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10 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Never heard of an office NOT checking.

Aso pretty meticulous about it. 

 

Buriram, Surin, Khon Kaen (plus several others) do NOT do a check at 3 months after your application.

Jomtien, for example, do.

Just now, hoopmonk said:

GoFundMe page coming...

Wrong!

Read the article!

2 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

I dont eat plastic food. Happy to fast. Food is overpriced for such junk. 

Good for you, but Irrelevant.

Services were not provided 

1 minute ago, Sparktrader said:

Flown Scoot twice, service was good, good planes. Better than Air Asia.

 

Their website is the best place to book.

I flew SCOOT premium economy on price.

I won't be flying with them again........certainly not long-haul. Budget does not work for long haul. 

Whilst the cabin crew were good - which prat thought up the name Scooties!; SCOOT  managed to screw up my food order both ways and the internet did not work. 

1 minute ago, NorthernRyland said:

That website said they will conduct random checks in Thailand but maybe that's not true.

 

What COVID "records"? were they looking for. It sounds like Japan is the problem here and not even Thailand!

My flight from Pnohm Penh was checked in July, my flight from Siem Reap in August - luck of the draw.   (both flights into Cambodia were fully checked).

The check is for evidence of vaccination. Two shots is deemed to be sufficient and paper or digital evidence is acceptable.

22 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

It was discussed a lot when the order first came out in 2019. There is some reasoning in what is written in the order but not easy to get a immigration office to agree.

I do try to look for logic and fairness in rules..............................

In this case rule ONLY helps a new retiree who has also been able to previously set up a bank account and start making pension payments into it.

That makes it pretty pointless as the rule will only apply to a tiny percentage of applicants.

Much fairer, and logical, is to permit 2/3 payments for any first application - with evidence of 12 x 65k required for subsequent applications.

11 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

That is how i interpret what is in the order.

For example if you entered on a non-o visa you would be applying the first extension 2 or 3 months after arriving.

Yes, I agree with that, but I do not interpret the rule in the same way. 

There is no mention of 2/3 months evidence being acceptable - unless the applicant had retired within 12 months of arrival. 

If I were to enter now on a 90 day single entry , I believe that I would have to evidence 12 x 65k payments because my retirement was not within the previous 12 months.

Something of a 'catch 22' for a first time applicant who may well not have been able to open a bank account and make the required transfers.

I believe that is why the replies above suggest that the only option available to the OP is 800k in the bank.

9 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

From page 3 of the order.

Thank Joe, read that, but still don't see any general reference to 2/3 months.

Your earlier post suggested that the written rules applied to ANY first application. I think 2/3 months comment can give the wrong impression and is not specifically mentioned.  The rule is very specific about retirement and pension payments. Obviously, if someone has retired less than 12 months before their application they can only show less than 12 x 65k. 

"The written rules do state 2 or 3 months of transfers can be accepted for the first extension application but many offices will insist on having 12 months of transfers."

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Most people applying for a retirement extension already have pension/other income in payment.

8 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

 

Amendment to police order 138/2557 Revising clauses 2.18 and 2.22 to include options for proof of income  

Amendment to police order 138/2557 Thai text

I didn’t see anything in that link referencing 2/3 months of transfers………have I missed something?

10 minutes ago, mrbojangles said:

Don't know the best way to deal with these postponements. Nearly everyone has already sent theirs in. Only a few outstanding. Ideas? I think the remaining people should submit and then the scores will apply to rearranged dates but open to other suggestions

Your suggestion makes sense.

We obviously don't know when the matches will be replayed, but I am guessing most will be in the same midweek.

2 hours ago, scorecard said:

But operationally it can work.

 

I flew AirAsia from Chiang Mai to Kuala Lumphur to Sydney in Nov 2019. I'm in a wheelchair.

 

AirAsia supvr., walking around the departure lines at Chiang Mai spottted me with wheelchair, she quickly asked if I was checking-in for the KL flight, I confirmed and within 2 minutes she had 2 young assistants on the spot with the AirAsia w'chair (mine was packed up to be checkin-in). They got me comfortable quickly and then to a more distant check-in desk and check-in quickly completed. She realized my Thai son and his family (his wife and 3 kids) were with me, she asked if I wanted to wait or go straight onto the aircraft? There wasn't a lot f time to spare so I said 'go the the a'craft now please'. AA lady tasked one of the young attendants to get me onto the a'craft, all done smoothly and politely and with care for my comfort. At KLIA an attendant waiting at a'craft door to take me to the AA lounge, staff at lounge very caring and polite. Back onto a'craft, hosties politely checked several time if I needed a toilet break etc. All meals excellent. Just before arrival at Sydney International a polite hostie asked me to remain seated for a few minutes. Two young attendants slipped into the a'craft as soon as the door was open. They knew where I was seated, they came over and politely explained the procedure and checked what luggage etc., I had. Ten minutes later one girl returned to my seat to explain my chair was being unpacked just outside the a'craft door. All done smoothly and politely. As soon as 90+% of the passsengers had alighted they started to move me slowly to the a'craft door and then carefully into my w'chair. They exlained the procedure well; one girl would stay with me and the other girl would get quickly to the passport arrival desk and get my passport ready to be processed, then she went (with a phto of the luggae stickers on my boarding pass) to retrieve my 2 suitcases. On arrival at passport desks a border force official quickly noticed me (by my p'port photo) and came over to return my p'port and checked if the AA staff were taking care of me OK. I confirmed YES. As soon as we got about 15 meters past the p'port desk the second AA girl was waiting with my 2 cases. During all of this the girl who stayed with me had asked if I had relatives or a car service booked to meet me at the a'port. I gave her the name and tel. no of the car service. She called them and they advised the car was caught in traffic and it would be arrving at Inter airport arrivals in about 20 minutes. AA girls asked if I would like to get a quick coffee and a snack. I said yes and we all had coffee and a snack. Car arrived, AA girls got me into the car made sure I was comfortable. All done.

 

The entire trip was pleasant and well organized; 10+/10.

 

Sure things have changed since because of Covid- 19, however when it's all operating again smoothly I would have no hesitation to use AA for same/any trip. 

To be fair, Air Asia do it better than SCOOT.

On 8/29/2022 at 3:08 PM, Excel said:

So why pay twice as much as necessary for a good agent ?

It isn't.

It is the same......"all in"...

7 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Does it look like London ?

Yes, and it says London on the sign. The flagstones look English.....

On 9/5/2022 at 3:55 PM, aussiexpat said:

I've mainly researched retirement but I believe that would be correct (example: if I  can prove 70k per month, 800k would not be required in bank for retirement)

 

65k for retirement, 40k for marriage based extensions.

You can throw the TM6 away.

COYR!

2 hours ago, CharlieH said:

Nothing ! Just that form. 

Amazing!

Those details are passed over the internet every day. Consider the comparison with, say, UK Visas where payment is made online to VFS at the time an application is submitted.

Couriering such a basic transaction seems like gross overkill - but may further alleviate the fears of the OP.

2 hours ago, CharlieH said:

This is not correct based on my personal experience just last week.

The form is put in a sealed envelope, both I and the person processing the application had to sign across the seal and it was inserted with the application in front of me into a DHL envelope to go to the UK.

That is new - as far as I am aware.

What else was so valuable to also go in the sealed envelope?.

26 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

No. A good friend who owns property there, and visits often told me it is at about 25% of it's former self. Samui is at about 20%. 

Busier in popular areas - I would say 50/60% of normal low season. Much busier at weekends.

2 minutes ago, Gknrd said:

I'm in Pattaya now.  Lots of Thais on the weekends and lots of old men like me... ????

Sounds like a perfect formula ????

More old men, and perhaps more Thais, will come in high season