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I usually live in one Immigration Office Jurisdiction but am now tending to spend half my time in another.  How must I deal with 90-day reports?  Can I go to the nearby office when I am at my second home or must I go back to the first one?  It is a long journey.

For the Moderators:  I tried to search for this;  there are 831-pages of this sub-forum.  The search mechanism refused as '90' is less than three characters.  Hmmm. 

Just spent 90-minutes searching this forum and Google.  There was something in this forum a while ago.  Needless to say I can't find it when I want it.  Can anyone please advise.  I want to buy a digital device which, I am told, one points to the four, or more, corners of a field and, presto, a read-out gives the area exactly in a variety of measures including rai.  What works reliably, accurately and where to buy it would be much appreciated.

A)   I recently attended the new Immigration Office in Chokchai near Korat and was told:

1   I had to wait until my present O-visa had a month to go before I could apply for a 1-year retirement extension [there being only 12-days before my then next border run].  This is troubling as I read some people have been knocked back for being too early and others for being too late;

2   As a British subject I had to show only Bt40,000pm UK income or Bt400,000 in the bank and that the combination of the two was no longer allowed.

Reading this forum I see only reference to Bt65,000pm & Bt800,000 in the bank.   Combination seems no longer possible.  

There are some real experts on this forum; could I get their clarification please; must I now find BT40K or Bt65K pm from UK?

I have a Thai wife, marriage cert, house & documents.   [Have had retirement extensions before on the Bt400,000 in bank basis].




  I have a paper here announcing that the new Immigration Office in Chokchai will move again on 28th July 2010 to an address some 15-km away.  A map shows it to be in or near Darl Kwean village.  If this is new to the forum and of any use I can try to pinpoint it better for you.




C)  I see that your text editor has converted my letter-B/close-bracket to a smiley face.  Put a smile on mine so let it stand & let's see what it does with a letter-C & a close-bracket.

 Anyone care to advise in the matter of a wireless-fed internet connection.  Have to admit I know so little of this I might have been reading about it when I was searching this forum for the answer.  (Is this an 'air card', for instance).

 

I guess I have to buy a laptop, for portability and because I stay in the hills near Khao Khor where I have no phone line.    I don't want a heavy up-front charge as you pay with CAT [Bt6000 for a plug in – plug-in what?]  Guess ideally I would prefer a monthly charge for unlimited hours.  I read this might mean  an AIS or DTAC SIM-card inserted into the computer so will it work as long as I can make a mobile phone call from the same location?

 

I accept it will be slower than landline [have been told this] and I don't expect to download large files, movies, music etc – don't know how to although I'd like to know.

 

I also fear problems with it demanding passwords, numbers,etc which I do not know/understand.  All quite a turn-off, really.  Any ideas?

 

Khao Khor is about 30-km Northwest of Petchabun, all uphill.