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As an American President recently said, "It is what it is."
I have given up on online 90-day reporting. It is what it is. Not reliable.
Instead, I send my report in by the post, 15 days in advance.
Works every time.
And, it gives me a dose of schadenfreude: Immigration has to have a clerk who opens my envelope and deals with the 90-day report manually, which has to be more costly to Immigraton than processing through the online app.
Sorry some of you are losing time trying to get blood out of that stone.
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About buying land... just my two cents here: I have learned that some land and condos have a proper deed (chanote), but some do not. Some countryside land has not been registered for deeds by the Land Office, but the local council (amphoe) may have some parallel system to register land, but this registration does not give you any rights to ownership. This makes re-sale very difficult, as few buyers want such "semi-registered" land.
For you, it may not make a difference, but keep in mind that if there is no deed, you will have trouble selling.
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Neeranam's comment, "Timing is very important, you only have 7 days." And during that 7-day period, you will need the new school to be VERY cooperative and reactive. I did it once, some years ago, and changed provinces, too, which added more challenge to the process.
In my case, after "leaving" the first school, I was given the seven days to get a new extension of stay, then seven days of work permit, then back to immigration where they extended to three months, then back to Labor Ministry for three months of work permit and, finally, immigration gave me the full year extensiona and Labor Ministry followed suit. Lots of paperwork and some extra fees. But all doable IF the new school gives you full support.
And the old school cannot really sabotage the process. The only document you need from them is a confirmation letter that your employment has ended. You need to have that in hand before your start the process with immigration/Labor Ministry.
Let us know how it goes!
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Hello, O.P.
Do yourself a favor and send in your 90-day form by mail/post. It saves you the trouble of going to immigration and just costs a few photocopies, two envelopes, a postage stamp, and a registered-mail fee.
I have given up on the website. Too frustrating! And going to immigration is definitely a last-resort solution for me.
Good luck.
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My two cents: do your 90-day check by mail/post!
I don't want to get that silly message from the website saying I should go to my Immigration Office again (after filling in every field of the application). And I don't want to see the crowds as CW.
Go to the photocopy shop and post office two weeks in advance and sleep like a baby. Has worked every time, without a hitch.
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"What was your que number? "
I got 58 at 8:50 a.m.
They called me in at 11:15.
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"Did CW Immigration require just the bank letter or also a 3-month or 12-month bank statement? "
Just the bank letter from the day before, stating the balance on that day, plus the updated passbook with a transaction on the day of extension application (and photocopy). No detailed bank statement was required.
I use the 800K method. The account I have only serves for that purpose, so there are no transactions other than interest paid, tax withheld (as of this year), and the small withdrawal done on the day of the extension application each year. There are so few entries in the passbook that it actually serves as a bank statement.
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"Did they ask for any proof of residence/address?"
No, they didn't ask for any proof.
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7 hours ago, 503726 said:
Thanks for your post.
My trek to CW is due at the end of June to extend my stay on an OA Retirement visa. What sort of extension was yours?
I am getting ready to buy health insurance as close to the application date as possible. I understood it was required and used to set an end date for permission to extend. Good news if the requirement for it has fallen away, has it or was your experience luck, do you think?
The closure of SCB is a blow. They had me obtain a bank confirmation letter on the day of my application to supplement the one showing the same balance, apart from the second fee deducted for the letter, obtained a day before. I suppose it would be feasible to do between getting a ticket & being called in.
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"What sort of extension was yours?"
I do the extension based on retirement. My original visa was TR converted to Non-O for working. I switched to retirement extensions a few years ago. Since only O-A visa holders need health insurance, and I never had an O-A, I seem to be saved from that issue, at least for now.
They accepted my bank letter dated the day before, so you can have that done at any branch that's convenient. For the on-the-day transaction on the account, you can do it at any ATM and then update your passbook. (There is such a machine for SCB in the basement of CW, near the 7-11) In previous years, when the SCB branch was open in CW, I did the bank letter and the transaction in that office before getting my queue number. The bank even gave me photocopies of the letter and the updated passbook, without being asked!
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I just want to report on my annual pilgrimage to CW yesterday for the extension of stay based on retirement and re-entry permit.
The L1/L2 queue was as busy as usual, and a bit slower than last time. I arrived at 8:50 and got called at 11:15. They returned my passport with the extension stamp at 11:45.
Good thing that the re-entry permit area was empty. Without even having made the photocopy of the new extension stamp, they did my re-entry permit (they did the photocopy for me) and I was out just before noon.
Lucky me.
No questions about insurance or TM30. (I have never held an A-O nor O visa.) They had me sign three extra forms and my photo was taken while holding up one of the three.
And the SCB branch office at CW is totally closed down, maybe for a full renovation. There is an ATM machine with passbook update in the basement, not far from where the branch of used to be.
Let's hope it's this easy next year!
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Does anyone know if the SCB branch at CW is open as usual, Mon-Fri, from 8:30 a.m.?
If not, what's the work-around for the on-the-day transaction on the 800K account for extension of stay based on retirement? Will they accept a transaction (and the bank letter) dated the day before?
Thanks in advance. Hoping to avoid surprises next week.
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You can shorten your time at CW by booking your re-entry appointment online, thus avoiding the queue for the re-entry permit, plus getting the re-entry permit in under ten minutes.
I book the re-entry appointment late in the day, and if I finish up at the extension desk early, the re-entry people have always taken care of me immediately, even hours before the booked appointment time. I arrive at CW at about 8:30 and have always gotten out before noon, except last year with the TM30 fine, which cost me two extra hours.
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8 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:
How does the pink ID help you pass the test or get license ? Are they more lenient with pink ID rather than passport ?
The two are unrelated.
I feel more comfortable having an official Thai government issued ID on me, since I prefer not to carry my passport with me. The pink ID simply replaces the driver's license for that purpose.
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The REAL reason why I got the pink ID card is that I have trouble each time I renew the driver's license. They put me through hell with the peripheral vision test. Each time, I fail miserably (they let you do it twice), then come back again (within 90 days of the failed exam) and do it again. I fail again. The officer is typically unpleasant to deal with (typically, typically), but at the end they give me the driver's license! This usually requires the supervisor. Just not sure I want to go through that again. And, no, I don't use a car in this country. Quite happy to avoid being part of a nasty statistic and to avoid some of the erratic behavior on roads here.
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17 hours ago, Hmodha said:
Please may I see what this pink card looks like...(please blank the personal information!) Thanks
It looks exactly like the card for Thai nationals, but without a chip.
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19 hours ago, Letseng said:
How does one get a pink ID when living in a serviced apartment?
You need a yellow house registration book with our name in it. The owner/management company can arrange that for you.
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33 minutes ago, kwak250 said:
Now i am interested whats the cost of this Pink card?
I paid all of 60 baht, and they gave me a receipt for it. The card is "good for life."
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37 minutes ago, PaulDee said:
What about those of us who do not own a house so have no house registration card?
How do we comply?
You MUST be registered in a yellow house registration book to get the pink ID card. I doubt there's any way around that, just as the Thai people need to show a blue house registration book to get their ID card.
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1 hour ago, jackdd said:
We had many threads about this already, getting the pink id card if you are registered in a yellow house book is easy.
The difficult part is, depending on the amphoe, to get yourself registered in a yellow house book.
Sorry if I missed the older posts about the pink card getting easier.
As for the yellow house book, that was also no problem at my district office in Bangkok, armed with passport, deed (chanote), the Land Office transfer form, and a Thai witness with ID card. (The house registration office, at the time, had advised me NOT to get the the pink ID card... but the actual ID card department was quite happy to issue one to me!)
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Just to report that the District Office (in my Bangkok neighborhood) issued me a pink ID card today. I presented my passport, my house registration book, and my Thai witness with ID card, and the process went off without a hitch.
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On 12/14/2019 at 4:56 PM, SohlolyMD said:
Why they did not write anything in visa class in my tv??
I don't see any answer to your question here, so I will give it a shot.
Are you sure you have a visa? This is an entry stamp, just showing your date of entry and permitted to stay to date. Maybe you cam e in on a visa exemption program, available to citizens from many countries including USA and most of Europe.
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22 minutes ago, Tracyb said:
You DID have a visa and now you have an extension....or as you say "many extensions!" (Just to be my pedantic self on this lazy Sunday afternoon ????)
Two can play this game. But only just for fun, OK? On a lazy Sunday afternoon.
Technically, since the visa stamp is still in the my passport, and since the passport is still in my possession, I think we can agree that I still "have" the visa (and not "You DID have a visa"). True, its validity for entry into the country has expired. True, it does not allow me to stay in the country at this point. True, true, true.
In the same way, I still "have" a number of extensions, since each extension stamp is still in my passport, which I still possess.
And just to stay focused, my original query was for clarification of my visa class. I thought it had changed (to O or OA) when I started using retirement as my grounds for extensions, from Non-B to Non-RE, according to the stamps in my passport (see pic in original post). But, no, as the experts here have explained, my original Non-B is the visa through which I have obtained my extensions. The "RE" refers to "Re-Entry permit," not to "REtirement." My bad.
Enjoy the rest of your afternoon.
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1 hour ago, Max69xl said:
You should really remember what type of Visa you started with. It's a huge difference between a Non-Immigrant B and an O or O-A Visa.
Forgive my confusion! Lucky that there are some super intelligent people here who were able to straighten me out!
Small differences when using online appointment for retirement extension at CW
in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
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The good news is that the advance booking system for CW works, at least it did for me this morning. The appointment was for 10:15, they started with me a few minutes early and I walked out at 10:30. Can't beat it. Fifteen minutes!!!
FWI: There is ONE MORE DOCUMENT that you have to give them (compared to using the "old" system with a queue number): a copy or print-out of the online booking.
And you need to got to desk L1 27 first, for document checking, BEFORE GOING to desk L1 32. Do the document checking some minutes before your appointed time at desk L1 32, to be sure you're on time there.
Downsides: there is no queue number or waiting system for desk L1 27, nor for desk L1 32, so you have to stand near the entrance and politely try to catch the officer's attention.
And in case you're wondering: retirement, money-in-the-bank, not my first time.