arithai12

I don't get all the sneering. But OP, indeed what you offer is not attractive, the official mid-market rate as of now for your amount is 34,615 B, why would anyone buy from an unknown seller at a possibly distant location for 34,500 B. You might be better off holding on to them until you find yourself in Europe or US.

OP, it's true Sinet was down also for me today (few hours) and yesterday (briefly). Surprised that you found a recording, maybe to do with Sunday? I never had a problem reaching them on the phone, usually very responsive. I called them yesterday, they reset something and immediately after it was back. I didn't try today.

I just extended on Sinet, 500/500 costs 6,900B/year incl internet TV of very good quality. So you must be on an old contract. I checked a few times and I usually get the nominal speed. The low speed could be due to various factors: -are you connected by optical fiber? -can your modem handle 500? I got mine replaced for free with the new contract. -are you using LAN or Wifi? Some Wifi cards cannot handle this kind of speed. -if Wifi, are you using 5G?

Sure, go with Google, also Titanic is the best movie ever and San Francisco is the best city in the world.

Still I will beat you in a timed competition :-) I am joking Ubonjoe. Clearly after many years of experience, we usually know how to deal with Imm and when all papers are in order things are usually smooth. Spouse or retirement. It is my just impression that there are more complaints on this forum from spouses, but obviousl you know the statistics better and also happy persons usually do not report.

I was jesting. Retired or Spouse extension, has no bearing on the success of the marriage.

If you say so. I am on retirement, I go there with appointment, TM7, bank letter, overstay form, STM2, passport copies. I spend maybe 2 minutes with the officer checking my documents and I am out with my extension stamp. I do need an extra stop at the bank, but it can be done on the same trip. From what I read, marriage extensions need extra map, pictures inside the house, sometimes they come to check themselves, and you are under consideration for (a month?) which means at least two trips? If you live some distance from Imm it's not quite fun. From what I observe, marriage "extensioners" always take double or triple time with the officer because the IO chats with the wife, then the wife translates to the guy, then the officer repeats to the guy, then the guy disagrees with the wife, then the wife chats with the officer... Ret requires double the money, but Marriage requires a wife ????

I am on retirement and same situation wrt insurance. I do not have your worry. If it happens we'll see, but then I should worry about so many things. For example, they could raise the 800k which has been in place forever, or the retirement age to 65, or request fluency in Thai, or or or. Relax.

the same like US, UK and other european countries employing a lot of foreigners: because they accept lower wages and have lower overall costs for the employer.

Currently Singapore does not allow non-nationals and non-PR in, other than a few restricted categories. Cambodia? OP, not my business but if your intention was to stay in Thailand a few more months, a) couldn't your wife put on a brave face and hang on to her job a little longer b) what were your plans after the few more months. Clearly not returning to China, from what you say. Clearly not staying on in Thailand. So why not act on those plans now.