15 hours ago, Peter Denis said:

Providing some cakes (no money!) to officer handling your case and rest of office staff AFTER successful application will buy you some credit for your NEXT application.

And giving a custard pie to the relevant official will make you feel better should your application not prove successful.

8 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Perhaps that's 'true' in the sense that he's going to prison.

Notwithstanding that by bail they actually mean ' indefinite bail ' provided the envelopes keep coming.

The jail sentence is a metaphorical one.

8 hours ago, lemonjelly said:

I’m fishing for info for what the maximum fine is if they do pull me up on it, and I have a feeling they will, they’re known for it round here 

Around where ? Forwarned is forarmed.

14 hours ago, Peter Denis said:

You could indeed call 1178 (Immigration help-line) to hear the 'official' stance. 

Also there responses will vary depending on who you get on the line, but might be useful when 'Can Do' response to ask for name of officer providing the info.

And when your local IO has a different stance which is negative for you, you could then call 1178 while discussing the matter with them and ask for the officer that confirmed the Can Do approach.  Obviously, this must be done in a polite, not challenging 'face saving' way.

 

Yes..all this has crossed my mind. What a palaver though. Ironically , I had a planned visit to the UK in May returning early September. Covid cattled that and now the ' new normal ' looks very far from normal indeed.

I think there are a lot of us out here biding our time , waiting for relevant reports to come in from various offices on just how the various immigration offices are handling this. Hopefully , as the next few weeks pass, the rogue offices will become fewer as the knowledge of the official policy seeps down the long tentacles of the immigration beast. I know that when I apply for anything I will be the living embodiment of unctuousness . Oliver will have nothing on me . ' Please sir , can I have an extension '

I don't mind debasing myself if the occasion requires just so long as i don't have to put my hand in my pocket. That would be like a scene from Henry V. 

“In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility; but when a bung is asked for , then imitate the action of an outraged expat; stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, disguise fair nature with hard-favor'd rage.”

14 hours ago, Peter Denis said:

Indeed, there is little clarity about the start date of your application for a 60-day extension of stay.

1 - Some ultra-rogue offices do not want to issue  60-day extension of stay, when being on the Amnesty.

2 - Other rogue offices allow it but will want to back-date it till the moment your permission to stay expired (which would make it useless applying for).

3 - Still others will issue a 60-day extension of stay when on the Amnesty, but will do it from date of application.

4 - And some have confirmed they will issue them with the 27 Sept start-date.

> So you can get any of these four 'flavors' when enquiring at your local IO.

Note: If you have a normal IO (and not a rogue one) it will be no problem applying for the 60-day extension of stay for reason of visiting your thai wife / thai dependant child.

And if they tell you that they will issue from date of application, you can simply enquire whether there would be any problem when applying in the last week of the Amnesty. 

It's also important if you intend to use the 60-day extension of stay to buy time and apply from its 'valid' permission to stay for your subsequent 1-year extension of stay, whether your local IO would allow that.

If not, you would need to 'shop around' for a more accomodating IO for that 1-year extension of stay.

 

Yes ...... so many conflicting reports which is why intend to go and ask my local immigration first ( without passport ) to see what there stance is. Might be worth trying to telephone head office first in Bangkok to see what the official line is.

Although there is no thread dedicated to reviewing the many immigration offices it is possible to use google maps to find your own local immigration office and read the google reviews of that place. I have done this for Petchabun and the reports are mixed between very good and very bad.

14 hours ago, Barney13 said:

My concern is that it is personal funds and not pension or wages,

Yes, apparently some  ( but not all )  immigration offices  are a bit picky. A bit of a tough rule if you are not of pensionable age .

I intend to visit Petchabun immigration next week to ' test the water ' and ask what their requirements are. I have the 60 day extension option as well but even with that there have been conflicting reports as to what start date should be given the 27th of September or the date you apply.

Best of luck anyway , and myself also.

14 hours ago, hanuman2543 said:

It isn't his first extension.

"obtaining the one-year marriage-based extension without having to leave the country?"

Why should he transfer 2 times 40,000 Baht when he has the whole 400,000 Baht in his oversea bank account but can't access it online?

Reading carefully can go a long way.

Where does it say it is not his first extension ?

And why would you leave to get an extension ?? You extend to avoid leaving ?

If profit is the main incentive ....forget it.

Sell what the locals want and like .......  not what you think they should try.

19 hours ago, holy cow cm said:

I don't know why you always try to rewrite this regime's history by trying to make people think that Big P is the one to come up with infrastructure ideas and helping the poor.

Maybe it really is Prayuth lurking behind that avatar ! ( with a lot of help from google translate )

It certainly would explain his contrary posts. Why not. Trump uses twitter etc. Could be Prayuth trying his hand at influencing. I can think of no other plausible explanation .

19 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I’m sure there are many things that should be illegal, I suspect you would think of many more things than I, but that doesn’t answer my question.

 

The reason I ask is simply this, if it is not actually ‘illegal’ to cross the English Channel, then on what basis can the new ‘Commander’ intervene in anyone doing something that is not ‘illegal’.

 

 

It is refreshing that we have a few champions of the oppressed in our ranks. The masses are too easily influenced by tabloid headlines screaming for action. And it is the ' brain dead sheep ' ( to quote Ruam Rudy ) who sadly also have the vote , that read the tabloids and become all agitated.

I would be interested to know what you and he think would be the correct way to deal with asylum seekers as I am sure the current government seems to be at a loss.

17 hours ago, Inspire Hua Hin said:

something that captures that Je nai sai quoi,

Old fat men in shorts and sandals with big derriere's ?

It is the home of a well known poster who has currently gone under cover.

On 8/7/2020 at 8:39 PM, BritManToo said:

...... about 200Kcals according to Strava.

Anything less than 1,000Kcals is hardly worth the effort IMHO.

Good. I'll completely give up trying in that case and live out my final years in the most hedonistic , lotus eating way I can think of. Now turn on the porn hun and get a cold Lao Khao from the fridge . Oh and some salted peanuts to cock a snoot at my blood pressure.

19 hours ago, CANSIAM said:

Sounds like doom and gloom unfortunately, change may somehow come if the people are determined or maybe its just not possible 

Well....things are definitely picking up on the protest front , and not only in Bangkok so we live in hope .

Talk about volte face. The Thai authorities not so long ago had an attitude something like this :

If you are driving from Kanchanaburi and heading for Bangkok, route 9 , along the 338 road , then as soon as you turn left onto route 9 , before and after Lamina Films ( marked on google ) there are a couple of places with a good variety.

There are a lot of other places between this big Junction and the Westgate Mall junction ( and beyond ) but sometimes they are just off the road in drive around plant Malls. These places take up a few rai of land and have access roads you can drive around to a depth of a couple of hundred meters of the main route 9. if you want anything at all for the garden this whole area has it.

If you are prepared to travel as far as Suphan Buri you could go a wee bit further to the outer Bangkok ring road ( Route 9 ) around the Bangyai area. Many sellers along this road with all types of grass. I got the best turf I have ever purchased in Thailand at a seller on the corner opposite West Gate shopping mall. It was backed by the most earth I have ever seen on Thai turf. Still not very thick like in the UK but at leas there were no bald patches or yellow bits. Worth the trip if you are buying a lot. It was a 6 hour round trip for me but no local alternatives worth even looking at. The whole area if lined with turf and plant dealers either side of route 9 heading south from Bangyai. Also some to the north but not as good.

On 8/5/2020 at 7:25 PM, Boomer6969 said:

There is a very active thread about a busted agent where some people are trading insults which lead me to reflect on people's motivation to stay in LOS: if you can't afford a legit visa you can afford bar girls either, so why do you stay here?

This suggests the OP can't persuade a bar girl to go with him even though he has the money and wants to thin out what little remaining competition there is.

Not until its tested on a lot of people with Herpes.

If none of the test group die I might consider it.