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@Robert *********
Balancing the Pollyanna with the Curmudgeon.

Somewhere in the middle has got to be reality.

Good luck to us.
John ********
Robert Lagas: Good for you. 16 years here too, dealing with five IOs and five address changes. The gods don’t favor us all equally apparently.

But the trade-off for living in Thailand is worth it.
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Robert Lagas: It may not be a problem in your perfect world, sir.

And, no I didn’t previously live in a nanny state. The only people who knew my new address worked at the post office.

Judgmental assumptions. Humph!
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@Henry ********
: It was a simple 90-day report. Normally, I really don’t have to do an authentication of address until my retirement extension comes up. But, alas, the rules changed for that particular 90-day visit.
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@Robert *********
: It’s not for the weak of heart in some provinces. Or maybe it’s my gangster face.
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@Henry ********
: May the IO (immigration gods) be with you! It only took me five documents, two 200-km. round trips, and the presence of two Thai witnesses to accomplish what you’re doing there!
John ********
Yeah, 90-day reports are usually pretty straightforward and uncomplicated. Glad you experienced the usual.

My only problem, ever, was just after I had moved—trying to authenticate a new address. Oh My Buddha, what a circus.
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@Monti *******
So you register as if YOU were the hotel manager?
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@Tod ********
Great. You just create a temp password on the spot, right?
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Tod Daniels As a foreigner, where do you get the password for logging in?