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5 hours ago, Seanbhoy said:

I have had zero to do with it, just gave my passport and documents and do not need to attend anything in person, now they are going to extend my current visa by another 30 days due to the embassy not having any appointments for 20 days, I do not even have to go to immigration apparently.

You really need to be careful with what is going on here, it is almost unheard of for the applicant not to have to attend immigration, especially if and when it comes to the extension of stay.

The work permit will also need to be collected in your presence, as you must first sign it prior to them sealing that page, I do not know of any other way.

With all the other misinformation that this accountant is telling you, then, for me, it sets alarm bells going as to exactly what they are up to.

95% of what this accountant has told you is simply not correct, this is either because she genuinely hasn't got a clue what she is doing, or she is hiding something from you.

The documents required to get a non b visa are pretty innocuous, unless they are dodgy to start with, I am not saying they are, just that it would make me very wary.

On 01/11/2017 at 8:11 AM, meuok said:

Chill Bar on Nern Plabwan

Doesn't exist now.

21 minutes ago, torrzent said:

Is there a place called "Suggestions"?

Yes, though it is not in the city, it is on Soi Patanarkarn on the Darkside.

3 hours ago, Hippos said:

Once a week. Big C extra has a good selection of meat.

Same Same, have to say that those that live close to the Big C Extra in Pattaya and like lamb are very lucky, the quality of the fresh lamb chops is truly excellent, as is the value for money, loads cheaper than the UK and far better.

Best thing Big C Extra did was to employ a Farang (British) butcher, the meat quality on sale improved 10 fold, as did their sales, by far the best place to buy red meat in the Pattaya area.

Those who do like good quality meat and are visiting from further afield should check it out and purchase for later use.

Strange, as has been reasonably OK for me today and the connection here is not the best by any means.

I do not think that a person that is holding a valid work permit and paying income tax etc. would have too many issues working from home, carrying out the same tasks as per the work permit, as Jack states, keep a work space at the office and make occasional visits.

Although the work permit does state a work location, the MOE / Labour department surely understand the need for some flexibility, most expat workers would be required to attend meetings, carry out remote inspections or audits, answer their phones or emails remotely and so on, in this day and age remote working is becoming more and more the norm, although the Alien working laws may not have moved with the times, there must be a certain amount of discretion that can be applied by the authorities to compensate.

In my line of work for instance, I do have to go to formal meetings, business lunches or dinners, visit ships in port here (mostly within the secure confines of Mahidol Naval port) etc. etc. often these vessel visits have been whilst immigration, customs etc. are on board and never once has anybody batted an eyelid at this. I do quite a lot of work from home as well, especially when it involves concentration, due to the quieter environment.

I may be terribly wrong, but my feeling is that so long as you hold a valid work permit, your employment remains within the confines of the job description in the work permit, you maintain a base in the company's registered office and you are paying the correct income tax / social security, then the chances of being prosecuted for working in your home are extremely low.

1 minute ago, EcigAmateur said:

 

Do they work only in day time ? And where are they ? Never been caught with a 300hp car...

 

 

They tend to change the positions from time to time, so difficult to say exactly and pretty sure they do not work at night.

20 minutes ago, WhiteHatPhil said:

Departure card?!?  Earlier in the thread the TM6 was called an arrival card. I only ask because I will be arriving in BKK with a non-imm O-A and will have no flights or journeys booked to leave Thailand so theoretically I won’t have a departure card, will I?

Yes, you will have the departure portion of the TM.6, immigration will keep the arrival portion, you will need the departure part when you eventually leave.

27 minutes ago, The manic said:

so you have not informed immigration of your change of address.

Wouldn't change what he posted even if he did inform immigration, the car registration address would not change in that case!

49 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

Only if you are doing 120+ in the 90+ zones.

 

As explained earlier, when you see a sign saying 90, that is the top speed 'advisory' until you see a sign saying 120, then you can speed up again.

 

Truly it is not rocket surgery.

I did post as such earlier actually, the reply you quoted was a reply to the 'it is only a tenner post'.

There are several places where the 90 advisory limits are active and there are 120 limit signs in exactly the same areas.

Interestingly though, from KM78 through to Pattaya on 7 is technically 90, though lots of the new signs erected in preparation for when it does eventually become part of the motorway and there is a speed camera in both directions around the KM110 area, this camera is set to 120 as far as I can tell, as I have, on occasion gone through at 100+, with no ticket, yet I did get a ticket from the BKK bound camera doing 124 a few months back.

As stated, I know of at least 7 active fixed speed cameras located on 7 between Highway 36 / 7 junction and the end of the motorway proper and do take heed to the speed limits, otherwise there would be little point in me going to work to only pay the fines!

Just now, wgdanson said:

Hey, it's only a tenner fine.

Yes, but I travel this road at least 4 times a week, to & fro Pattaya / BKK and there are at least 7 cameras each way, so it potentially could cost me 14,000 THB a week!

4 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

https://www.angloinfo.com/how-to/thailand/transport/driving/types-of-road

Yep, as of right now, the only road classified as a motorway is highway 7, from Km0 in outer Bangkok to as far as KM79, rest has not been classified as yet.

Just now, Just Weird said:

Obviously, if there's a sign indicating a different speed limit then that is the revised limit, if it doesn't 'go back to 120' then the limit is still 90!..as confirmed by the illuminated signs.

Actually, I'm pretty sure that where there are the 90 illuminated signs on the motorway, then these are an advisory limit, it is generally where the bridges are, or other possible hazards, however, there are many conflicting 120 limit signs in the same areas and I travel this a lot doing between 100 - 120 and have gone through cameras, never had a ticket for this (yet!).

3 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

Are you saying that the only placwe you can do 120 is Bkk to Ch Buri? And I shall not be paying to go on the elevated highway if it is only 80, what are you paying for? 

 

Fraid so, I do not know of any other road(s) that allows 120 km/h

12 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

 

I have paid the fines immediately at the Post Office. So obviously, the fines are linked to the car, and it's up to my GF to shop me for being the driver !

 

 

BTW a lot can now be paid over the counter at Krung Thai Banks, if one nearby to you, it is a lot easier and cheaper.

4 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

It's not where the cameras are, it's what IS the <deleted> speed limit.

Will depend on the type of road and what the highway code has the for the speed limit of that type of road.

General rule of Thumb, though not perfect.

BKK Chonburi Motorway - 120 km/h

Expressways around Bangkok, including the BKK - Chonburi elevated highway - 80 km/h

Dual Carriageways - 90 km/h

Built up areas - 50 km/h

Other roads - 80 km/h

3 hours ago, JaiLai said:

My car is registered at a house i no longer live at or own.

 

About every 3 or 4 months the person there sends the tickets to where i live now, they go straight in the bin.

 

As far as i know there is no link between the highway police and land and transport dept when you renew tax etc.....

 

Been like this for years, yet to have any repercussions. 

Not true anymore, now there is a national database in place and in theory you will not be able to tax the vehicle until all outstanding fines that are showing on the database are paid. Not sure about getting banned, a friends TGF had literally dozens over the course of a year and was summonsed to attend a highway police station, whereby the station commander gave her a lecture, which ended up being a chat and a feed!

7 minutes ago, BritTim said:

As a native English speaker,  with tolerably good writing skills, I do not understand why you are suggesting 'application' should be misspelled.

Because that is how it is spelt on the form Joe attached.

3 minutes ago, ScotBkk said:

Seems this has hit a chord with you.

3 minutes ago, ScotBkk said:

he world has been exposed to more violent overstayers who don't give a flying F3ck about paperwork yet you find this mere trivial offense hacking away at you so personally.

Not at all bothered in that respect and sleep perfectly well at night thanks, at the end of the day it is entirely up to him if he wants to waste 6,000 THB on a completely avoidable overstay, I just cannot believe that he, or anyone, could then even think that they have been hard done by because they think that paying the overstay resets the clock, that is just plain illogical, as I stated before, he has got his 1,900 THB worth of extension, the rest is som nom na.

2 hours ago, alex8912 said:

He made a small mistake. Give it a rest. Came on here for a question he thought was legitimate and gets grief by many. I know you are perfect but no one else is. 

I am sorry, he did not make a mistake and knew full well that he was on overstay, this is obvious by the way he first wrote, he was fully aware that he needed to extend prior to the 13th and just made excuses as to why he couldn't.

I am far from perfect, humans tend not to be, however, with something as important as your immigration status, then I do think I would make the effort to make sure that I was as clean as is possible.

Plus I certainly would not expect to get a full 30 day extension that only starts on the day that I report my overstay.

If that was the case, immigration would be rammed with folks overstaying by up to 2 months, 3 weeks and 6 days, popping in & paying a quick 20k, then expecting to get a 30 day extension on their original 30 day VE entry.

Had you have gone before 13th October, then you would have saved yourself 6,000 THB and avoided the very real chance of getting caught with the prerequisite ban that would have followed.

The only public holiday that affected extending was 13th October, so really, you had no excuse whatsoever to have not extended in time.

I'm amazed that you think you are hard done by, the extension was exactly as it should have been, the only reason you think you have paid for practically nothing is because you did not act prior, illness is not really an excuse, a lot of people still manage to do what is required of them, immigration have been known to do extensions without the presence of the person extending or they have gone to the home / hospital if the circumstances are such and it is properly supported by a letter / certificate issued by a licensed doctor.

18 hours ago, free123 said:

yes proove of adress

If this is for a certificate of residence from Immigration, then they will accept any bill with your name on it.

29 minutes ago, steve187 said:

if only divorce was that easy

5555 indeed.

It does outwardly seem that the authorities are being reasonably sensible, as it stands now, there doesn't appear to be a legal ban on the sale of alcohol..................yet.

Entertainment venues countrywide have been asked to show their respect and close / tone things down and most, sensibly, will do this, if they don't, then they really are fools.

Tomorrow I'll be amazed if any night entertainment venues, anywhere in the country, open at all, it would be extremely disrespectful to do so IMHO.

Shops that sell alcohol will self regulate, Seven and Tesco are closing for the 26th afternoon, so no sales there, Tops Market (at least in All Seasons Place) were not selling alcohol from yesterday so I believe, the mom and pop shops will probably do what they always do.

To sum it up, it looks like you can buy and drink alcohol for most of the period, just not in a bar / club environment, which again IMHO is being fair, they do not want folks to be openly enjoying themselves in the face of what, to the Thai people, is a very sad occasion, this is even more to the point in Bangkok, where it is closer to the event.

I have to say that after a lot of years living here, I'm more than (pleasantly) surprised that this much is being allowed.

49 minutes ago, Maca said:

Does anyone know the situation if the marriage documents are lost from a legal marriage in Thailand

If you were legally married in Thailand, then you both should have been given a marriage certificate, does your wife still have hers?

8 minutes ago, NE1 said:

Somebody else will be able to correct me if I am wrong , but on your approved section , isn't there a " print next 90 day report " slip . that you print out and attach into your passport.

OK thanks, I just worked out what was wrong when I was hitting The Next Appointment (PRINT) button at the below of the approval, had to allow popups for the site, many thanks for the advice / help, next report date is 22nd January 2018, so it does go from the date you make the report, which is logical I suppose.