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It's been mentioned before, so not being pedantic, but officially it's an "Extension of Stay", and whether it's based on retirement or marriage to a Thai national, it's an extension renewable every year. However, I do agree with your suggestion - it's a pain having to go to Immigration every year to give them piles of photocopies of various documents - many of which are exact copies of the ones that you gave them the previous year(s).

Thai Senior Immigration Officer Vows to Purge the Country of All Overstayers Within Three Months By Tanakorn Panyadee - Friday, 7 July 2023, 14:16

Which = 20K

Maximum means what it says on the tin! I think it's 20K.

Maybe prefers girls with no tattoos - either Pattaya or Soho!

Personally I think all tattoos are horrendous - defacing the body. There, that should put t'cat amongst t'pigeons

"Authorities at Phuket International Airport apprehended an American woman attempting to smuggle 4 kilograms of the drug “ice” (methamphetamine) en route to South Korea via Singapore." 4 KILOGRAMS!! How on earth did she think that she was going to get away with that? Maybe thought she got caught she might as well get "hung as a sheep as a lamb!"

Bit of jealousy creeping in from other tuk tuk drivers?

Strangest tuk tuk I've ever seen!

"..............but it will generate a higher ratio of drunks all over and that will have a heavy social cost." Wrong! They said the same when they extended the drinking hours in Scotland many years ago, but it had the opposite effect, because most people only have a set amount of money for booze, and by extending the drinking hours, they took their time over consuming the same amount of alcohol, and the result was a fall in drunkennness figures!

Fail to see what the photo of a boat has got to do with the post!

Ridiculous! Makes you wonder where they get their figures from? TAT?

I took out medical insurance many years ago, and had to go to a specialist dental hospital in Bangkok for treatment which eventually ended in a root filling and crown. The insurance company paid for it, but a few years later, I had the same problem with another tooth, and they said they wouldn't pay for it as I had "made a similar claim before". So you're only covered for toothache once in your lifetime?

"Family Friendly" resort!!!

Now THAT"S the face of a bulldog chewing a wasp!

Giving you an emoticon for the "bulldog chewing a wasp" gag. Having said that, not all actors and actresses are "pin ups"!

Makes a change!

In the "Family Friendly" destination?

There's always one!

The UK gutter press were not to blame a few years ago when Muslims (can I say that?) were blatantly holding religious prayers in Hyde Park, and when a lady approached one of the Police Officers "standing by" and asked him to tell them to stop doing it, as it was against the law, he first of all didn't believe her, and "shooed her away", but when she produced a copy of the local by-laws where it specifically stated that religious meetings/prayers were expressly forbidden ther and other Public Parks in London, he said (after consulting with his superiors at "base", that he couldn't stop them as "IT MIGHT CAUSE TROUBLE"!!!

"................disrupts social harmony, violates public morals, and potentially damages Thailand's reputation." Perhaps they should also look at the transgenders/ladyboys that by their actions do exactly the same!

In my case British too - but that is very quickly becoming meaningless due to the influx of "other peoples", and their reluctance to integrate!

If you think a retirement "O" Visa is difficult to get - you try for a Visa based on marriage to a Thai national! My first year I had to get 147 photocopies of various documents - another kind of maximum break! Plus numerous trips backwards and forward from Immigration with pieces of (IMHO) "needless trivia" - and a visit to our house from the Immigration Police who arrived the day before we were told they would be coming!

I thought bad language wasn't allowed on AseanNow? 😄