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10 hours ago, EveryG said:

Besides the poor English on the website, the fact that they issued me a visa for dates that I have absolutely no flights for is quite mind boggling. I assumed that since they required a flight itinerary to be pre-approved, they would require that itinerary prove that I was leaving before the visa expired. I had a ticket leaving 2.5 months later than the validity of the visa they granted me. It's just a ridiculous situation that I couldn't have predicted.

there is no problem in staying 3 months or in your case 2.5 months after the expiry date of the visa, an entry 1 day before the expiry date of the visa will allow (with an extension) this,

6 hours ago, BritScot said:

Really? Leaving £20,000 in a Thai bank for the so called privilege of living in a third world country. I don't call that a Joke...

you don't have to live here

19 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

No probs! Just move to Thailand. The amount they ask for here is a joke.

but many use agents to circumvent the financial requirements

13 hours ago, KhunLA said:

One member is a fan of turning on the AC, to cool down the car before using ????

used it the 1st time yesterday, useful as i had to park it in the sun 

50 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

Yes, you should, and you shouldn´t have been talking about license, as my knowledge tells me that a passenger no need one. On the other hand, I can be wrong.

consider my a*se slapped for being a naughty boy

7 years for cars, 5 for m/cycles

18 hours ago, Heng said:

Not an anti-vaxxer, but I think I'm going to stick with my 4 jabs over the past 2 years.    No more for my kids either (2 jabs each).   

so 2 shots covers for life time, that's a good vaccine

have you tried pong nam ron, about 20km south, is it because they will not let you return due to too many entries

work out the cost for both sets of flights, and if any is left, refund that amount, ie if they underpaid you for the 1st full fare flight by $100 and they overpaid you $110  for the latest flight then refund them $10 less your admin fee.

7 hours ago, kwilco said:

I bought of a dealer and got a warranty etc etc - the car lasted for 10 years.

You could get a freindly mechanic to check it out for you - then if he keeps having to fix it, he will lose face.

you can have the best check there is on a monday and the car then breaks/stops working on the tuesday. murphys law

1 hour ago, AAArdvark said:

So it looks like I would have to put the 800K in first, immediately start adding 65K deposits in my existing Bangkok Bank account.  At the end of 12 months, I could then withdraw the 800K and show immigration my deposit proof?

the 800,000 has to be in your bank 2 months prior to the application, and 3 months after the extension is issued, it can then drop to 400,000thb for the remainder of the extension period. if in the 2nd year you want to change to monthly money income, you would have to leave the money in the bank until the new extension 2nd year is issued. this is to satisfy the requirements for the 1st year extension

On 12/7/2022 at 8:59 AM, nchuckle said:

"Do Xiaomi phones have access to Google apps? Yes, all globally released smartphones from the company have full access to the Google Play Store and the millions of Android apps therein."
Seems you’re talking nonsense…

sorry was thinking of huawei

On 11/30/2022 at 3:05 PM, Straight8 said:

 

Got the Oppo A52. Piece of <deleted>.

 

Never touching an Oppo phone again.

 

There is a feature called "Smart Bar" that is ON by default,  that was crippling the performance on my phone. Once is was disabled, things appear to be much better, but for a budget Android around the same price, you can't beat Xiaomi phones. 

 

@ Petermik,

how are you finding it? Responsive, snappy???

 

 

xiaomi phones do not have google apps or play store

20 minutes ago, TheFishman1 said:

After that, you can get a 30 day extension from local immigration then after that, you can fly out and come back the same day and get another 45 days and then go to local immigration Get 30 days more

not really the 45 VE entry is due to finish on the 31st march, so any VE entries after that will be 30 days, (unless extended)

On 11/28/2022 at 10:36 AM, The Fugitive said:

Not Bangkok. Thai wife had neither licence. Asked at LTO and paid 2,000 baht for each licence. No tests required.

that's why they are such bad drivers, and why Thailand has the road death toll it has.

the best way would be to find a driving school and get the Thai licence from there, should start with a 2 year licence.

have a look at centara and 'the splash', there are others close by, right on the beach see here - https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/The+Splash+Koh+Chang/@12.0405117,102.294578,195m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m8!3m7!1s0x3104119e044ceef5:0x2aa232ec2cdc5e5c!5m2!4m1!1i2!8m2!3d12.039329!4d102.2957905

soory can not help with koh mak

On 12/1/2022 at 9:49 AM, Bluespunk said:

Nope, meant it was good, right and proper she was removed from her prominent role.

 

Nonsense, as the transcript of the conversation shows...

the transcript is from one of the people involved in the conversation

17 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

I thought the non imm O visa 800k needs to come from abroad? the subsequent yearly extension they don't check the 800k was from abroad 

1 hour ago, KannikaP said:

The funds for the 800k DO NOT need to be shown as coming from abroad. Only the monthly transfers need to.

I would have thought that someone being a member since 2015 would have seen this in the numerous posts on this.

i think you will find that the funds required (800,000thb) for a within country non imm 'O' visa for retirement as part of a conversion process, do have to come from abroad unless the funds have been in your bank account for a long period of time, likewise the 65,000 monthly income does also have to come from abroad, unlike the 40,000thb required for a 'married' yearly extension

2 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

Sounds like you are too lazy to coat your chips before putting your chips in the air fryer  -  mine come out perfectly.

 

 

If you don't use the air fryer properly it will become redundant.

maybe because you are using oven chips, because that's the only way chips in an air Fryer will be as good as oil fried chips

On 12/2/2022 at 12:11 AM, Lorry said:

The private hospitals don't have vaccines anymore. 

As of last week, Bumrungrad, Bangkok Hospital, Samitivej, Medpark, St Louis and Sukhumvit Hospital all deny having vaccines. 

Kasemrad Prachacheun offers Pfizer only for those who earlier paid for Moderna and still didn't get it.

Vejthani denies having vaccines,  but you can get free Pfizer once a week if you make it on their list.

 

23 hours ago, Tropposurfer said:

The answers as to yes have been posted well already.

 

To the issue of vaccine brand preference if you contact the big private hospitals in BKK you'll be able to select the ones you want. Ring around and book appointments for their shots at the hospital which serves up the vaccine they're wanting before your friends arrive to save waiting longer (or at all?).

you don't seem to have read 'lorry's post, which i have  reposted to help

https://www.facebook.com/std.thailand