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5 hours ago, bodga said:

thats it  just keep  increasing everything and then wonder why no ones  coming later

Who exactly is wondering why? It seems when some of the TV brain trust  become bewildered, their imaginations become over-.active. 

3 hours ago, frogmo1 said:

 

 

Mail to the United States is 220 baht plus a 40 baht surcharge.  More for heavy letters.  Quite a shock after years of inexpensive international air letter post.

There’s no longer an “air mail” designation for letters since all international mail, in theory, goes by air, but obviously that depends on regular passenger flights that take on some amount of mail. DHL, FedEx and others may have their own planes but post offices depend on commercial passenger flights which are next to nonexistent now.

And when supply of space available is little, undoubtedly prices charged rise. Attributing increased prices to the Thai post office seems to ignore the realty of the economic environment.

4 hours ago, ezzra said:

every dick tom and harry will quat you a different one

Yes, the government is concerned about how much Harry “quats “ you for your $20 exchange transaction.at some nightly  folding table currency exchange.

On 10/18/2020 at 10:26 AM, teacherclaire said:

was announced by the Thai government that any alien wanting to enter Thailand had to show US$100,000 of COVID 19 insurance, before they are granted leave to enter Thailand. 

Alien, or Allan? 

 

The hilarious play on the different meanings of “alien” never gets old, just arthritic and palsied.

11 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Most posters on Thaivisa were aghast...

unfortunately a large number of posters on Thai Visa are perpetually aghast. It could be genetic or possibly attributable to childhood trauma.

4 hours ago, Fex Bluse said:

This is effectively a cry from the Thais to the Chinese who are laundering their money outside of China. As the Chinese economy continues to suffer, we will see thousands, maybe tens of thousands of Chinese buying garbage Thai property. 

Probably a lot of western real estate developers who would be happy to sell some of their garbage urban property to the Chinese. The Chinese seem to be faring relatively well.

Quote

 

China's economy continues to bounce back from virus slump

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54594877

 

On 9/26/2020 at 8:27 AM, mtls2005 said:

I have used CourierPost (990 THB), and EMS World (Document) 880 THB, both ThaiPost services recently. Both addressed to Post Office Boxes - both State government agencies, both were delivered to the corresponding physical addresses. USPS is the last leg for both, so I guess they know where the addresses are?

 

CourierPost took four days, EMS World closer to twelve days.

 

I think airmail ($1.20) from the U.S. to Thailand is running. Airmail from Thailand (37 THB) to the U.S. is not, AFAIK, I haven't checked in the last two weeks though.

 

Was going to send in Form 7162 that I had downloaded and filled in about a week ago by EMS. Was told they weren't accepting mail to the USA, but to check back from time to time.

I asked about FedEx or UPS and the clerk said it was Baht 1900 BUT that they wouldn't send to a P.O. Box.

So I scanned both sides of the form and emailed it to FBU at the embassy in Manila.

Got this message back today.

FBU Manila	10:36 (12 hours ago)
to me Thank you for contacting the Social Security Administration's Federal Benefits Unit at the U.S. Embassy in Manila.

12 hours ago, Adelphi said:

Utterly ridiculous how they have posed for this photograph.  Although it says everything about how they view foreigners who are almost never violent even if they have overstayed.  They really are determined to make it clear that foreigners are the enemy.  Welcome to Amazing Thailand.  Over 30 years ago we used to refer to it as the land of smiles - what a joke that is now.

I doubt the “they” who chose which photos to use for this news item were from immigration. Just stock photos from the news source’s files.

On 9/12/2020 at 12:31 PM, Jingthing said:

 

Its really too bad immigration can't make humanitarian exceptions and have the power to say, you messed up, you

When they stick to the rules, people want them to make exceptions ( for humanitarian reasons... ha, ha).

if they bend the rules one way or another, people moan about inconsistent application of the rules.

its really too bad farang can’t be bothered to learn the basic rules that apply to their continued legal presence in the country. Accept some responsibility. 

5 hours ago, jmccarty said:

Plenty with some money in hand bought at very low prices during the Asian economic crisis in 1997.  This was also due to a contagion. 

Not sure what contagion you’re referring to. A shortage of foreign currency reserves in Thailand forced the government to allow the currency exchange rate to float in order to facilitate servicing of debt and the rate plummeted in terms of the baht to the dollar. My memory is a little fuzzy, but it was certainly in 40s and 50s to the dollar, possibly worse briefly.

i suppose you could describe the spread of the debt and financial crisis as a wide spread contagion.

Property prices didn’t dramatically fall in baht terms, but because the exchange rates they were fairly cheap in dollar terms. Through dumb luck I bought a condo here when the exchange rate was very favorable. Dumb luck also assisted me when I sold that condo a year before the pandemic arrived.

1 hour ago, teacherclaire said:

The times they are a changing........

No. Self righteous  farang squealing about how disgusting everything in Thailand is are the same as they’ve always been. 

On July 10, 2020 at 3:36 PM, Jockey said:

I have a VISA question / problem

Sounds like you have an EXTENSION of stay question.

On April 23, 2020 at 12:03 PM, Russell17au said:

No, you are wrong. You are reading it all wrong. Those that arrived on a 90 day Non-Imm "O" visa and who did a 1 year extension at their local IO are not included in the amnesty because they renew their extension every year at the local IO and do not have to leave the country and they get an 1 year extension stamp in their passport. Those that have arrived on any visa that requires them to leave Thailand in the time frame of their visa (30 day, 60 day, 90 day) are covered by this amnesty because the borders are closed for them to be able to leave Thailand and they get a permission to stay stamp in their passport. They are two different stamps and you are mixing your extensions and your permission to stay stamps up and their meanings.

I didn't write anything  about the amnesty  nor did I read anything wrongly.  The only thing I commented on was that foreigners are given permission to stay by Immigrations and it. Is that permission or an extension of that permission that  determines anyone's stay in the country. I said nothing about who would or wouldn't be additionally covered by the amnesty extending their permission to stay

Probably best if you comment on a post before rather than after the happy hour and after rather than before reading the post I was responding to,

20 hours ago, phuketrichard said:

there people here on 1 year multi entry NON B visas, 1 year non O visas, 90 day O visas, 90 day B visas, tourists visas an 30 day visa exempt stamps

there also people here on 1 year EXTENSIONS based on O or B visas

And all of them were given a permission to stay or an extension of THE PERMISSION to STAY

if they got an extension, it's an extension of the permission.

20 hours ago, phuketrichard said:

100% wrong

 

there people here on 1 year multi entry NON B visas, 1 year non O visas, 90 day O visas, 90 day B visas, tourists visas an 30 day visa exempt stamps

there also people here on 1 year EXTENSIONS based on O or B visas

 

I'd call the elite people and ask them

Every foreigner legally staying in Thailand is here based on a permission to stay or extension of that permission.

whatever visa you have or had, your stay is dependent on the permissions given you, whether you still have a valid visa or  not. A visa is not a permission to stay.

4 hours ago, Max69xl said:

Sorry to make you disappointed,but my personal record and "maybe" Jomtien Immigration record for an extension based on retirement is 1 min waiting at desk 8 and 3 min total sitting down until I got the number tag for the passport pickup next day. This was last year on a Thursday late May 1pm. When I stood up and checked my phone it said 1:04pm.

I have done this a few times and my papers were in order. The longest time at desk 8 is 6-7 min. Same time of the year every time. Always after lunch on a Thursday. 

Yes I've done several retirement extensions over the years in just a few minutes. They are usually pretty efficient at Jomtien. and managing to have everything organized before you go in is not rocket science if you have done at least a few extensions in previous years

If there are delays it's usually because you get in a queue and the numbnuts  ahead of you is poorly prepared and hands over a wad of paper that looks like the dog had a go at it.

4 hours ago, Gandtee said:

At one time at Jomtien, if you handed your extension documents in, in the morning you could collect your passport in the afternoon.

And at one time you could get your passport back with the extension  a few minutes after your application was processes..

22 hours ago, johng said:

You didn't even need a "letter of residence" from Immigration ?   ????

No,. Just passport and bank book for my other account.  I did update or confirm residential address, phone number and provided US social security number, but just verbally. No proof or documents required.

6 hours ago, ThreeEyedRaven said:

When a good result is commensurate with thoughtful planning, and a disaster with little or none, this was to be expected. 

What's really needed is more pompous flatulence. Thanks for your contribution.

23 hours ago, Mavideol said:

555, Colin be nice...he's a newbie

Or an oldie with yet another identity

On March 21, 2020 at 12:53 PM, LivinLOS said:

Answers need to be provided, but Thailand is not a country where any decision seems to be capable of being made clearly, once, and held. 

If only Thailand could be more like the US,UK or Europe where everything is crystal clear, concistently enforced and so logically planned.

22 hours ago, JustAnotherHun said:

Which sections would that be? Yesterday and the day before I made the retirement extension, the 90-day-report, the re-entry permit and a certificate of residency each on different desks and was treated at all of them professionally and politely.

Yes, whenever I've gone to Jomtien for whatever purpose I've found everyone to be accommodating and pleasant. I've never understood why some people have so much difficulty.