kalasiner

2 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

you said today 2pm, you losing track of time?

I transferred to WISE on Thursday and they acknowledged receipt today, Friday, at 2pm. Instead of immediately transferring to the recipient...as previously...they, disgracefully, chose to sit on the money over the weekend.

35 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Maybe your error doing over the weekend, you should know by now

Congratulations on having a 4 day weekend.

I Initiated the transfer on Thursday to receive the next day, Friday...as with more than 100 transfers previously.

8 minutes ago, terryq said:

Get it corrected.

 

If you do not and you stay after 25 Feb 2025 you will be considered to be on overstay irrespective as to what the 'permission to stay' date says.

 

Their mistake but would be your consequences.

 

 

Thanks, terryq.

Will do. Honesty really is the best policy.

My local immigration office mistakenly gave me permission to stay until 26 Feb 2026, instead of 26 Feb 2025. Lucky me ?                                                                                                                                                                             Normally I would shortly stock up my bank account and in mid Feb 2025 make the yearly extension, based on marriage to my Thai wife. Should I now proceed normally or try to take advantage of their mistake ?. I guess their mistake will come to light at the 90 day report at the the end of Feb 2025.

      Thank you.

If you are a German national your wife will have to pass a German language test for the visa. This test is not necessary if, like me, you are not a German national. At least this was the case 16 years ago.

16 years ago whilst living in Germany I married  my Thai girlfriend in Bangkok..Germany wanted a crazy amount of paperwork from my girlfriend/wife.                                                                            Of course you should enquire at the German Embassy, although my experience was the opposite of NativeBob's; they were unhelpful and arrogant, perhaps because of my Isaan GF.

PLEASE PM ME for details of a bureau in the YWCA building near the embassy who knew all the ins and outs and translated the papers. If they are still in business, your marriage will be a walk in the park. 

    BTW, my wife could not live in Germany; she missed her family and the Thai lifestyle. But we are still happily together in her Isaan village. Important: marry in the Ban Rak registry office in Bangkok because the embassy can quickly verify their marriage certificate and process the visa for your wife. Good luck.

1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

Nothing wrong with your plan however that requires obtaining non O at Savannakhet.

That requires an appointment and turn around is not now overnight.

Perhaps end up couple of nights there.

Alternative just do a border bounce turn around and enter visa exempt.

Obtain the non O at local immigration office when you have the 400k in account 

Where are you located in Thailand 

I'm prepared to do a lot...even accept the expense and boredom of 2 days in Savannakhet... to avoid visiting my local immigration office if not absolutely necessary e.g. the extension.

2 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Have you previously obtained a 60 day extension to visit wife.

That would provide time.

If that option not possible then do a border bounce just prior to  current expiry and reenter visa exempt. 

Obtain a non O at your immigration office minimum 15 days prior to expiry of your 60 day stamp.

For the non O you require 400k in bank on day of application.

That provides 90 day stamp.

In last 30 days with the 400 seasoned for 2 months obtain your 12 month extension. 

Many thanks, DrJack54 and Liqourice.

My plan is get the non O in Savannakhet shortly before my present permission to stay expires (far less paperwork than locally and no 400K needed). After 2 weeks I top up my account to 400K with my newly-available funds. After 2 months seasoning I apply for the 12 month extension. Feasible ? or have I overlooked something ?

36 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Yes, however soon after entry to Thailand with the non O giving 90 day stamp you would need to deposit 400k in Thai bank account in your name only to season for 2 months to apply for 12 months extension.

Personally don't see the point..

My 400k comes from a fixed term deposit account which matures 2 weeks after my permission to stay expires. A real cock-up on my part !

On 9/18/2024 at 10:20 AM, DrJack54 said:

 

You can border bounce for visa exempt and obtain non O at immigration with 400k in bank on day of application and obtain 12 month extension with in the last 30 days.

Buy reentry permit. Bingo.

Alternatively, during your border bounce in Savannakhet get the non O single entry without needing to show 400K (which you will need only for the extension). Correct ?

This reminds me of the time I bought some travellers cheques from a random bank in London, about 50 years ago.

       Returning home, I realised that I had the cheques and the cash I had taken to pay for them i.e. I had been been given the cheques without paying for them. I returned to pay the bank. Instead of thanking me for my honesty, the bank staff were offensive, saying I should be grateful that they would not have me arrested for theft.

3 hours ago, jollyhangmon said:

... yep, just look at their 'opening' price, that's FROM 41k thb upwards, round-trip supposedly but haven't looked into it ... too freakin' expensive in comparison anyway & always have been ... no thanks, no more questions, 555 ...

 

 

If you had "looked into it" you would have found out that Thai Airways haven't flown to Vienna for a number of years.

This route is now served only by Austrian Airlines and EVA Air.

Free Speech seems to be  another victim of this war.

I have been banned from posting by DW News, the "German BBC"; presumably for not prefacing every post with "I pray for Israel".                                                                             A recent video had an audience of 1.8M and only 167 comments escaped the censor.

My posts on DW News have been factual without slurs like "scum". "savages" or "human animals" that I read on this forum.

I regret that I cannot contribute further to this forum. I am an unhealthy 75, have poor eyesight (keyboard) and simply do not have the strength.

Reduce petrol prices by 2.5 baht........interesting

Reduce petrol prices TO 2.5 baht........even more interesting.

6 hours ago, Berkshire said:

  Basically, who cares where the "ultra rich" spends their holidays.

The TAT and BE88.

I knew a rich guy who spent his summer holidays at the Hotel du Palais in Biarritz, France. He always had a suite at the top of one of the twin towers.

One year the hotel deeply regretted that they could not give him the suite because both were already booked; by the Duchess of Windsor (Wallace Simpson) and Frank Sinatra. Luckily, Frank Sinatra cancelled.

He never visited Thailand, probably because he enjoyed a glass of fine wine and could not afford the outrageous Thai prices for a tipple..

2 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

I can guess what she says , no need to listen 

Very disappointing. As an expert guesser, please guess for me the next winning lottery number. 

12 minutes ago, BarraMarra said:

Is that the best you can do kalasiner? does he want videos of shot burned kids or the bodys in bags at a concert, so yes he needs to think what he is posting. Would you like to defend his post about video evidence ?

What are you talking about ?. Who is "he" ?

10 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Tu quoque  has been a specialty of certain political stripe since the IMT. 

Booze or hash ?

9 minutes ago, Morch said:

Could you get back to the here and now?

Here and now you are avoiding giving me an answer.

22 minutes ago, Morch said:

There's a difference between the right to fight for freedom, and the deliberate murder of civilians as in the Hamas attack. If, for example, their attack was directed at the IDF bases they stormed, there would be less of a backlash.

"the deliberate murder of civilians" like the hotel bombing, the murder of the UN monitor and the Deir Yassin massacre which Begin hailed as a "splendid act of conquest" ?