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just bought one from Global house yesterday, good build and tests ok

Anyone see any American turkeys in any supermarkets?

Our friend is a driver if you are interested

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If you need any advice on a drug you can

Message me. I was a clinical pharmacist for over 30 years in USA. IN general there is no

Problem with tolerance to anti histamine

But be concerned with the manufacturer of the generic which can effect efficacy due to

Quality of the drug, involving excipients etc

Just got a couple of Michelin installed

Was very happy with the service

Anyone see any canned pumpkin anywhere the last few

Days around Chiangmai?

You can see many places on internet

Not combination but monthly deposit

No can use any income to totaling 40,000 bht. I just checked again on Internet. But has to show deposit insurance n bank every month

For proof of income you can also use proof of income of40,000 baht or a combo of bank statement and income every month

New Immigration Office (Airport location)

Apparently, the request for a new Chiang Mai Immigration Office has been turned down by Bangkok. Soon, the remaining services at the Airport Office will be moved to the Promenada location

Here is an interview with Marc Vermeulen (Director of Promenada) and his interview with Pol. Col. Rutjapong Saravanangkool, the Chief of Chiang Mai Immigration

This was posted in the recent Chiang Mai Expat Club Newsletter

When Will Conditions Improve?

Last Wednesday, Sept. 9, I meet with Marc Vermeulen, Director of Promenada (Prom.) Resort Mall and found he wants to improve the "experience" for Immigration's customers at the mall. He stated that Imm. has signed a multi-year contract and plans to move all their operations at the current location near the airport to Prom. very soon.

Already, Prom. has taken steps to improve conditions. They have removed livestock from the holding pens near the waiting area, supplied comfortable chairs for waiting, and opened the toilets at 6 am. They've appealed to mall merchants and now some are open early with more dining options.

Marc listened to my suggestions that outside lighting was needed for those who arrive to queue prior to 6 am and also several steps aren't wheelchair-friendly. I think those problems will be corrected immediately.

Imm. Prom. has many amenities lacking at the previous location. There is ample parking. The toilets are superb and open early. There are wheelchairs available near the Rim Ping entrance in the parking garage. Several coffee shops open early and Rim Ping offers numerous excellent breakfast choices under 100 baht, starting at 8 am, and a full range of options for lunch including a mall food court, Duke's and Ragu.

It's too early for an announcement, but Marc realizes there is a need for an indoor aircon waiting area adjacent (and within sight) of Imm. and also a way to communicate queue number status to people who want to go into the mall. In the end, I think that private enterprise will probably solve the problem of lack of indoor aircon waiting or knowing when your queue number is being called.

Then I ran into Pol. Col. Rutjapong Saravanangkool, the Chief of Chiang Mai Immigration and we talked in his Prom. Imm. office for about 30 minutes.

He confirmed that Imm. has a multi-year contract with Prom. and that all operations at the airport location with move to Prom. soon, in stages. Education visa extensions will move within 4 - 6 weeks.

Col. Rutjapong said he signed the contract with Prom. because Bangkok turned down the proposal to build a new Imm. office and something had to be done to improve conditions. He said there is no budget for the move and the Imm. employees have made great sacrifice to do the move and asks expats to be understanding. He says that once the move is finished conditions will be better, but the transition period will be difficult.

About the on-line queue: Col. Rutjapong said it was discontinued because it can't accommodate two locations and generated many complaints. He said the programming is done in Bangkok. He was vague about if or when it will return. Note: I talked about the results of the survey, but didn't have a copy to give to him, since the meeting was impromptu.

Prom. Imm. at 2:30 pm last Thursday, Sept 10. Everyone is waiting for passports to be returned after seeing officers. It was reported on ThaiVisa.com that no one was waiting to submit 90-day reports or retirement extensions.

About getting another Imm. officer to process retirement extensions: Yes, there will be more than 20 people processed each day once more staff moves from the old location. It's low season now and there hasn't been a need for more than 20 retirement extensions per day. (I would agree, based on what I've seen during my recent observations of the morning queue card distribution.)

About whether mail-in 90 day reports have been discontinued: He said absolutely not! He said this is the best way for expats to submit their 90 day reports, but they must follow the rules. He doesn't understand why some expats say they have been told by Imm. officers that 90 day reporting by mail has been stopped. He said maybe it's because that expat had done something wrong in how they submitted their report. ThaiVisa.com has a good summary of 90-day report procedures.

About whether 90-day on-line reporting has been discontinued: He said it still is in operation, but doesn't work very well. All programming for that comes from Bangkok and the local offices have no control.

About visa agents: He claims there is no desire by Imm. for everyone to hire visa agents. Agents have to wait in the early morning queue to get queue cards just like everyone else and aren't given preference.

I wanted to ask Col. Rutjapong about other topics, but a junior officer presented him with a stack of passports and documents to review and it was my cue to leave. As I left, Col. Rutjapong reminded me to ask the CEC members to please be patient and polite.

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I just had all my doors refinished and if anyone needs a good reliable painter and door refinisher you can PM me

Bought many times at Yoke off

Freeway too

Has anyone been able to get the correct address of where to submit 90 days report by mail to Promenada?

You can go to PIAK BOWIE KNIVES They will sharpen knives and utensils too

Just received 2 pairs of progressive glasses from Zenni optical. Excellent deal

Try DK David's Kitchen

Just had my roof repaired by vitatan. Very good and fast

Pm if interested

I bought it a few times at Rimping near nawarat bridge

Does anyone know where you can buy decorative white stone not blocks but stone

Size for flower beds in a truck load, not in

Pre filled bags that will deliver to your house?

Being a clinical pharmacist for over 30 years in the US, we used to compound formulations for different areas of the body for pain relief. You could try using lidocaine patch which you apply externally. You might be able to get at Pharmachoice

Or ask them to order it if lists in their formulary guide they use.

You can buy capricorn licorice the Australian brand from villa market

In Bangkok. Each bag is about 100 baht and they will send to Chiangmai. Soon they will be online for now you can order by emailing customer service

What we do is go to hong dong makro and pick out a round steak

And have them grind it. Very good

Better than RP IMO

Near Bosang

One large front door entrance