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The affidavit will only confirms you income.

Proof of address needed will depend upon where you are applying for the extension. Some offices will want a rental agreement and others will accept a receipt for a room. Others may not ask for it at all.

But the Affidavit has me affirm my address!

I can get an address Affidavit done at the same time. I live in our Condo which is in my wife's name, so no rental receipt, no lease, but of course have a copy of the Chanote and the Marriage Cert.

I am applying this time at Nonthaburi Immigration since the address in is in Nonthaburi.

I plan to bring the Chanote and Marriage Cert with me when I go for my retirement extension, but do I need the extra Affidavit from the US Embassy? No problem to do it, but the Income document also says that I affirm my address in Thailand is....

Hate to spend the extra money on something that is not needed.

Thanks,

Dan

One quick question relative to this....

On the Income Affidavit there is a sentence that says: I affirm my address in Thailand is....

Then I filled in my new address.

Then the next paragraph is where I affirm my income.

When doing the extension I need proof of Address and Income.

Will this single document be good enough to cover both, or do I need to spend an extra 1,600 Baht tomorrow at the US Embassy to get two documents, one for address and another for income?

Thanks,

Dan

You do not have to have a permanent residence here.

You will do an income affidavit at the US embassy. You swear an oath that what is on it is true and correct which means their is no need for supporting documents. You can fill out and print the affidavit here: http://bangkok.usembassy.gov/service/notarial-services.html

Appointments are mandatory at the embassy.

You will first apply for a change of visa status to obtain a non immigrant visa entry. Then after 60 days you can apply for an extension of stay based upon retirement. You will need an original income affidavit for each application but you can get them both in one trip to the embassy.

I suggest you apply for your extension at immigration in Bangkok, They are more flexible than other offices about proof of address and should accept a hotel receipt as proof of address.

If you are in the country more than 90 days you will need to make reports to immigration. You can do these at any immigration office using a local address and some proof of address for where you apply.

Try KBank at Central Rama 3, MBK or Future Park Rangsit. I had no problems at Central Rama 3 or Future Park and others have opened at MBK

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You use the name as it is written on your bank account.

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Google Touchwood and search the threads here. Try asia forestry or asia plantation capital.

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It's a known date rape drug that can be cystalized in a microwave and then smoked or added to something else being smoked. Think twice before you smoke anything. Never leave a drink on a table and come back to finish it off. Never drink or smoke anything offered by a stranger or "new friend". Be aware of what might be added to cheap bucket drinks.

Excuse me but you don't seem to a have clue what you're on about.

Ketamine for date rape?date rape what? a horse? A hallucinogen in adults(in other words you'd get the bejesus kicked out of you by your prospective rape victim),that is STILL(since 1936) one of the safest Anaesthetics around(they use it on children)that is NEVER smoked.

lol.

not even going to bother correcting you further,

ignorance is bliss,and there is a startling amount of it in evidence on TV,especially concerning drugs,

oh and let me beat you to the punch before you call me a drug user or addict,I'm in the Security Business and have been for 20 years,that's where I got my knowledge.

Add some quasi facts...doesn't look like a date rape drug for sure, but definitely has some serious recreational uses: From Wikipedia

Ketamine poured onto glass and left to dry.

Ketamine sold illicitly comes either from diverted legitimate supplies and semilegitimate suppliers, or from theft of legitimate suppliers. It produces effects similar to phencyclidine (PCP) and dextromethorphan (DXM).

Unlike the other well-known dissociatives PCP and DXM, ketamine is very short-acting, its hallucinatory effects lasting 60 minutes when insufflated or injected and up to two hours when ingested orally, the total experience lasting no more than a few hours.^[66] At subanesthetic doses, ketamine produces a dissociative state, characterised by a sense of detachment from one's physical body and the external world which is known asdepersonalization and derealization.^[67] At sufficiently high doses, users may experience what is called the "K-hole", a state of extreme dissociation with visual and auditory hallucinations.^[68]John C. Lilly,^[69]Marcia Moore^[70] and D. M. Turner^[71] (amongst others) have written extensively about their own entheogenic use of, and psychonautic experiences with, ketamine. Both Moore and Turner died prematurely in a way that has been indirectly linked to the sedative properties of ketamine.^[72

What you do is put the minimum down payment you can to qualify her for a mortgage. This way you not risking too much money should it all go pear shaped. If you break up all you lose is the down payment and payments made. If you pay it all she owns a nice house and then if it broke up she can throw you out of her house.

You can't own land yourself so this is one way to protect yourself especially since not married.

Use correct terminology. As an American you get 30 days Visa Exempt entry when you arrive by air, 15 when arrive by land. That is not a visa.

Very interesting reading for sure. Comes down to your definition of great lifestyle and what you like to do. Key component is how much you pay for rent and where you live.

For us, married couple no kids yet spend 100k a month or so including rent on a nice 75sqm condo in Sathorn area, run the aircon when we want/need, wifi, mobile phones with data plans, car payment, gas, etc and some money for fun and local travel. Eat out when we want have at least one meal at home or street style food every day. Life is good. Could cut back some if necessary but then would not consider it living well.

I just went to Bangkok Immigration today to do my retirement extension and Reentry permit. Only gave them the form, copies of passport pages, copy of apartment lease, copy of address notice from my drivers license and income letter from US Embassy. And of course 1900 Baht. All done and dusted about an hour or so later then back to make a copy of new extension page and back in line for the Reentry Permit.

Yes looks like 2% fee from Payoneer. They say it can be as high as 3.

Just go to Bangkok Bank and best if you go to a full service one or one in a mall where reasonable farang population go. No fee at all just have to watch your own bank/card limits. And just ask for whatever amount in THB you want. I get a pretty decent rate from MasterCard just did it yesterday and they gave me over 30.1 after any fees my card issuer charged. This was on 2500 USD approximately.

I was replying to the post that you had to have a non B to get a work permit and work. Lopburi is 100 pct correct he is one of the resident visa experts!

This is totally wrong. You can work if you have a Non-O as long as your extension is not based on retirement. They prefer non B but it is not absolutely required.

Hilarious post!

Amway is huge in Thailand, they do the business a lot more ethically over here than in the US where all the top Amway people make their money selling books, tapes, cd's and seminars not the actual Amway products. Main problem I have with Amway is that their compensation plan is horrible, to work any legitimate MLM opportunity requires you to find prospects, meet them or present to them somehow, then get them to decide to enroll, then work with them to help them get started in the business. Amway max payout is like 21%, so if someone buys an enrollment pack for 5,000 THB you only get little over 1,000 THB in commission. Many other companies will pay 40% fast start bonuses, so for the same work you would earn double the commission.

Amway also has a stairstep breakaway pay plan, so if you enroll someone who is great, eventually you stop get paid anything substantial on that business. Other companies you will make a lot more money than with Amway.

So, after studying many compensation plans, designing some, Amway is clearly not a good one!

Dan

I just had no problem accessing that ireport showing the red protester getting shot in the foot.

Double post for some reason

I just had no problem accessing that ireport showing the red protester getting shot in the foot.

according what has been said and the fact that the government has asked the Thai red cross to go in tomorrow and persuade as many as possible to leave it is pretty obvious that tomorrow evening those who choose to remain are in for a rather bad time - looks like it is going to be over by Tuesday they should look out for red shirt leaders trying to sneak out in woman's clothing though

i think the red leadership understand what this means.

so i would expect them to make their big push tonight.

they need casualties, preferably women and children, to elicit sympathy.

if the 'hostages' leave tomorrow with the red cross, where does that leave the hard core and the leadership?

the news on TV has just shown the footage with the three fakers and one dead man, and proven the fake and misleading images presented by red shirts. one can see the street later cleared with no traces of blood except for the one man (and their prior positions) doctored images and staged situations.

also, they did find a red shirt on camera firing his M79 at troops right near Lumpini park.

Hope that shows some on here the true face and lack of credibility of the red shirt followers. please tune in and you'll see a huge case built against the red shirts

also see the footage of the man who tries to ignite the gas truck, and the troops simply shoot him below the waist.

The military sure is showing restrain against these vandals and crooks who are nothing short of just that.

CORRECTION: red shirt protester trying to ignite the gas truck was shot in FOOT as he tries to set truck on fire.

This goes in the face of reports that snipers firing only to kill.

Great shot and then he was allowed to hobble away.

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-444833

CNN IREPORTS NOW BLOCKED

That is great information to know. Wished I knew it sooner.

So if someone needs to send me money here, they can just do a domestic transfer to Bangkok Bank in NY using the Bangkok Bank ABA and my account number here? Wow..would have saved some people some money for sure.

Thanks,

Dan

I don't have an account with Key Bank in the U.S., but I don't believe that they won't do an international wire transfer for their customer there.... Probably can't order it online. Might have to go into branch. But I'd be shocked if they don't do ANY international wires.

The OP might consider calling their 1-800 customer service number, and getting a better explanation. They are a big bank with many locations in different states. The OP may have just gotten a bank manager who was clueless.

As mentioned above, if the OP happens to have a BKK Bank account already, then he can have Key or any other U.S. bank do a DOMESTIC wire to the BKK Bank branch in New York using their ABA/routing number, and his Thailand BKK Bank account number, and the funds will arrive quickly here in Thailand.

Have to try that one next time. I used Jim the first time last year, great service and very easy. This time things have changed, Jim's guys are great, get the paperwork all done, take us in a vehicle to the consulate, then we went in and submitted our own paperwork. The guy at the window said to me hey you have many Non-Imm B in your passport, why not have the WP3? I am working with a Singapore Company, not a Thai one, so I told him that I not have or need a Work Permit since I go in and out mostly working for the Singapore company. It worked fine last time, but I am worried this time it won't work.

Will see this afternoon when I pick up the passport and then head to Hat Yai on the 30 MYR van service. This would really suck if I don't get the VISA as it is a land crossing to Thailand giving me 14 days, and I had more than that left over on my air trip back to Thailand a week or so ago from KL. We will see this afternoon.

Just got home from a Visa Run to Penang. Stayed at the Mingood and used the Agent working there.

Arthur is a great guy...

Whilst London does have several airports the traffic from/to those airports is not split based on in country destinations or flag carrier brand. The problem with having two airports in Bangkok is just that, how do you sensibly split traffic between the two airports - allocating all charter flights to Don Muang might work but is still likely to be a pretty substantial inconvenience to passengers. The idea of having all operations for specific carriers operate out of Don Muang puts them at a disadvantage as long as Thai Airways operates out of Swampy - having all flights to/from Chiang Mai and the North operate out of Don Muang just makes no sense. Can anyone see a sensible way to divide traffic between two airports in Bangkok? And before someone suggests it, the idea of inbound flights via Swampy and outbound flights via Don Muang is probably not very practical!

My suggestion would be tp make Don Muang strictly a cargo facility. All cargo/freight entering or moving within Thailand lands there. Create your international customs facility there too. This will reduce traffic into Swampy to allow for an increase in domestic and international flights. Also you can maybe use Don Maung for smaller inter country only prop flights so as not to mix prop and jet aircraft. This has to do with aircraft separation. You also won't need Immigration there either.

Then only passenger traffic goes in and out through Swampy. Make full use of the terminal by allowing low budget airlines to use the terminal wings instead on making them park on the tarmac and busing passengers to the terminal.

Now their is a good idear their must be a heck of a lot of freight going and coming in to Thailand by air, i remember the Thai post office saying once that they have to shift 10 tons out every day.

I am not sure if the budget carriers who were opperating both prop and Jet aircraft would want the additional costs of splitting their opperations between two airports.

I was going to suggest a Helicopter link between the two could be used to service the passengers that say land at Don Muangand and need to get to Swampy for a conecting flight, but thinking about it it would be empty on the way back so costs would be high for the transfer

The problem is that there is already an awful lot of new infrastructure already in place at Swampy to manage cargo including some fairly spacious cargo customs facilities - the other problem is that the source /destination for much cargo is in the Samut Prakan area which is much closer to Swampy than to Don Muang.

And the other not so minor issue is that fact that a significant amount of cargo is carried in the belly of passenger aircraft, so how do you guys propose to deal with that?

D

Just back from Penang.

Used Jim from Jim's Place to handle my paperwork.

I have just started with a Singapore Company to be based out of Singapore with travel to Thailand.

I had two Tourist Visas, and extension for 30 days and then a Visa run with 14 days as the last set of entries in my passport (US).

Previously had several Non-Imm B, Single Entries from Vientianne Laos.

Applied using an invite letter from the the company, company registration and shareholder certificates, plus copy of my passport (relevant pages).

Got my Visa no problem, Jim also said could have gotten me a 1 Year Multi Entry as well. I didn't want to risk it since he said he had not seen my situation before, so 220 MYR was less to risk than 550 MYR.

Jim charged 20 MYR on top. Plus fun to hang out at his place, use the free WIFI, chat, drink coffee/beer.

Dan

I use Claudio who leaves from Onnut Tesco-Lotus Parking lot for my trips.

He charges 2,500 for transport, local transport, support, breakfast on arrival at hotel, one night hotel, dinner first night, breakfast next morning and "dinner" on way back.

Then you need 1,550 for Laos Visa too plus any spending money.

Dan

How much do I have spend to get a thai tourist visa from laos? I know that ***** is offering a visa tour package at around 2,500 - 3000 bht. Is that the regular price range for a visa run?

I would recommend you use Claudio, his service leaves from Onnut Tesco-Lotus Parking Lot in nice VIP Vans around 830pm on Sunday and Wednesday evenings.

They take you through it all, minimal standing, they have seats at the Thai Consulate in Vientianne, so no standing there either. Pretty painless other than overnight in a van.

If you need details let me know. Total cost for the trip is 4,050 including transport, local transport, one night hotel, laos visa, couple of meals too.

Dan

I have to go to Vientiane in the next 2 weeks for a double TV.

Never been before.

I can't walk very far or stand longer than 20 minutes.

Any tips on local transport?

Hotels for 3 or 4 nights in the 600bt range?

TIA

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