Stevemercer

I looked through the current threads on the new income method for retirement/marriage extensions, but couldn't find an answer to the above.

Under the old method (statement from embassy) one could use one's gross income (before tax). The new method (monthly bank deposits) seems to rely on net (after tax) income.

For example, my gross income exceeds the monthly income requirements. However, my net income (after paying 33% tax at the overseas rate) is below the monthly income requirements. Tax is automatically deducted from my income before it is deposited in my bank account.

Does anyone know if it is still possible to rely on gross income (this would mean using my yearly tax statement to this effect)?

We had drunks hanging outside our front gate and got the red police box. The police came around in the morning and evening each day to sign off the book. The cop turned up one evening when the drunks were there, and told them to piss off. We never saw them.

If you had a police box, sooner or later the cop will visit while the lady is outside and there is a fair chance she will go for him. That will be the end of your problem.

Good story...good luck with your next taxi.

The past is the past. You have the opportunity to do it right and come and live as long as you want in Thailand as the husband of a Thai wife (as most of us are). Just remember to keep your mouth shut about anything else...

Good advice here.

Go to the Thai embassy/consulate in your home country and apply for a 90 day 'non O' visa based on marriage to a Thai citizen. Once you have this visa, travel to Thailand and you will be OK on entry. After 45 days, you can look at a 12 month extension based on marriage to a Thai. You will need 400,000 Baht in a Thai bank account in your own name and you should organise this as soon as you are back in Thailand.

While you have been denied entry on suspicion of 'working' in Thailand, or not being a fair dinkum student, you have a second chance to line up the correct visa and get back into the Kingdom.

Still stinking hot in Khon Kaen and Mahasarakham provinces. There is usually a bit of cloud build up late afternoon, but it disappears by night fall.

Another 35 degree day here in Mahasarakham Province with 60% humidity. In my view, the last two years have been cooler than usual and now we are reverting to normal weather. 

In our neck of the woods the wet season was steady, and good for rice, but few heavy storms has meant poor runoff and most dams are low.

"Fuel pricing thing' = 'dual pricing thing'? Or do farangs have to pay a special price for fuel in Thailand?

My sympathies to the OP.

While the OP can get another original copy of his British marriage registration, I would have thought that it is all the certifications that are problematic.

My Thai wife and I were married in Australia. We had to get our marriage registration certified by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs as being 'true and correct'. We then had to get it translated by an approved agency into Thai (which we did using an accredited agency). 

We were travelling around Australia at the time and the Sydney and Melbourne Thai consulates wouldn't accept the translation by an Australian nationally accredited agency (it has to be someone on their 'personal list', e.g. who would presumably pay a kick-back). However, the Thai embassy in Canberra accepted national accreditation and they stamped off on the translation.

Back in Thailand, the local council wouldn't register our marriage (I assume this is the Kor Kor 22?) because the stamp by the Thai embassy was in the wrong colour. My wife kicked up a stink and, in the end, they issued the document. 

I don't use the AC during the day (fans are OK for me), but turn it on in the bedroom if it is over 30 degrees when I go to bed. I normally set it to switch off at 2:00 am.

Sometimes mossies are a problem and they seem to be discouraged by the cooler air from the AC. The alternative is a high fan setting to keep them away, but this is sometimes uncomfortable for me.

Some nights there is a lot of noise from parties, religious celebrations etc. I might turn on the AC to mask to worst of this noise.

So...a combination of outside noise, bad mossies and a warmish night (over 28 degrees) might see me also use the AC.

Other times, I just want to snuggle under a warm doona and might turn on the AC.

Of course, the Thai wife cannot now survive without AC (despite having lived her first 40 years without it). Her reference would be to have it on 24 hours a day. This is an ongoing argument for many of us, I suspect.

The last time I did my extension the immigration officers kindly filled out the 'visit' form (whatever form they fill out if they do a visit) in the office after asking my wife for all the necessary information. They then got my wife to read the form and check all the details were correct, before signing off on it. This was at Mahasarakham and it was a slow day (e.g. we were the only ones at the IO that afternoon).

As another poster said, the police must issue an arrest warrant in writing under the law. It is more likely that someone with a grudge (an old girlfriend?) got a mate at the local police to call you to give you a scare.

Alternatively, if you have been involved in a minor accident there might have been a miscommunication in inviting you to attend any subsequent negotiated settlement (which is normally facilitated by the police in the first instance).

Still, maybe you can ask a Thai mate to check with the local police (assuming there is some sort of national database recording warrants)

33 minutes ago, Dick Crank said:

We'd like to see u contribute instead of pulling your pud. Can you offer some new info or opinions, bud.

Sure thing mate, but you'll have to read through the previous 54 pages to see my comments, insights and advice. Please get back to me when you're up to date...

48 minutes ago, certacito said:

How long until the Australian embassy's news flash ?

This was all done to death in Thai Visa about 6 months ago.

10 hours ago, Foxy52 said:

Of course it's hot, you live in the tropics. Do you also go out at night and complain about how dark it is?

 

Yes, yes, I agree with Foxy52. It has been much darker this year.

Gods...this thread has been going forever!

I always thought that October and November were the most unpleasant months (weather wise) in Thailand. After the thunderstorms of the June - September wet season, we are suddenly back to cloudless skies, windless days and hot conditions. October can be particularly unpleasant if the humidity hangs around.

December and January we can look forward to cooler nights and a few cold days. February still has a few cooler days to offer. March - June is the build up to the wet season with hot and windless days, but we usually get the odd thunderstorm if it gets too hot.

The last two years were cooler than normal and not so bad. However, we now seem to be back to more normal hot weather. I think we've just been spoiled the last few years

You are right...my apologies.

I got my wife to inquire about buying one of the CT 400s. She was told none were available.

None of those bikes advertised for factory sale are 400 cc. 

2 hours ago, VincentRJ said:

I didn't realize that Thailand has such a good social security system that even includes free pharmaceuticals. I guess all those elderly foreigners who can't afford private health insurance should be looking for the appropriate Thai wife.  ?
 

I agree. Government employees get free medical coverage, including pharmaceuticals, dental services etc, when they are working and for the rest of their retired life. Their spouses (even if non-residents) are covered too. Marrying a Thai ex-government worker (such as a teacher or nurse) is advantageous if you can swing it and are worried about your health while living in Thailand. 

As advised, Immigration won't take action on the basis of what you wife says. People are always calling, but often change their minds. Immigration don't want to get involved in domestic disputes/argument.

If asked, you may argue that you are hoping for a reconciliation and the marriage is therefore not over. Any separation might be temporary.

Having said this, you will obviously be looking at other options for when the 12 month marriage extension finishes. Most Immigration Offices expect the wife to attend when the extension application is submitted, and follow-up visits to the place of joint residency by Immigration Police seem to be more routine these days.

Yes, I moved to Thailand at 30 Baht. I admit that I didn't foresee that, 5 years later, it would be down to 23 Baht and dropping.

It's a shame to loose 25% income through falling exchange rates. Obviously many expats share the same problem. Other expats have plenty of money, other fall back options or have been here long enough to see the highs and lows.

I can still 'afford' Thailand, even at 18 Baht. I'm just wondering if there is a point where the typical Aussie might do his sums and decide he can't ''afford' Thailand. I reckon that break even point is about 15 Baht per Australian dollar.

8 minutes ago, thailand49 said:

You do no matter where you are?  Sit down with your other half if there isn't one even better. You come up with a plan to cut back you think hard you can find some luxuries it is about making the sacrifice and setting priorities.

It's funny, but the wife's solution is to go back to Australia and both work so we can afford to rent. I say cut back as necessary in Thailand so we can continue to live here without working. To be honest, I think my wife just wants to run away to escape all the dramas of her extended Thai family. Cutting them off is the first saving to trim the budget.