4MyEgo

When I said check passports, I was referring to online when booking the tickets, but then again the last time I booked was back in April and can't really remember if they asked online. Upon check-in, of course they check as you say.

That makes absolute sense, just for the record, the Australian government stops Medicare access if you are out of the country for a straight 5 year period, suffice to say, I make it a habit to go back every 3 years and also renew my card online before it expires which gives me another 5 years. I'm not on the pension, but keeping on the Medicare system gives me at least half back when I visit the Dr, Specialists and get a years worth of meds at 5 times cheaper than here, so it makes it worth while for me to go back to keep it current, and see family and friends of course for the short stay.

I don't believe that the airlines ask for passports anymore, however, as others have mentioned, however if they do, best to provide them with the exiting passport, e.g. UK, it would only be for identification purposes and you would provide them with the UK passport when exiting when both countries, they are separate to immigration, so there won't be any issues, besides when exiting Thailand, they might ask for her Thai passport, easily provided. The above said, when your wife is exiting the UK, she has to exit on the UK passport. When she arrives at Bangkok, she has to use her Thai passport, this way there will be no visa requirements at either country. Just make sure she has 6 months validity on both passports, although I do believe Thailand is not strict on their Citizens returning on expired Thai passports, but that is something I wouldn't want my wife to try on. When you arrive at Bangkok, go to the Thai passports exiting section as someone else suggested, and your wife can ask if you can exit with her, we have always done this and never had a problem, besides, that is one way of beating the Que's, if any. Good luck.

His passport could have also expired, either way, I do feel sorry for the guy, 74 and heading back to Finland, to what ? Fact of the matter is too many expats end up here with little or no savings, relying only on the pension, which makes me think, what if one day governments all around the world decided to stop paying pensions overseas, what would then happen to all those expats on pensions, they would have to return home, or find other means to survive, suffice to say, I don't trust or depend on governments. Some here might say, they'd have to grandfather it in, to which I would reply, says who ?

Nor finger pointing.

Dido that, we should do some swaps sometime ????

Sure does, but as I mentioned, the uniform is for the wife ????

This has inspired me to order one for the Mrs, we can now play Dr's and Nurses, hurry up with that order of mine Shoppe as my stethoscope is rising from the excitement.

People regardless of their frock, uniform, suit, skirt or gender are always capable of doing unmanageable things, that we wouldn't do. In other words it takes all kinds and when I moved here some time ago, I asked my wife why she didn't feed the monks like the other villagers, to which she replied, they have hands and feet, they are not disabled, but always asking for money to have festival with bands and let people get drunk etc, what does that have to do with Buddhism, to which I replied, ah, ok Tiruk ????

If that were my sister, would gladly pay a cop to break his legs, nothing wrong with that, job done. If that is called encouraging them, I'm, all for it.

That clears it up then. Shouldn't be hard for the cop to say, I saw him, that is, if he wanted to get involved, so to speak, but I guess if there's nothing in it for him here, why would he bother, just another domestic. Sad as this guy will do it again, if not to her, to someone else.

Never suggested I was a better man, however, I don't hit women, and if you noticed the glass door in the picture which was shattered, to me, meant that she went straight through it. Why don't you sit with the aggressive drunk when he is drunk and stroke his hand telling him it's all right, everything will be fine, stay calm, as opposed to teaching him a lesson which will make him think twice when it comes to unleashing on a 20 year old defenceless woman. You must be a lot of fun to hang out with, keep drinking you herbal tea m8.

Would love to hear, farang who beat young 20 year old girl in the previous week was found with two broken legs, two broken arms, a broken jaw and a broken nose. That should do it. She needs to get away from this gutless piece of tur-d. Can't understand how the cops cannot press charges, assault is assault, end of story, regardless if a victim doesn't want to press charges in my opinion. Ah, if I was a cop at the scene, I would have to report to my commander and chief that the farang ended up in the above condition because he fell of the balcony, and if my commander and chief said it's only a single story place, I would say yes boss, but he walked up the road in a drunken state and entered a medium rise building and fell to the ground, not sure where he fell from or what he was doing there, I just found him there on the ground

They are not going to reduce those deaths through a demerit system unless they actual get out off of their lazy a.... and enforce the law, this is Thailand remember, the land of loads of paper shuffling and people lazy to exit their air conditioned offices, no need mention who they are ????

While I am all for legalisation of gunja, I am not for politicians making money off of it by legalising it and having HUGE interest in it.

I suppose you can call that check-mate then ???? What was happening prior to that, and how many players were at hand, you probably would know. Does Biden's son ring a bell ?

So there was no talks beforehand, they just walked in ?

Would you pay to read it ?

Best thing I ever did when I met my wife, was come back and take her to my country for 9 years, away from the bubble she grew up in. It was an adventure for her and she saw first hand how foreigners work and how expensive the cost of living was, and that not all farangs are rich ATM machines, like most Thai's think. Did she learn anything in those 9 years, yes she did, why, because she has an open mind, she became a citizen with ease, not like me, her husband has to report every 90 days and do annual extensions, gee, she didn't even work or have to speak fluent English, just sit for a test and answer some questions about the history of the country that even I didn't know. She even received free health care while not a citizen. She despises how Thai governments control her people and how corrupt they are, and how their departments function, and how Temples are not what they were supposed to be. Does she put her family first or ours, does she put her husband 1st or Thai's 1st, does she agree with the builder when he says the opposite of what I have requested, or does she tell him that as Mr Farang is paying you to do the job the way he wants you to do the job, you should do the job the way he wants you to do it, or he will find someone who will, up to you, keep it simple, keep it sweet. Does she agree with what others think, or does she correct them or does she just keep to herself and say, it's not worth the effort or has she enlightened those who she believes have open minds and told them that there is actually land on the other side of the ocean and how things actually are. Oddly enough, when she goes to the local markets, the grocers selling there produce ask her why she is the only Thai married to a farang that doesn't dress up and have a designer brand bag, with her reply being, because I am not a madam.....LOL Sounds like you didn't look into the product before you purchased it, and you have too options, explain to her that it's your way or the highway. Don't get me wrong, I argue/disagree with my wife on occasion, only natural, and she can be stubborn, and so can I, but as she learned very early in the piece that I have certain boundaries, e.g. when we were building the house and the father-in-law kept coming over everyday acting like the supervisor, he said something to her and she relayed it to me, I still remember it clearly to this day, she knew she had to relay it gently because I could raise my voice in front of her father and she didn't want any problems. It was in the 40'sso it was hot which didn't help and I was pushing the wheel barrow with heavy loads up and down, and she said, Tiruk, Papa said you cannot put toilet in the house, I said, really, why, and she said because Thai don't want house to smell, to which I replied, that is why we put a stink pipe outside, oh, she said (I have knowledge in building), so I explained it to her and she relayed it to her dad, the builder and workers were all close by and listening to the conversation, and all of a sudden the old man started to raise his voice, wife tuned into a little mouse from her father's reply, and then he started talking to the builder, I then asked the wife what was going on, she said, he is old darling, and I don't want to upset him, I said well if you don't want to upset me, then you better tell me what is going on. She said he said no, you cannot put the toilet in the house, and he is telling the builder not to put the toilet in the house. That is when the father-in-law learned to respect me, I said Pau, he turned, and I beat my chest like an ape and pointed to the front gate, I think the look on my face told him that if he didn't get the F out of here, he would see my wraith, he left in a huff, I then turned and looked at all the workers who were dumbfounded and I said to my wife, to tell the builder to do as I ask of him, however if he or anyone else isn't happy with things, they can follow my father-in-law, they smiled, gave me the thumbs up and carried on. Wife went to the family house that evening and thought the father would be livered, he was quiet and while they were eating he said to her, I like your husband, he has balls, he will protect you, good man.....LOL, respect can come at a price, he has never tried to show me who's boss ever again, we smile at each other and put the chin up when we see each other, he knows I am not a Thai son in law, so he can't get away with it. Happily married 15 years, my advice would be to ignore her and perhaps fade away, do your own thing and when she asks what's wrong, tell her your taking to a farang fortune teller who says this and that, make it up as you go, and when she starts to question the logic, then explain to her that that is exactly how you feel when she talk about Thai's knowing better, in other words, what's good for the Goose is good for the Gander, or is it.

Don't be such a racist, low life's are in every country.

So who's fault is that, his own in my opinion. Surely he could have had a wife, a friend of a friend's wife or someone translate the form to him, Dr's adding the part about amputating his leg after he signed I find a little disheartening. Sad that he lost his leg though, but if people don't know not to sign something in another language to me is like carry a bag for someone you just me at the airport. Light on full information, e.g. was he married, retired, didn't he have someone translate the document to him other than hospital staff, if they actually did, which I am sure they would have told him, his leg needs to come off, I say that because I know a farang who recently had his amputated, (motorcycle accident) and he said the Dr's in the public hospital said, he leg wasn't improving and had to be amputating to which he agreed and it was removed from the knee down.

Are you serious, that works out to 7,000 baht saving over 10 years. I only report to immigration once a year to do my renewal, 90 days are done on line effortlessly. Re-entry permit at Swampy on my way out, 1,000 baht, again, effortless. If you have an income stream of $80,000 USD, you can do what you want, I don't make that kind of money from my investments, but if I did, I wouldn't change things, I park money in my account once a year for my annual budget, it doesn't effect me regarding what and when the amount was put in for immigration purposes, I just time it right and with enough money in there not to worry about peeing some I/O off.

That is sad. There is a major problem in Australia for anyone who things the grass is greener on the other side and the government ) both governments, no just Liberal, also Labor place huge restrictions on those of us who want to go. Let me provide you with a couple of examples to which you may not be aware of, and possibly others. Once your out for 183 days, you could lose your residency for tax purposes, this is my opinion happens automatically if you don't lodge a tax return, which means you will pay 32.5c in every dollar tax earned in Australia. If you have a property under the NEW legislation (2022), as a non resident for tax purposes you will pay capital gains tax at 42c in the $ from the day you purchased your principal place or residency, regardless if you have rented it out or not. Medicare goes out the window once your absent for 5 years and you have to go back to reapply. You cannot vote anymore once you are a non resident. I could go on, but I won't, everyone has to do there own research and look how best they can live a life in Thailand without being penalised by the government back home. What I am trying to say is that some of us have to cut ties to an extend, e.g. not worthwhile holding onto property if you cannot keep your residency, any increase will be taxed at 42c as mentioned, and if you do rent it out, you cannot claim diddly squat on it until you sell it, yes any negative gearing, repairs etc are non claimable until you sell it. Oh, there's also the annual land tax for non residents, which is on top of the council rates, although I will stand corrected if that is not the case. For me, forcing me to cut ties with Australia has worked out well, e.g. I invest in Oz and pay zero tax, it's possible, you just have to do your research, I still use Medicare to my advantage when I return (under 5 years) and get my card renewed before expiry date, i.e. don't wait for them to send it to you, won't happen. As for voting, couldn't give a rats a$$, renew my drivers licence every 5 years at the motor registry and pay the hefty $194, why because you don't know what tomorrow will bring and I don't want to go through a process whereby I would have to sit for a driving knowledge test and driving test and I know I would tell everyone to F off, if I flunked, too old for that sheet. If coming here with nothing and not on the pension, those falling short of the old age pension age have to return and do their 2 year jail term to have it made portable to be paid here. The above said, I would never even dream of coming to Thailand on just a pension, what kind of existence would that be, yes, I could imagine it being tougher in Oz, but if one didn't put in the hard yarns when younger to get ahead in life, it wouldn't be a pretty existence here or in Oz in my opinion, that said, life would be much better here with the money you would have from the sale of an asset, and personally, I don't care about any capital gains back home, they can have it, my last place increased by $30,000 per annum for 6 years after I sold it, so that incoming owner had to pay $30,000 in stamp duties, agents reselling costs $15,000, allow $30,000 for council/water rates/strata levies for that 6 year period, add solicitors buying and selling fees of $5,000 and that $180,000 increase over that 6 year period that I have lived here has been reduced to $100,000, that said, I have made more than $180,000 tax free living here in that period, which works out to be about 62,500 baht per month on that figure, debt free, car paid off, no money owing to anyone, and no work, stress, pressure, just living the life. Not working hard, poor planning will provide you with a poor existence in Thailand IMO, as for the old age pension, they can have it, who knows how much longer they will allow it to be portable ?

I built mine for 1/10th the cost, i.e. $100,000 in a rural area, that said, I knew of a bloke up the road in the same area who paid $240,000 (6,000,000 baht) to build the same house, but half the size of ours, i.e. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, the land was however was double the land size of ours, i.e. 2,000 square metres, and not included in the build price, it is also on a main road with double bogie's passing by frequently tearing up the bitumen. For $270,000 Dave would not want to be in a rural area IMO, i.e. unless that price includes a huge land parcel, in any event, he could have invested too much of his wealth, because when and if the relationship goes south, he could be out of pocket half of that amount at least and take years to sell. The guy who built the house in our area, no longer lives there, wife kicked him out and later sold it for 4,000,000 baht to another farang married to a Thai. Rumour had it that the brother-in-law built the house and bought a new Ford Wild Track shortly after the house was completed, not bad at 1.6 mil, thanks for coming Mr Farang.

I know of a bloke who applied for one, said would take 45 days and 50,000 baht with his application, he also had to prove that his annual income, not money in the bank, annual income was $80,000 USA, guess that will stop 99.99% of those intending to apply for this 10 year visa. If they had half a brain and were over 50, they could park 800,000 baht in the bank and apply for a retirement extension for the huge sum of 1,900 baht per annum, plus 1,000 for the re-entry permit or the multi re-entry permit for 3,800 baht which includes the annual renewal fee, I believe ? This all sounds to me that Thai's think foreigner's are rich with massive income streams, bound to be another flop in my opinion.