charliebadenhop

What gets done to save the trees from termite attacks, etc.?

Just for noodling around, would anyone be able to estimate how much money a Rai of well grown teak could bring in after 20-25 years?

Is security necessary in Thailand as well?

This is one of my favorite restaurants in CR, and yes the young hill tribe lady is lovely.

She has great coffee now as well!

A fuller reply was just posted, just before mine.

I was under the understanding that the proof of income letter cannot be more than six months old.

Joe?

Friendly and low key here.

And thanks to you Joe, as always!

Ok, thanks. 

I will have docs with me, just in case.

Hi,

Just checking here to make sure I am not confused.

I got a Non-O visa in Hanoi on 13 Oct. 2016

I got my extension in Chiang Rai on 14 Dec. 2016 and it states that my extension is good until 14 Jan. 2018. (I got the extension early because I was leaving Thailand for a while.) For me it was important to know that the extension is good for one year, as I initially thought it was the Non-O being good for a year. 

SO, I believe that means I have to show the proper money in the bank no later than 14 Oct. 2017.

Am I correct here?

I receive retirement benefits from the Japanese government at the US govt. totaling about $1,000 per month. (A bit more actually.)

That means (I believe) that I will need to show about B360,000 in my bank account by Oct. 14, 2017 I will show B400,000 to be safe.

$1,000 x 35 = B35,000.  65,000 - 35,000 = 30,000 per month needing to be shown.  30,000 x 12 months = B360,000.

Correct?

I am a US citizen, and my income affidavit cannot be made more than six months prior to my new extension, which means July 14, 2017 the earliest.

When swearing to my income I believe I do NOT need to show actual documents from the US and Japanese governments. 

Is that correct?

Should I bring document anyway?

As always, thanks in advance!!

Charlie

From what I know...

If you have a claim, they will check your passport and see where you have been.

You risk the chance of them telling you that you were not "traveling"....

They very much do not want to pay out for people using the policy as you would like to.

And if you did this for a couple or three years in a row....

Well, I can't predict, but they might not cover your claim.

I could be wrong, but as far as I know, I did not DL the developers version

Try the new Opera browser.

It is working for me and easy to set up.

"BB give you THB33.63 for each 1USD, SR gives you THB34.70."

Wow, that is a lot of extra money if you are changing something like $20,000!!

I see, so I have it backwards!

Thanks! I have done that before!! :-)

They SR gives a tad more than B1 extra per dollar, according to the figures I showed. Correct?

And about .25 B more when buying.

Yes?

And thanks.

I just went on the Super Rich site and the Bangkok Bank site

BB-

33.63 baht for each US$ (Buying rate)

34.98 baht as a selling rate.

SR-

34.70 baht as a buying rate for US$

34.73 baht as a selling rate for US$

Am I misunderstanding, or does BB have better rates. (At least for today)??

Thanks "CrinkMore" for greater specificity!

So, they can handle B400,000 without  a problem.

Good to know. Thanks Nice!

Just wondering...

What if you wanted to exchange B500,000 or more?

I would assume they cannot do that on the spot.

Thanks for all this input!

Thank you!

Wondering if anyone might have any ideas...

I live in a compound with a pool.

We switched over from well water to city water...

The pool started getting a lot of brown colored sediment and some days were really bad.

Recently the pool has a lot of green sediment that looks like a form of algae.

The pool gets vacuumed every day and the woman who does the vacuuming also puts some sort of meter in the pool that I assume measures ph at the very least.

Any idea where the problem stems from?

Hi Hoss,

Just to be sure, 

I hope that you know that rice field land must be filled in if you want to build a house on the land.

In CR that will cost you around B50,00 per Ngan.

2 Rai for B400,000 with chanote-

This will not happen in Chiang Rai, anytime in the near future.

There a few points I think.

1; The asking price is usually not the selling price.

2. Well chosen land in CR is much better than keeping money in the bank as far as getting a return. IF you are a Thai.

3. The bridges-highways being built from China-Burma through to Laos, along with some of ASEAN's admin buildings being in CR, should lead to prices that increase for a good while.

I know people here with parents in their 80s that apparently bought land for B1,000 a Rai, many years ago.

I live near Chiang Rai Beach and some land has sold for B4 mil per Rai!

If you are looking for real estate in Chiang Rai, this FB page often has interesting listings.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/636143313140807/

Hi Elgordo,

What are you meaning to point out?