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I've been staying down at Khanom Beach, on the mainland and opposite Samui. The beach is about 12km long and almost deserted. Absolutely beautiful! But..... I like quiet places, but Khanom is like a morgue - it is too quiet even for a recluse like me 🙂 I'd go back to teaching in the classroom again, but the word seems to have gone round and no-one will employ me LoL. Still, I make enough teaching online, but I might look for somewhere a little more populated than Khanom

[quote] ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Heinecke ... [/quote] Are you as rich and as successful as William? Multimillionaire? Owner of household name company?

Yep - I thought he was posting about his car being nicked....

I think you should stay off whatever drugs you are taking... 🙂

Even if you meet all of the criteria to become a Thai citizen, you will probably die of old age between the date of your application and the date at which you are finally approved for citizenship - the wait (as some will attest), is years and years and ...

Is working for your right to stay in a developed country your definition of slavery? Perhaps you are part of the problem 🙂

Why doesn't the government conscript them? They could be cleaning the streets, helping OAPs with their house/garden-cleaning, be lollipop 'persons' etc. IMHO, any able-bodied illegal should have to work for free (or minimum wage) to earn their right to stay in the UK. Replace the government hand-outs with government payment for useful work from these illegals.

Tommy is a top bloke! I only wish more in the UK spoke up (and took action) like Tommy to protect the English way of life and culture. I note that among his supporters in the recent march in London were people from all countries, cultures and religions >> Christians, Jews, Hindus and Sikhs, Muslims, Caribbean and Africans etc. Keep up the good work Tommy!

Hmm... I don't see why any of the above should make it difficult to relocate, unless you are severely physically disabled. It's more down to the mental state and "I can't be bothered" attitude.

I found an interesting report about UK frozen pensions in Thailand. We moan that there is no social security agreement between Thailand and the UK re pensions, and that perhaps our complaining/lobbying should be directed at the Thai authorities to request such an agreement. But Thailand already did! According to this report: https://www.narpo.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Frozen-Overseas-Pensions.pdf Thailand made a formal request in 2010 for a social security agreement re pensions, and had their request been accepted by the UK authorities, then UK pensions would not be frozen now for those living in Thailand. So it seems that no blame or criticism can be directed towards the Thai authorities, but 100% towards the UK authorities. When's the next available flight to Manila? 🙂

Hmm, according to the AI report, it seems it was a Thai person who called the emergency services. So obviously one Thai person did give a rat's ass about it.....

Try asking ChatGPT....

'Brave' doctor is simply not appropriate English to describe this doctor. (AI obviously needs to improve..). "Efficient doctor" or "Competent doctor" might be more appropriate.

Some people are very happy to have actually reached retirement age, me being one of them. What with a cancer scare and crappy lungs, I would be perfectly happy to live in a small condo in Pattaya, enjoy the sun and daily walks along the promenade, chat with Thai locals, have my lunch at the cat cafe and simply thank my god that I am alive and reasonably healthy 🙂 I have stayed in Pattaya many times, and the above is my daily routine and it's great! In fact, the main reason why I do not live permanently in a Jomtien or Pattaya condo is because I can't install my myriad of ham radio antennas... 🙂 It does help to have a hobby that you can do, and stay away from the bars/bar-girls/bar-boys etc.

Have you ever thought of joining the Thai tourist police volunteers?

Whenever I see Dr Oliver for a consultation about vaccinations, my lungs etc, he doesn't charge me, only a reasonable fee for any medicines 🙂

I have more difficulties than you because I go and change all LED and fluorescent light fittings for incandescent, filament bulbs in the property where I live. Have you ever tried to buy filament bulbs nowadays? Why? I swap over the lights because fluorescent and LED lights generate electrical interference - they cause havoc with my amateur radio hobby! Maybe you remember a thread I posted a few years ago where I disconnected the LED street light outside my home? That almost ended in disaster when the wooden ladder I used broke due to termite infestation and I fell 3 metres onto concrete, breaking several ribs and my cheekbone. The interfering light was 'gone' for a couple of months until the electricity company spotted that the wires had been cut (I denied knowledge of this and told them that a panicking owl had broken the wires!!)

Thanks to you and MrBoJangles for this advice. My Swedish landlord (well, his Thai wife) is preparing a rental agreement from a sample document that I found on the internet and his wife will then register on that website to complete the TM30 online. I don't intend to stay at the Khanom address all the time - many times I will be in Pattaya. So this seems to be the easiest solution - thanks again.

I would be staying at 2 different addresses. Many times I will stay at my hotel address in Pattaya, and therefore I think it's easier to do all my visa 'paperwork' in Pattaya. But I will also stay in Khanom. So from Caldera's post, it seems that my absent landlord in Khanom should register for online TM30 notifications.

DrJack54, I ignored your previous reply because you are not providing useful information, unlike the other posters in this thread who have provided relevant advice and comments. i asked a simple question >> if my visa is issued in Jomtien and my agent in Pattaya does my 90-day reports, what do I need to do to stay legal when staying at the rented property in Khanom? Stop with the childish comments and try to provide some added value to my thread. dr

That is my plan. If I'm in Khanom and the IO comes to visit, I can say that I usually stay in Pattaya and I come down to stay in Khanom from time to time. But that is my core question. if my visa extension is issued in Pattaya and the visa agent does my 90-day extensions, do I need to report my stays in Khanom?

Yes, when I return to Thailand in a few weeks the agent will 'arrange' the visa at Jomtien. Note that I do have 800,000 baht right now but not in any Thai bank account. (It's in my Lao bank account because of the 5%/annum interest....) The visa agent in Pattaya will arrange my retirement visa while I have an address in that locality (the hotel). But what do I need to do when I move down to Khanom? I will have an absent landlord (overseas). I want to ensure that I have no problems with the Khanom IOs....

Yes, I have a Bangkok Bank account for more than 20 years. But it does not have 800,000 baht in it right now (or in the previous months), because I have been living in Laos and intended to stay there until I got 'stimmied' by the air pollution. 12 months from now I should have 800,000 baht in my Bangkok Bank account.

My apologies, because I've been living outside of Thailand for a couple of years and I'm not sure what the latest requirement is as regards address reporting etc. I did a search but I do want to check that my understanding is correct. I intend to move to live from my current home in Laos to live at Khanom Beach, because my lung health has improved dramatically with the clean sea air (I'm visiting Khanom right now). I'm 65 years old. I will go back to Laos next week and then re-enter Thailand by air a few weeks later. I will enter the country on a visa waiver and then stay in Pattaya for a few weeks while I sort out my 'retirement' visa, do some shopping etc. I intend to use a visa agent who helped me a few years ago and provided good service. I have an aversion to dealing with any kind of officials, and that's why I prefer to use an agent. Therefore, when they apply for this visa, my address will be at a hotel in Pattaya. But after obtaining the visa stamp, I will move to a rented house at Khanom Beach (I have already rented the house from a Swedish/Thai couple who live in Sweden - the house is empty all year and so they have rented it to me very cheaply because I'm the 'security guard'! But how can I stay legal with the local immigration department in Khanom when I move from Pattaya? Do I need to complete a TM28 form etc for my change of address? It is my preference to keep any IOs at arm's length and only interact with them via an agent or online. Is that possible? Thanks for all your wonderful advice 🙂

Yep - I learnt from her that people get scared of nutters....!