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  1. I am a UK retired passport holder resident in the UK. I plan to visit Thailand, remaining for 60days then depart to Vietnam for 1 week after which I will return to Thailand for a further 30 days before returning to the UK. I have private accomodation in Thailand belonging to a friend at which I will be staying while I am there. Could you advise what type of visa I can apply for on line. The Tourist Visa (STV) seems still to require booking ASQ hotels.

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  2. On 10/14/2021 at 7:25 AM, lyskamm said:

    Me and my husband (both Italian) have the same question.

    We wish to travel in January and stay for 90 days as tourists .

    My question is, if I book a return flight for 90 days,  will we be granted a 60 day visa? - or will we have to book a ticket with a return date 60 days, then pay again and change the return ticket date once in Thailand?

    Thai Embassy UK. Submitted my visa application for 90 days late Saturday and approved by late Monday night remarkable turnaround. Enclosed airline ticket anticipating return in 90 days and also return date on my on line application 90 days hence. Visa approved for 60 days with of course the option to extend for a further 30 days at the discretion of the immigration officer. My guess is that showing the return ticket and sufficient funds would make that a formality.

  3. 11 hours ago, Beggar said:

    Something like this happened to me in Germany at a dentist called very good. Thailand has very good dentists and they do their job for next to nothing. But of course there are bad ones too. I have experienced both here. If you are in Pattaya I can send you a private message with the name of one that never disappointed me in very many years - at least until now... There is never a 100 percent guarantee. 

    I agree with that, the dentist I have used in Bangkok for many years is top notch the best if I have used. I have recommended him to several visiting friends and all speak very highly of him. 

  4. 11 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

    The "letter" you refer to is to allow Thai immigration to transfer stamps if required.

    For the OP he can reenter los with both pp if in old one he needs show reentry permit or something like a multi entry visa.

     

    You do not need the permission of an embassy to do that and for that matter you never did. It's just another loop to jump through. Just like an embassy is not concerned if you want to open another bank account with a bank you have been a customer with for the past thirty years nor are they interested that you want to renew your Thai driving licence and yet in each case you need to get the embassy to sign a form. As a friend of mine told me who works in the bank when you hand them a form they just throw it in a box and forget about it. Its fortunate that we don't need a TV licence or I am sure the embassy would need to sign a form for that.

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  5. My experience was yes but that was about 3 years ago, presented both passports and he entered the stamp in the new passport. The problem came when I went for my next extension. There I was told that they needed the embassy to complete a form confirming that both passports belonged to the same person or some such nonsense. Of course 3 years is a long time here so god only knows what else they need now.

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  6. Only a few days ago I was walking up the steps to the BTS without a face mask and a young Thai girl was approaching from the opposite direction also without a face mask. When she was only a short distance from me she covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief. I noticed that all the way down the steps as she approached me she was sliding her hand on the support rail. 

  7. 2 hours ago, TerraplaneGuy said:

    Welcome to the club.  Tell us, when they said come back on the day of your expiry did they say anything about the TIME?  As I've mentioned, with me they said they couldn't issue an extension before not only the day but the TIME that the new policy took effect, which is (I am told by Aetna) always, by law, 4:30 PM (check your certificate, you'll see) and therefore means extension is impossible unless they make a special accommodation to work with you past closing time which of course is 4:30 PM.  I doubt even the North Koreans could get that stupid.

    No thankfully it was just "come back tomorrow."

  8. 43 minutes ago, Bogbrush said:

    I am afraid that I neither have the link nor indeed can remember the person who posted the comment; it was an obiter dictum within a fairly long message on the daily site regarding threads on OA extension and insurance and I only picked up on it after a second reading. It is, however, a salient point about which members would be well advised to speak to their insurance companies.

     

     

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  9. 4 hours ago, berrec said:

    Can I ask your age if you do not mind the personal question to get an idea of what this 40K age bracket policy was in 

    The table of premiums for Pacific Cross has already been posted and the Standard Extra Plus Plan cost for my age group is 77,473 baht this can be reduced below 40K as long as you are prepared to accept the first 300K In patient and 30K outpatient costs which I did reducing the premium I paid to below 40K. Hope that helps.

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  10. 8 minutes ago, Martyp said:

    You have been self insuring for years but You didn’t mention how long you have known about the new insurance requirements before going to CW. Was the need for insurance this year a complete surprise?

     

    Also, note that you can apply for an extension 45 days early at CW. Best not to wait until the last minute so you will have plenty of time to deal with unexpected problems.

    No it wasn't a complete surprise I have been following the discussion but I naively thought that having sufficient funds that more than cover the medical cover they require would be okay. As for the 45 days I was unaware of that. 

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  11. My German friend obtained a Multiple Entry Non Immigrant O Visa at the Berlin Embassy and is approaching the 3 months when he must leave Thailand and then re-enter. Is there any restriction as to what border entry he can use e.g Nong Khai seems to be the most convenient for him at the moment. He has been using this type of visa for several years and it allows him to stay in Thailand up to 6 months so long as he leaves at least once at the 3 month point. However he is a little concerned that the regulations may have changed. 

  12. I have a Thai and English will with the instruction that should I die while back in the UK that a death certificate is forwarded to my Thai lawyer. Will that death certificate need to be certified by the British embassy before it can be used here? I met with the example last year where I arrived on a new passport along with my old passport and my retirement extension stamp. When I went to Chaeng Wattena they told me that I needed to get the new passport certified by the British embassy each time it seems you do something now new bank account, new passport, driving licence the British embassy exact a fee for doing almost nothing.

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  13. 2 minutes ago, AYJAYDEE said:

    what kind of visa is a 6 month visa?

     

    From what I understand it was one that required he leave Thailand before the end of three months and on his return got another 3 months automatically. The 6 month was obtainable at the consulate in Munich but must now be obtained from the embassy in Berlin. To obtain the 6 month visa he had to produce the usual bank statements in Munich to show he could support his stay of 6 months. Due to time constraints he settled for the 3 month NON IMM hoping that he could then extend it by another 3 months when he was here in Thailand with a visit to Vientiane.  I gather that his best option is to obtain a two month tourist visa in Vientiane when his present 3 month NON IMM expires in January and then apply to the immigration office in Bangkok for the extra 30 days which will take him into April which is when he normally returns to Germany.

  14. 2 hours ago, JackThompson said:

    What qualification did he use to get the Non-Imm Visa?  Retired?  Married to a Thai?  There are options at either an immigration-office in Thailand, or a neighboring nation's Thai consulate.  The qualification-requirements depend on how he qualifies for this type of visa. 

     

    He could also do as others have suggested (without needing to show Non-Imm related qualifications) and get a 60-day Tourist Visa nearby, then extend that for 30-days more in-country.

     

    He is retired late seventies and in Germany always has to produce a bank statement. Normally he applies and gets a 6 month visa but this time the Thai consulate in Munich advised him that this was only available from the embassy in Berlin so he settled for the three months and now wishes to have another three months before returning to Munich in April. 

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