Thingamabob

Utterly disgusting low life Brit. The kind of scum nobody wants to see in Thailand. I'm afraid we will all pay for this.

I'm afraid that these days most people world wide are angry at the way they are governed, not just Thais.

Here nearly 40 years. Still a great place to be. If you don't have enough money  to retire here then don't come here and then start moaning about it. 

On 12/30/2019 at 4:07 PM, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

For retirement extensions, it's at least 800K for a couple months before applying, and then a couple more months after applying. And then, at least 400K for the remainder of the year cycle until a couple months before your next application. And rinse and repeat.800

 

800K is not required to be on deposit yearround, only 5-6 months of the year. And then the rest of the year it only needs to be at least 400K. At least, that's what Immigration's actual retirement extension rules say.

 

Marriage extensions are a lot simpler. Only 400K for a couple months prior to applying, and the no minimum amount thereafter, until just ahead of your next application cycle.

 

 

 

I don't agree. 800k route much simpler, but more expensive.

1 hour ago, sucit said:

I just showed your post to a group of Thais, and they all shed tears thinking of your exiting. 

Bye, bye..

On 12/30/2019 at 1:23 PM, thrilled said:

To retire anywhere comfortably is all about the money. Most people if they have the extra money they wouldn’t retire in Thailand.

Why not ?

Come on Dems, you're all over the place. Wake up, or expect a big election win for Trump.

22 hours ago, donnacha said:

It may seem counterintuitive but, despite the better economy, the opportunities for a guy with disposable income (whether Thai or foreign) are far broader now. It simply comes in a slightly less obvious form.

The boom years of Pattaya and the Thai bargirl industry were driven by the staggering gap between Thai incomes at the lowest levels and foreign incomes.

A typical sex worker from Isaan was primarily driven by a responsibility towards her impoverished (and demanding) family, and she might also already have a kid or two being cared for by that family. The industry was manned by a small proportion of Thai society.

Women from "better" backgrounds might have dabbled but most Thais never came anywhere close to the industry, it was simply a line they would not cross, even to the extent of not being willing to date foreigners.

Now, Thailand is pretty far into a (faltering) boom primarily driven by credit. People of all classes look around and see plenty of new cars, fancy electronics, new shopping malls. There appears to be plenty of money around and, in a sense, there is, but most of it is borrowed.

The material expectations of the average Thai, stoked by the Internet and social media, have grown massively, without any matching increase in levels of education, competence, or productivity. While the vast majority of Thai girls are now even less interested in the formal sex industry, their increased need for money and possessions has fueled a growing and unashamed culture of dating for gain.

In Asia, relationships have always been more blatantly about financial practicalities, but much of the taboo about dating foreigners has now disappeared or, at least, been overridden by women's sense of material lack, even those in good jobs.

If you can afford to bring a girl out to a very nice restaurant, or on a weekend to Singapore, the range of Thai girls who will be interested has vastly expanded, and the Internet has made it ridiculously easy to connect with them. 

There is no age gap, lack of hair, excess weight, or general unpleasantness that cannot be overcome by maintaining a steady flow of gifts and treats. It is not prostitution, it is far more expensive than that, but the point is that the field of play has expanded massively.

The unique economic factors that energized the bar scene in the last century have pretty much petered out. It is no longer possible for a guy who is more-or-less broke by Western standards to fetch up in Pattaya and live a deliciously chaotic playboy lifestyle, spending amounts so low it almost didn't feel like prostitution. It was a situation whereby non-rich guys could get a sense of what it would be like to be rich.

Now you just have to be rich ????

 

Very well said. Peak years were the 60s, 70s and 80s, however still a good time to be had, at a price. 

Sounds promising, but always be prepared for a let down. You should always try to pay, although I doubt they will let you.

50 minutes ago, superal said:

I think you will find most Brits are of a mixed European race somewhere down the line as proved by DNA with the exception being some of the Welsh . 

The last English king of England was Harold. Since then we've had French, Welsh, Scots, Dutch, Germans, and maybe others I've forgotten.

7 hours ago, Momofarang said:

Poor boy, please let him have a life. Looks such a pleasant fellow, unlike others.

He doesn't look, sound or behave like the rest of them. Go figure.

A bunch of inbred German carpetbaggers. Good riddance to the lot of them.

Fine for you, Megan and Harry, to slope off, but before you do we Brits would like our money back.

3 hours ago, kingstonkid said:

Just did my annual trip for my retirement extension.  No mention of insurance.

Likewise..

As per your own thinking just convert to the 800k route and avoid all this nonsense.

9 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

After all the bravado, Trump back off Oval Office speech to the nation tonight after meeting with key aides in the WH. So no immediate response from the man who started this fire fight. 

No need. He's clearly won this one by disposing of a really nasty piece of work without too much trouble. I suspect that privately the leaders in Teheran are not sorry to see the back of him either.

Bothers me much less now than when I was younger. Have always done any strenuous stuff before sunrise.

At this rate they will soon be asking for photos of my wife and myself in an intimate embrace.

5 minutes ago, jimn said:

Sorry Richard I do not see your point here. The OP obtained his visa in Washington, D.C. in June, 2019. This is 4 months before the October 31st implementation. In this case there is absolutely no requirement to prove he has insurance. Immigration were not somwhat flexible, they were clearly wrong.

No, they were right. They let him enter.

Far better for you to have not posed the questions to did to the TIO. The answers you got will have been nothing more than a face-saving opinion. 

On 12/31/2019 at 10:34 AM, Aussiepeter said:

It is nine months since I was in LOS and that is obviously too long, as the first thing I did when I saw this story was to blow up the page to view the "female" foreign shoplifter - has anyone else done this ? She looks like an 18 gallon beer keg sitting on two tree stumps ! Thank goodness for Thai ladies, including the missus who at 48 is still a thousand times more attractive than this petty thief. Even with alcohol being included, I doubt her chances of scoring a date in LOS any time soon. Reminds me of the time a girl in a pub in London, when I rejected her advances said "you are drunk"  - to which I replied, "yes and you are ugly, but tomorrow I'll be sober." Happy New Year all on TV.

Winston Churchill's put down for being criticised for being drunk. Quite clever, but not entirely pleasant.

Indications are that annual extensions to an O category visa based on retirement, supported by 800k baht on permanent bank deposit, will continue to be granted without any insurance requirement.