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1 minute ago, moegreen said:

If she did not lie and used her real name. It would be public record. No one has any idea where she is. She could be dead for all we know.

I do agree that her whereabouts are not truly known, she could be still in Thailand for all we know!

On the balance of probabilities, then Dubai is favourite, in reality it is useless information anyway, as there is more chance of it snowing in Bangkok than her ever returning to serve the sentence.

Future Thai PM's need to learn from Prayut and utilise article 44 to avoid prosecution.

Just now, moegreen said:

That would be illegal, And grounds for deportation.

Why would it be illegal, there are millions of people in the world with legal dual nationality, The UAE authorities would not have grounds to deport her based on her entering the country on a legally issued passport from another Country. Her brother has been there for years like that!

2 minutes ago, ChomDo said:

Now I can't turn the pumps on to test because the pool is half empty.

You should still be able to turn the pump on, unless you do not have the option to isolate the skimmer from the circuit?

Normally each outlet from the pool should have an isolation valve.

It is becoming increasingly likely that the leakage is through a cracked pipe, as the leak gets less as the volume of water decreases, i.e. the head of water decreases, so the pressure acting on to the leak decreases.

Hopefully the pool company can find a solution without have to disturb the pool itself.

23 minutes ago, moegreen said:

She is mot in Dubai. There would have been a record of her entering the country.

You are making the assumption that she entered using her Thai name / passport, not one of her many others.

3 minutes ago, Grumpy Duck said:

I have only overstayed once, and for only 1 day (actually <12 hours) my visa renewal date was a Thai holiday the following morning I mmig refused my extension as I overstayed.  I was fined by immigration when leaving the DMK airport for Cambodia. I had a 2 entry 60 day visa at the time so did not need to extend my tourist visa. It has been a couple of years, but I believe the fine for overstay is ฿2000 base plus a certain amount per day. Over so many days overstay one is denied re-entry for a set period. 

For an overstay of 24 hours or less then there is no fine if departing from the major airports, it is 500 THB for everyday after that up to a maximum of 20,000 THB, so for example, a four day overstay would be a 2,000 THB fine.

A ban on entry only applies for overstay of 90 days or more.

54 minutes ago, johnray said:

The immigration lady said I cannot keep extending the visa because I have done 6 times in one year.

Surely, in theory six extensions per year would be the maximum, based on 30 day VE entries and 30 day extensions of each of these, 6 x 60 = 360 days.

What you do not state is if the pool is an overflow or skimmer type and if the leak gets worse with the pump on or off?

If it is an overflow type, then one of the first things to check is the surge tank for any cracks or leaks.

If it is a skimmer type, then lowering the level can be dangerous, as the skimmer section is normally set so that the pump takes suction from there, if the level of the pool goes below the skimmer box in the pool, then there is a possibility of damaging the pump due to sucking air through the skimmer box.

As mentioned by several others, other possible causes are cracked pipes, you could try sealing them off one by one, taking care that the pump still has suction, or turn it off whilst carrying out the tests.

The other possible area (and I hope not!) is the join between the floor of the pool and the sides, normally there is a rubber seal inserted here when the concrete is poured and it is critical that the floor is poured in one go and then the sides as one pour after.

I'd go for sealing off each pipe individually pool end first and monitoring the result, not forgetting the vacuum pipe etc. best to just turn the pump off whilst doing this, to avoid any damage.

5 minutes ago, David Walden said:

So does that mean if you want to buy a new car not only do you have to pay for wheels as an optional extra but the engine you also have to pay for.

Put as simply as possible, you have paid for a non-immigrant OA visa, which is valid for one year from the date of issue, you can come and go as many times as you want to between now and the enter before date on the visa sticker in your passport, each and every time you will get stamped in for one year.

As a bonus (sort of!) so long as you enter Thailand on or right before the enter before date on the visa sticker, you will get, as near as can be, a further one year permission to stay, however, as the visa has now expired, then in order to keep that one year alive you MUST go to your local immigration office in Thailand, or one of the desks at BKK / DMK prior to departing Thailand and get a reentry permit (single is 1,900 THB), if you plan on more than a couple of overseas trips, then get a multiple reentry permit for 3,800 THB to keep that one year permission to stay alive, if you don't, then the next time you arrive without a further visa, then you will be stamped in for 30 days.

It is only the second year that costs anything in reality and if you just stayed put in Thailand, even that would be free 

Once issued, it is best to use the OA visa ASAP to capture as much time on it as you can, the longer it is not used, the less time it can be used for.

Note the reentry permit desk in BKK is in the outbound immigration area and in DMK it is after immigration.

7 minutes ago, Mickster58 said:

I am looking at the options to go earlier now, it is just going to cost about 5k baht+ to change flights or even book new ones. 

It would still probably be safer to just change the flights and go earlier aye? Id rather spend money and have the safety of being allowed back into to Thailand. But not very ideal

Don't forget 13th October is a holiday as well, so, the week 16th - 20th is your best bet.

1 minute ago, Eff1n2ret said:

The downside of that is that if you are stopped by the police and can not be given a fixed penalty, they might take the alternative of arresting you and putting you before the magistrates, so you then acquire a criminal record. This emerged as a problem on an immigration forum I used to frequent a few years ago, as it messed up some peoples' applications for British citizenship. They had to wait until the offence no longer counted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.

Of course, if it's a speed camera offence you may not even still be in the country, although you can expect a hefty surcharge on your credit card from the rental company on top of the actual fine - according to the small print in the contract the last time I hired a car in the UK.

That would not be good!

Just now, Mickster58 said:

I see, so they just announce public holidays less than a month out? oohhh I hope not lol

Been known more than once, for now stick to being closed 23rd and 26th for sure.

6 minutes ago, Tanoshi said:

According to the wife the Thai government have announced an official 5 day holiday starting 26th.

All government offices, banks and possibly Thai Embassies/Consulates will be closed for that duration.

The 'rumour' in my office here in BKK is that it is highly likely that Wednesday 25th and Friday 27th will be announced as holidays, seeing as Monday 23rd already is a holiday, then it is unlikely many folks will go to work on the Tuesday if this does actually become reality. 

10 minutes ago, amvet said:

You don't have a bank book?  No need for banking/investment statements.  A simple bank book each deposit and withdrawal has a code

But do those codes differentiate as to where the money comes from, i.e. International or domestic and would immigration be able to decipher the codes?

2 minutes ago, Mickster58 said:

Indeed, after looking at numerous embassy sites. Only the Honk Kong website has the 26th as closed. Laos, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Yangon, Cambodia do NOT say they are closed on the 26th.

So HK is special or the other embassies have not yet updated their list.

I will guarantee that ALL Thai embassies will be closed on the 26th October 2017, regardless of where they are located.

I'd be extremely watchful of the closures at that period in October for all Thai embassies worldwide.

OK, I've just read the T&C's for my last UK car rental in August, obviously different companies do have different terms, however, they are pretty much in line, from the terms, then I think that the primary address check are the utility bill / credit card statement, if you do not have these, or they wish to double check, then the Experian check is available to them, note that the address on the license must be as per the evidence provided, if you rent a car in the UK using a UK license, then they deem you are resident by default.

T&C's regarding documentation to be presented.

Identification required if UK Resident - When collecting the vehicle, the Lead Driver must present a valid driving licence. If old (paper-only) style, official photo ID must also be presented. Official photo ID must be valid, we cannot accept expired official photo ID. If new photocard style, we cannot accept an expired photocard.  A valid passport or national identity card must be presented • 2 additional forms of ID to confirm home address. One must be the credit card statement or bank statement for the credit card or debit card being presented for deposit and additional charges. The other should be a formal document (eg. utilities bill) both must be dated within 8 weeks of date of hire • • a credit or debit card in their own name (see section on Rental Payment terms for further details) additional drivers must present a valid driving licence (we cannot accept an expired photocard) plus passport or national identity card.

Please contact the location prior to hiring if you have any questions regarding identification required. The Lead Driver may be subject to a search with Experian for the purposes of verifying his/her identity. To do so Experian may check the details supplied by the Lead Driver against any particulars on any database (public or otherwise) to which they have access. They may also use these details in the future to assist other companies for verification purposes. A record of the search will be retained. By agreeing to these terms & conditions, you are consenting to this search.

Unfortunately, sad as it sounds, the rep may be partly correct, some of the tourists that Pattaya seems to want to attract come from places far dirtier, so to them the beach is clean!

They probably don't even notice!

10 hours ago, OJAS said:

In addition, what if you are on the electoral register but have opted out of the version for general sale like I have done? What info would the rental company then have to tally against my old-style UK licence (without a photocard) which is still registered to my previous address in the UK (which I still own, incidentally)

To be perfectly honest, then I am not sure how they would verify in this kind of instance, perhaps the old fashioned way of utility bills etc.?

My UK license is like yours, the old style one, last issued in 1987 and is at an address that I last lived at in the UK at, a couple of years back I did see if I could use it to rent a car with one of the big rental mobs at Manchester Airport, they would not allow it, as their checks said that xxxx lived at that house and not me, wasn't a problem because I did have my Thai license with me and used that instead, which is probably a better bet if you have one, as they cannot put points on it!!

Exactly what other checks and personal info the rental companies can do and see I do not know.

Another interesting fact for the big rental companies, if the credit card presented is not a chip and pin type, then they will refuse the rental, watched a bloke really argue with them on that one!

Everything seems to just be more difficult nowadays in the UK, ID and proof of residency being high on the list of things needed to do almost anything, a mate moved back at the end of July after a long time, says it is a real pain, but he did manage to renew his license and update the address fairly easily (new style to new style)!

Yep, been as slow as slow can be the past couple of days, with more bad gateway pages than forum ones, but now seems to be working just fine.

On 13/09/2017 at 7:13 PM, jayboy said:

 

If you are a non resident it's not possible to amend license details or get a new one.I spoke to the DVLA which was very specific about this, including a warning about using a UK address of convenience.Thus once the DVLA know your residence status, the door closes until or if you reestablish UK Residence.As previously noted the advice was that In my case I could drive on my green UK license but I would have some explaining to do if nabbed.


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It is in fact illegal to drive on either type of UK license if you are either not actually resident in the UK or do not reside at the address that is given on the license.

A returning British non resident does indeed have to reestablish residency in the UK to obtain a replacement British license, technically it takes up to 3 years, as this is the time they state you need to provide an address for, which can include former addresses, in reality, then they should issue a new license after less to a Brit who is replacing an out of date license.

They state that they will check regarding the address(es) given to prove that you actually do live in that address.

The police are enforcing this more and more nowadays and could, worse case scenario, result in them seizing the vehicle.

I still find it amazing that a British citizen who has or still is residing outside of the EU and has legally passed a UK driving test and holds a valid British driving license is not allowed to use it, the change of address procedure should be simple.

For example, there is no way you can rent a vehicle from any of the major rental companies using a license that has an incorrect address on it, they check this at the time of rental via the public version of the electoral register and will refuse if something doesn't tally, only choice is to use the Thai license in this case.

A UK resident also has to allow the rental company to access the DVLA info on your license for points / disqualification checks prior to the rental.

27 minutes ago, Aussieroaming said:

The problem is when you enter and the W*nkers stamp a single stamp on a page and the exit bloke does the same. If they would actually fill a page you could make a fair assessment. Some do and some don't.

Immigration here have many faults, but the one thing that they generally are very good at is passport stamping, here and Singapore tend to use the available space to the absolute maximum in my experience, very rare to get a rogue stamp.

1 minute ago, Tanoshi said:

What are his best options now is all that remains  

Very true and he has confirmed he would prefer to go for a ME non O visa with border runs every 90 days and the question came up if he could actually get one based on retirement, you certainly can if applying as UK resident pensioner in London, not sure if the same is possible at one of the official consulates in the US or a Thai embassy in a neighbouring country??

If not, then his only other option is a SE non 0 followed by an extension of stay, or traipse to an Embassy every 90 days, not something most would relish!

6 minutes ago, Tanoshi said:

I was only stating that from the evidence of the photos he supplied, he had a departure stamp of 1st May.

There was no entry stamp after that date shown in the photos.

If he did indeed re-enter at Cambodia, (before 4th August) he would have entered on his current Visa and received a new 'admitted until........' stamp.

My understanding is that he departed Thailand in to Cambodia sometime in April, then departed Cambodia back in to Thailand on 19th April, departing Thailand to USA on 1st May as per the stamps posted, he then returned to Thailand after 4th August, which was the last date to enter by for his OA visa.

Not sure that there was any other travel Thailand - Cambodia - Thailand after 19th April?

As you say, it is immaterial now.

10 minutes ago, Tanoshi said:

You got a Visa to enter Cambodia.

How did you re-enter Thailand?.

The last entry stamp in your attached photos shows an entry of 19th April, but has a departure stamp of 1st May.

 

Even so, you would still have required a re-entry permit as your Visa expired 4th May.

He could enter Thailand from Cambodia using the non OA visa and so would have been stamped in for one year, so until around 18th April 2018, unfortunately he departed on 1st May without a reentry permit, which we all know was the mistake, his visa enter before date was valid until August 2017.

A simple case of of misunderstanding / miscommunication.

Not really on topic, however, this subject of APIS or APPS (as the Thai's call it) raises an interesting thought, if a person, such as the OP, purchases a non-refundable ticket in good faith with an airline and boarding is subsequently denied due to the country of destination sending the 'do not board' message to the airline, then would you be able to legitimately claim a refund, as it is entirely feasible that you may not know that you are not allowed to enter the destination country, or, as it appears to be in the case of the OP, it is a mistake.

Seems to me the system is inherently flawed in someways, the refusal should come at the time of booking and the booking then refused, unless the reason for denial happens after booking the ticket.