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23 hours ago, BestB said:

Makes perfect sense. Subs to be used to move people around during yearly flood????

Thanks for that, I was wondering what they would use them for.????

17 hours ago, Suradit69 said:

If you used 800,000 in the bank for your current extension (after March 1st or whenever), when you go in to renew they would have a record of the account you used and be looking for proof that you maintained at least that amount for 3 months and kept at least 400,000 for the rest of the year. If you destroy any record of that account and only have a record for the new account for a few months, you'd be unable to provide the evidence they require for the renewal.

 

Maybe I'm missing something but I don't see how the plan you put forward could meet the requirements for your next renewal.

Why bother, why not get a single entry non immigrant O which give you 4 by three month periods and you have to cross the border to renew each 3 month period.

Then you can extend it for 60 days and you don't need money in the bank.

I obtain these from the Thai consulate in NZ and as I am married to a Thai and have a dependent Thai son they only ask for these documents and never asked for proof of income.

I also understand the Thai immigration will accept proof of income from your bank/ the inland revenue department and the pension office instead of a embassy letter.

If you need to get a NON O then you would have to go home and get it from the Thai consulate in your home land.

On ‎2‎/‎19‎/‎2019 at 2:22 AM, Bezdomny said:

With 54 y.o. I would expect more mature people.

Yes the power of the Thai women drove him to become a child again.

He is a lucky child, the owner of the shop might not like the posters it seems.

He might also be well advised to think seriously about the GF as it seems she has other love which does not include him.

Think with you brain my son not your drain.

17 hours ago, DrTuner said:

More illegal hotels coming right up. Nothing perks up the neighbourhood like Chinese tour buses offloading next door.

yes the BK post ran an article saying that there may be huge money laundering by Chinese drug lords in the property market in LOS.

The huge condo development on the left heading from Cha Am to Hua Hin remains empty for quite some time now.

Given that P or meth/ice is on the rise worldwide and that 65% of prisoners in NZ are there from P convictions it is a epidemic in NZ/ Australia and Europe.

The main suppliers of the base ingredients are the Chinese.

These drug lords have plenty to launder and spend.

They also have lots of cousins in LOS>

21 hours ago, ajarnmarc said:

It's great to see the fire brigade looking very professional, all suited in uniform, and welcoming for any issues which might arise from this mentally unstable situation. 

The occupant is probably just waiting for monies to be properly transferred over, 

so he may clear the rent. It's just a misunderstanding, which the landlord wasn't willing to understand through proper body language translation, since English skills here are still very low line in most parts, as not being any sort of priority to consider when running a business. Hopefully it will all sort itself out in a most positive fashion prior to any sort of overstay, which might cause him to be banned from the country in the future.

They could turn nasty and turn the power and water off, I don't know how much food he has but overall I think he is being a blockhead.

20 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

Yeah, right, sure they are. 

I suspect the enforcement of this to be similar to the wear your helmet enforcement.

17 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Where are they going to go to,back home ,Cambodia,or Philippines,

save up a bit more money and the could be back.

regards Worgeordie

I suspect money lending operations to kick in and solve this for many.

However being married to a Thai and having a son to her you would think that things would be easier for expats in similar positions , whom have been in LOS for years and contribute honestly to the Thai economy.

There are always bad apples and these scum seem to flock to Thailand and are quite different from the genuine expats that live here.

I Think Big Joke should take a closer look and help to make things easier for, not harder for ,the genuine people which outnumber the scum.

The scum should always be deported and never allowed back.

19 hours ago, fruitman said:

I agree but it's also totally unacceptable to cut another driver off.....and that happens also far too often..

When I drive my son to school everyday I get cut off all the time by motorbikes.

Bikes with women and children on board with no helmets.

TIT but I never have seen a falang jump from his car and attack Thais for this.

It does happen at home though, road rage is rife.

Four onto one over road rage for this is a sign of a mind set in LOS.

On ‎1‎/‎25‎/‎2019 at 10:02 AM, leeneeds said:

12700,  4 years at bank interest rates will not make the decimal point move very much.

take the money buy a few more goats,

put one in a camp oven stew enjoy the meal,

is the stress of extras worth it,?

 

He should be gratefull as this is a victory for a falang.

And be grateful to Hua Hin Hospital who I have found to be very good to me and my Thai family.

On ‎1‎/‎27‎/‎2019 at 1:29 AM, bkkgriz said:

Why is there a power pole in the middle of the road?

possibly a street light??

On ‎1‎/‎26‎/‎2019 at 7:18 PM, trainman34014 said:

Must be a terrible misunderstanding; only Foreigners do bad things to Thai people !

My friend in a close by province witnessed 2 similar killings within a month.

One a a Karaoke bar and another at a market.

All over arguments between Thais.

The gun laws in Thailand need review, simply they should be allowed to own guns.

Having said that I once knew a girl who sold guns at her phone shop for her Thai police BF.

but I kept a good distance from her and eventually she disappeared somewhere.

On ‎1‎/‎26‎/‎2019 at 3:43 PM, Just1Voice said:

Big Joke ain't no joke.  Could be the most honest cop in Thailand. 

Yes well done cleaning up the Nigerians is a good step forward.

As for the Thai police involved, a posting to Koh Tao could be on the books

20 hours ago, Artisi said:

Here we go again, just another instance to highlight the stupidity of allowing dog packs to roam the streets. They should have been exterminated on the spot, not tranquilised and caged.

 

Now waiting for the bleeding heart dog brigade to start up, it's not the dogs fault, the kid shouldn't have been there, where we the parents etc etc. 

 

Guess TAT will be along as well soon on the beauty and safety of impeccable Thai beaches, we cleaned up the beach chairs and cigarette butts, and can guarantee the beaches are dog free. 

My Thai wife was bitten by a mangy soi dog at the Dinosaur market Hua Hin .

These mangy dogs have bits protruding out of their bodies, and drag their hind legs behind them to scratch their bodies for relief.

In most countries they would be humanely put down along with all the other mangy troublesome dogs.

When I walk up to my bar in the afternoon I sometimes carry a stick or a tazer, the noise alone scares the dogs away.

Most locals carry a stick .

Just as driving on Thai Roads is dangerous so is trying to walk safely.

But the thinking that these dogs are reincarnations prevails.

If you run one over you may be held to ransom.

When will they ever learn.

One day a soi dog bit a Thai baby outside a shop bar, his father was a policeman, he shot the dog in the street outside a shop bar.

He was applauded by all Thai and Falang who saw this.

On ‎1‎/‎9‎/‎2019 at 12:27 AM, chickenslegs said:

China is a member of Interpol and has an extradition treaty with Thailand.

 

Should be interesting.

 

 

Yes, extradition?? what? submarines from China supplied to Thailand, maybe the government will cancel the order until she is extradited.

We all live in a yellow submarine. Ha ha, a lot of red Bull.

20 hours ago, JimmyDee said:

Travel insurance company rejecte more claims that they pay.  Everyone knows that. If someone doesn't approve of gofund,  it's their opinion to ignore it. Negative comments serve no purpose other than to hurt the people who loved this unfortunate  and tragic individual.  

Well said, the poor guy may have been the victim of foul play, maybe given an overdose of something to put him to sleep .

I know many over the years I have met that have been drugged and robbed.

Hope this is not the case and condolences to the family.

Very tragic.

15 hours ago, Raymonddiaz said:

The border has cheaper second hand clothes.. I went there in 2010 from Bangkok..

Correct, but you must let a Thai negotiate for you and stay out of site.

22 hours ago, ezzra said:

Just was well it has been in daytime, nighttime would have posed a challenge  finding hem in the dark...

No trouble, the teeth show up in the dark.

On ‎12‎/‎27‎/‎2018 at 3:13 AM, GoGet said:

Excellent. Thank you guys and ubonjoe the legend. You guys rock.

I thought they changed the visa laws a few months ago so you could do 30 day multiple runs.

In the old days at Vienchien you paid 1000BHT or a $us 20 bill and they renewed your visa  without filling any forms or income requirement.

If all you need to pay is 1000 BHT and fill out form then all is still pretty easy.

My Question is can you do this multiple times as in the old days from most borders in LOS?.

2 hours ago, PatOngo said:

With such impeccable integrity he will surely qualify for "Person of the Year"! Maybe he will enter the monkhood to endorse that integrity.

Only time will tell.

Well now I know what these guys carry across the rivers at Border crossings.

Sat at The café at Masai after doing a visa renewal and watched guys carrying stuff on their heads across the river without being looked at, mystery solved.

4 hours ago, Jeremy50 said:

The insurance company are scum basically. The Thai hospital will be cashing in no doubt. I guess crowdfunding is the only option, not many people in Britain have that kind of money at the moment. I hope she recovers. 

Getting paid by insurance companies these days is hard.

The companies in NZ do not want to pay for claims they can avoid with excuses.

You have to be careful what you say when claiming.

In this case I think the family should take this to the government of Britain and make some noise about this as it seems stupid that they call this reckless behaviour , it is a accident.

16 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Been in a love triangle when the other man has access 

to a gun,and is not afraid to use it ,is not a good idea

at all,especially with so many fish in the sea.

regards Worgeordie

This girl was probably a Mea Noi for the cop as well.

Many a good man has been shot in love triangle in LOS, one girl I new would invite her Thai BF to live with her in her husbands house while he was away on the rigs.

The whole village new and just laughed about it.

Be Careful out there and try to do some research, I once had a GF in Bangkok until I was tipped off by a local that she had a mangda BF lucky I found out at the beginning and got well away from that situation. 

The sad part is he will disappear , maybe the victims family will be paid some compensation by the police if they stand up to them.

He probably will be out of jail in a year or two.

My wife got 300k out of  a drunken cop who killed her father, not much for a life but they paid up as there were over 20 witnesses.

On ‎12‎/‎10‎/‎2018 at 10:52 AM, neeray said:

This is great news. I'm sure that we will all be WATCHing for the real, true, honest report that will be produced.

Yes The time is Right , to wrap this up.

10 hours ago, BritTim said:

At Ban Phu Nam Ron, Thai immigration ensure that the only way you can do the border bounce is by using the 960 baht service that gives them a cut. These days, I believe you can choose to stay the whole time on the Thai side. Someone takes passports across to get the necessary stamps. You will still be charged for the round trip transport to and from Myanmar immigration.

Ban Phu Nam Ron, is a good run. Brit Tim is spot on.

You can not avoid the 960 BHT so I just handed in Passport sat down waited for the Van then went across , the van stops in Burma and the driver takes the passports and is back in about fifteen minutes and runs you back,  all done easy.

Buy some duty free when the van stops I grab 2 bottles of whisky and my expat friend in Thailand buys them off me.

I do this run from Hua Hin with my Thai wife, while we are there I sometimes stay a night in Kanchanaburi as it is a very neat place with a nice train ride available and nice around the train station.

We found a nice place to stay which was only 650BHT per night for a unit for both of us with nice rice soup breakfast and the place was brand new and spotless.

Cant remember the name but was on the main road close to train station and you just drive in and can park under carport at the unit.

20 hours ago, cornishcarlos said:

 

What !! Its 2018 Thailand.... ????

It is obvious, the fight and the headlock, the headlock was used to restrain the intruder from trying to grab the meat cleaver.

The fight was to protect the owners life.

But shooting a man walking away with your buffalo----------?????