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12 hours ago, GabbaGabbaHey said:

Why don't you wait for the new passport? (since you need a new one to use these re-entry...). One side question being: does one have to pay to transfer the re-entry from an expired passport to the new one? I don't remember the answer I read on this topic some years ago, maybe someone can refresh our mind on this.

I suspect you do. I know this is not quite the same, but when I got a replacement for my blue PR book because it was full, I had to pay for a new re-entry and endorsement, they would not transfer the old one.

Thanks for the replies.

My son went into Fitness24 to check it out, and they wouldn't let him have a membership anyway because of his age (15).

Looks like he'll have to carry on using the school one. Cheaper for me, for sure!

Thanks again for the help.

Steve

Hi can anybody recommend a decent gym in the Phrankhanong/Ekamai BTS area please?

I've read the reviews of WEFitness and Fitness24 and am a bit concerned about them both, to be honest!

Any other options or help/suggestions much appreciated, thanks.

Steve

Hi everybody.

Does anybody have any experience of being waitlisted for a Thai Royal Orchid Plus points award ticket, please?

Currently the outward flight is ok, but the return flight (LHR-BKK) is 'no availability' for weeks around the date I need to travel.

I understand its peak time (early August), but there is plenty of availability on the paid tickets (for now, at least).

Has anybody ever got off the wait list and managed to get a ticket, please?

I don't want to leave it too late and find the paid tickets are all gone as well, as its a long awaited family holiday!

Thanks,

Steve

50 minutes Sunday afternoon to get through immigration at Swampy. They were only allowing people down the escalator from the security check in batches for a while as the immigration area was full.

My only comparison of this sort of system is with India, where they only check 1 finger of one hand instead of all 10 here, which is obviously faster.

Hope it improves as the immigration staff become more familiar. I have PR and the immigration officer needed to call the 'expert' to help him, and it took another 5 minutes on top of the 50 before I actually got through.

Slightly different circumstances but may help a bit.

I'm from the UK and live in Thailand permanently (I have permanent residence here), and was going to adopt my stepson (natural father deceased), who I have brought up and educated since he was 3 years old.

However, I found that an adoption in Thailand is not recognised in the UK, and would have no affect on him getting rights to live in the UK etc.

You might want to check into that side of it for the US before going ahead on anything.

12 hours ago, beeper said:

Yes you do as the stamps are not transferred.

To issue the white book is 1900 THB, the book itself sets you back a whopping 2THB ( not kidding) now we know why it’s such good quality. The two stamps are the usual price. So overall over 7800THB.



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Thanks.

Another page out of my passport as well then. Sigh.

Hi all,

My blue book is finally full, so I need to get a replacement.

Do I need to get a new endorsement and non-quota visa with the new (white, I believe?) book, as my existing ones do not run out until May?

Thanks.

3 hours ago, scorecard said:

 

I mentioned that the regulations state 3 years but when I applied (using a knowledgeable agent who was the Thai husband of a Thai female engineer work colleague) the Imm. folks at Soi Suan Plu said they would only accept applications where the foreign had about 7 years of WPs and Tax clearances.

 

At that time I had WPs and tax clearances quite a few years more than 7, and my application was accepted.

 

I did also mention (in this thread) that I didn't know whether the '7 years' part was still the 'rule' and I did invite others to share their experiences on this point.

 

What's happened on this point since I applied I have no idea. Several comments seen to indicate that the 3 year rule is now observed.  

 

 

 

That's interesting. How long ago did you apply, if I might ask, please? I applied in 2006, and it was definitely only 3 years asked for then.

I've skimmed this thread out of interest, and it seems you need to refer to the excellent Camerata thread on PR for up to date accurate information.

Its a long thread, but full of what you need to know.

For what its worth, based on my own experience (applied in 2006 granted in 2012) and several personal friends who have had it granted since, a couple of things:

1. Work permit and completed Thai tax returns for 3 years (only 3 years - no idea where the 7 years came from?) as essential. They will not even accept your application without them.

2. Almost 100% of the applicants apply under the 'expert' category, I believe.

3. Not sure about the language requirements. Certainly when I got mine they were very limited. I've not heard of anybody being asked to read or write, that's for sure. Although the verbal 'check' is a bit more taxing now, I understand.

Every hospital can do it also if you are struggling finding a clinic. I go to the Sukhumvit hospital very close to Ekamai BTS each year, and it costs about 600 Baht if I remember. More than a clinic but they do speak some English if your Thai is not so good. Just ask for a medical certificate for a work permit, and if they don't know what you mean go somewhere else, as its a standard requirement.

The actual test is not much use to anybody I'd guess. They take your blood and then you have a very brief interview with a doctor, and that's it. But its quite a good introduction into the ways of Thailand, in that as long as you follow the exact procedure and don't cause a fuss, usually (but not always, TIT) things will work out fine.

Many years ago something similar happened to me, but on a much smaller scale. I used to pay all of the utility bills direct apart from the water, which I paid in cash to the juristic office of the condo. When I went in to pay it one month it was a different person in the office and they said I owed over a years back payments (just a few hundred Baht a month) according to their records. Nope, says yours truly, and when I proved it by showing them the receipts back to the beginning of my tenancy, they agreed.  The key point was after I had provided them the proof we got talking and they were very openly telling me that the previous juristic office staff had not paid any of the tenants water bills to the water company for ages, but just pocketed the cash. They were then using the 'give me proof' method to try and minimise the juristic offices loss through the theft of their staff, and didn't see anything at all wrong with this approach!

On ‎10‎/‎4‎/‎2018 at 1:57 PM, scorecard said:

 

 

It's standard to paste a new photo into the next 5 years block box on the appropriate page of the police book and the dates every time the standard 5 year update is done.

 

They did it without a photo?

 

No photo asked for. I had some with me just in case though. This was my first 'update' since I got my PR 6 years ago. 

I have just renewed my red police book at Klong Tan police station for another 5 years.

In and out in less than 15 minutes. 800 Baht. No other documents looked at (I had the full portfolio, but never even took them out of my bag), no photos needed.

Great job.

I seem to remember also that in Vietnam a foreign investor can own their Company 100%, as opposed to Thailand. If I remember correctly when this law came into force a few years back several Thai companies re-located at least some of their operation to VN.

All you need to keep your PR over this period is to return to Thailand for a day or two to renew your non-immigrant quota re-entry visa just before it expires (valid for 1 year). Takes a couple of hours usually (at Chaeng Wattana anyway).

If you cannot manage that, then as posted above, your PR is lost and its back to square one with a new application.

27 minutes ago, transam said:

The .357 mag was not the most powerful handgun in the world..For a period it's big .44 brother was but that is history..

You mean Dirty Harry wasn't telling the truth? I'm devastated...!

OK, an update.

I went there last week, its on Nawamin soi 163, quite a fair way down the (narrow) soi, on the left hand side. A bit tricky to park also.

Its a small shop, and there's a sign outside with some English which says fly fishing, but it would be easy to miss it. Sorry, being an old guy I didn't think to take a photo using my phone.

A reasonable selection of fly fishing tackle, some rods, reels and lines, and also some fly tying materials and tools, much to my surprise. Worth a visit, especially if you happen to live out that way. Lots of other tackle as well.

The good news is that if you search on google maps for Nwamin soi 163, the tackle shop shows up when you zoom in. Its also not too bad a drive if you go via the Chalong Rat expressway.

I hope that's a help.

Steve

Thanks for the help.

The second one is the one my own tackle shop was on about. When I went back he told me it wasn't ladprao but Nawamin road!

5 hours ago, mrpickledgherkins said:

At CW, I got finger prints put on the ledger book last year as well as this year. May be that's their way to put on record that the PR Holder physically visited the Immigration Office to renew re entry permit instead of sending a proxy.

 

I've had my prints taken at CW every time I've got a new re-entry permit, ever since 2012. TIT.

Hi all,

My local Thai tackle shop in On-Nut says there is a tackle shop in Ladphrao that sells fly fishing tackle. He gave me the name (in Thai) but neither of my kids can find anything out about it (they are both bi-lingual).

Anybody been there or have an address?

If not I'll go back and see if he has a phone number.

Thanks,

Steve

Same for me. Not a single email since the 25th of May.

Also when I tried to register for the daily news feed (using IE and Firefox) after I clisked on the 'Subscribe' button after filling in my email address, nothing happened at all. 

3 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

They do that here at Ubon immigration. But not all offices will do the forms for you.

I think they may have the previous one saved on their network so they only need to update it.

Did you have to put your fingerprint in a big ledger?

You still had to do that last year in CW when I got mine?