onekoolguy

Thanks for all of the suggestions! I forwarded to my friend and he will return to Bangkok immigration with the listed documents on Friday along with his Thai GF. Hope he has better luck this time?

Is it still possible to enter thailand with a visa exempt and then convert to a Non O and then extend for 1 year due to retirement? My friend from the usa tried today at Bangkok and they told him cannot do? He may not have asked the right questions? If possible what does he need to do? He had this previously and has kept funds in the bank here but the non o expired during covid while he was out of country.

Usa return. Download "airside mobile visa" separate line, few users normally. Free, easy to use! Last few times at lax or sfo 5 minutes from plane to baggage claim!

While in Singapore as a pedestrian, traffic always stopped for me to cross streets. Quite a surprise! In Thailand I stop at crosswalks but you really have to be careful not to get hit from behind! I also try to stop a little before the line to let pedestrians see around my vehicle as vehicles in other lanes often don't stop making it very dangerous for people trying to cross a busy street.

My son was refused a boarding pass due to less than 6 months on passport coming from usa to Thailand. My GF in Thailand was refused a boarding pass to Bali due to less than 6 months on passport. Not sure about regulations, but the airlines demand the 6 months or more.

They now allow transits but I think you may have to do a PCR test? Best to verify with the airline.

I think that the largest problem for her will be her reletives trying to get loans (gifts) from her if they know that she has a large sum of cash? I have the same situation. Not sure how to get around it? Just leave her the funds and if she gives it away then its her choice?

Friends of mine in the USA adopted a reletives minor child as a way for them to go to school in the USA. Seems like it ended up costing them about $25,000 in legal fees before they were done? Not a cheap option!

I wonder how that is working out for the Phillipines?

Thats a pretty high end neighborhood but you can make offers and see what they say? The biggest problem is not being able to talk to owners and having to deal with agents who can't or won't convey low offers to the owners. I had a new condo in Siratcha and thought I would get 30k a month rent as per the agent. It stayed empty for over 2 years. I told the agent to just rent it at whatever the market rent was? They refused to do so as it would lower the rent on the other units in the same building. I sold it. But the idea is that you really have to talk to the owner to make a deal! If someone had contacted me and offered half I would have accepted it.

Hua Hin is not seeing many sales at this time. In my Subdivision I was able to purchase far below the asking prices of other houses nearby. If you can talk to the owner I always ask: " what is the least you would take for this?" What ever they say: Thats your starting point to negotiate. When people tell you that no one takes owner finance, don't believe it. Many won't but some will. I don't call it "owner finance". I just ask them if I can give them so much now and pay the rest so much a month or year until I have paid them their price? A lot of the owners here are non-residents and own the properties free and clear. They can make deals if they want? The hard part is getting past the broker and talking to the owner which may be an estate heir living in another country? The last house I purchashed was at a terrific price and was in escrow numerous times but kept falling through due to a reletive of the owner who really didn't care and was killing the sales. I finally solved the problem by having an Attorney contact the owner and convey the terms I wanted which they agreed to. Normally I would never use an Attorney as they tend to be deal killers, but in this case it solved the problem. Look at a lot of houses and make a lot of offers that you would be happy to pay if accepted. Just figure that you will have to make 20 offers before one is accepted and don't get discouraged when they say no. Just keep making good "for you" offers and when one is accepted it will be a great deal for you! I do use my Attorney to do the contract and check title. Also be sure to do your physical inspections.

I'm happy to see the expanded service! It's a long drive to Bangkok to get a flight.