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If using the income method for an extension based on retirement you have to show 12 monthly income payments of 65k or over, into a Thai bank account as a foreign transfer. It doesnt matter if its a pension or not. For married its 40k.

2 hours ago, MeaMaximaCulpa said:

At Jomtien it is at desk 8 (retirement) and there is no charge. Be aware that you have to leave your passports there overnite to pick up the next day.

 

You can get the form and photocopies in the shop next door.

Out of interest what forms are required. I know you have to get a form from the embassy, is there a Thai TM? form as well?

All that is required is to upload a copy of your passport ID page, nothing else.

Are you in Thailand now? If so please confirm that you entered on a Tourist visa and what is the date on the stamp when you entered. Are you aware that you can get a single re entry permit to save the date of your entry stamp into Thailand whatever date that is. It may then be possible to enter visa exempt again and if necessary extend by 30 days to give you what you need.

100 days early via my agent in Pattaya.

3 hours ago, Hal65 said:

I want to leave Pattaya, my home base, during the busiest two months. I believe December and February are those two months. Of prime concern is how busy the bar areas are.

Dec and Jan are the busiest months, go away then

11 hours ago, NanLaew said:

This naively assumes that a brand new clean passport doesn't trigger another level of review of the applicants bona fides. It's far easier to tell and maintain the truth. Once you start lying, and not declaring any convictions is lying, then one needs to live the lie and risk being caught in the lie and accepting whatever that entails. There's a lot of personal information that's shared at levels way above our pay grade and in this new age of tribalism and nationalism masquerading as 'national security', getting black listed from the UK can have broader repercussions than the 5-year one from Malaysia.

 

Since that expires soon, maybe defer any travel and visa plans until after that eventuates? However, my ongoing experience of Malaysian immigration indicates that they don't neccesarily keep their database up to date.

In this case I disagree with you. A questionable arrest and overstaying the visa in Malaysia with result in her being denied a UK visit visa. The UK will have no way of checking any Malaysian database even if it is kept up to date. She has nothing to lose by getting a new passport and not declaring the convictions, no one will know. By the way I am not naive about UK visa applications. I have successfully carried out 3 x 1 year applications, a 5 year and a 10 year visa for my Thai wife.

Tell her to get a new passport, that will be totally clean of any offences in Malaysia. When she applies simply do not declare any convictions its pointless. If she proceeds with the application with the same passport and you declare the offences, she has zero chance of success.

10 hours ago, JensenZ said:

I run my aircon nearly the same as you... 26 (awake) to 27 (when sleeping). My wife prefers 28C all the time in her room. A good unit will drop the humidity fast, so you can feel comfortable at higher settings. I got new Daikin inverter units installed last year and it saved me roughly 1000 baht per month... and that's with running them for longer each day.

 

Why dont you compromise and share a room, set the air con at 27.5

I bought one 6 weeks ago and hardly use it. The air is too humid and wet at the moment it just makes things worse and gives you a bad chest.

On 4/17/2023 at 1:52 PM, HampiK said:

Sorry, I was assuming BKK when I read the Shangri-La... sorry.

But sometimes It would help to tell the location in the text itself. As I was not checking the forum path...

Well its in the Chaing Mai forum so its safe to assume its in Chaing Mai, dont you think?

3 minutes ago, roietfortress said:

depends where you live. not many "professional" services where we live ????

 

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I am sure there must be rent a Thai pest control even where you are. I am in the Pattaya area and I use a professional non Thai company that does it on a yearly contract.

14 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

No that was post #3???? 

No the only cure is prevention not reacting to stopping them once they are there, this will only be temporary.

2 hours ago, geisha said:

My question to the OP. How on earth can you live somewhere infested with ants or any other insects ?? Did you not treat your home immediately to get rid of them ? I would not last one day there. First day in any new home, I clean, look and treat everything floors, drains, etc for a few days. Never had a problem in 38 yrs, even living in a Thai house near a forest on Phuket . There, we put cups of oil or water ( can’t remember) under each bed leg because of the forest and no glass windows.  

The first sensible answer in this topic. The OP should get his property professionally treated for termits and pests and lo and behold no ants. Ever since I had a bad termite infestation 8 years ago I  have done this yearly with quarterly top ups and no termites or ants since. Like you I couldnt live surrounded by ants.

21 hours ago, Upnotover said:

On the positive side at least you won't end up with a fridge full of things you would never really want to eat and heaps of that awful cheap lager people used to ram into their cars.

Agree some of the lager is aweful. However when I go I still stock up with the original Kronenbourg that you can still get over there. Much better than the 1664 version.

I think I probably know the answer to this but posting the question in case there is a simple solution. My wife has a 10 year UK Standard visa based on family visit. In the past if we wanted to go to France for a day trip I quickly obtained a schengan visa for my wife from embassy based on freedom of movement for family members of EU citizens, this was free of charge. Now since Brexit and the UK is no longer an EU member this avenue does not exist.

My question is therefore is there any way around this other than applying for a full schengan visa, having to buy insurance and having to show accomodation. It seems way over the top.

If its the same as the Pattaya branch its way overpriced. Much better options elsewhere

10 minutes ago, transam said:

How's Scunthorpe.....?    

Lol, never been there. Much prefer my holiday home in Thailand thank you

I have just had my State Pension increased by £74 per month at 10.1% thank you. Also 50% of my BT pension went up by 10.1%. Happy days.

If you are 64 years of age you get your state pension at 66 not 64, why do you think that. Yes its a bit of a hassle getting a gov.uk id but quite easy really. Once you have the Government gateway ID its easy to check missing years and pay via this link

https://www.gov.uk/check-national-insurance-record

12 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

Pattaya is not Thailand.

 

The official dates are as quoted by @IvorBiggun2

 

Up country the celebrations will finish on the 15th.

 

The Pattaya area is a circus in it's own right - Naklua 18th, Pattaya 19th (which usually means 24 hours non-stop) and Bang Saray 20th.

Pattaya of course is not Thailand. However as we are in the Paataya forum its safe to assume we are speaking about Pattaya. Any comments about dates for Songkran in any other region are irrelevant.

21 hours ago, JackGats said:

My present extension, the one that was already on my passport when I gave it to the agency for renewal, expires on May 2nd

Why on earth have you left it so late to renew the extension, especially with the Songkran holidays. I did mine 8 weeks early via an agent, I could have done it up to 100 days early. It gives you plenty of time to sort out any problems. The 30 day early rule does not apply when doing it via an agent.