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Went once to the Blind School (near Suthep gate) as they offered massage and was turned over to about a 65 year old blind woman who grabbed me by the shirt sleeve and dragged me into a two-story teak building. Once inside, she flipped the light switch at the bottom of some stairs and no light came on (which, of course, was unknown to her). She dragged me up the stairs.....it was absolutely pitch black, I couldn't see a thing....and then hit me with the standard massage outfit (baggy pants you tie, pull on shirt). Once the massage started, I realized she also was hard of hearing too (and/or didn't understand my yelling "jep maak!" every couple of minutes). Not sure if she knew how to give a Thai massage but she had most excellent torture skills.
Stick with the Olde Time Medicine School, you won't regret it.
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1 hour ago, MrBrad said:
Try the Old Medicine Hospital (as it's sometimes called) for knowledgeable masseurs. It's located in the south part of the city, near the airport, more specifically just around the corner from the Rim Ping supermarket at the Nim City strip mall.
Ditto on that recommendation......and don't hesitate to advise of your specific desire to have them concentrate on your back (best to tell the ladies at the desk so they can advise the masseuse as to your needs).
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2 hours ago, asf6 said:
I suppose it is named after a water course nearby. Huay (ห้วย) usually means stream, brook or creek.
Not far from Huay Kaew Road is a waterfall called Huay Kaew waterfall and also a reservoir/man-made lake called Huay Kaew reservoir.
Kaew/Gaew (แก้ว) usually means glass or something similar.
I've always understood the name stands for "crystal stream", referencing the stream that fed the moat at Hua Lin corner. The "crystal" likely means in this instance "crystal clear." The now closed mall - gat suan gaew - essentially had a meaning of crystal garden market.
I've also heard (but have no clue whether it's true) that the there are underground remnants of the stream that may still reach the moat on occasion.
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1 hour ago, TigerandDog said:
don't know about the 3 weeks bit for receiving your refund. last year it took 6 months for mine to arrive after receiving a text message advising that the refund had been mailed. This year have already had to request a replacement cheque as original did not arrive after being advised in January that it had been posted. Both of these issues are out of CM revenue Office.
Never got a text message from them but was told (by the gals that prepared and filed the returns at the revenue office) that the refund checks would arrive in about 3 weeks. And they did. Think this was the fifth time I filed returns to retrieve the withheld interest and I don't think the refund checks any time arrived later than about 3 weeks.
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10 minutes ago, hughrection said:
Can one assume that you visited your bank and got tax withheld statements each year OR did you request all 3 in 2022? Many thanks.
I went to both SCB and Bangkok Bank roughly 6 weeks ago. Got statements for the past three years from SCB but only asked for a statement for 2022 from Bangkok Bank (only opened that account near the end of 2021). Took about 15 minutes at SCB and maybe 10 minutes at Bangkok Bank. As has occurred for me in the past, the banks have forms for this purpose and are well aware of the requests for annual interest statements.
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18 hours ago, Mickeymaus said:
Get a Thai Tax ID and give it to your banks. Then you will not have this problem.
I've read a few posts over the last couple of years that one can obtain a Thai Tax ID, give that info and a request to stop withholding to the bank, and they'll stop the 15% withholding. That may be true for some people in some locations but hasn't worked for me here in Chiangmai at either Siam Commercial Bank or Bangkok Bank (I've tried it at both banks....... they affirmatively respond that they don't know what I'm talking about and the withholding continues).
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3 minutes ago, 10years said:
I wondered about the tax ID number. If a depositor doesn't have a tax number, how does the bank file his withheld tax? And if he gets a new number, how is his past withheld taxes going to connect with that new number?
I have no idea how they file the withheld tax if one doesn't have a tax ID number.....but presume it's filed under the person's name and account number. Given revenue would also have the written bank verification of the account number, amount withheld, person's name, and address (all that information is on the forms issued by SCB and Bangkok Bank), I'd guess that the revenue department wouldn't have any problem matching it up.
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4 hours ago, NoDisplayName said:
I believe if you file late, you will be charged a late fee of 200 baht for each late return, so checks two years should have 200 baht deducted.
Hasn't happened to me.....and, as mentioned, just got checks for the three years (2020, 2021, and 2022) I filed returns for.
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The "form 90" the OP refers to is a Thai personal income tax return. And one is required to first have a Thai tax ID number. I obtained one of those here in CM about 10 years ago and to get one, besides copies of a couple of pages of your passport, they wanted a certificate of residence (in my case, I had one that was several months old but they accepted a photocopy of that). You get the tax ID number at your local revenue office.
Here in Chiangmai, one can do this by simply going to your relevant revenue office and they will fill out and file the income tax return for you. About three weeks later you'll get your check(s) in the mail which you take to Kasikorn bank and you can retrieve the funds.
I understand, given the lousy interest rates the last few years, one can decide to not bother for low amounts withheld; however, you can file for 3 years back (I just did this a month+ ago and got three checks for the amounts withheld for 2020, 2021, and 2022). Easy process and worth my time.
Edit: If you had other Thai income and you owe personal income taxes, maybe you do or do not simply get the withheld funds back. In my case, I'm retired and have no Thai income. Once they asked me if I had any other Thai income (answer was "no") whereas on at least two other occasions they never asked me anything (i.e., there was zero "digging into my business").
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Yea, biggest wind I've ever seen here in CM. A piece of somebody's roof landed in our porch area. And I'm told that billboards and other stuff went down near Airport Central Plaza..
Thankfully, we didn't lose power.....although a lot of places are still without it.
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The are taking forever to repair what they have torn up on Huay Gaew Road (both west and east of Canal Road...and now east of Nimmanhaemin). Some of us complemented the B-Quick outfit (that built the building about 100 feet west of the scene in the first photo above) for the very nice brick sidewalk they built in front of their building. It's history now.
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18 minutes ago, Yorkshire Tea said:
OP are you clearing Immigration at Chiang Mai or Bangkok? It used to be that you could only get the re-entry permit at CNX if clearing immigration there. Probably still is.
I would expect that it is still that way. But (1) in prior times the desk was on the left after you went through the international security line (and don't think you could get through that line without proper ID AND an international boarding pass, and (2) according to poster above, the re-entry desk is now located before you go through the upstairs security line (where seemingly anybody can go there) so I wondering if anybody (including somebody not flying out internationally) can get a re-entry permit there. Poster Appleton, do you know?
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15 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:
The OP is returning visa exempt and a TM30 is required even if it's the same address where he lived previously.
Following expiration of my retirement extension while being trapped back in the US during the covid mess, I returned visa exempt in September of 21 and no new TM30 filing was required here in Chiangmai. Used a copy of the old TM30 Receipt of Notification still stapled in my passport for conversion to a Non-O without any problem or question and have used a copy of it again for other services (including two annual extensions based on retirement).
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If you're entering after March 31, 2023, you'll only get 30 days absent a change in the law in the next 3 weeks (the Tourist Bureau has advocated extending the 45-day routine for the rest of the year but the government has not taken any action on that as yet); regardless, if you run short of time to meet the 15-day requirement Dr. Jack mentions, you can always get a 30-day extension to your visa exempt entry). Although irrelevant for you, at least one immigration office (Chiangmai) requires 21 days left on a visa exempt entry (or tourist visa) to apply for conversion to a Non-O.
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If you want to be technical, the TM30 is due within 24 hours after you take up occupancy; however:
(1) In some provinces, no filing is required if you return to your already registered address (i.e., it sounds like your wife has already registered you online at the same address and, depending on your Immigration office, no additional filing may be due).
(2) If you won't be going to Immigration for any service and just staying for the 45 days or less, don't bother (although technically it's due) as there will be no consequence for not doing it.
(3) Asking the question on the basis that somehow you'll be jet lagged for the entire 24 hours after you arrive and will be too inconvenienced to do a 5-minute online task seems a bit silly. And having a tabien baan and/or pink ID is irrelevant to your question.
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10 hours ago, marcthailand11 said:
Reason for doing that is if one bank goes belly up you only lose half of your funds
Almost no reason to suspect that will happen; besides, all accounts in one bank are backed by the Thai version of FDIC to the tune of one million baht.
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Perhaps timing has changed but processing applications by mail for US passports has generally been well under 3 weeks. I got a new US passport this past December, mailing the required items by DHL from Chiangmai to the Bangkok embassy on a Monday morning. I received back my new passport, punched old one, and the Embassy letter to Immigration in my Chiangmai mail the following Thursday (i.e., 11 days later). No complaints here.
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Would be helpful if you'd actually mention what country's passport is involved. If you're talking about renewing a US passport, there isn't anyway an agent can do that for you (read the embassy/consulate website as what's required is plainly spelled out).
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15 hours ago, edwardandtubs said:
Do you think so? I thought it was a done deal that the 45 day thing would continue for the rest of the year.
The Tourist Bureau publicly advocated that the government continue the 45-day exempt entry for the balance of 2023 but there as been nothing in the newspaper that the government/cabinet has even considered that as yet. Until that happens, it's back to 30 days after March 31st.
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2 hours ago, The Theory said:
I left CM a year ago, but I never did any deposit. And I was never asked for statement for my fixed account, only letter and updated bank book. I don't know if rules have changed or not.
Rules have indeed changed. In addition to the bank letter you mentioned, it is now required to show a full year's history (apparently so Immigration can verify you kept 800k baht in the bank for 90 days after your last application, 60 days before the current application date, and a minimum of 400k baht all other times during the year). SCB provides a separate statement with copies of bank statements to support this required history.
As to whether CM Immigration in fact requires a deposit/withdrawal the same day as the bank letter, I actually don't know....I've just done it the last couple of extensions because other Immigration offices have required it (according to multiple reports) and I've presumed CM Immigration also required it.
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53 minutes ago, SunsetT said:
Good to hear that u can get the bank stuff done the day before going to immigration. I was under the impression that it had to be the same day. How about about a bank book withdrawal or deposit to show the application day balance is over 800k thb?
Here in CM it's no problem doing the bank paperwork the day before.....have done that for more than dozen years without even a question. I understand it may be allowed up to a week before the date of application but I've always done it the day before.
For only the last couple of annual extensions, I've deposited or withdrawn a small amount from the account minutes before getting the bank paperwork as I've understood (from ThaiVisa comments) in recent years it may be a required to show a transaction the same day. Before then, I didn't do the deposit/withdrawal routine and it was never questioned.
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49 minutes ago, The Theory said:
And what made you to think so ?!!! I don't see any positive point about having a fixed (800,000) account at bkkb. I see only lower interest rate and statement difficulties.
I wouldn't really care which bank is involved but, as I said, SCB is easier for me for the annual paperwork so the account stays there. The interest rate is irrelevant to me as it's lousy wherever you park money. And, as I've said before, while the 800k does allow me comply with the annual extension requirements, my primary reason for using the method is so I have adequate funds available in case of personal or medical need (I have medical insurance but may some day be put in the position of having to pay up front).
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28 minutes ago, The Theory said:
I guess those days are over for SCB, but bkk bank still stuck in those ages since a statement has to be printed at headquarter. ????????
One nice thing about SCB is one can get the usual bank letter and the annual statement just by showing up and asking (takes 15-20 minutes) so I simply stop at the bank (my original branch, of course) the day before I apply for the annual extension and get them. I was considering moving my 800k account to Bangkok Bank but decided not to solely because of this factor alone.
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If OP is talking about the letter one gets to support an annual extension based on retirement, my experience with SCB (Chiangmai) is different.....only the branch where I opened the account eons ago will issue that letter. I've asked at other branches (closer to where I live) a couple of times over the years if they would issue the letter and I was told that I must go back to the branch where I opened the account. It's been a couple of years since I asked so maybe things have changed.
Visa expiring end of month returning 2 weeks left on visa
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Rather obvious that the "many years" hasn't added up to a fair amount of awareness of the rules.
And, given he's on annual extensions based on retirement, the usual stamp (at least as granted in Chiangmai) reads in part: "TO KEEP YOUR STAY PERMIT RE-ENTRY PERMIT MUST BE MADE BEFORE LEAVING THAILAND."