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14 minutes ago, malt25 said:

You can retire in Thailand using the marriage extension. This method only requires you to have 400,000 baht deposited. OR,  40,000 baht monthly income.

I would say the OP should keep the "retirement" option: if the Baht get stronger or the AUS$ weaker,  bigger problem will be: there is no combination of income and bank deposit for the "marriage extension".

23 minutes ago, malt25 said:

Earnings from Internet could be a problem. Not necessarily.
You would need to declare the earnings and then they'd want a work permit and expect you to pay tax on that income.

No work allowed if you have a "Retirement extension" then I would avoid to declare it!

So if you work on internet, keep it secret and use that income to fill the bank deposit needed for your extension...

a kind of hero...

When I am in bed, before I sleep I play Solitaire or Sudoku on tablet (15-20 minutes) and I fall asleep 2 minutes after I turn off the tablet.

It avoids me think about my environment, about negative facts which could make me stress.

I don't drink alcoholic beverages nor take any medication and I sleep very well about 6-7 hours/night.

Hope it can help you too...

collecting Siam coins, tokens and banknotes

fixing everything in house

playing with my dogs

As long as irresponsible people will pay to ride on elephant or take a pic with a "wild" animal, this cruelty will remain.

Shame on us!

If you want a girl who talks a lot, I can introduce you to my GF's mom !

RIP little girl and little hero

You also can use Paypal...

It's always difficult to give a copy of personal documents to a stranger...

You should show her (juristic person) a print of the official site (in Thai) where they list the needed documents. maybe it will help.

Tell her to write on the copies something like "for visa extension use only" with date and maybe your name and passport number...

6 hours ago, Jimi007 said:

One would think they'd develop the new website before taking down the old one... 

As far as I remember, they hurried to close the website to avoid hackers who said they would hack all official sites (what they did for some of them)...

From reading TV I noticed that salaries depend of where you live or where you have the business) in Thailand.
As far as I remember, Bangkok is more expensive than elsewhere.

In Senegal, after bad experience with 2 maids who didn't come back after getting their salary (2 weeks salary), I found a new one who accepted to be paid weekly but with one week delay. Like that, if she didn't come back when she got money, she lost one week salary.
I used to give her some extra money for extra work and for New Year.

I always denied an advance on salary...

She stayed at my service almost 3 years.

12 hours ago, loloal said:

It was in Lyon. Second and only choice is the embassy in Paris, but it seems like the directives flow down from Paris to Lyon so I would expect the same answer.

The Embassy in Paris is more exigent than Lyon or Marseille. A few years ago my visa was denied in Paris (same reason as you: "not enough time between 2 trips") but I got it in Lyon...

TM30 should be filled by the one who hosts you not by yourself ! When you live in hotel you never see the TM30 nor get a receipt because it's not your business but the business of the hotel manager.

Maybe you mean TM47... or TM28.

And now I go buy lottery... 309

9 hours ago, gdgbb said:

What makes you think the dead man was Thai?

What makes you think that the woman was Thai?

What makes you think that the staff member was Thai?

 

Sounds like just another day on Thaivia to me.

If it was a Farang then it would have been a suicide

If it was a Farang woman then she would have taken the towel

If the staff member was a Farang he would already be deported because no work permit...

3 hours ago, glegolo said:

Finally some reactions.... maybe this will teach the most stubborn guys among us, to try to learn, even if we are old, there is still time to learn a bit, inbetween whatever you guys are doing...

 

A VISA is a VISA and an extenstion of stay is an Extension of stay..... How hard can it be to learn that?

 

Glegolo

You can call it Visa, Extension of stay, Stamp or what ever you want it will not make me sleep bad...

4 hours ago, SneekyPete said:

I guess he got the point. Or did he? It looks like he is still holding the cigarette in his hand. All the warnings advise: smoking is harmful to your health. Wise up, chum!  

It's the reconstitution scene for the photograph.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

for customers with good repayment record and has not defaulted on payments for 12 consecutive months, the bank will be making a 30% refund on their total interests.

Nice present it will help a lot of people.

But the ones with defaulted payment will need a help too. If they couldn't pay back it's maybe because they have to choose between feed the children or pay back to the bank!

If they wanted to help why didn't they give the poor dog a home instead of drawing the superstitious signs on his body?

When my children come to visit, I fill in a TM30 Form that they live with me and then we travel all over Thailand sleeping at friends’ house or in resorts. Never had problems even when they went to Immigration for a visa extension of stay...

Sorry, I didn't read story in the Bangkok Post.

3 hours ago, bark said:

It is the police job to know. They need to smarter, then a dog. Even my cat is smarter.

Doesn't matter about missing person.

If no one said to the police that the man was missing, how should they know they have to search for him? Or do you think they make the call everyday?

I believe you when you say your cat is smarter...

38 minutes ago, hdkane said:

Even soi dogs are more effective than the police...

Why should the police start investigating if there is no missing charges?