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That is only part of the issue. In Thailand it seems that the role of the police is car is to travel from A to B and not get involved in law enforcement en route. The appalling road kill count is initially down to lack of education and training.............correct policing is a small factor and should come after education.

Well you know that they can't lose face.......................

I didn't. When I came here at age 50 the state pension was a distant thought. Knowing that my state pension would be frozen would not have changed my decision. It is an unfair situation and as laudable as all these Change petitions are, they are p1ssing in the wind - no government has the incentive to change it. As Maya Angelou said "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."

Sorry, I disagree with that. There are many people like me (financially comfortable) who chose Thailand for its many qualities. I avoid buying crap (although I have in past) but I will always look for value I could not be happier than I have been over the last 18 years.

Which role did you play?.......😉

No it isn't....especially up country. The conditions/facilities with those street stalls (plus use of cheap oils etc) are the reason.

.....plus other pompous pr1cks and wannabe Thais.....

It worked for Blair.

Nonsense......note the term "IMMEDIATELY entitled" 5 Doctors, dentists, and hospital treatment In the UK, NHS emergency care and primary care provided by GPs is free for all. Secondary care and the provision of free NHS nonemergency hospital treatment is based on being ‘ordinarily resident’ in the UK. It is not affected by your nationality, whether you pay UK taxes or NI contributions or own a property, nor being registered with a GP or having an NHS number. If you are a UK national, you have automatic right of abode in the UK. If you have been living abroad, you pass the ordinarily resident test on resuming settled residence here and are immediately entitled to free NHS non-emergency hospital care . https://www.ageuk.org.uk/globalassets/age-uk/documents/factsheets/fs25_returning_from_abroad_fcs.pdf

Not the first time that an IO was wrong. It was no issue for me as I simply went to the other Buriram Immigration office and changed the date on the TM8.....Bingo! I simply recount the story so others will have the sense to avoid a similar situation by putting a closer date on the application.

Whilst the date is irrelevant, I did have a problem on one occasion when the IO told me to come back nearer my exit date. Now I just put a date that is one month ahead.

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My smoking days are decades behind me - before I started traveling to Thailand in 2006 - but I can see that could be a factor for some. I have a daughter living near Birmingham so Emirates flights to BHX are the best option for me. In the days when I headed to East Anglia I was happy to come into Heathrow and often took direct flights - EVA being first choice, and in those days BA over THAI.

Personal choice. Stretching your legs at the midpoint of a 14 hour journey is not a bad thing. The overriding factor me is convenience of arrival point/time - this often results in me not wanting to arrive at Heathrow.

To be fair, he did say "extension on retirement visa....."........ and indeed, he has an extension of stay based on that original retirement visa. I accept that, factually, each extension is a 'new' application - and he could apply e.g. on the basis of retirement or marriage.

I would take QATAR over THAI any day.

I am a Brit and my glass is always at least half full. I am hugely content in Thailand and rarely complain about anything.

No.Please read my posts again. Maneerat could not offer the income method (that was my preferred option). I had to float up 800k by 19 January for an application on 19th March with a 19th June expiry date . Maneerat are great - professional and knowledgeable; it would be great if they could do the income method. I obviously paid 8k.

No. It was made quite clear that I had 800k in the bank AND could comfortably satisfy the 65k x 12m requirement. If anyone has used Maneerat, or any other Pattaya agent, to obtain a retirement extension based on monthly income I would be interested to hear

That is not actually true - at least as far as Maneerat are concerned. I engaged them this year because I need to apply 3 months early. They said that they could do it on the basis of 800k in the bank; they specifically said that I could not use income. I simply pass on this information from my own personal experience.

No, he's right - you screwed up. Why were you using a visa agent if you were making monthly? I was advised that the agent could only arrange retirement extensions based on money in the bank NOT using the income method.

LOL 😀.... I am sure that you are the man for the job! 👍

After Patpong, it is the saddest place in Thailand.

Poking their noses into other people's international affairs is a trait that foreigners likely learned from America.

He can't. There is no legitimate way other than processing through VfS.