YorkshireTyke

He does have copies of everything.

My 81 year old friend is in trouble again. He does have very poor memory, possibly Alzheimer's although he doesn't like to admit to that. He arrived around 15th October on 30 day visa exempt in Phuket sandbox for 2 weeks, he booked it before they relaxed the rules to 1 week. He travelled to Hua Hin and at some stage went to immigration and got another 60 days I believe. A couple of weeks ago he realised he had lost his passport, which was new, he only obtained it last year. He filed a police report and on a recommendation went to an agent, paid 7,000 Baht plus the cost of passport renewal. Of course new passport not arrived yet so a Thai friend took him to immigration to explain his situation. He wants to remain here indefinitely so is happy to pay an agent for a years stay based on retirement. All he got from immigration was each days overstay will cost 500 Baht to a maximum of 20,000 Baht and without his passport he cannot obtain/renew any type of visa. No mention of deportation or a ban from returning. Anyone else been in this situation with a lost passport and visa due to expire within 5-10 days, not sure of exact day as when he visited me today he didn't have his passport/visa copies. Can immigration/ agent renew his permission to stay until his new passport arrives? Any constructive advice appreciated.

I'm not familiar with BKK but there is a minibus, not minivan, that goes to Ekkamai, right alongside the BTS station if that's anywhere near your required destination. First one is 5 am and every two hours after that. Departs from alongside the MG garage, price 200 Baht. Otherwise a private taxi will be around 1600 Baht.

Still big bus from Southern bus station and a mini bus (not mini van) from Ekkamai bus station. I took the bus HH to Ekkamai last week, better than minivan. Run every 2 hours, the one from HH starts at 5 am.

Bruno He has an old iphone with his UK sim and just bought a new Xiaomi with dual sim. He has his AIS sim for calls and will utilise the second slot for the internet sim.

Thanks Bruno He is 81, no idea about speed tests or anything. Yesterday I showed him how to turn his phones off, he thought one press that puts it in to sleep mode was turning it off. His sim is AIS, I sent him a detailed note of how to top it up on machine outside 7/11. He said it worked, he got notification straight away that it was topped up by 100 Baht, however, the 100 Baht he tried to put on is UK mobile number he hadn't received notification for...............

Do DTAC sim work everywhere, i.e. is there coverage in Hua Hin?

I have an elderly gentleman friend who is even less tech savvy than me who requires a second prepaid sim for his internet as the service in his condo is dire. I've read different threads over the last year or so about buying these cheap on Lazada but how much can they be used every month? I don't think he will be downloading anything, just reading news, sending emails and Line and FB but we don't understand the jargon of 4 kbs or 10 mbs or whatever. Will the one scubascuba mentioned above at 150 Baht per month work? Is that from AIS shop or Lazada? Any help, especially a link to lazada, will be appreciated.

Update : Nothing said about it in the Krungsri Auto loan office or next day in the transport dept and cash transferred to my account later in the day.

Yes, it only expired last week but I renewed it a few months ago.

Tomorrow morning I'm taking my car with a Thai guy who wants to buy it to a finance office as he is getting a loan. I've copied all the documents I need and got letter from immigration but realised I got a new passport last week and the letter has new passport details but the car blue book still has old passport number. Is it vital to change blue book first and if so what do I need, just the usual passport and visa copies?

Any update on this OP? I have 2 friends there until next Saturday when they want to travel to Hua Hin. A taxi driver quoted them 12,000 Baht.

As I've said I don't use my real name and FB are asking for verification of a made up name.

Thanks PS, just tried on my laptop and worked perfectly. Now does anyone know how to transfer my FB account to my new phone as my FB account was given to me and doesn't use a real name and FB are asking for verification !!

Just bought a new phone so I want to download an app whereby I can search for it using another phone if I lose it. My son lost his so when I researched how to find a lost phone it seems you had to have installed an app first to make it easier to find. Anyone done it? Mine is a Xiaomi Redmi phone if that makes a difference.

Fair point but I have been stung so many times in the past by putting 100 Baht note on then data eating it up although now I have dual sim and data set up on my True sim. I will be a cheapskate and put another 12 Baht on which will give me a months grace. My True internet I pay around 21st along with my HD Prime subs so I will top up my phone at the same time, they will serve as my reminder. Thanks.

Sorted, thanks all. I just went to 7/11 and put 12 Baht as suggested, I can live with 12 Baht a month plus there will be some credit when I can't use Line. I will also look into the Kasikorn 5 Baht deal later as I have the Kasikorn app on my phone. Thanks again.

In the past my sim card expiry date was usually many months in the future, now due to Line, Whatsapp, Messenger etc I very rarely use the phone credit so now my sim expiry is in a couple of days. What's the cheapest way to keep it active? Does the amount of days credit correspond to how much I top it up? Obviously I don't want to load it up with money that I won't use.

Thanks Vinny I have only been looking at 8GB as if I am going to upgrade I would like to jump from 4-8 GB but I understand it's an extra 1k+ but over 3 years or so usage I think it's worth it.

one of the reviews on GSM mentioned the F3 so I did review it but at the time more than I wanted to pay as I was looking 8-10k max, I think around 13k as opposed to 11k for the 11 Lite and the camera is only 48 MP as opposed to 64MP. I paid around 5600 3 years ago for my 4GB Redmi 6, I expected to pay more obviously but now to get the spec I want I'm looking at double !

I don't listen to music or watch videos on my phone but the 5G version comes with a 3.5 mm jack to USB C adaptor so you can still use heaphones but thanks for mentioning it.

Update: I didn't buy one on the 10th, after reading reviews on GSM Arena I decided the Snapdragon 732 on the BIG Note 10 Pro was too slow and the camera on the Poco X3 not good enough. So more research for a faster phone and better camera but still under 10k Baht but I thought I would wait for more models to be introduced. Today we had a monitor lizard down our small soi so I took photo/video of it but they are so poor it is indistinguishable so I desperately need to replace it. Apart from the fact the lens is scratched as I took the protective cover off, I've looked at the specs and although a dual camera it is 12 mp x 5 mp, and only 3 years old ! So revisited the thread and checked the M11 Lite 5G recommended by Fab5BKK. It's only Snapdragon 780G but in the GSM review was faster even than Poco's 860 and the camera is better than the Poco, 64 MP as opposed to 48 and has the 5 MP macro as recommended by Bruno. So can I get it for under 10K? I want the 8GB/128GB version ,I've dismissed a couple of cheap ones on Lazada with no seller ratings but Lazada has one for 10,999 Baht, they have 95% seller rating but one year warranty apparently. (ศูนย์ไทย + free gift )Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 5G NE 8GB+128GB Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G|รับประกันศูนย์ไทย แถมฟรี Honor Seaker | Lazada.co.th

Not sure what your point is. I have a multi entry O and I already said I get a permission to stay every year based on that visa. I never said I extend my visa but a permission to stay based on my original visa.

My 10 year old visa is not stamped used so your comment is 'invalid'. Your visa status is based on your visa which is extended by a 'permission to stay' every year.

I doubt you have a valid visa in your passport, just an extension of stay stamp? If so that is why you cannot renew your visa legit as you don't have one. So you have to pay an agent every year until you get a valid visa in your passport.