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8 minutes ago, Issanjohn said:

WOW they gave you a retirement visa at 34 cool.  I’m retired in my 40’s but I’m on a marriage visa.  I hope immigration here doesn’t take it away from you or deny your extension because of your young age.  If I were you I’d try not to let them know here your age.  

i had that retirement visa only the first year

9 minutes ago, marcusarelus said:

Do I have this correct an Imm officer failed to grant you an extension based on retirement and you are 34 years of age?  Or did I miss something?

yes, you missed something, i had no issues with the retirement visa i was granted in my home country,

but 10 years later when i was fed up with ED visa runs i married,

and IO refused to extend marry visa

1 minute ago, galt67 said:

Perhaps before moving/retiring to a foreign country, a person should ensure they understand ALL their visa options?

 

 

i inquired the thai embassy in my home country how to go about, they gave me retirement visa in spite of being 34,

i had informed them i was on medical disability retirement,

they suggested i just live here as tourist

1 minute ago, Issanjohn said:

You had just returned from Loas well I don’t know all the facts about your situation maybe you did something incorrectly I have no clue.  A good visa agency is TSL, you’ll still have to see immigration in person if you use TSL but they are very reputable and they make it a lot easier for you however you will still have to get your documents yourself.  The only document they acquire for you is the Thai marriage certificate if you were married in your home country and need your marriage certificate translated to the Thai version.  Other than that you still have to do a lot of the leg work on your own all the visa agent does besides that is walk you through the process a lot faster and smoothly and they deal with immigration for you.  But like I said you’ll still actually have to see the immigration officer in person face to face but only for a few minutes and your done then your visa agent handles the rest including picking up your passport with your new extension stamp and he’ll mail it to you EMS.  TSL provides a great service but you will still have to have a face to face meeting with the immigration officer and acquire all of your required documents for them.  So even when using the agent it is a lot easier but it’s still on you to make sure that your documents are correct and up to date.  The visa agent will walk you through it but they don’t hold your hand through the entire process you still do at least some of the work but using the agent is worth the money as long as it’s a good legal and reputable visa agent.  TSL in Bangkok is awesome I use them and I don’t even live in Bangkok but we make it workout.  

all my papers were in good order, she just didnt feel like extending. i now know of visa agents, and they do it for a price roughly 10 times above if i do it myself, guessing she wanted a cut from the agent but didnt have the nerve to tell me what the real problem was

14 minutes ago, Issanjohn said:

Just smile and speak to them respectfully that’s how I always deal with them and the immigration officers have always treated me with mutual respect I’ve never had any problems with them and I’ve never heard of anybody else having trouble at least not people with their paperwork in order.  I’ve heard about people having trouble because they weren’t following the rules or didn’t have the right documents but other than that no.  I always make sure my documents are up to date, organized, accurate, and that I have everything required.  As long as you do that carefully you shouldn’t have a problem.  Renewing your extension is something we have to really stay on top of once a year as long as people stay ahead of it and follow the rules they wouldn’t or shouldn’t have any problems.  

yes, i have been hinted t-shirt & shorts was inappropriate,

but at the time, i could not find any shoes my size beside flip flops, and i dont think flip flops goes with a suit

6 minutes ago, galt67 said:

Already available, it's called 'Thai Elite'.

 

20 years, 1M/B or 5 years, 500k/B.

 

NO age, income, bank deposit requirements.

 

 

yes, but if i had known beforehand that a visa in thailand cost 100k per year, or as has been typical for me, 40-50k per year,

i would not have come here in the first instance,

-that money negate any living cost caribbean might have

2 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

i have seen more daring jewelry placement than that, nice lips tho, i feel like i wanna try them out

2 minutes ago, Issanjohn said:

I’ve never had that problem.  If I had that problem I would have left and came back later and dealt with a different Immigration Officer.  I know they can deny it but they normally will not as long as you’re following their laws.  They never ask me for anything more than the Proof of Income Affidavit I’ve never heard of them asking for more than that for income verification.  You’re the first person I’ve ever heard say anything like that experience.  What type of visa are you on?  

it was marry visa back then, and when i returned from laos

with yet another marry visa, -it was the same fat bitch yet again at the marry visa table, stalling until i gave up.

in hindsight knowing what i know now, i would have contracted an agency

2 minutes ago, marcusarelus said:

I think it's just you.  I've been to immigration all over Thailand 80 times and never had a problem that was insurmountable. 

its not just me, but theres no statistic available as to how much of a percentage immigration stamp or not, just in this thread i was asked how to deal with officers unwilling to do their duty, so you can find proof in this very thread its not just me

6 minutes ago, Issanjohn said:

All the years I’ve been living here I’ve always gone by my monthly income based on my monthly pension payments which is well over the minimum of 40,000 Baht a month.  I’ve never gone by what I have saved in the bank and I never plan to.  Although I’m living here retired but on a marriage visa not a retirement visa so I believe it’s different for marriage visas.  I get my Proof of Income Affidavit based on my monthly income and I always will, but that’s for a marriage visa.  I don’t go by the 4 or 800K in the bank and I’ve never been required to and I will continue to use my monthly income.  I’m a United States citizen on a marriage visa though.  

 

I called and according to the United States Embassy they have no plans on ceasing to provide the Proof of Income Affidavit service to us United States citizens ever in the foreseeable future.  So we should be okay and that information came from an embassy employee of the State Department.   I have no clue what the British Embassy is doing the Proof of Income Affidavit is most certainly in accordance with Thai immigration policy because that’s the document they actually require.  Sounds like laziness to me in the British Embassy I don’t know.  

just so you know, immigration can deny your extension on a whim and no amount of proof will suffice if they dont feel like it, i had certified income double stamped both at embassy & ministry in bkk, she carried on demanding proof i had transferred money, -i gave her more ATM slips than she wanted, but she still refused to do her duty,

she just kept stalling until i had to leave for another visa

2 hours ago, JimmyJ said:

How stupid dem scientists be.

 

Spending all dem years studying weather, climate, physics, chemistry, math, statistics, other branches of science, reams of data, conducting experiments, and coming to an overwhelming consensus that climate change/global warming is real and will soon be catastrophic.

 

When none of that was necessary!

Those wasted years educating themselves.

 

When all they had to do to get the real truth is read Thaivisa forum and have people who largely if not exclusively have no science background, no expertise (outside of the price of Chang), yet they are all experts in the area of global warming.

 

Seriously - global warming denial at this point in time is no more intelligent than a belief in a flat earth.

there is a documentary on youtube where leading scientists disprove every last argument behind the global warming sceme, i uploaded it just a couple of months ago, but it looks like the documentary has been taken down, i cant find it on google now

21 minutes ago, wayned said:

Total BS!  I always have the backup with me at both the US Embassy and immigration every year, but they do not want it since they do not have the staff, ability or time to validate that it is true.  Immigration has never asked for it, only the affidavit  I know two people that live a comfortable life here with their Thai families that use the affidavit system that would not qualify if they had to show money in the bank.  So you think that people like this should not be here and should be deported leaving their families here with no support and end up living in a cardboard box under a freeway bridge in LA because there is no way that they could survive there on what they get.  Is that what you are saying?

no, i have come to the conclusion the entire 'show money' thing only ever creates corruption, it sure dont weed out criminals, i think it should be discontinued and replaced with a transparent 'pay x' if you want to live here, it goes directly into thai government,

as opposed to immigration thieves and agents, no doubt that shithole is full of thieves also,

but at least i wont know about it or be subject to it.

as it is now, cost of visa vary between less than 2k per year to 100.000 per year, depending on your luck of straw, and theres no telling beforehand before you came here

2 minutes ago, sambum said:

"you have to prove you have the money to live and contribute to the economy."

 

Which is EXACTLY what the "Proof of Income" letter provided  - that's what it says on the tin - PROOF OF INCOME!!! Doh!

well, you prove it by eating, renting a room, staying alive,

its a folly to think you can weed out criminals by demanding an affidavit

3 hours ago, wayned said:

The one drawback of the US affidavit system is that I have to get off my butt and go to the embassy to raise my hand and swear and of course pay the %50 fee. 

the drawback i see with it is that it is only ever mouth-farting

from the applicant, with squat to back it up.

but anyway, to prevent more corruption,

i think the only solution is to skip requirements altogether and just demand a fixed price, for starters it will make it more transparent, an applicant can see the cost of visa and weigh it vs other countries visa,

the immigration officers cant blackmail, no money goes to corrupt police OR visa agents, its all going to thai government

18 hours ago, Ban Phe Dezza said:

Is Cambodia a real option?   one idea I am considering at least for starters is Penang. I can walk up to Immigration hand over my passport and get 90 days Visa free. With a couple of plane trips to say Philippines, Thailand that is a whole year sorted out all Visa free and a couple of Holidays as a Bonus 

given my abysmal ability to travel, i would have to consider cambodia in spite of rather being dead than to be there,

but for sure i would bring a quality mattress if it really goes that bad

9 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Yeah, well, it isn't really about logic. 

There are alternatives, bank account method or combination method.

I think most pensions are well under 65K anyway. 

well but the combination method is invalid if they keep rejecting pension letter proof,

alas 800k in bank or bust

5 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

Dont know how a "chopper" got into this.

 

Anyway, a forza is much wider heavier and longer than a click. Depends on your terrain. If you are cruising country lanes into a town and back then why not. If you srd dashng about a city then it may noy be so easy to manouvre or park.

Forza has 300cc more powerful etc.

 

Depends really on your application and general use

 

chopper offers a ride sensation that forza dont offer,

so if its for that purpose, its a waste of money

Just now, Rc2702 said:

It's not too different to riding a scooter though is it? I mean the forza is a scooter in many ways?

yes, same dull stuff, i cant see how you can benefit from the cash lest you really want more storage place, but a big box is much easier accessible 

7 minutes ago, Rc2702 said:

Thanks. Ok but what you mean rumble? My understanding is these forzas are not loud?

 

Gives a kick? Reference to the upright position when riding a forza?

 

What about the use. You think it's OK to use it so little?

the rumble & kick is referring to a big chopper,

a scooter will remain a scooter, its a means for transport from a to b and nothing else.

i think if you can sit comfortably on the click, there is really no reason to buy a forza.

this time around i just got a pcx, dull to drive but its largeish enough to sit on and steer at the same time without too much hassle.

i would have bought a smaller bike if i could fit on them, but alas.

the pcx was the smallest and cheapest i could get that i can fit on, looks like manufacturers all over the world are under the delusion people are getting smaller

15 hours ago, DM07 said:

Yeah...hahahaha...so funny!

Like the glaciers that have already disappeared and the fact, that the Greenland ice- shelf is the smallest in...like...forever!

But I guess, it doesn't get hot under your tin- foil hat, so you don't care!

its you who have a tinfoil hat here, swallowing the propaganda

and buying into the theory of man made climate change

5 minutes ago, The Theory said:

I meant fund transfers from overseas to your Thai bank account that show minimum requirement for retirement (either full or combo), not ATM slips. 

 

back then i had no idea how to transfer bank to bank,

now i do, but i bet my pension that even if i had shown bank transfer, she would not have accepted.

a video recording might have helped her do her duty

3 minutes ago, The Theory said:

I guess the worst case is that they will ask for proof of fund transfers. And perhaps that would be bank book. 

that will not suffice if they dont feel like giving you extension,

her latest trick was to demand proof, i showed all my ATM slips,

not good enough, she had made up her mind, no extension

1 hour ago, motaz said:

What exactly happened?.I am going through the same thing now dealing with an officer who didn't like me.Now that you have experience with this situation, what would be your advice? Should I withdraw the application and try a different immigration office? .I have all my papers in order including 1.5 million in the bank for 1 year and I own a condo and I an 56 years old.

she asked for another stamp from bkk, i went and got another stamp  from bkk, she asked for proof i had brought money from abroad, surprise to her but i had kept all ATM slips for some reason, but then the slips wasnt good enough either,

and my time was up, i gave up on marry visa.

my advice if they dont feel like give you extension:

hire an agent right away, or leave the country if you can