ThailandRyan

Easy to do if you have them all in the room. You test them and then send them to another area. Easy peasy....

Read his comment again and then mine and the quoted section of the OP it does not say anything about all took drugs...Yet they wanted to test all. He indicated nowhere did it indicate this.

From back in the day. Do you roll on into immigration yearly in shorts and a T-shirt, I now many that do. Many years ago I went in a pair of shorts and a Muay Thai shirt from the gym I train at, it was in Phuket and all I was doing was getting a 90 day. I was instructed by the I/O at the front desk to go dress appropriately. Yet at the Chamchuri Square BOI Immigration office I saw many foreigners wearing Tank tops and work out shorts.....must have been ok since Lumpini Park is just a block over....

I wore a polo shirt for my photos I brought with me to the LTR unit, but wore a nice bottom up shirt, no tie and a pair of dress pants. I felt very overdressed when I went to the immigration side.

You would be correct but then the numbers have been static and no one is maintaining the counter it appears.

Did you even read the OP @alex8912 it clearly says they would be doing a drug exam of ALL Customers......

I just provided a letter from my Pension plan I had them issue, which is done annually, or can be requested at anytime. With my Pension being Non-Taxable for certain reasons, a tax return would not show it as earned income and it would be listed as $0.00, but does have its own line a few below where the W-2 info and SS income is listed.

I just submitted my letter I had requested from my Pension program which indicated the amount I am issued on a monthly basis and which also stated it was a lifetime pension which would never reduce and only grow as the COLA adjustments were added yearly. They never asked for a tax return as an additional upload, and I would suspect they contacted the Pension program as the person who issued it had also indicated the following: The current gross monthly benefit amount is $xx,xxx.xx and is a lifetime defined benefit pension which will never decrease and will have annual C.O.L.A. (cost of Living Adjustments) added to the retirement pension account of the retired employee. If additional information is needed, please return a photocopy of this letter along with your request. Please be very specific as to the additional information required. If you have any further questions please visit www.xxxxxxx.gov, or you may contact us toll free at 888 xxxxxxx (or xxx-xxx-xxxx). Benefits Services Division

That number of 625 has not changed since the program went live unfortunately. When I obtained my LTRWP I asked how many they had issued since the program went live in September and I was told I was the 15th person to obtain my LTR Visa. I just summarized by that statement that it included all of the LTR's and only those issued by the LTR Unit in Bangkok, and not any from overseas.

That is a very good question. Now, I would suspect your other joint filer is a Thai with US residency, or am I wrong as far as filing your taxes?. If it was another foreigner then you could probably use it for you and then your partner as an add on Visa, at a cost as well, and then having to show 100K USD more for their insurance. I wonder if it was just for you and only you are the one earning for the income you could show the W-2 and write a word document which could be uploaded as well. Just a few Ideas. You could always call them and hopefully you get an answer.

It can be found above your log in name. There will be a notification bell which will indicate you have a notice to look at. Click the notification and it will tell you what they need you to upload.

Having both policies alleviates any out of pocket deductible I might have since the second policy will pick it up. My PCH policy, so I could obtain a cheaper premium, has a 100k Thb deductible when I go to the doctors. After that deductible is met then I am good to go. I then submit a claim back to my US insurer which shows what I paid and they reimburse me. In the US I have no deductible. Here the US insurance only reimburses me after the incident. Not sure why the Thai hospitals can not bill them directly like they do my Thai insurer, on the other hand my pre-existing Conditions are not covered by my Thai Insurance and are by the US insurance. Most times an appointment here is for issues where pre-existing and actual new issues are seen by the doctors.

No, just fill out the 3 pages of required info. Upload all required on page 4 and hit submit after checking that box just above and to the left of submit. There is an other box for uploading any other documents or letters needed. This was where I uploaded a Word document which indicated I did not require nor did I want a work permit, as they requested an upload of the work permit even though I check the box No. System still has some glitches. Filling it out and emailing it was for the pre-screening some of us did.

And ergo why I used my Thai insurance carrier to meet the requirements this time around, with the current policy renewing in November and renewing my policy so it continued onward from November to the next November. This was done the middle of September to meet the requirements. As posted earlier in the OP i successfully obtained my LTRWP. So in 5 years, when it becomes time to redo the next 5 year portion, and do the uploads for the LTR, just maybe my US insurance with Anthem company, with whom I have a lifetime medical plan through my pension, might issue a certificate letter to that effect. Only time will tell. Good luck to all who are in the process.

Why? Will you not have a plan B or Plan C. Say it does go pear shaped then Thai law already provides for the assets obtain before the marriage as going to those who owned them prior to marriage. Anything obtained during the marriage is split 50/50. Unless you are a Millionaire and have funds elsewhere you are trying to shield, well that there is another issue all unto it's own.

I wonder if the western Insurance companies and programs we all probably have and are a lifetime medical coverage would be amenable to issuing a letter/certificate to that affect, similar to my pension letter which indicates it is a lifetime pension. Even though I have my LTRWP I think I might contact Anthem BlueCross worldwide and ask. My HI I have, which is good worldwide but requires up front payment before reimbursement, is supplemented here by the PCH policy which I used for the Visa since it covers from November to November and my Anthem is in its open enrollment period right now and goes from Jan 1st to Drcember 32st making it useless for the LTR Visa unless I obtained it in January, yet my extension of stay I was on expired on November 20th....

He likes the ant ???? salad it appears.

Yes that is a known glitch and yes the form never loads properly.

Khao Man Gai Duck noodle soup Chicken Satay with Spicy Som Tam with Bala and crab.

Average people do not get paId what you quoted. Only high end folks. What you quoted is still a pittance to what is paid elsewhere for the same jobs in reality.

This is exactly what I use. I pour some I to a cup add my vanilla extract and some cinnamon to it, mix it up and then add my coffee on top delicious.

You have missed the point of the OP. The OP is about: How much do the average Thai person earn ?

Did it not come with a master key that can be used to over ride the keypad an open the door. Mine did as well as two other keys which are needed after using the digital keyboard

And yet these are the high end jobs very few have while hundreds of thousands more work at the bottom of these companies and make minimum wage to may double the minimum wage depending on the position. Most folks pay a housekeeper 9k to 12k Thb a month, that's for one who works in the house 6 days a week and even has board included. I pay my housekeeper 20K Thb a month and that also includes her room, she has every Saturday afternoon off and Sunday, returning to her position by Monday morning at 6am. However, she can leave in the evenings to do as she pleases as long as she is back before midnight as that is when the doors are locked and shuttered from the inside. She works from 6 am to 5 pm. She also travels with us between the Condo in BKK and the House in Southern HH/Pranburi.

If you dou le the square footage and the price you pId while here it is very comparable to what I pay for the condos power bill to MEA. 4481 this billing cycle and we were there only 20 days. The house bill arrives next Friday......