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On 9/25/2021 at 7:18 AM, ubonjoe said:

At this time medical insurance is required to apply for a new non-o visas at embassies and consulates under the covid 19 rules. It is only needs to valid for the 90 days the visa allows on entry.

 

Entering visa exempt is a good option for most people if they already have a Thai bank account.

No need for insurance to apply for the non-o at immigration and the one year extension based upon retirement.

Thanks all for the advice and info

Looking into returning visa exempt then applying for non O visa

I am 73 years old with diabetes

Have several million baht in bank for self insured health issues

Apparently self insuring is no longer an option

Applied for coverage and all test results excellent so no reason to deny coverage so I was accepted BUT they excluded everything but a nose bleed

At a ridiculous premium

Seems I am uninsurable so with the new insurance laws I will be forced

To leave the country

Biggest problem is I own large condo, car etc that need to be sold off

Once a lot of retirees realize that they have a shelf life in Thailand

It may be almost impossible to sell the condo,, so I

am totally screwed

Will I have any issues removing over 5 million baht from the country?

I no longer want to contribute to the recovery here and prefer

To help my new country of choice instead

Is there any way around this situation?

I have not been able to return due to the pandemic and my OA visa has long expired 

So with no feet on the ground some info is hard to obtain

Thanks

I am not going tp comment on whether these people should be allowed to stay or not

I was in Honduras Honduras for Hurricane Mitch

business was basically back to normal with in 24 to 47 hours

Politicians were stockpile aid in warehouse to sell to stores at a later date

in the city of Tela people were laughing at the churches there rebuilding houses

why laugh ,, well the bamboo hut with tin roof and dirt floor had somehow turned

into a house,,,: "yea that's it,,thats what it used to look like"

the damage was mostly shingles blown off older houses 

so if people came to escape this,,, it was a scam and a fraud from day 1

So thaivisa has become a buy and sell rag

Not surprised

Any charges laid?

Well either a Thai Policeman

Or Justin Trudeau when he goes home

Screwed either way

How about jail for tobacco execs

Along with the e-cigarette people

And yes maybe even those responsible for the annual burning

hello ,,, I quit 3 months ago,,, champix did it for me

the drug store on the ground floor of the BIG C building at pattaya rd north and shukumvit rd has it

I do believe it is a boots 

when I went they did not have the starter kip but got it for me in 2 days

if you can wait,,  I live in Panya resort by Bang Saen and I believe I have a ton of the gum and patches there

you can have for nothing,,, problem is I will not be there until October 27th 

problem now cancer will not kill me but diabetes and high blood pressure from the 15 pounds I put on probably will,,,lol

have a good one

nothing new... did the same over 60 years ago but was a young boy

not a supposed adult like this idiot

Think you need a new bank

In the US

5 minutes ago, Mansell said:

My bank in California would only transfer money in baht. They would ask if I had a dollar account at Bangkok bank...when I said No, they said the bank would send it back if they sent it in dollars. Just saying.

The Thai banks accepts transfers in

USD  but change it to baht then deposit

It into your account 

The rate could be better but probably

No worse than your US bank

Been many years since the bank was your frIend

Have done this with Kasikorn several times

On 7/12/2017 at 5:20 PM, lovelomsak said:

In Canada only rurals and uneducated or no class people take off their shoes. I have been t houses with expensive persian rugs on the floor and people come into the house straight from the rain with shoes on. If you took your shoes off to go into those homes you would not be welcome back because you had no class. To take off your shoes is just not done. We leave that to other less refined people.

And there we have it... the rarest

Of All Canadian birds

The Canadian snob bird

Very rare species

I had a problem with my upstairs

Neighbor (other than noise)

I went upstairs and politely

Explained my problem

Case closed no more problem

And no hard feelings

Few weeks later the neighbor

Had a small problem with me

They politely mentioned it

And I immediately rectified the problem

Again  no hard feelings

And by the way

My neighbors are Thai

These people are Great neighbors

I.knew a guy in Canada

His body was badly twisted

And if one could staighten it out

He may have met 4 feet tall

He could not move 3 feet without the help of 2 canes

However he made a fortune

Begging as he got pretty large donations from businessmen who

Normally would have given nothing

He stayed in top of the line hotels

Ate better than. Most

And his passion  was a.poker game

With a 3k minimum to play

I watched hin.lose a lot oNE night

When I asked how he could afford it

He explined that he would probably

Make it back tomorrow and over a year

Probably broke about even

But he had a good tone doing oNE of the few things he was able to do

And after a few months he would move to a new city so people dId not get tired of him... think his donations started to drop

So I hold no malice for his begging and lIving large as no amount of money

Could ever compensate for his disabilities

The banks charge for this like they

Are providing a servicert or doing us a favor with these debit cards

I know some one who worked on one of the first systems to use debit cards

At an ATM

The reason the banks paid this development team a large sum of money and invested in the hardware

(ATM MACHINES ETC)

was so that when people got used to this idea they wold be able to lay off thousands of employees as

The demand for counter service would drop dramatically

Again  the banks helping themselves and conning their customers into thinking they did it for them

Why suicide?

Just book a holiday on death island

Canada is a great country with great people

But there is no denying that the country has become socialist 

And unfortunately with the current leader will probably get worse

As this man in not.I  touch with the reality of the average Canadian

Never had to work a day In his life etc

Canada needs new leadership

Not ones born with that silver spoon

In their mouths or where ever

My biggest fear is that due to.my age

I will not.be able to afford health care

And will be forced to spend every cent I habe and return to Canada as broke as I can get to line up for the free health care

Remember it is.only free if you don't work and have no money

Another tourist that won't return to Thailand

..and.probably non of his friends either

I don't mind swampy at all

Long way to/from gates.. depending

Upon airline

II can only assume that these people

Doing the survey have never been to Manila

Alough one of the 3 terminals is pretty good

The one united Airlines uses is  a toilette and I assume they use it to save money... Ok with me as long as the fares reflect it

I have been asking myself the same question

TOT brings the fibre optic connection

To 1st floor of my building

THen hooks it up to a copper line

21 floors to.my unit

I am wondering how much the copper line will degrade the speed

Anyone outbthere have an idea

In Canada if you are a non resident for tax purposes

The Government rules .say that you can not have a bank account in your name

As well as not being able to own land

In your name

AND you give up.rights to health insurance

ETC

I am having trouble believing the

Negative posts on this subject

Her father had the smarts to teach

Her gun safety

Now she is doing something constructive and seems to do it well

She will be the next gunsmith in the area

My hat is off to her and her father

Shame on you negative Falangs

it may soon be time to organize all the Falang in the country with the intent  to leave for neighboring countries for 1 to 3 months leaving no resources for families, extended families etc

use the social media  to ask for the international community for support by not visiting during this period

one of two things will happen,,,they will find their county is better off without us and not let us back or 

they will find out what kind of economic impact we really make to the country

either way things may well change for the better

it seems like other neighboring countries are welcoming falang's and their financial resources

and show it by making long term visa's easy and installing programs to attract us

Philippines and Malaysia for example and it looks like Myanmar is leaning that way as well

even Vietnam is softening some of their rules regarding foreigenors

all to basically say,,,hey come retire here and bring your money,,,which can not be a bad thing 

have spent 15 years in Central America (8 years in the Honduras

children escaping gang violence is bull sh+t for the most part

I personally have seen parents send their children by themselves via coyotes (people smugglers)

then the internet cafes and western union step in and take advantage of these people

mom and dad hit the internet weekly or more crying for more money because in a lot of cases dad can now retire

even better if these young people have a child as mom will take possession of the child and use this to extort more money from her offspring that have made it to the USA

I have even had one mother tell me that if her daughter gets thru she will not have to work any more

the same mother sent her youngest daughter (15 years old) as she was pretty and the older daughter was not

I do understand that these people are poor and looking for a better life which is the real reason for the numbers

so do not blame them

it is a culture born out of poverty,,, even tho most own their own houses of one sort or another

also there is no way most people there would not save/bank a penny if given an opportunity

give them one dollar,,, gone tomorrow,,,100 gone tomorrow 1000 gone tomorrow and so on

again different culture and values

5 hours ago, kingstonkid said:

The issue Kerryd is that Thailand has an extradition deal with the US and UK and Canada it seems that Singapore did not think one was needed.

 

What surprises me and will probably get looked at closely is that ASEAN does not have that built into the agreement.

 

You would think that it would have been.

 

As to Canadian gov't involvement under the S.O.P. that is leading the country there is no way he will do anything.  Canada is about to become Obama light or shades of Pierre.  I wonder if his wife will follow his mother and go smoke a joint with the stones.

 

 

makes you wonder where all the tax dollars go,,,  oops forgot ,,, to lifetime welfare recipients

ex kingstonian