute ago, vogie said:

Yes I have to admit I have never seen a diesel in a formula 1 car, other than that diesels are very responsive these days.

Not used in F1, but Audi have been using diesel engines (with Hybrid technology) in their LMP1 (Le Mans) cars for years, they won this class in 2012 & 13.

3 minutes ago, transam said:

I would question that...

So would I, my vehicle is a 2 Litre T/C diesel with an aftermarket performance box attached and it will beat any petrol version of the same size / class off the mark and by some margin as well, get both on a motorway and see how the petrol stands up from say a 60 - 100 km/hr acceleration test.

Modern day diesel engines perform very well, all down to common rail systems and engine management, mine is reasonably quiet to boot, agreed a diesel engine will never be as quiet as petrol, but that is the mechanics of how the fuel ignites, i.e. higher compression.

On 1/24/2018 at 10:46 AM, mikebell said:

My friends arrived on Monday and I told them of this; they said there are no signs/information at Immigration to this effect

7 minutes ago, berybert said:

All tourists go through immigration when they land. Not many go to immigration.

I do not see anywhere where it was mentioned that they went 'to' immigration? Personally, I thought it was obvious what was meant.

It is actually a good point, as there is no mention of this requirement at the arrival immigration points, or at least not in BKK or DMK, although I do believe that some of the airlines (Thai Airways perhaps) show it on their arrival video prior to landing?

5 hours ago, Purdey said:

Read it and weep. 

Typical misinformation from a website, there have been several examples of dual, triple and even quadruple citizenship's in this thread alone. Under the Thai Nationality act, there is no mention that a Thai citizen can OR cannot hold more than one nationality, probably by design.

Under the latest version of the act, as has been mentioned, it is not possible for a Thai citizen by descent to lose their Thai citizenship.

1 hour ago, Mosha said:

Ah OK I thought the 40k/month had to be 2 consecutive months. I believe I'll be just below this month, one if the officers down here is a hard faced woman. She's tried to do me for overstay before, while waiting for an extension stamp. So I still want the 2 month so I'm not arguing with her.

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Surely it would be the British embassy that you have to show the actual monthly income to, so that they can then write in income letter for immigration. I'm not sure how much evidence that the embassy needs to provide the letter, i.e. number of months income.

They are diesel for the torque, simple as that, at the end of the day, a pick up is designed as a commercial vehicle, load a petrol version up to its max. payload and then try going up a steep hill.

I drove a petrol version of the Fortuner once, I could have walked faster!

29 minutes ago, sanemax said:

It seems that he is guilty and he is just awaiting his Court appearance for sentencing and for the Judge to confirm his guilt .

   But yes, until the Judge confirms his guiltyness , we should continue to refer to him as *guilty but yet to be sentenced*

I thought he hasn't even been arrested yet, let alone charged?

16 minutes ago, Timbob said:

I can't leave the following weekend as my METV is valid until the 28th February. 

Can't your GF take a day off, then time your arrival back on 26th February?

Normally one day of overstay is not an issue, but if you have been getting a grilling from immigration, then perhaps best not to antagonise.

1 hour ago, blackcab said:

100k in yearly income tax is about 98k salary a month, claiming only the standard 100k allowance.

Using the progressive rate, to pay 100,000 THB per year in income tax, based on the previous (prior to 2017) allowances, and if claiming as single, with no children or insurances, you would have to earn 85,500 THB per month, which would attract PIT of 100,400 THB per year.

Personal allowance - 30,000 THB

Expense - 60,000 THB 

Social Security (full year) - 9,000 THB

Total deductions - 99,000 THB

Gross Salary - 1,026,000 THB

Taxable Salary - 927,000 THB

3 hours ago, berybert said:

Why did your friends go to immigration when they arrived in Thailand ?

 

I'd imagine that it meant that they were at the immigration counters in the arrival hall of an airport.

7 minutes ago, John19780 said:

Yes, thanks. The question is do i send my certificate, or do they use computer records.

To use the government service, then I 'think' that you must send the original to them, I've never done it, so not sure TBH, however, if you start the application it does mention documents sent and returned by post / courier.

It also mentions that a PRINTED PDF copy can be legalised if it meets certain criteria.

Official government site for this: https://www.gov.uk/get-document-legalised

37 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Unless a person follows up on the letter of intent the UK nationality is not lost. Not sure about it never being lost if it is renounced.

If a British citizen goes head and renounces his citizenship and it is accepted, then they will have one chance to regain  their British citizenship again.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/417595/rs1_guide_mar_2015.pdf

I am not sure where the ECO got the 12,001 THB from, it must be on another page of the bank book, however, to an ECO the page that you scanned and inserted here does look very suspicious, as there were 3 deposits worth 19,500 THB in very quick succession (4 days), plus a carried on balance of 44,501.88 THB, suggesting that the previous page also had recent deposits, seeing as the ECO uses the figure 12,001 THB?

Which I suspect may have been the balance prior to the very recent deposits?

This raises a big flag to the ECO, as it looks like the account has been topped up for the sole purpose of the visit and this doesn't tally with the employment information given to the ECO, if your husband's friend earns a total of 20,000 THB a month and spends 10,000 THB, then it would be reasonable to show steady savings of around 10,000 THB a month being deposited.

The only thing the friend can do is reapply, but before he does this, the grounds for refusal must be addressed properly.

Did you and your husband sponsor him at all?

The most important things that must be proven during an application is that there are sufficient funds to support him whilst in the UK, this can be provided by himself or via a sponsor, if a sponsor, then this must be made clear and not money given to the applicant for the purposes of applying.

Importantly he must prove that he will return back to Thailand, often this is the difficult part.

11 hours ago, cat handler said:

I don’t get it, why would he need anyone’s permission to RENEW a passport, sure he may need permission to get one but he already has one, he is simply renewing it. 

Because under Thai law he remains a minor until aged 20, same as a British child could not renew their passport without their parents permission under the age of 16.

1 minute ago, charliebadenhop said:

Can't the boy go to Cambodia using his Thai ID card and then fly out of Cambodia as a Brit?

He would have to depart Cambodia using his Thai ID card, as this would be how he entered.

2 minutes ago, charliebadenhop said:

I know nothing about this specific problem,

 

But my daughter who is a dual national- Japanese and American, often leaves Japan using her Japanese passport, and enters the US with her US passport, all on the same trip. And then switches the routine coming back. 

 

No one had ever looked for stamps, to see where she has been. Neither Japanese or US authorities. 

This is the standard way for dual citizens, the issue is that the lad doesn't have a valid Thai passport to be able to depart Thailand with and he is too young to apply for a new Thai passport in his own right, he cannot depart Thailand on his British passport because he did not enter using it.