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6 minutes ago, bob smith said:

are you being paid to troll here or what?

 

every serious Thai girlfriend i have ever had has never asked me for money.

 

you must be next level ugly!

Are you on the whisky mate. I quoted another poster. I dont know why you are replying to me giving your 10 pence worth. As for being a troll you along with 2 or 3 others are the worse on Asean Now with your continual banal topics.

16 hours ago, it is what it is said:

 

i'm a foreigner and never had to pay for sex here, or anywhere else, so i guess the price is what you want to pay

So basically you are a cheap charlie who scams the girls into expecting payment and do a runner. All the girls in Thailand expect payment not just the working girls.

A few years ago I arranged to meet a friend of mine in John's bar. He was nowhere to be seen. I went to the bar and asked the bar service girl if anyone had seen my friend Michael Hunt. She said she hadn't but would ask the customers. She shouted out " Has anyone seen Mike Hunt.

Apparently many people put their hand up.

5 hours ago, alex8912 said:

Your cup is not just 1/2 full it's overflowing!  My last attempt to just get 60 day tourist visa had a drop down that was MANDATORY asking " How many years visa you are asking for?"  The ONLY THREE ANSWERS were 2,3 or 4 years!  This was 7 weeks ago. The tourist visa evisa system here in Thailand is the most pathetic, archaic, insane visa system of anywhere that actually has tourists...and wants them ( I think ) 

I have not got a clue what you are talking about I am not the OP just trying to help him. In any case to apply for a 60 day e visa is done in ones own country and ran by the dept in that country. Never seen a drop down mentioning what you quoted.

Its probably still there but has been processed and has a different status. Dont forget to check yout SPAM email folder. The evisa sometimes ends up in there.

5 minutes ago, lopburi3 said:

If you can use BESTATIN [Simvastatin] cost would be reduced (about 3 baht per tablet).

Agreed its cheaper but like myself, he was probably upgraded to Atorvastatin. I have to take 80mg daily a large dose which gets very expensive in Thailand. Luckily I go back to the UK every year for 4 months and I bring back a stock with me. I also order my medication monthly in the UK whilst I am here and have it delivred to my next door neighbour.

AXA and LUMA have very affordable travel coverage I suggest you check them out. Well under the $1600 you were quoted.

5 hours ago, Dan O said:

i have a very good understanding of how Thailand works and the various changed that have slowly occurred since first came in 1984. There are more changes coming and if you cant see that you are the ignorant one. I never said all corruption will stop or their wont be ways to buy your way around issues but it will not be the same Thailand in 5 years as it is today.

Same same but different as I have heard many times over here.

9 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

It's not clear how/why the "friend" did not do 90day reports.

 

I didn't do a 90 day report for my first 7 years in Thailand due to frequent travel out/return.

Only when covid hit did I do my first TM47 

 

Agree with you. However I assume by this comment by the poster that his friend is permanently resident in Thailand and not in a situation similar to you. His frivolous comment was just an attempt to disrupt the thread.

4 hours ago, Colabamumbai said:

Friend here 10 years, never done 90 day. 

Then he must be paying lots of fines then. Nothing to be proud of. Its an easy 5 minute process online.

Well earlier this year in March a Chinese guy bought a white lion cub and allowed it to roam around his garden on my gated community. This was widely reported in the media including the Pattaya News and Asean Now. We went back to thr UK in May and when we returned it was gone. Maybe the same one.

https://thepattayanews.com/2023/03/02/chinese-neighbor-alarms-pattaya-residents-with-his-pet-white-lion/

5 hours ago, Cuchulainn said:

5 hours ago, Cuchulainn said:

He has over B800k in a Thai bank and can show this to the RTE in his bank book. Even get a bank letter confirming this 

If he has over 800k in a Thai bank then why is he bothering with the income method. As long as the money has been in there 3 months I think then all he needs to show is a bank letter confirming this and tell immigration he wants to change to money in the bank method.

6 hours ago, Dan O said:

I disagree, it'll become more difficult in the future as banking regs continue to tighten and come more in line with the rest of the world. Its already significantly harder to open your initial accounts to start the process. Sure you can get an agent to open an acct but thats already starting to dry up due to the grey market and mule account issues. They have to address the electronic scamming and add more oversight to do that and with the new version of taxation coming on line it will become more difficult for the banking industry to provide falsified documentation.  Its no easier in the south than anywhere else. 

 

If that option dries up people using agents to cover the lack of funds better be prepared to preload their accts with cash or face starting over from scratch at renewal time. 

You are showing a complete ignorance of how it works in Thailand. Granted banks are making it harder for foreigners to open accounts but on the other hand a foreigner needs a Thai bank account to show the funds for an extension of stay. Thai authorities only play with the rules around taxation etc etc. They always turn a blind eye if there is money to be made. I have lost count of the number of foreign owned businesses in Pattaya that are only fronts for money laundering. I drive past a pizza/ kebab restaurant every day and a European buffet place. Never have I seen any customers in any of them and this is at various times of the day and evening. They get away with it because like every thing else in Thailand someone has been paid off. Normal rules do not apply here despite your well meaning rationale.

5 hours ago, NextG said:

Wise is a debit card and inferior to the credit cards aforementioned. But best you ask the person who mentioned using their CC in the first place, as it’s already off-topic. 

Not really off topic I mentioned UK credit cards because I dont keep my money in Thai banks. Hence why I use an agent. So it is connected. But you are right Wise is not a credit card and therefore not comparable to the Halifax Clarity or Barclaycard Reward card.

Trying to bump this one up because Jomtien Immigration is a well duscussed topic. I am surprised no one wishes to comment. Especially those who have posted incorrect information about Jomtien recently.

4 hours ago, NanLaew said:

 

They are not. They are a lower-level corruption that only becomes an issue to "upper management" when someone makes an inordinate fuss about it. The last chief of immigration who made an inordinate fuss about it found himself sidelined for a few years and since then, he's been kept well way from this particular gravy train.

 

It's more of a turning a blind eye situation.

Big Joke tried and failed thats why he was sidelined thats why it goes all the way to the top. In the main I am talking about the individual offices. It is not a low level officer signing the extensions it is the senior officer. Granted yes it is corruption and yes they make a lot of money off of it. Corruption is an acceptable way of life over here, you should know that. From planning permission, to road building, everyone is at it.

16 hours ago, daveAustin said:

Each to their own, but have personally always done it by the book... what I may lose on interest by not having it in a foreign bank is of little interest (pardon pun) to me since I prefer the peace of mind. My extension takes me about an hour, including copying etc. If they clamp down on anything, it will be the visa shenanigans/discrepancies first as highlighted in the OP.

For me its not wanting to keep any more than I need to spend or pay bills in my Thai accounts. I prefer to use the UK as my banking base. There is not a chance in hell that they will stop agent arranged extensions. They are agreed from the very top of the immigration tree. My extension is signed by the same senior officer who signs all the extensions. My agent obtained extension is perfectly legal and has no special code alongside the stamp to indicate otherwise.

17 hours ago, Sigma6 said:

 

Which card would that be?

As another poster pointed out therr are many. Personally I have The Halifax Clarity Card and the Barclaycard Reward Card. Both give an excellent exchange rate following the Mastercard or Visa rate. Free ATM withdrawals, plus many other benefits. I use one all the time and the other as a standby. Pay the bill once a month from my UK bank account. Before you say it, there is no chance of account closure. I have a UK home and stay there 4 months a year. I keep as little money in Thailand as possible. Anyone who keeps 800k locked in a Thai bank account either have no choice or are misguided.

23 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

Yes, I live upcountry.

 

The only agents in my province handle just migrant worker visas. Can't fund any that would handle my retirement extensions and can;t find any agents elsewhere willing to come out here, even for a fee.

 

 

I understand. I was going to say come to Pattaya for a few days to get it done, but thats as bad as an agent where you live doing an out of area extension.

27 minutes ago, 747man said:

Can YOU Find me one to do it for 12.5k WITHOUT Attending the Immigration Office then......PLEASE ??

Yes I can my agent does it all for me. I have to visit the bank but not immigtion. I wont name my agent on open forum but if you PM me apologise for your previous dig at me I will. In any case no good for you he is in Pattaya.

58 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

The main reason I have never used an agent is that I cannot find any that would handle the extension at my local IO..

That must be an up country thing. There are many in Pattaya that only deal with the local Jomtien office. 12.5 k all in and you do not have to go anywhere near the immigration office.