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Only your passport, in which you have presumably stapled the returned portion of the form from your previous 90 day report. Even that is probably not strictly necessary.  Everything is computerized now. They do the rest.

There is nothing on the internet.

Ubon to Sisaket:  van service only frequent departures throughout the day from about 6 a.m. to about 6 p.m. Running time is just under an hour.

Sisaket to Rattanaburi: 6 vans per day, every 2  hr. from 8 a.m to 6 p.m. Running time is about 1 to 1.5 hrs.

Ubon to Rattanaburi (by bus) - this is not the most direct route from Ubon to Bangkok,so service is infrequent. I believe there is a bus leaving Ubon at about 6 p.m. daily.

You have to deal with the office serving the province you live in. At the top of this sub-forum is a Pinned Topic - "Laws, Regulations, Police Orders..." Click on it, then select # 8 Addresses & Google Map locations of Immigration Offices.

It is for the Labour Dept. (Work Permit). Requirements vary by office, so check with your local office before having the tests done.

To Kerry D.:  May I ask why the process needs to be started "within hours", and what happens if it isn't ?

ATM's permit two withdrawals per day, each as high as the stated maximum.

Here is my understanding, following a preliminary enquiry to my own embassy: 

The hospital/local authority issues a Death Certificate. When the deceased is a foreigner, the relevant embassy is supposed to be notified. This is where an observant person can help; to ensure that this step gets done. Presumably the relevant embassy will offer logistical assistance such as notification of relatives abroad and transportation of remains, if that has been requested.

If a foreign will is involved, the observant person in Thailand should also notify the foreign law firm and executor, so make sure she has addresses,e-mail addresses and phone numbers. Also a law firm file number, to retrieve the original will. Presumably, these will require copies of the Death Certificate, translated into the relevant language.

Thai trains often run late. You have been warned.

- in Thailand, bank accounts are not transferred from one branch to another.

- the correct procedure is to open an account at the new branch, then transfer the funds from the old to the new acct.

- you can then close the old acct. if you wish. If you have no activity for a year, it will likely be closed automatically

- think twice before closing an acct., and only do so if you are sure you will never need it again.  You can come here any day and read posts from foreigners who

can' t find a bank that will open an account for them.

- I have been here for years, and have never been asked the sort of personal questions you encountered. I presume they wanted to "cross-sell" you something, such as insurance. 

Immigration doesn't care what you rent, or what the terms are.  But of course the converse is not true, signing a rental contract does not confer any type of visa entitlement on you.

Apparently , Canadian born, to parents from Pakistan.

As a direct answer to your question, I don't care. But, whether intentionally or not, you raise a good point: Hollywood movies about Asia, Africa, Latin America or even Europe, feature white, usually American, stars, with the locals relegated to supporting roles. One exception to this is to cast a local as the villain.

We don't need a Hollywood movie, though I should add that nor do I favour a Thai government production with Thai heroes and the foreigners relegated to supporting roles.

Over a 21 year period, I taught at four different Thai high schools, two government and two private, in three different provinces. I never paid into Thai Social Security, and was never asked if I wanted to.

13 hours ago, jenny2017 said:

Sorry, but I think that it wasn't 780 baht for tax, it was 750 baht for the social security. Even when the ss act states that it has to be a percentage of the salary, all foreign, no matter if they have 25 K, or 50 K/ as a salalry per month, all teachers pay 750 baht, and the same amount has to be paid by the school.

I am not going to quibble over 30 baht/mo. relating to information that I was given 22 years ago.

No personal experience, But I have seen it advertised:     jobsdb.com

Did the hotel automatically offer you a voucher to the public pool (without you requesting such, or complaining about the lack of a pool on the premises)?

Gold and the US dollar are considered to be the two safest investments in the world, at least among those that are highly liquid. Usually, when one goes up, the other goes down.  In the last 3 months, the USD is up 5.5% against the Euro.  Source:  x-rates.com

Washington Optical, Ground Floor, (at the rear), Amarin Plaza, south side of Plpenchit Road, just east of its intersection with Ratchadamri Road. English spoken.  Open Saturdays, but closed Mondays.

A big caveat here: Last time I was there, they were talking about closing that branch. If you find that to be the case, please tell me here. I can direct you to their other branch, and I have the owner's mobile phone number too.

I just did a google search, and for whatever that may be worth, the Amarin Plaza branch is indicated as still open.

If a deadline falls on a holiday, Immigration will process you on the next business day with no penalty. But it is going to be busy. As you may know, Fri. July 27 is also a holiday.

Going off topic here, but can someone clarify what the letter from the Ministry of Education states ? During most of my teaching career it was not required, though at my last job (started in 2016) it was, I didn't bother to question the content; I just followed in the footsteps of the last new hire before me. 

To the OP:  I hope that the two of us are not muddying the waters for you; we are not contradicting each other. My Post # 11 spoke of not being able to extend a visa at an office other than the one that issued it, Ubonjoe's post immediately above speaks of cancelling one extension and then applying for a new one.  While I have never done that, I accept his judgement. However, it does require careful planning, co-operation from both schools, and travel. I think that many people prefer to leave Thailand, and get a new Non-B visa.  

  A visa can only be extended by the office that issued it. Nowadays, almost every province has its own Immigration office. My old and new jobs were in  different provinces (Bangkok & Nonthaburi respectively), but at that time, Nonthaburi did not have its own Immigration office, and was under the jurisdiction of Bangkok.

In your husband's case, if each of the two provinces has its own Immigration office, I think that he is going to have to leave Thailand, and get a new Non-B Visa, as I said in my Post #3 above.

Yes, I extended my Non-B.  I did not need to leave Thailand to get a new one.

Yes, the new school had all of the paperwork ready to apply for a new Non-B Extension for me, and I had it by about 11 a.m. Then, to the extent that I can recall (from 2004), we went to the Labour Dept. office and got my new Work Permit. It is possible that the new school had done advance work on the W. P.; I don't know.

You need everyone involved to know what they are doing, have everything ready on time, and be ready to move when you cue them. That is why I asked about the geography. Involving 2 provinces can complicate matters, especially if they are far apart. 

I can't comment on the spousal/dependent part of this, except to say that your husband is the keystone.  As long as he does everything correctly, the rest of you should be able to ride on his coattails.

Is the new job in the same province as the  old one ? If yes, and with co-operation from both the old and new schools, it may be possible to make the transition at the local immigration office. I did that once. My old school held my Work Permit open until the new school had all of the paperwork ready. I went to the Immigration office at 9 a.m., met with the Personnel Officer of my old school and did what was necessary, then I was joined at 10 a.m. by her counterpart from the new school and continued the process. All was finished in about half a day.

This might be what the new school is trying to tell your husband.