Carmine6
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This was relatively painless to sign up for. The only issue is the pulldowns for the district and subdistrict didn't fill when done in English. Province worked just fine, but the others wouldn't trigger in English even with just single letters. So I just did the address in Thai. But afterwards it shows the address in English for the places that were pulldowns. The street in in Thai since that is manually typed.
It seems to be a 2 step process. Set up what is probably a user account. That login info came almost instantly. Then go back to your Profile and add any addresses that you're responsible for.
I think this cuts out massive amounts of logins since the old system required identifying as the owner, manager, tenant, etc. So I think a property manager had to register each place with a separate login. At minimum, if they managed, rented, and owned different locations, those would be separate logins. A renter now seems to be able to keep the same account, then add any new places they rent, and can delete the old. Same for owners, who may also be renters or own more than one place. Just add any addresses regardless of who you are relative to that address.
I could be wrong about that, but I recall the registration being address specific, rather than person/entity specific before. They didn't ask for the title document for my condo, only the house book and id/passport. They should probably add a check box for each address where you specify that you are the landlord, property manager, renter, etc.
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Soi 13 has one somewhat close to Sukhumvit either in a barber shop or near it, and another farther back in a shopping center that has an Indian restaurant in front. Soi 19 has one on the left maybe 200 meters in, then another on the alley about 350 meters in, that runs from Asoke through to Soi 15. That one is next to a coin laundromat. Not sure of prices, The one on the alley off Soi 19 offers ironing, but not sure about the others. Paid maybe 350 baht for maybe 4 or 5 shirts and probably 3 shorts ironed. I think was by the kilo, but could have been by piece.
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I registered as an owner via the website from the USA and no VPN. It gave an error saying there already was a registration. So after I arrived in Thailand maybe a week to 3 weeks after I had tried, I asked the management company to do a TM30 for me, and they were able to register as some other category. (It is a rental.) They received an account in a day, I believe.
Then a day or two after they did my TM30, I got an email saying my account was approved. I don't know if the website had double submitted it, and I was seeing the response to the second submission. But it did take mine much longer to approve than the management company's. No idea why as I had in person submitted a TM30 2 years prior and nothing had changed in the information.
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I've used Keepass for a while. Completely offline. You can create a key file separate from the data file, so both of those plus the password are needed to access the passwords.
There are mobile versions so that the database file (and any key file) can be copied to a phone and used there as well. That is a drawback versus the web based ones such as Lastpass since you have to keep the file updated on all devices manually. But I don't trust web based versions.
I used to use password safe that someone mentioned above, but I think keepass worked better for use on PC and phone back when I switched.
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On 3/24/2023 at 10:13 PM, BKKTRAVELER said:
I never understood why so many times they would leave many blank pages and stamp many pages later. Happened to me many times and it confuses other IOs every time I come back. And yet these same confused IOs leave more blank pages and stamp at the back end...
Back on my first passport when I had almost no trips, it seemed like they would stamp a bit spaced out. Both in terms of doing different pages, and also putting stamps in the middle of the page versus say top left corner. So it was one country per page for a few countries. And not chronological order or on consecutive pages.
Which I thought was them trying to make people fell like they had more stamps in their passport. As soon as I started getting more stamps, they generally started more neatly doing top to bottom and trying to get as many as possible on each page and trying to do consecutive pages. Once in a while someone will pick a weird spot.
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44 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:
That is interesting... Is this a recent update, or has the IATA website always said this ?
Additionally, I wouldn’t rely on an IATA website (at times during covid it was inaccurate and didn’t keep up with changing regulations).
There have been reports of foreigners being rejected based on lack of funds even though they had a credit-card and money in a Thai Back Account - Immigration only wanted to see cash.
Thus: Even IF the rule states that a credit card is acceptable, until this is printed clearly on a Thailand Immigration website I would still ensure I am covered (no harm as the cash is for emergency anyway).
And.... we all know Police in Thailand apply the rules and regulations as they see them anyway, thus an Immigration Officer may not know that a credit card can be accepted as proof of funds (they haven’t in the past).
Why bother risking it ?? - it's easy enough to carry the cash.
It has said this for about 2 years. Maybe more. I only started looking at the IATA info to be sure the requirements they had were consistently worded with other sources during the pandemic.
Since it is the only place I've seen it, I wouldn't rely on it. However, if someone planned to not carry much cash, printing it out might help someone talk an officer into accepting it. Plead that they thought those were the requirements.
I carry extra cash, even if I don't plan on exchanging it, just in case.
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The IATA website now says the following, which is the only place I've seen credit cards mentioned. I have never been asked in about 40 arrivals and never seen anyone asked to show funds:
QuoteThe following should be taken into account even if holding a Visa:
Visitors older than 12 years must have sufficient funds to cover their stay (at least THB 20,000.- per person or THB 40,000.- per family). Proof of funds includes Letters of Credit, vouchers, Miscellaneous Charges Orders (MCO) or credit cards accepted in Thailand.IATA - Thailand Passport, Visa and Health Advice (iatatravelcentre.com)
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I left at midnight last Tuesday night/Wednesday morning and the security and immigration lines were the longest I've ever seen. The entire security screening cue area upstairs was full. Then downstairs, both sides in immigration for foreign passports were full, and they had the lines for Thai passports going under the stairs in the center. Those were fairly short.
But both areas kept moving fairly well. Seemed to keep up with the people coming in. I arrived early and got through in about 1 1/2 hours including the time had I gone straight to the gate.
They started check in 3 hours ahead of the departure time and I was near the front of that line since I had arrived over 3 1/2 hours before departure. Based on time data on pictures I took of my boarding passes and after getting into the airside area right after immigration, it took under 45 minutes to get through after getting my boarding pass. So a bit over an hour total from my starting point at check in. I had done online/mobile check in, which was a much shorter line.
If I had arrived later, probably would have gotten through in under 2 hours. Though would have been stressful given there is also the distance to the gate.
I did see several people running to their planes, which I don't recall seeing before. One group heard final boarding for their flight and had to literally run instead of just hurrying.
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46 minutes ago, riclag said:
Yes! We didn’t have a Identification Protection Pin #.
There is a way to get a PIN online if someone runs into this in the future. Requires having an IRS account, which may or may not be easy to obtain outside of the US.
Get An Identity Protection PIN | Internal Revenue Service (irs.gov)
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Venmo is US only.
QuoteTo create a personal account, you must be a resident of the United States or one of its territories, be at least 18 years old or the age of majority in your state of residence and use a cellular/wireless telephone number that you own.
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On 1/8/2023 at 12:46 AM, bradiston said:
Er, hello? You mean I can't transfer to an account that's not in my name? I've done many such transactions in the past. I've paid $ into a different Indian account too. This is something entirely new. Ok, it's a SWIFT payment because it's the only way to do this transfer. But so what? I don't know where you get the "100% definately (sic)" from.
Pretty sure it's the much quoted "$ hegemony". Control over everything. I might try cancelling it and transferring the $151 equivalent, in INR, or £, from my sterling account. Might work.
I think you are right about the dollars being the trigger. All US dollar SWIFT transfers go through NY. So there is no way around the US' "know your customer" laws.
I have a US based crypto account and they just asked for my tax information all over again. Literally had prefilled the fields on the website for me since they had the info and I checked the box certifying it was my info and submitted.
All my bank accounts and brokerage are constantly asking me to update my income. Started about 2 years ago. So somewhere in those massive bills passed the last couple years had to have increased requirements.
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14 hours ago, ThaiVisaCentre said:
No need anymore.
https://thai.news/news/thailand/urgent-covid-19-update-for-inbound-travelers-to-thailand-part-two
If you are unvaccinated you can simply take a test upon arrival, and from what we are hearing they will not be testing all unvaccinated arrivals, and instead spot checking.Simply taking a test upon arrival depends upon being able to board the plane to begin with. The airline will be allowing or denying boarding going by the way the regulation is worded, and that may be a problem right now.
Right now, the IATA website says:
QuotePassengers must have a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated with .(snip list of vaccines).. at least 14 days before departure.
This does not apply to passengers with a COVID-19 recovery certificate showing that they recovered at least 7 days and at most 180 days before departure.
Passengers arriving from China (People's Rep.) or India must have insurance to cover COVID-19 expenses (minimum coverage of USD 10,000). The insurance must cover duration of stay in Thailand plus 7 days.
There is no longer any specific mention of unvaccinated. So unless this changes, the airlines will most likely not allow unvaccinated to board. There used to be an additional section saying that unvaccinated passengers must have a PCR or Professional rapid test within 72 hours prior to boarding. Now there is no additional section on unvaccinated at all. It should say unvaccinated passengers are allowed, but are subject to test upon arrival. Then there will be no confusion. Certain airlines are much more meticulous than others.
Someone will have to
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41 minutes ago, 1FinickyOne said:
Since you are already at the hotel and already at the pool, wouldn't it make more sense to ask someone there?
I'm not at the pool. I'm in a quarantine room so wouldn't be using the pool. Their english is not so great at the front desk. One time I called to ask if I could choose from different items for meals, since the flyer said that. After a lot of going back and forth she finally understood and said no. If I wanted different things then the only option was ordering room service after. Then someone showed up at my room with a toothbrush saying that I had requested one. So even though she did understand at the end, apparently she thought I had also requested a toothbrush.
My main goal was to find out if restrictions for the area had been changed, which happened when I was in quarantine last year. Seems like maybe in Bangkok that happened. Like a shut down of unofficially opened places.
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2 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said:
Yes I look for useful information too but then get sucked in and feel I have to respond to the hate and racism.
I used to, but then realized there's no changing minds. Also some people have a whole lot of time on their hands to be posting, where I'd rather do other things. Like right now I would not be on here other than I'm in quarantine.
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11 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said:
But see how your inquiry unleashed the dam of Thai bashers and anti Thai racists. !
Thaivisa used to be extremely popular, and then every single topic was flooded with repetitive Thai bashing and the activity fell off a cliff. I only come back for very specific questions because it is similar in the repetitiveness.
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Update. They opened the pool again. There are now also significantly more people swimming or sitting around the pool.
There is a jet or something that is constantly moving water and it has never stopped. So there could have been maybe an addition of extra chlorine or some other reason.
The main thing is it wasn't due to some change in restrictions.
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3 minutes ago, jacko45k said:
Did they perhaps have a lifeguard that has not turned up for work? Did someone drop a glass somewhere. I don't recall any recent rules being introduced to close hotel pools.... unless the manager took it upon himself.
Did you ask reception?
There's no lifeguard. It definitely is pool only as they went right around the edga of the pool, leaving the deck and chairs open.
I'm not interested in the pool, only that it could mean there was some upgrade to a red zone, or whatever the next level up is. Or that the rules for the current zone changed.
Front desk's English isn't so great, and this isn't urgent, so I'd rather not even try this topic. Either something will be announced in media, or this was a random decision. I personally hope random, but odds are something changed.
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Just now, JackGats said:
Swimming pool closures have always been whimsical since the start of the pandemics. They're a good way for a hotel or condo to save money of course.
Seems odd to be open, the just close it on a whim one day. I saw on tv there was some update on the covid situation in Thailand, and assumed some kind of announcement had come out of that. Like chon buri was bumped a color level or something.
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This may or may not indicate anything, but last week on social media I saw an advertisement for girls to work an at entertainment venue that is closed right now. So at least one owner is taking steps to get ready to open. He could have inside information, or could just be very optimistic.
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4 minutes ago, SiSePuede419 said:
January 16?
That's pretty specific.
You celebrating your birthday or Martin Luther King Jr. Day Eve? ????
This was a date previously announced in November or so. Original open date was December 1, then it was cancelled with a possible January 16 date.
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As far as I can tell, my hotel has mostly regular customers and not many quarantine rooms. I'm on day 4 of quarantine and the pool was just roped off with red and white caution tape. Though people are allowed to lounge on the chairs. It doesn't affect me of course, but has there been some new change in covid measures?
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All the warranty cards I filled in were only my information and not the shop. Or it was information that I could get like address and didn't require anything unusual like sales person or a store number.
Also had postage paid return address so I just took them to the post office. These were for a refrigerator, TV, water heater, a hood vent over the stove, and the stove. I had to warranty repair the water heater about 5 months in and the management company handled it since I wasn't in the country. I sent them photos of the warranty card and the receipt from HomePro. I do not know if they needed those as I had already sent the card in with most of the information, so it theoretically was in their system.
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Can you find a separate website for the hotel and call? This is one reason not to book through Agoda as they really are not set up for this type of booking. They're set up for ordinary hotel bookings with standard requests.
I had a huge issue related to a quarantine booking through Agoda and only by calling the hotel did I actually get help.
The transport confirmation was not required at check in for the flight for my qurarantine booking. Though I absolutely had to contact the hotel ahead of time to make sure the hotel arranged transportation as Agoda does not seem to send them anything to trigger them contacting the customer. I knew from last year that they needed very specific arrival information so I contacted them after not hearing from them at all. They asked for Thailand Pass, passport, and flight reservations. Then emailed me back saying my transportation was confirmed. I printed it out but no one ever asked about it. The booking confirmation did say transportation was included, so the gate agent may have checked that off from the confirmation.
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7 hours ago, farangkinok said:
After December 31, 2021, CDC will withdraw the request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of the CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel, the assay first introduced in February 2020 for detection of SARS-CoV-2 only.
For clarification, this refers to one specific PCR test with that specific name. As noted it was developed in Feb 2020 and there are now much faster and more versatile PCR tests available. So PCR tests are not going away either in the US or Thailand. Only that one will not be used.
The list of EUAs for tests that can be used in the US contains a lot of PCR tests.
Link to list, which starts about middle of the page:
In Vitro Diagnostics EUAs - Molecular Diagnostic Tests for SARS-CoV-2 | FDA
TM30 - New website address for filing notifications and registration
in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
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I had the same issue so just did it in Thai. The province pull down worked, but district and sub district did not. Though the pull down when done in Thai has both the Thai and English. On the main page the address shows in English even though I selected things in Thai. Except that I typed the street in Thai so that shows in Thai.