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I'm glad that it worked easily for you.  I encountered the various problems that I enumerated but was successful eventually by using a digital data (SIM) connection.  Perhaps if I had selected "book" before looking for the available times, it would have worked but nobody suggested that particular procedure.

What seemed to work was scrolling to the bottom of the page first, selecting a date and then scrolling back up to select the category (Extension Visa for Retirement).and clicking it multiple times.

Switched from Chrome to Edge but still can't get any times for April 18.  VPN is off.

I turned off my VPN and tried again with no luck on April 13 or any later date.  Using hotel WiFi here but it hasn't caused me any problems for the past year.  I also just updated Windows.

Thanks.  Tried again with no results.  Could my VPN be causing the problem?

Thanks, Dr Jack54.  I Selected Extension Visa for Retirement but after clicking on the OK, I can't get any times to appear for April 18.  None appear for earlier and later dates either.

Chaeng Wattana.  I am using the link at outlook.office365.com/owa. Thanks.

I am trying to make a reservation to extend my period of stay but the website doesn't seem to be working correctly.  I choose Extension Visa for Retirement, Choose April 18 but when I click on the date or any neighboring dates, I get the error message Selected Date - No Information.  Is anybody else having problems or know what is wrong?  Thanks.  I am using the outlook.office365.com site.

Is there any time limit for transferring stamps?  Can it be done three months after receiving the new passport when renewing extension of stay?

So with an appointment any day is good?  I'll plan to reserve an April day soon after they open up in March.   Thanks.

What is the best day for an appointment in mid-April?   I would like to renew my extension soon after April 15th when I am finished filing my taxes online.  I will require the transfer of my stamps to a new passport at the same time.  I generally go just after the lunch hour.  Any advice will be appreciated..

Beware the power of your own libido.    Once you are hooked, you will find it very difficult to refuse a request from her.   Many men don't understand their vulnerability and, of course, NEVER want to have any suspicious thoughts..

May I ask one more question?   Do the stamps in my passport need to be updated in a timely manner?.  I don't plan to travel out of Thailand until the middle of the summer.   I anticipate that I will receive my new passport around the middle of February.   I will go to Chaeng Wattana to get a new extension around the middle of April.  I would like to have my stamps updated then but will go to have them transferred earlier if necessary.  Thanks for your help.

Thanks everyone.   I successfully got a 100 baht bank draft from Bangkok Bank yesterday.   I was surprised by the amount of paperwork that the bank teller had to do to produce the draft.  She very cheerfully went through it all.   I like the good service at Bangkok Bank.

Hi Dr.Jack,

Do you happen to know the amount to be put on the envelope to return my passport to me from the US Embassy?   I have the photos and paperwork ready to go but can’t find the postage required for the return envelope.  I assume that it must be sent by registered mail but can’t find the details anywhere.

Thanks.

Thanks very much.  I will be getting a new passport soon so I will try online after one mail-in report after I get the new passport..

Is any sized SSA return letter for the 90 day report OK?  This time I had only a  #9 envelope and affixed my 10 Baht stamp to it.   I usually send a #7 envelope.  I hope that the larger sized envelope does make the 10 Baht postage insufficient.  Immigration doesn't specify an envelope size and 10 Baht covers 100 grams and under.  Does anyone know if the envelope size and postage are OK?

Sorry, my mistake.  It IS 15 days before and 7 days after.

Obviously, if you have no permission to stay in the kingdom, you have no days to report.   It's only with a valid permission to stay that you must report your presence in the kingdom every ninety days.

There can be a different due date for your 90-day report if your immigration office gives it to you.   This happens when I file by mail 15 days before the due date.  Otherwise, the 90-day report is due on the ninetieth day after you enter the country.  These dates have no relation to TM 30s or period of stay renewal dates.   I have always mailed in my 90-day reports and have never had a problem.   Some people don't like doing the paperwork but it always works whereas the online reporting sometimes doesn't work for a variety of reasons.  90-day reports should be mailed not later than fifteen days before the report is due.   I will be getting a new passport next year so I will go to report my 90 days in-country in person and have my stamps transferred to my new passport at the same time.   After that I'll go back to mail-ins.

Of course, if you are over 5 days late in submitting your 90-day report, you must go in person and pay your 2,000 baht fine.

What is a trash "tip?"   

The more things change, the more they stay the same.   Visit Vietnam and read the newspaper Tuoi Tre.  The pages are full of reports of various cruel scams.  I'm a Vietnam veteran 66-69.  My ex-wife was Vietnamese.  She has been scammed twice by other women who took everything.  Some of the cruelest scams are the false marriage scams perpetrated by Chinese women who charge large sums to recruit people who will pretend to be marriage partners for Chinese who want a fiancé visa to get to the US.  She pays Americans to visit the prospective spouse in China.  After the Americans return to the US, she disappears with all of the money that the Chinese have paid.  I have read letters that the Chinese have written to the American scammers.  They are truly pitiful.  
One of the cruel scams that I remember in Saigon was that of various clinics that sprang up in Saigon offering expensive injections to make childless women pregnant. The women's bellies swelled but none became pregnant.  All of the clinics disappeared..  Plus la change, quelque la meme chose! 

My grandfather was a GP doctor and surgeon in a small Pennsylvania town.  One day, while rushing to the hospital, he hit and killed a woman pedestrian.  His license was suspended for life but he was allowed to keep practicing medicine.  He had to hire a permanent chauffeur to drive him around for the rest of his life.  In his private practice, he treated a lot of farmers and laborers for free or for a very low fee so I think that he paid his debt to society in this way.  He also donated a wing to the town hospital.  He didn't have much money when he died.

For this football player, I think that a judge should create an appropriate sentence that would included a life-long ban on driving.  That would impose a life-long tax on his income.  A long-term requirement for doing public service would also be appropriate.   His life doesn't need to be destroyed but he should pay appropriate penalties.