FruitPudding

Common sense prevails. Who could disagree?

2nd Wine Connection! What other restaurant can you get a bottle of vino in for 500 baht ( I think some are 400)?

I feel for those young people struggling with this. I hope they are guided to a place of emotional help, rather than a surgeon's theatre.

At Cowboy, na. ????

What's the definition?

Yep, the kids at my school are all talking about their dads looking at the Teslas! Buy shares now, fellas.

They start at 1.7 million. I think that's pretty much in-line with prices in the West.

Sipping on a nice frosty Chang in downtown Bangkok...... there's beer if you know where to look, fellas. ????

This seems to be the big question. Haven't seen any solid facts on that. It seems the courses that were previously accepted for the full license pre-2020, are now no longer enough and the tests must be done as well. Who knows if it applies to all education degrees, diplomas, and certificates? And the big question is: how many years before they decide scrap this dumb test (again)?? So then, we can just apply with education certificates again, lol.

Really, already? That's great. Do they accept the Mor Prom app certificate, or do you need a special certificate?

Finger crossed Laos opens up soon.

I assume this is still possible?

Wow, ok, so Cambodia just requires the visa and that's it?

Thank you so much for your insight. I am still a bit confused about this 50k for working cos previously I made extensions for work and I was only earning 35k; immigration weren't interested in my salary. Is this a different type of visa extension?

Wouldn't Malaysia be easier, don't they do free visa on arrival?

Great things are opening up. Seems like Cambodia is the easiest still?

Is Phom Phen still the easiest? Laos still tour only? I think Malaysia is opening, right?

Sorry, I don't understand this now. So, what's the 50k for? Sorry, if I have missed something. I am a parent of a Thai. Currently, on an extension based on that. So, if my understanding is correct, I could extend that using my 40k income (which I have had legally for over a year)? I was just looking to switch to a work extension cos it is easier than taking my family over to immigration n all that. I just got confused when they started asking for my finances cos I have done work extensions in the past and finance doesn't come into it. Thanks for your help.

Oh, I always thought it was 40k a month if you are working in Thailand I often saw that figure on here.

The 400,000 lump sum, I don't have anymore, so I would need to use my salary. I would just prefer to be on a work visa (it's just my preference) as it is far less hassle than lugging my young family and complaining GF to immigration; always a stressful time. I thought it would be straight forward to switch.

The extension I am on now: I used 400,000 that I had sitting in the bank at the time last year. Now, for financial proof, I can show over 40k monthly income which I have earned with a work permit for over a year now.

Exactly, I thought I was asking them to change me to that kind of extension. Even though my salary does meet the requirements to remain on the family extension, I'd just rather be on a regular work extension cos it makes everything simpler and less stressful (without involving my family) by just doing it through the school.

I don't get this logic though. Suppose I got a job that paid less than 40k a month; I wouldn't satisfy the requirements for the family extension, but wouldn't they still allow me to do an extension based on work?

I have a strange problem on this topic. I actually tried to do this today in Bangkok. I tried to do an extension based on work (previous extensions were based on child, done at an immigration office in another province). The officer said that in addition to all my work documents (which are correct), they also need me to bring my child's ID card & birth certificate and also my bank statements for a whole year (actually 15 months cos they want to see the financials I used to do my extension based on child at the other province). So weird, right? I went to change my extension to work and they are holding me on the financial requirement for a family extension which shouldn't even come in to it for a work extension. I can't get my head around it. Any ideas why this would be? I mean, I have over 40k coming in from my work, so it shouldn't be a problem -- hopefully.

I wonder was there a test in 2020, or 2021? Was it two years they didn't offer a test? If so, I wonder if that could be grounds for requesting a 5th waiver for those who need it. Because it seems unreasonable that they changed the rules in the 2020 and then don't offer a test for us to comply with the rules.