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Sorry to read about your problems. One's permission to stay in Thailand based on marriage will be void when the spouse dies (or get divorced). As others have mentioned, there are however solutions, especially the route with extension based on retirement or due to health. You might be able to use the so-called combination method, where part of the annual 800k baht deposit is monthly retirement transfers, and the remaining part a bank deposit of not less than 400k baht; 400k baht being the minimum for a bank deposit. Your monthly retirement pensions need to be 33,400 baht each month – be aware of eventual changes in currency exchange rate and transfer fees – if you have a 400k baht bank deposit. The higher bank deposit, the less monthly transfer. Another poster mentioned mortgage as a possibility; revenue from sale of property might also be a possibility. Yes, you – or rather the estate – have one year to sell property and divide the revenue. If there is no Thai will you will be eligible to half of the estate. Preferably always make a will in Thailand if you wish your property to be divided separately from the Thai law. To my knowledge you (the estate) normally have one year to sell or transfer property. I specific mention transfer, if there are some registered "servitude" like right of habitation; which can give you permission to still live the house. In such a case, financial gain might be limited, as a habitation right can be living for free. Quote (from above link in the text): The grantee of the right of habitation does not pay rent to the grantor. If there is rental payment made, the matter becomes a tenancy. A right of habitation may be created for either a specific period of time or for the lifetime of the grantee. In case the rights are granted for a specific time period, the law states that such a period may not exceed 30 years; if a longer period is fixed, it shall be enforceable for only 30 years. The grant may be renewed for a period not exceeding 30 years from the time of renewal. Lastly, the right of habitation is not transferable by way of inheritance.

Some countries offer a one-year non-O visa based on marriage, which gives you 90-days stay at each entry and is valid for one year; i.e. you can get almost one year and three month if you enters last time the day before the visa expires. You need to extend stay with 60 days based on marriage to get more than 90-days in Thailand or make a visa-run to a neighboring country, which I presume still can be done by land border crossing, perhaps others can verify. I used one-year non-O the first couple of years I was here – by that time I could get it based on retirement – and crossed the border to Cambodia for a lunch break to get my next 90 days.

This should bring climate activists up in the red field, as increased travel – and especially by air – should in their view be extremely bad for the progressing climate change...

No, only money in the bank. It's when you apply for extension of stay, there is a two month maturing demand.

The link is HERE. It's a new website that opened around 1st October. You need to register again as house manager, as no information from the old system was transferred to the new system.

If from my country, which is Denmark, nothing happens if you don't have family to take care of the remains' business and pay. Is one's remains in form of body or ashes of any importance, if the family don't want it – personally I don't care about my ash, after I have moved on.

If the pub allow a cork-charge, it's allowed; otherwise not. Cork-charges I've seen could be from 100 baht to several hundred baht.

Brand names copies are available from the night market – might be excellent quality – I'm however not familiar with, if the sellers have a space for testing the size before buying; I presume it's not allowed to undress and try underwear in public... Real brand names can be bought in shopping malls, brand name shops and department stores, they often have a test room (at least for ladies underwear). I'm a Cheap Charlie, so I use to buy my undies in BigC, 4-5 pair for 99 baht... Boxer short are more expensive, but from around 100 baht – they might however not have well known Western brand names.

Not correct. The 600 baht is not from Social Security, but a government air. Social Security old age pension requires a number of years membership and is dependant of how much you have attributed yourself...

Foreigners in Thailand can get a TIN (Tax Identification Number) at the local customs office. You need either a work permit, or proof of being a tax resident. The latter means proof of staying in the country for more than 180 days within a calendar year. The office might also wish proof of income. Tax return is now online and needs to be done in Thai language. You can download the P.N.D.90 form in English translation, so you know in which form-numbers to state your income. Otherwise, the local tax-payment office will normally be kind to help you.

When using the UK passport for travelling back to UK, expiry date is not an issue. Even with an expired passport people will normally be allowed into their home country.

It just says LG Direct Drive Inverter 8 kg, it seems to be THIS MODEL. The direct drive motor makes it very quiet, instead of the heavy weight on the tumble wheel. I bought it from one of the chain shops – that delivers and install the machine – for around 15,000 baht. You might be able to find it cheaper online, but on top comes transport cost and you need to install yourself.

In this case the question is about a changed visa to non-O, which normally takes place after two weeks from entry date and extends the permission to stay to 90 days from the first entry date. By the time for application for non-O, the applicant needs 800k baht in a Thai bank deposit, which often will be a new bank account. As the funds needs to mature 2 months before application for a one year extension of stay based on retirement, the next application will normally take place two weeks before the non-O permitted period og 90-days expire. The following years you can apply for one-year extension of stay up to 45 days before your present period expires; however, some immigration offices only allows 30 days.

I have a fairly new LG. The machine checks the weight of the laundry – or the amount, I got no clue how it works – and adds just enough water to clean it; saving water. LG is a fine laundry machine...

If you have a Thai speaking partner, I would suggest you let her(/him) visit the local Tessa Ban-district office and ask for advice there. You will probably be allowed to cut overhang vegetation, but just in case there are some local regulations, I would ask first.

Unfortunately yes, there are not enough quality tourists arriving at the moment, so those people are instead let in...

Normally two weeks before your permitted stay expires. At that time you your 800k baht bank deposit needs to be mature for two months.

Something similar to that many (young) people like boy bands and girl band in the West – good looking young (sexy) men and attractive young (sexy) girls performing middle of the road contemporary reasonably quality musical works. Furthermore, musical taste is slightly different in different parts of the World. K-pop is huge business, 20% of the World's population – almost 1.7 billion – lives in Eastern Asia; so. lots of funds can be invested in selecting the right performers, styling, choreography, musical works, videos etc. etc..

Somebody is going to pay 500 billion baht plus interest...

Seems like you shall just shop for 50k baht of your taxed foreign transfers and make an e-refund application...

Thailand, hub of amazing festivals...

I've hear about a saying among professional girls: "4 inches, 4 minutes, 4 thousand!"...

There are numerous available, this image of invisible hearing aid is from a Norwegian manufacturer quickly found by search... Worth also to look at Danish Oticon and Widex, and there is also a Swiss manufacturer.

As you are only permitted 90 days stay on each entry, you shall not do 90-days reports, as you leave the country after 90-days and the report period resets to 0 when re-entering. However, you landlord shall fill a TM30 report.

Where I stay in Thailand – Koh Samui – the number of men with or without a live-in Thai partner, seems to be less than ladies, with or without a live-in Thai partner, and foreign couples. The latter both in young age and as retirees. In my local community there seems to be equal amount of each – yes, I have counted all that I'm familiar with – so one third foreign males. On the island as a whole it might be fifty-fifty. I even know of one very attractive young lady from my home country with a middle aged Thai boyfriend and both American, British and French couples. Ops, forget to mention Russian and Ukrainian couples, there are numerous of those now.