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Is it still possible to get a 60 day extension for a 90 day Non-O spousal visa?

I went to Chiang Mai Immigration near the airport to try and get a 60 day extension for my 90 day Non-O visa for visiting my spouse. I had my wife with me and had a TM7 filled out, had copies of my appropriate passport pages, her house book, her ID card, and our marriage certificate. We were directed to the tent in front of the building on the left side and they kept asking for the usual documents for the one year extension. My wife kept repeating that I wanted a 60 day extension, hok sip wan, to no avail. Were we directed to the right place? Have the requirements for a 60 day Non-O extension changed? Is it even still available? Has anyone done this recently in Chiang Mai? Also curious what reason people might give at the bottom of the TM7 form.

My stepson had a nice custom rack built for his motorcycle there and for what I thought was a reasonable price.

Not sure what the problem with recognizing anger is. Some family members seem to think I'm angry when I am not. I may be sad, disappointed, disturbed, or whatever but I'm seldom angry with anyone but myself. Some amusing usage I've heard a few times are the words threegether, fourgether, etc. I wonder if these would be considered to be portmanteau words?

I moved to Chiang Mai semi-permanently when I was in my late forties. For the first ten years or so all I had was a nice little 125cc Honda Wave and it served me well. I could easily hang ten bags of groceries off of it. Eventually when I got married we bought a Honda City but it was driven more by my wife than by me for the first few years. Then after being T-Boned on my Wave by a pickup running a red light I started driving the car and seldom rode any of our motorcycles anymore. I did fully recover but it took about 9 months including rehab. However, a few years ago my stepson, who now lives in Bangkok, got paranoid about his Kawasaki Z1000 being stolen. That would be a Zed 1000 to some of you. So he started keeping it here at our house in Chiang Mai. My wife doesn't like me riding the Z1000 but every time I get on it and take it out I feel 10 years younger. Of course I tell her that I promised my stepson to keep the battery charged, etc. There are lots of nice rides around here that I used to do on my Wave and they are much better on the Z1000. But now having diminished reflexes in my late sixties I seldom take any chances when riding. And I still have my nice DOT approved helmet that I bought in the US. In general I feel like your location has the most to do with whether you need a car or not. Also whether you have a family or not and if you are still working and need the convenience. Being still employed and married here on the outskirts of Chiang Mai it's hard to imagine living here without a car. Plus at this point it's hard to see relocating just to remove our dependence on a car.

This is not a case of a birth certificate being lost. My wife's birth was never registered as she was born at home in a village north of Chiang Mai years before registration was normal. Thus no birth certificate exists and we need the "Certificate of Birthplace" as I mentioned in the OP. My question was what exactly is this document? The only place I've ever seen it mentioned is on the US government website (see OP). It gives no details as to what the document might be. My wife and my stepdaughter (college grad) visited the Amphur for my wife's birthplace yesterday and even though the people there tried to be helpful they were not aware of exactly what this document would be. They did mange to pick up official copies of my stepdaughter's and stepson's birth certificates while they were there. So my current guess as to what the US calls a "Certificate of Birthplace" is some sort of affidavit from her Amphur that attests to her birthplace and birthdate plus is witnessed and has an official seal on it. What would be nice is a template for such a document that we could give them. Either that or the official Thai name for such a document. My wife acquired her Thai ID card about 15 years ago with the assistance of her Pu Yai Baan. He died a few years ago but the new Pu Yai Baan knows my wife, her children, and their history and would probably be willing to help. My wife just found a one page document in her files with an official red stamp that she was given when she got her Thai ID Card. Even though it is in Thai I can see her birth date and also the names of her parents in the top half of this document and it has her picture on the bottom half. We will get this translated to English so I can tell if it will be useful.

I am preparing to petition for my wife to get an immigrant visa (green card) to the U.S. She is Thai but has never had a birth certificate. She does have a Thai ID card, blue house book, and a passport. The U.S. embassy web site has the following info: If an official birth certificate is not obtainable, applicants should submit a Certificate of Birthplace, their Household Registration, and their Thai National ID card as secondary evidence. However, there is no official information anywhere that I can find explaining exactly what a Certificate of Birthplace is and where it can be obtained. I have found a few threads on this site where alternates to birth certificates were discussed but none were very recent. I assume we need to go to the Amphur where my wife was born north of Chiang Mai but I suspect they will not understand what we are asking for. Does anyone know specifically what this document is called in Thai? Will we need witnesses? Hearing about any experiences or any suggestions would be much appreciated.

My step daughter and her husband had an Isuzu D-Max diesel that has now passed to my stepson. I've been quite surprised at its handling and comfort. I've driven it a bit and it seems like a nice vehicle. I have ridden as a front seat passenger on trips from Chiang Mai to Bangkok and back and it was comfortable as well. However I've not ridden in the back seat so I can't comment on that. It's never really used for hauling except for luggage and the occasional motorcycle.

Interesting, some people seem to think that reading a book on a smart device is not "reading a book". It's still a book, just a digital book and not a paper book. Also one can use a Kindle app on a phone or tablet. Personally, my preference for digital reading is the the Kindle app on an iPad. My local library in the US participates in overdrive.com. It allows you to check out digital books for free. It has had almost all of the books I've ever wanted to read and has even added two of the books that I suggested. While in Thailand it is my only source of books. My wife is Thai and an avid reader. She did not get much of an education other than by reading. She went through all of the kids' textbooks from high school and college, except the math books. I remember helping my step daughter out with her calculus and linear algebra.

I flew in on ANA and business class was full. Premium economy had a few empty seats but cattle class economy was less than 20% per cent occupied, only one or two people per row. At the time I was wondering if flying business class made sense as there was a lot more separation in economy. However, business class has other things going for it.

They are in a new building on the Superhighway just a couple hundred meters north of the Big C Extra on the same side of the road. It's a large white single story building with blue lettering. Parking may look limited but there is more around the back. Just go clockwise around the building.

Have already tried Thai Watsadu and Home Sukkapan. Forgot about Boonthavorn so will try them tomorrow. Suggestions much appreciated.

I thought that I remembered seeing 8 inch square wall tiles in the past here in Chiang Mai. I've gone to all of the places I've bought tile from before and the other usual places but this size is not to be found. The smallest I see now is 10 x 12 inch in size. Is my memory faulty or do they no longer make or sell this size wall tile? I'll admit it has been quite a while since I looked for tile. Has anyone seen this size recently?

Meh, I'd hire an MIT, Stanford or Caltech grad over an Ivy League grad any day.

As of the last few weeks this site has become practically unusable for me using the latest version of Safari on a MacBook running Big Sur. When loading a new topic or going to the next page in a topic it redraws the page multiple times and keep jumping around. It never stops at the beginning of a post. When going to a topic I've been reading it never returns to my last position correctly. It seems to position to several posts before the last one I read. I do not have any ad blocking extensions installed. Does anyone else have a similar problem? Is something wrong with Safari? Anyone have better luck with a different browser on Big Sur? Or is there a problem with the web site? At this point the site has become completely useless to me.

No comments on the atrocious English on the main web page?

We have solar hot water running to all of our bathrooms, kitchen, and laundry room. Currently our dishwasher and washing machine are fed from cold water taps. Both of these appliances obviously have heating elements for the water. They do expect cold water input as indicated in both manuals. I was considering hooking up hot water to the dishwasher to see if it would speed up the cycles. This would also save some energy costs. I would expect that the hose might need to be changed for hot water but was thinking that using hot water might affect the programming adversely. Any ideas on pros and cons of doing this?

There used to be a carpet store on Mahidol Road on the south side about halfway between the river and Airport Plaza. However, i haven't noticed if they are still in business.

In the Padaet area we have city water but never enough pressure for showers and the like. All houses in our moo baan have tanks and pumps. We recently switched from an underground tank to an above ground tank and we have just enough pressure to get the water two meters off the ground to the top of the tank. The city water was off all day last Tuesday.

Thai First Translation Services on Charoen Prathet Road (spelling?). Used them for many official documents over the years but not in the last 3 years so not sure if they are still in business.

Lived in Kansas near the Colorado border and spent summers in Ft Collins and Walsenburg. We had relatives all over Colorado, like Colorado Springs, Longmont, Leadville and Estes Park. As a kid the rule was we only had to put a jacket on when we went outside if it was 32F or below. Unless it was snowing, sleeting, raining, etc.

Not cold enough for a T-shirt yet.

Circle of hair or the whole disk?

When I went to take care of my TM30 on Monday at 1:15 PM there was already a line at the 90 day reporting drive through.

My wife reported that she had no reaction to the first shot but that she felt tired for a few days after the second shot and slept a lot. She normally doesn't sleep that much.