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    Married,? Then marriage extension far better

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    Your header says Marriage Ext. is "far better".. but you do not go on to say.. why it is?

       In fact, it looks like the opposite to me ...and even to yourself as you go on to say....

    "all are on the "retirement" visa as its easier ,but nearly all are next time going down the marriage route,as am i ,lots more work for immegration offices ,more work for us as well,but then we are all retired and have plenty of time to do the extra paperwork etc.

    Its not going to be fun time in immegration soon."...?

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    Retired or Taking care of a family member? - 800,000 6 Months VS 400,000 1 day

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    On 2/1/2019 at 7:11 AM, Kenny202 said:

    I recently extended based on having a child here. Was a mountain of paperwork and several trips to immigration. I had to have photos of 3 witnesses who live in my moo baan with my son in various areas of the home. Then they had to accompany me to immigration also for an interview. This in itself is difficult. People are busy and suspiscious of what they are getting involved in. They also insisted 400k in the bank for 2 months. I like you thought 1 day and that was the benefit of a child visa. During the whole process they were trying to push me to a retirement extension. You do reallize this extension only avail if you live with ur child everyday and you either need to be legally married to the childs mother or have a court order showing legitamacy registered at the amphur. You also have to wait a month for it to be approved. If money is no issue put the 800k in the bank and do it all in one day re retirement. If you dont want to tie your money up for a year under the new rules child visa may be the go. However not yet clear if new rules will apply also to child visa re leaving a sum in the bank all year round

    Wow!...thank you...I have never read a post as informative as this one of yours. Thanking you again (just for the record, I don't even have any Thai cihildren myself).

    Can I Get Arrested for Overstay if I don't have 800K in the bank?

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    On 1/31/2019 at 10:44 PM, trd said:

    You don't have to keep the 800k in your bank after you have renewed your retirement extension. You can take it all out if you want and then put it in again 3 months before the extension is due to be renewed the following year. How can you be on an overstay if you've just got a years visa?

    You obviously haven't been following the new changes ..that's the "old" way you are talking about.

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    Foreigners now need to keep 800k in Thai bank for three months AFTER retirement extension is granted

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    "Confirmed in police order No. 35/2561 obtained by Thaivisa, foreigners who apply for a retirement extension using the 800k baht in the bank or the combination of income method now need to keep 800k baht in the bank for three months after the extension and 400k baht in the bank after that."

    "Foreigners must still be able to show the 800k baht in a Thai bank two months before the application for the retirement extension."

    "The new requirements to keep 400k baht in the bank for three months after the retirement visa is granted is effective from 1st March  2019."

      One or two contractions there. In paragraph one it says 800,000 Bt. must stay in the bank for 3 months after the ext. has been granted.    In paragraph three it says only 400,000 has to be kept in the bank for three months after it has been granted.

      In paragraph two it says "seasoned" for two months prior to application. Should that not be three months. Only the very first application requires on two months seasoning?

     

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    need to stop violent village resident - absolutely no help from police

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    13 hours ago, ghworker2010 said:

    move house. its why Iecommend renting

    I read comments similar to yours regularly on here....and they always sound "odd" to me to say the least.

       Most people that want to live in a house would probably be in a stable relationship, or have a family and wish to make a nice home for themselves to hopefully live happily together for a very long time. Again, is it not most people's dream to achieve this by owning their own home if they are fortunate enough to be in a financial position to afford it.  There is absolutely no comparison between owning your own home and renting one, when one is seeking security for themselves and their family, especially to have it to pass on to their loved ones after one passes on.

      Taking all this into consideration ..do you really think that such dreams should be set aside on the grounds that .."If I buy a house a crazy woman could end up living near us ..so it would be better to rent one instead"?

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    Is it fair to tag someone a Cheap Charlie?

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    When I lived in View Talay 2A Jomtien (before I had a motorbike or car) I used to walk into Pattaya ..even thought the Baht Bus is only 10 Bt. (5 Bt. before it went up). I suppose some might call me a "Cheap Charlie" for walking....In fact, by walking it cost me more than 10 Bt....I would never give less than 20 Bt. to someone begging on the Soi...people I wouldn't be passing had I not walked.

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    HAPPY NEW YEAR 2019 to all TVF

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    And many happy returns to one and all.

    A little "footnote". After a 10 yr. breakup this was the first Christmas and New Year I spent alone..took 69 years to have this "new experience". I decided it will never happen again even if I have to get meself a "new Hostage"...(a wife)...555. 

    Again, Happy New year to everyone and all your families and may all your hopes and wishes be fulfilled.

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    farang ID card

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    20 hours ago, jackdd said:

    That's wrong

    Might help, or maybe not, depends on the branch, definitely not makes it easy, the only document making it easy is a work permit

    I don't see how a pink id card would help here

     

    https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1042093-pink-id-card-benefits/

     

    I currently have 4 bank accounts ( 2 with the same bank).. and have closed at least two others (with credit cards)...I have never had the slightest problem opening them ..never had a work permit in my life.

      I have a retirement ext.?

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    Received my new passport, how to transfer visa

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    I went home to Europe last May and while there got a new passport. Because my old one was still valid for another 7 months I continued to use it for my return to Thailand..and thereafter (to avoid the hassle of producing the new one). However the time came this month to start using my new PP. Upon enquiry I was told in Soi 5 that I would have to have my new PP "confirmed" by my Embassy and bring the confirmation letter back to Soi 5 before they would transfer the necessary stamps (I was applying for my yearly extension)....All of which I did.

        The bit the bugged me the most was that my Embassy charged me 4000Bt. for the privilege of "confirming the PP that they had sold me in the first place".

       Get this...my government sold me my passport and then made me pay 4000 Bt. to confirm that it wasn't a copy (dud). The way some people talk on here you would think this stuff doesn't happen outside this country. 

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