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2 hours ago, connda said:
The only change I can see is that the dotted lines after the phrase, "Reason for extension" use to be three lines under the phrase. This document they have brought the dotted lines up to the word "extension." That's the only change I personally see. Anyone see anything else.
That's the only "change" I see, a change so minor that it's hard to believe any IO would reject use of the so-called "old" one. I submitted (in Chiangmai) an older TM7 (one that is editable and I filled out on my computer) 2 months ago and there was no problem with using that form (one with the three lines below the reasons for extension).
Several years back, they made a change to the form (adding only the handicap language on the back of the form) and afterwards required one to use that "new" form.
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34 minutes ago, sirineou said:
Thank you,
I believe my phone is compatible, according to search I made on google ,but I will stop by D-Tak and confirm,
I appreciate your reply
If by chance you have a Samsung phone, go to Settings, then hit SIM manager, and if you have a Add eSIM option, you're all set. I would guess other phones have something similar.
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38 minutes ago, sirineou said:
Thank you for that reply. Very interesting subject as I travel a lot. In the past it had been a pain physically changing sim cards.
So I go to D Tak and have my sim card replaced with an E-sim , when I go to the states in a couple of months do I need to buy a local sim card for the month that I will be there , and place it in the empty sim card slot, or can I get another esim? So can I have two e=sims on my phone?
And if so how does my phone know which esim to use, so that I don't incur roaming charges from my Thai provider. Is there an area in my iPhone settings where I can specify which e-sim to use?
Presuming your phone is esim capable, just leave your current physical Thai sim in place. Purchase an esim and load it on your phone through settings (esim sellers provide instructions that are easy to follow). When I return to Thailand, I just go to settings, delete the esim, and switch the phone back to my physical Thai sim. It's actually rather easy.
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Just now, Puccini said:
Is the CM RAM a government hospital?
Nope, it's private.
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7 hours ago, Mike Lister said:
There may be some add-ons to that price such as the cos of biopsies.
Not in my case. Had both colonoscopy and endoscopy 2 weeks ago today at CM RAM and the total fee (including removing and pathology report on a bunch of polyps) was 38,000 baht. I have no complaints.
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On 2/10/2024 at 4:42 PM, connda said:
....Well, I'll just put the marriage extension package together and head to Immigration next week and see what shakes with my I/O. Worst case is they issue a 2 month extension and I immediately turn around and mail out the US passport renewal.
But - hopefully they'll just allow the extension to the passport expiration at the end of Jan 2025.Based on your dates (passport expires Jan 25, 2025, and your extension renewal/expiration date is March 1st), there's no doubt the extension you will get this month will only run until the date of expiration of your current passport....so effectively the only "loss" is you'll lose about 35 days (January 25 - March 1st) in the extension you'll get next week. After the new extension, get a new passport, get the stamps transferred, and be prepared to have a new annual extension expiration date of January 25th for future years. Minor problem in my view.
In future years, would recommend that you obtain your annual extensions 30 days (can do it 45 days here in CM) in advance of extension expiration dates as it won't cause you any loss of extension time and will allow a bit more time to solve any issues that might crop up.
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To clear up some possible confusion, the 800k baht has to be held for a minimum of 60 days prior to the date you apply for the extension (regardless of when the current extension ends or new extension begins) and 90 days after the same date (and not 90 days after the extension ends or the new one begins)....and, of course, a minimum of 400k baht all other times. Correct?
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Technically, a Will which is valid in the jurisdiction you make it can be used in any country; however, there are translation and certification requirements that make it wise to have a separate Will for Thai assets and home country assets. Also, will avoid a lot of hassle if you can name a Thai executor in your Thai Will and a home-country executor for your home country assets.
As a respectful note to Red Phoenix, I've witnessed a fair number of probate fights (who gets to be the executor, who gets what, and many petty things) where the parent was sure that the kids would get along and follow their parent's verbal wishes. If you want to guarantee major issues (who is the executor, who gets what) don't create wars, a Will is the vehicle to accomplish that.
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1 hour ago, sirineou said:
I was interested in having my wife have access also, unfortunately my account is with Kasikorn also
but I will ask, dont lose anything to ask, and or see if there is some other contingency available that would help expedite my wife's access in the event something happened to me,
In the event of death (when the bank finds out about it), the account will be locked until a Thai "probate" court grants authority to an executor to access it. Having one's wife/partner as a signatory on the account doesn't change that; however, until the bank is aware of the death, the wife/partner who is a signatory should have no problem accessing account funds.
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23 hours ago, Georgealbert said:
....If his body is in Bangkok, it has gone for an autopsy.
Yes, sorry for your loss.
Absent a request by the family or the police being concerned about cause of death, there will be no autopsy.
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6 hours ago, sjoegge said:
I just did my 20th yearly extension based on retirement with 800000 baht in bank account.Did extension at Chaeng Wattana Bangkok.
All they required was letter from bank stating amount in my bank account and then copies of my bankbook for the last twelve months, so they could
check money transfer from overseas to my account.
Not questioning what you did but why would Immigration want to check for money transfers from overseas when you say you do your extension based on 800k baht in the bank? Makes no sense to me....as one can support such an annual extension on the 800k in the bank or showing you transferred 65k a month for the year. Showing both isn't required anywhere as far as I know. I suspect your Immigration Office wanted to see your bankbook (or copies) only to verify that the ending balance equaled what the bank letter said.
As Siam Andy said, Chiangmai Immigration (for annual extension based on retirement) requires both the standard bank letter (showing the account name and balance) and a 12-month statement (supposedly so they can check that you maintained the proper amounts for the proper time periods).
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Sure you can, there's even a righthand turn lane there by the traffic light (unless that's been very recently changed). As to whether that's a faster route to the airport on a given day, maybe.
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Make sure you immediately check your entry stamp at the immigration booth so that you're sure the officer stamped you in for the proper amount of time (until expiration of your current extension). If there's any error, politely tell the same officer of the problem and he/she should fix it right then.
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13 hours ago, Jackson B said:
2. That's a bugger. I did ask immigration, but got a confused look. I had never been given a term shorter than one year before, even when I changed passports.
3. Right, this would be the option to leave it all till later. The question is really whether one can travel on less than 6 months' validity.
Thanks!
#2. An extension will never be granted beyond the expiration date of your passport. In your case, your new extension date will be June 1st (and, presuming you have your new passport by then, you'll get the usual 12 months starting from June 1st).
#3. Many countries and airlines require a minimum of 6 months validity with a passport.
Bottom-line and to avoid all issues, get your new passport now (as soon as you can) and go get your stamps transferred to your new passport (they'll insert stamps which detail your prior passport info and your original/latest Non-O data....along with any re-entry stamp if you have one).
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1 hour ago, MrBrad said:
I was at Immigration near the airport last week. I overheard a man who had just gotten his extension. He'd expected to get another 30 days, but they gave him only 7 days for his 1900 baht.
They explained that he's allowed 2 extensions, the first one is for 30 days, but the second one is for 7 days. The price is the same for both.
Understandably, he was not very happy.
Only one 30-day extension is available for either a visa exempt entry or a tourist visa entry. When somebody applies for an extension they are not entitled to, oftentimes the best one gets is a 7-day time period to leave the country. That's an "extension" which is likely subject to the discretion of the immigration officer (although commonly given to people in the same situation).
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1 hour ago, rumak said:
(letter from bank, photo and form, tm30, adress ( i use yellow book) , copies of passport ( i do all pages ) , tm7 90 day, ... am i leaving out anything ? TIA Rumak
Looks like your list is fairly complete and would only note:
(1) For bank stuff, you need the standard bank letter (one that simply recites what account you own and what the balance is as of that date) AND the one-year statement (at SCB you can get both at the same time although I keep reading that you have to order something 5-7 days ahead at Bangkok Bank). I remain puzzled as to whether CM requires one to show a bank transaction the same day as your bank letter date but I do it (add 100 baht or so) as I've read several posts where other immigration offices have required same. Make sure the amount on your bank letter and one-year deal state the exact same amount. I always get the bank stuff the day before application and that's been fine (although I've read that one can do that up to 5 or so days ahead here in CM).
(2) For passport copies, all I used to need was a photocopy of the photo/info page, the current extension, and the page showing the last entry date; however, this time (Dec 2022), they also required a photocopy of one's latest Non-O (in my case, that meant a copy of the transfer stamps in my new passport as that shows the latest Non-O info).
I tend to take the kitchen sink with me as I never know what they might ask for. For example, about 4 years ago, the lady immigration officer demanded a photocopy of every filled-out page of my passport (including stamps from other countries) and she seemed to make that request with the hope I'd go away (however, after politely questioning her as to why same was required - given she was the same officer I used the prior year and didn't need it then - it seemed to disappoint her when I reached into my folder and produced the copies she requested).
Remember, neatly print your telephone number below your signature on the TM7 and sign everything in blue ink.
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Yes, you use the TM7 form to obtain a 30-day extension (from exempt entry or Tourist Visa) and the charge is 1,900 baht.
I don't know if photo copying is available at Central Festival as I've never had to make copies there.
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2 hours ago, pgrahmm said:
.......My wife asked the officer in charge of the TM30 office who told us if no address change = not needed & sent us on our way.....
Glad to see CM Immigration is following the very rules adopted in June 0f 2020 (which say there is no need to do anything with one's TM30 filing if returning to one's TM30 registered address from a domestic or international stay); notwithstanding, that doesn't mean somebody checking online TM47 filings isn't going to occasionally reject an online filing (because a Thai hotel filed a TM30 for you) or a that a given immigration officer on a given day feels like adopting a different rule.
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No TM6 when I flew in to CNX from Laos 6 days ago.
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On 1/8/2024 at 1:34 PM, placnx said:
I used to use the TM7 form (retirement) that can be filled in on a computer, but at CM Immigration in 2022 they said I have to fill out their form by hand. Did this change again in 2023? I didn't try using the fill-in form.
Last month I used the fill-in (editable) form and typed my TM7 on my computer for my annual extension (retirement) here in CM. No issue (nothing was said about that to me and I've done the same for a lot of years).
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As I mentioned before, it's hit or miss in CM as to whether whoever is reading the online TM47 filings decides to reject the filing because a hotel (or whoever) in Thailand has filed a TM30. Even in that case, I can still file the TM47 in person (neither the main office or Central Festival cares about the TM30 apparently) but, to be able to start up again with the TM47 online filings, I had to go to the office behind the main office, tell them what happened, and they updated it (they only wanted to see my passport to get this "update").
What's frustrating is the the occasional "hit" seems to directly contradict the rules they published 3 years ago. Oh, and returning from abroad back to my regular address , I've had no problem continuing with the TM47 online filings (probably because no new TM30 was filed out side of Thailand).
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7 hours ago, StayinThailand2much said:
Sorry (to the OP) for butting in here, but I have been asking myself this question like forever; say, the hotel won't do the TM-30 filing (and I follow your advice), can I use that hotel's refusal to do the TM-30 filing (which they are supposed to do by law anyway) to cancel the booking, and get a refund if I paid already?
I too have wondered what happens to people needing some immigration service where they need a TM-30 Receipt but their hotel (or, more often, a landlord) refuses to do one. I'd guess that telling an Immigration Officer that would get somebody nowhere. I've read many posts over the years where this has happened but don't recall any such poster following up and subsequently explaining what happened or how the problem was resolved.
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1 hour ago, fussing said:
..... I was wondering if you ever came across anyone trying to change a 90 days non-o visa from one province to the same visa in an other province (using the TM86 form). If possible, I could change my CM visa in CR. It will save me the trip to CM..
Sorry, like Novacova, I don't know anybody who's done that. It makes no sense to me that you can't do it in CR provided you've changed your TM-30 registered address to CR; however, like I said before, I have zero clue as to the local rules/practice in CR (let alone the rules/practice of a given officer there).
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I'm presuming you are seeking a one-year extension based on retirement and, yes, there's no doubt you will be required to present a copy of a TM-30. You obtaining a printout of the TM-30 filing from your 1-night stay here in CM will suffice (ask right up front if the hotel will do the filing and, if not, go find another hotel that will do so).
Once you're set there and go back to Chiangrai, you're going to want to do a TM-30 filing there so you're fine for future matters (that's presuming you stay in Chiangrai). And ask the IO in CR if you need to do anything else (such as filing any other address change document.....I only mention this as I don't know what CR requires).
And, once you extend here in CM, see if they give you a new TM-47 (90-day address Receipt of Notification) with a new date for reporting because, if they don't, then you'd be wise to report 90-days from your last entry (or whatever your current Receipt of Notification says). As poster said above, they should be giving you a new Receipt and date.
(P.S. I'm rather doubtful any CM Immigration Officer participates in this forum).
Chiangmai Immigration Re-Entry Permit Application Schedule (February-March 2024)
in Chiang Mai
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What is it that you're asking? Hours the two offices are open?