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In fact it opens at 08.00. And we sometimes call in after dropping our son off at school. Easy for parking and not too busy. We are certainly not the old lady brigade or maids. In fact there are many others there outside your parameters!

In fact Lotus’s opens at 08.00 in Market Village and Big C also opens at 08.00 in Bluport in Hua Hin.

This scam has been around on Facebook under different guises for at least 2 years if not longer! And they have only just realised!!

I am with AIA, aged 70, and my plan has not increased in the last 3 years! Same for my wife and son.

Correct. If you hold the 800k in a separate account to the daily living account then there are no problems.

Not necessarily correct. I renewed the end of Nov last year. I got my letter to confirm account and the 2 required statements without any freezing of my account. No mention of it at all.

Best move I ever made for getting health insurance here for myself and the family. My son and I have had more back in claims than the premium every year! Just last year alone my claims were in excess of 600kTHB for cancer treatment. The year previous also had some big claims especially after spending 11 days in hospital on one occasion! My son had also had a couple of stays in hospital for illnesses. Only my wife has been the fully healthy one! 🙂

Having done this last November, all you need is your new passport with the stamps having been transferred from your old passport. Just photocopy the new stamps and the first page. Job done!!

Because it is the same bank, you can transfer funds from one account to the other with no problems. I have done this with Bangkok Bank. Just get statements from each account for the next extension of stay. If you were changing banks then there would be a problem.

Just put of interest, not that it affects me, does this then open up tax implications if staying over 180 days? May be applicable to other new people looking to retire/ live here.

Bangkok Bank may have a poor reputation at the moment. But from what I can gather from the Manageress at my branch, other banks are going to come under scrutiny in the new year. Interesting times ahead.

If he already has an account with Bangkok Bank then why attempt to open another account in a different bank?? Seems a bit crazy to me.

Simple answer to the OP is, no.

My Mitsubishi Expander is every 10,000 kms or 6 months, whichever comes first.

Went to Immigration this morning to renew my Extension of Stay based on Retirement and money in the bank. Sterling service that took 30 minutes to complete. New Extension, Re-Entry Permit and new 90 day report. Documents presented were: TM7 Photocopies of first page and last Extension and original Non-O in Passport. Photocopies of updated day before Bank Pass Book showing transactions from last application. 12 month and 6 month statement from Bangkok Bank and the proof of account letter collected day before. Photocopy of Yellow Book. TM8 Photocopies of first page and last extension in Passport. Not required was the map showing location of our house.