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6 minutes ago, Ducatiski said:

As I understand it if you leave the country you have to report to immigration within 7 days after your return Thailand.

 

Can anyne confirm this?

The fact that you had left the country would negate the need for a 90 day report, as you would not have been in Thailand for 90 (89 really) consecutive days.

However, you may be referring about the need to report your address to Immigration? If so it is within 24 hours of arriving, though the need to actually do this depends on the area the immigration office is located in, some enforce it, some don't.

If you are staying in a hotel, then in theory they will report your staying to Immigration.

Loads and loads of posts in the Thai Residency, work permit forum about this.

1 hour ago, Grumpy Duck said:

Is it the TM47?

Yes, for the 90 day report.

I am not wishing to get in to any arguments at all about the terminology etc. as totally agree it should be correct when asking a question on TV.

I was just pointing out the basics, which is in general terms an extension of stay is the permission to extend the stay of a visa and continues to be such, whether that visa has expired or not.

Not sure about logic, the point I am trying to make is that the extension of stay for one year (or two if BOI / IEAT related) is two-fold, one is it is based on a allowable reason to extend the stay and the second is it is extending a stay of a visa in most instances, very few Farangs residing in Thailand have a one (or two) year extension of stay that did not involve a visa originally, even if the reason for extending the stay may change over the years.

There are exceptions to this rule, just not in the context being debated in this thread.

2 minutes ago, dentonian said:

Your Visa long since expired and you are now extending your permission to stay at a local internal Immigration office, who issues permits to that effect, not Visas.

Though I agree with the statement that the visa has expired and that the stamp is an extension of stay, it is still a fact that in most cases the extension of stays issued are extending the stay based on that original visa, for example, each and every time a passport is renewed in these cases, then there will always be a stamped entry in the new passport that refers back to the original visa.

Can I clarify this a little so that is very clear.

The first 60 day extension counted as a 90 day report, however, if you get another 60 day extension then you would be due to make a 90 day report based on the date that you applied for the FIRST extension, which would put a report due somewhere around 26th June 2017 (that date is not exact, just for info).

1 minute ago, ubonjoe said:

They will also accept or will want your annual income tax return (PND91)

For sure they would need it for an extension based on work, would have to show that no income tax is owing for 2016, also for the work permit application.

You should be able to use the tax receipts for 2016, your old employer should be able to provide these if you do not have, or perhaps the PND91 for the 2016 tax year, which would show the total earnings for the year, I'm not sure if immigration would accept that as it doesn't show monthly income, but if working for the whole 12 months then this is easily worked out.

UJ would confirm, but as far as I know the only requirement working wise is that the visa is non-immigrant, you need to tell the school that is the extension needs to be based on marriage.

I would imagine the only reason there is confusion here is that Immigration are trying to extend based on working and not marriage, you need to make it very clear to them that you want to extend based on marriage and not working.

Just paid my speeding fine at a branch of KTB, painless experience and a lot easier (and cheaper) than doing it at a post office, only issue was the bar code would not be read, so had to manually type info in.

Handy info to know about being able to pay at KTB, as just got a speeding ticket just the other day!

32 minutes ago, JimGant said:

Songkran gets its two work days of holiday on the 13th and 14th. As it doesn't fall into the weekend, no substitution holiday required.

For the last 28 years that I have lived in Thailand the Songkran holidays have always been 13th, 14th & 15th!

Although the 15th is a Saturday, then I also have not seen anything officially saying that 17th is going to be a public holiday, have one calendar that says it is a substitute for the 15th and one that does not! The Bank of Thailand website does not list it as a holiday.

On 01/04/2017 at 3:24 PM, Hopeful Thomas said:

Ok, seems he may be panicking about nothing. The list of questions was given to her by her English teacher.

She should fire her English teacher 'Questions about Reletionship'

On 12/03/2017 at 8:04 AM, JAS21 said:

Could be that you are charged each year  1%  on the amount that you borrowed ... hope not. It should be on what you owe.

That is exactly how the financing of cars in Thailand works, the rate looks low and attractive, however it is a percentage of the total amount over the number of years the finance is taken for.

So for example, if you were to pay a deposit of 50% of a 1 Million Baht car and the balance of 500,000 THB was taken on finance at a typical rate of 2% over 36 months, then the interest paid per year would be 10,000 THB with total interest charges of 30,000 THB over the loan period.

On 14/03/2017 at 8:28 AM, sometimewoodworker said:

The benefit is no early repayment fees, the downside is no early repayment saving 

This depends on the company who is providing the loan, for instance BMW Finance will discount 50% of the remaining interest if the loan is paid off early, worth checking with the loan company prior to deciding.

From their website two seconds ago. HK Visa Fees.pdf

The chip contains, as UJ states, the biometric and other information of the holder, so in the case of a UK passport it has everything you can see on the main photo page of the passport stored in there including the photo, when it is used in an e-gate (at an entry point where it can be), then your face is scanned and then compared to the biometric info contained in the chip, so no chip = no e-gate usage.

Apparently this method is far more secure than using fingerprints for positive identification.

http://hub.unlock.org.uk/knowledgebase/information-contained-on-uk-passports/

6 minutes ago, GavinK said:

Unlikely to be DNA or paternal proof test - the child allowance (increasing to THB 30,000 for 2017 but no educational allowance) is given whether the child is the taxpayers legitimate child or spouses legitimate child, or the taxpayers adopted child.

 

Yes, this is exactly as I understand it also, really perplexed as to the why and for what possible purpose this medical can achieve for the RD!

The only difference this year from previous years is the divorce side of things, though from a tax point of view I lose the spouse allowance, so the RD is actually better off because of this.

I will most likely just ignore the request and carry on as before.

27 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Yes they will. Ther re-entry permit is for a permit to stay not the visa.

OK, so a person could apply for a re-entry permit for an entry made using a still valid multiple entry visa, i.e. in this case to keep the latest permit to stay until March 2018 alive?

The easiest way to get the VOA for the Shenzhen Shekou region is to take the fast ferry boat directly from HKG (airport), note that the ferry is air side at HKG, VOA desk is available at arrival at Shekou Ferry port, need to check the timing though, as the desk does close in the evening, so have to fly in to HKG and get the ferry that arrives prior to the VOA desk closing.

http://www.hongkongairport.com/eng/transport/transport-connection-with-mainland-china/ferry-transfer/service-at-a-glance.html

As far as I can tell, these are the opening times to get the VOA in Shekou:

Shekou Port (09:30-13:00 and 14:30-17:00) - Nanshan district

I will add that it was their Thai birth certificates that I supplied.

Not sure if this is exactly the right forum to post this in, although it will be read by the members that are likely to have the experience to perhaps advise correctly.

I've just had cause to go to the Soi Langsuan branch office of the Revenue Department to file an additional PND91 to clear last year's income tax prior to the deadline tomorrow, not so much of an issue to do this, although there wasn't anybody available that had particularly good English language skills, never mind, as on the whole between my poor Thai and their English we got by.

Apart from one thing, the lady that was checking the PND91 and evidence came out and said that for next year I must submit a medical as I claim the yearly allowance for 2 children, both in education (so for 2016 17,000 Baht each for the year).

I tried to find out what she meant as a 'medical' as it made no sense why a health check would be needed!

Pretty sure she did not fully understand my question, although one thing she did say it is required because I'm the Father and claiming the allowance, if the Mother was claiming then it is not needed.

Surely she would not be talking of some sort of DNA proof that I am the Father? 

Part of the evidence submitted was a copy of each of their birth certificates, both with me as the Father, both have my surname, both children were legitimised by marriage to their Mother, although we are now divorced.

I've been claiming the allowance for both of them every tax year since 2004, never an issue or a single question asked.

Has anybody else heard of this and have any inkling what 'medical' the Revenue Department could possibly mean?

3 minutes ago, 2008bangkok said:

And this is legally binding?

As far as I was told by my lawyer, then yes, so long as both parties agree and it is signed and witnessed by the Amphur.

An original is kept by each of us and the Amphur.

I'm not sure that a re-entry permit prior to you leaving in April would work, I understand the logic, however, can and will immigration issue a re-entry permit whilst holding a valid ME visa?

Looking at the information that is available on the web, then it doesn't look easy to adopt a Thai child as a foreigner.

It mentions that foreigners who have temporary residence in Thailand must have a work permit and been in Thailand for at least 6 months prior to applying, these rules may be different where by the child's mother is your wife.

I'm no expert, but wouldn't the fact that your married to his Mother negate the need to adopt?