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I am sure they got common sense. it is a bit different from the western common sense. still i am not convinced there is a lot of common sense in the west and they do not bring it here. these clever thai business people who believe they are better off when they never give away a baht are real fun. completly misleaded. and yeah i left shops i was going to a long time. when i pass i can see how they are wondering why i do not even look at them. I have to say, this works with westerners as well. Maybe they really believe they are so superior to you, you must come back because otherwise you are lost or something. some tried to convince me of that. westerners. .innit strange? they think they need to explain it to me, and that at least may help. the clever thai actually believes he can dictate the rules as he is thai and i do not understand anyway. both believe they are inevitably right. and everybody else is...? AND !! There are lots of great and grateful business with wonderful products and service!

Thank you Captain. Well explained and so true. Now when someone comes up with that superficial expert knowledge i am bored about for the last 38 years and when i get harsh insults for just saying: Sorry it is not true, they are not all lazy, they are not all cheating and smile is nice not wrong etc now i will tell them: read this, maybe you will get it.

Who was asking for the wake up call? The wall street guys always know so much better then the dreamers. Sukhumvit? there is more to the land of smiles. did he run out of money already? (remeber the wall street has no own money) now needs to sell a book. with the usuall stereotypes. this thread is just marketing, promotion. so far i read only common places.

Hi Kenny, i am qiute sure, you are overthinking. Still it is good to watch yourself gettig older. 1 If you have no problems finding sleep (at 10 - 11) it sounds good. lots of people have this problem at your age. it also shows you sleep well. you do not wake up inbetween much (or at all). great. Men at your age sometimes get up for a piss two, three times or more, or just wake up after 3 hours and that's it. 2 getting older, people need less sleep. statiscically. there are exceptions. when you wake up after 6,7 hours and feel well, it seems that's what you needed. (I really want my 8 hours myself, but often i am fine with 6 and sometimes i want 9.) 3 Of course it is not easy to get back to sleep if you already got 6 hours AND the days wakes up with the sun rising. you might get back after 6 hours if it is 11 pm. 4 anyway i would not start taking this and that. some helps sometimes or for a while....and yeah a dark room is better than flashlights. if it gets worse for longer , better see a doc. kindly Bernhard i am no doctor or specialist. i had my own sleeping problems for clear reasons. i am informed with doctors who are friends.

Hi, if the non O is based on marriage your wife may import, only if she has stayed in UK long enough (i think it s two years but better check) and relocates. She can reduce the duty then. In any case i recommend to ask the shipping company for their ususal and best way to handle it. they do it all the time and know the options. There will be duty. Ask the World Wide Seaven Seas for that. I can recommend https://www.thailand-transport.de/en/

good info! Our container was 20'' as well, but from germany. we gave it to a shipping company sending containers to thailand every week. You could even buy a space in a container together with others. That may be possible also from other countries. 300 kg are not a whole container for sure. If only boxes, may fit well. We shipped in thai wifes name. as they definitly said, that would be better. And it officially reduces the customs, if she was away long enough (i think 2 years or 3 is right. you may look that up. the company handled the customs and charged it to us. i got the impression they charge by the total weight. but i am not sure about that. the amoount was absolutly reasonable. We had a door to door arrangement - to far isaan - and it was all pleasant and well done.

I may only reccommend to not listen or follow this person. He sseems to be a rather scrupulous business man - like some of this kind before. It is all manipukative bla bla and heavy BS. it's only words. is it teaching? is it easy to just follow somebodys words? Please, forgive me, if i am wrong, which is still possible. Can he be wrong? I 'd rather believe an "uneducated" farmer in the field aboout the habits of his animals. Now you may excuse me, going on with my silly yet humble purposes and ideas and sense and all that other entertaining and joyful ... bye bye :-)

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which way? Did you give her a written document the bank accepted,that gives her access? Or else?

Listen to DrJack54, it is all right. Do not know if Samui is different. I have been to Samui Immigration only once for an extension decades ago and found them friendly and fast. Sawasdii - what you want - extension of visa - looks in passport - stamp - thank you - smile

Please Jing Joe, I am not a doctor, but was informed clearly by mine at a time, when another issue (fixed) could lead to similar cramps. I post spontaniously because i think YOU SHOULD SEE A DOCTOR. The point is - I do not want to scare you but comfort you. that sounds like a relevant lack of calcium. at least some time. the cramps you tell us seem to be typical. Yet they may occure for a different reason. Again i am not a doctor. magnesium uses the same channels as calcium. yet you can't go without calcium. No. Little cramps may not be a problem, (scary) but you do not know of the cause of calcium lack or may it get worse. The doctors at the time of my situation kept me in the hospital just to be safe, if there would be an effect. BECAUSE in the worst case you get fast into a state you cannot do much and get into heavy agony that leads to even death if nobody cares for you well. I told them, there will be somebody all the time. They said, fine, but to get the necessary treatment when it goes that bad, i have come to the hospital. and i may have only 15 minutes! or less. mostly it isnt too bad, still you should get checked and get the proper medication. before there is problem. best wishes and most of the stuff can be fixed well today

Do not worry. I did it after the Covid lock was lifted, as there was no short term appointment possible for a visa in my hometown, but we wanted to enter Thailand asap. There is no problem getting that usual 30 extension. Follow Dr.Jack. (yes it is 1900 Baht) Do not worry.

Hi, if a french person moves to germany, does (s)he ever become german? (Yes he may get german nationality, passport etc. officially, but does (s)he become german?). Same with germans moving to the states, italians moving to spain (maybe their mentality is close to each other but still?). We are not thai and will not become thai before we are born again 😉 FYIO: I have come to Thailand for decades, do not speak much of the lingo but tried from the start, etc etc I am sure you may get accepted, respected and treated as a part of the community if you act like a part of the community. Everybody who still picks on the "you will be an ATM forever" thing may have got one of those wrong: 1 Maybe you measure people, yourself or everything by the means of money and think the whole world is alike. 2 You actually got the wrong people around you. Did you choose them to be with you? 3 It is no charity: If you live in your homecountry, do you get everything for free? Aren't the bills actually higher there? 4 Maybe deep down in your ...you enjoy being the rich one and need to proof it to yourself. Enjoy. (do not feel superior. you are not. you got that wrong. 😉 ) 5 Once the italian actor of "life is beautiful" who wasn't successful and suddenly became famous was asked about his familiy and money. He answered: when you are poor, you always think about money. If your are rich, you ONLY think about money. 6 You obviously hev not realized a lot of things that are important to Thais besides or even more than money. Look at the man in the mirror and consider any case individually. Almost always i felt welcomed.

Hi, i do not consider myself a specialist on visa issues, but some years ago there was a similar (and even worse) problem for a guest at the same resort. IN SAMUI. Czech women, travelling together and not the first time. Staying three months as usual and not familiar with any details as the tourist is usually taken care off. One of them just found out, that her visa wasn't used and she only got the 30 days AND was already on a relevant overstay. She was nervously telling this to the massage women as she was scared to tell the resort owner (an old man we knew for more than a decade and even called him papa, but the czech woman was afraid, he might be angry.). She asked him and he was urgently telling her to fix it. Now she was more nervous about what to do and the massage women, who also knew us some years, suggested to talk to me. I told her the simple truths, that it is serious, but can be fixed. That she needs to do it as soon as possible, which means today (as it was a normal working day, immigration open). I told her, that she could be arrested and deported in case she gets controlled on the way to nathon, but hardly will happen, and she should not worry, but just go there. Now i gave the advice, i think, is the most relevant: Get dressed properly. Long sleeve, trousers or long skirt. Clean. Wear a bra. No slippers but closed shoes and maybe even socks. It does not matter if you sweat. When you adress the IO, do not say "You made amistake." Say: "I have a problem, can you please help me." (For my experience over more then three decades, Thais will help you, if asked nicely.) She went nervously. Came back some time in the afternoon, studying the new stamps with her fellow girls and the massage women, cause they were not sure about the meaning calling me again for help, if this would be OK. I looked at it and they now stamped the tourist visa (still stickers that time) USED changed the dates and signed extra stamp. Still no expert, to me it looked absolutely fine. I asked her, if the officers were angry, made problems, asked for money or anything uncomfortable happened. She answered: Not at all. for my ten cents: Go there - you are not even on overstay. Mind your appearance. Mind your words. Show trust. And you'll be fine. (The TM30: when your AirBnb asked for your ID, they might have done it. If they didn't and the IO critizises, tell them your true stay, cause it is the duty of the AirBnb, and if they haven't taken care of you, their trouble should not be yours.) regards

it gets better 😉 I have done it and it was ok the first time. now i have found the right way to search it by the users guide (yeah could have used that before but i don't like users guides. i am just to arrogant to have a computer tell me what to do 😉 now i was searching how to delete this topic and haven't found it yet. call me an idiot would be OK. may an admin delete it? thank you

Hi again, i even can not find the site again, where to notify the foreigner. I cannot find/see a button o go there. Please forgive me, if i am "blind", but usually i ain't got problems like this.

Hello to everyone, arrived yesterday. Did the TM30 online today. (I think i did it) The account of my wife was set up before. Today i had to do the new password, than was asked for address. Everything approved. Next put in the details of me arriving at the adress. Actually it seemed only possible by uploading an excel file (no direct input, but anyway) Seemed to be OK (clicked SAVE) but there was no sign of approval. Now if i search for it the "data cannot be found" - if i put the details in again it says "data duplicated". Therefore i think it must have been in already. What am i missing?

thank you - yes i think so , too, but better be careful

please forgive the suprficial writing should read: the account is in the name of my wife (only the one from WISE) i know the transaction itself ist a simple act.

Hi, my only worries are: Is it a problem if the WISE account is the name if my wife? Thanks for the note about the selected purpose. Probably would have seen that, but good to know in adavnce what to look for.

Yes, we use WISE. The question is: does it matter if the Wise account is in my wife's name, when the 400k are transfered to my bank account in Thailand for immigration/visa purpose?

Forgive me, must have been asked before. we will soon move to Thailand, where i will apply for non o based on marriage. with the account in my name, i got to send the money there. my wife uses a wise acoount already. I could get one, too, but actually we have no need of another wise account. if i use the wise account of my wife (sending the money from my account in germany to her wise acc.) and from there to my bank acc. in Thailand, may the IO have a problem like: "that is not your money", "not coming from you" or does it just not matter at all? thanks in advance

Actually i thought, the insurance wants annual check ups for they will know about the condition, but won't mind covering them by myself. You are right about the need for serious accidents and major illnesses (heart attack, cancer, stroke, kidney failure etc). And yes the discount for annually payment is good. I just have to sort the offers. regards to Sheryl

Sheryl, thank you so much for your effort. The 60 km far hospital is the Buriram hospital. The small ones are closer. There was no cancer. I will check the links. There are some insurers, i wouldn't know of. I checked Cigna, As they advertise so much, already and am not especially convinced. Actually, as i find also in your info, lots of services are not expensive, the insurance is mostly for accidents, unexpected issues and common stuff for the time we get older, like yearly checks to prevent further conditions. (trying to still sound confident: i will never trust in an only spoken "info" of a agent without binding form) the german companies seem to offer only travel insurances or if you call it expatriate insurance they still ask for residence in germany. otherwise it gets really expensive yet it covers the whole world which is no benefit to me. My current insurer for germany does not cover thailand at all, despite it would be cheaper...

flyingtiger I could not find health insurance on the LMG website. BKKKevin i got a travelinsurance before (very well), but not for permanent stay. Thank you Sheryl: There is no choice where to live, but we are fine with Buriram - closest hospital 13km just renovated, anaother one the foreigners recommend 25 km, big ones 60 km in Buriram town. My wife does not really know yet, what the 30 Baht sheme includes, so maybe it is better then she thinks. I will be 60 when we arrive, preconditions are removed thyrox (everything cool, just need the hormones (around 15 - 19 € for 100 and even cheaper online) - can cover that, if necessary and a slightly up blood pressure (can also cover the pills, if necessary). In rather good health in total, despite some doctors focus on risks, which i don't.