Jonathan Swift

Remember, this is a Russian, generally arrogant, snobbish, not very nice people. Thai people don't like them and for good reason. I once caught a Russian stealing my freekin laundry basket, caught on video, and he acted like I was insulting HIM. I got him evicted from the apartment. I believe that he slapped the girl's face. That's the likely thing that would lead to a beating. Just my humble opinion.

Remember, this is a Russian, generally arrogant, snobbish, not very nice people. I once caught a Russian stealing my freekin laundry basket, caught on video, and he acted like I was insulting HIM. I got him evicted from the apartment. I believe that he slapped the girl's face. That's the likely thing that would lead to a beating. Just my humble opinion.

Rich people tend to be notoriously stingy and tight with their wealth, so does it make more sense to get $10 from each lower income person or try to get $100 from each wealthy person, if there are 10,000 low income people for every single wealthy person? I'm just making up numbers for the sake of illustration. By low income I mean anyone who's not rich. This is basic common business sense across the board, but these people seem to just endlessly speculate without being connected to the real world or knowing much about human behavior and the cultures whose money they seek.

Doing it without an agent is pretty easy once you know the ropes. I don't like the idea of placing such important matters in anyone else's hands, plus the money saved is significant, around a few hundred dollars. But that's just me and my way, not everyone has equal skills with bureaucratic systems.

Here is the non O retirement visa, it is not a sticker, there is no sticker for this.

You don't have to use the 800,000 baht in a bank method, you can also use the 65,000 baht per month income method which requires a bank statement showing that income once a month for one year. Regarding your terminology, "the 1 year extension of permission to stay in Thailand on the underlying Type O visa", my visa very specifically states "non-O-retirement visa" . There is most certainly a "retirement visa". Regardless of your terminology, the extension and the visa are commonly understood to be the Non-O (type O) retirement visa. Attached is a photo of my Non O retirement visa, which you refer to as type O.

You contradict yourself. "You can obtain a non O retirement" and then "No such thing as a retirement visa". If there's no such thing as a retirement visa what's this stamp on my visa page? A very vivid figment of my imagination?

Here's how I've done it for the last 4 - 5 years. You don't need to do anything more to prove income, you don't need to show your home bank or any Wise PDFs or anything else. If you want to gather a bunch of extra redundant files just to "be safe" that's up to you, but not necessary. I transfer my monthly "income" of 67,000 baht from my US bank to BKK Bank once a month around the same time, using Wise. A couple weeks before my extension I order a printed one year bank statement that shows all of those transfers as international transfers. On the day of my extension I get a verification letter from my BKK Bank and update my passbook as well. The verification letter and passbook update needs to be done within a day of application, so I just do both on the same day as the application. That's it.

Not everyone is going to evolve upward at the same time. There will always be some who devolve

Probably already uploaded to youporn

Let's go ahead and just judge everyone by superficial qualities like looks and dress. That would solve all the world's problems.

They are. Therefore the US will be bringing trademark, intellectual property, and copyright infringement action against the guy. Then he will be hired to portray himself in the movie version of this story

You can get it on the same day, if you've got the money to throw away you can use a service, but you end up participating, they just walk you through it.

1000 baht is standard. I got it twice and now I have the license. It's pretty easy and cheap to get if you show them your home license.

Mass murder of children in schools using military style weapons (legally owned) is also a popular “hobby attributed to” Americans”, or didn’t you hear?

The American disease appears to be spreading.

People who receive serious shocks but survive probably don't get much press. I've even noticed stray voltages even on my charging cables for phones, and in other places where they shouldn't exist. (I have a digital voltmeter) . Have you ever felt a mild shock when touching an iphone lightning charge cable, whose contacts are exposed?

Why didn't you ask the manager at your bank? Duh. If you come here every post might give you a different answer.

You left out hepatitis - very serious and common in polluted waters, from shellfish.

Your shallowness and insensitivity are deplorable. Doesn’t matter if you’re “joking”. There are quite a few of us who were raised to not take pleasure at or ridicule the bad fortune of others. Fortunately such people outnumber those cruel few. What makes you so sure he jumped? You’re psychic?

I was charged 1000 baht twice. Just get the license, it's easy if you just show your own country's license. You take a simple in office test and it's cheap. Go online and search the requirements and rules. you go to the dept of transportation nearest you. In the meantime minimize your travel, be careful as to where, and wear your helmet so as not to attract attention.

1000 baht is the going rate now. Where the hell are you? But it's up to the cop obviously.

One of the wisest comments which zeroes right into the fundamental point of letting someone have any sort of power over you, financial or otherwise. That's why I don't use any visa services that others swear by. I won't place important paperwork in anyone else's hands. I would never let any Thai girl or anyone else know ANYTHING about my finances, how much I make, where my accounts are, property (it's all in the US anyway, except for the piano in my apartment). I would not invest in anything here, period. I looked into it briefly, no thanks. Master of my own destiny.

Maybe not. Immigration has the discretion to consider all circumstances. The guy was perfectly honest with them, that counts for something. If he's not the smartest guy he probably can't help that. No one knows what kind of emotional problems he might have, but anxiety and depression can lead someone to make bad decisions especially when fear is involved. Just my viewpoint, is all, but I think an appropriate fine without deportation would do the trick. No need to take this life away from him and send him back to the hell of America. That would be cruel and unusual punishment, especially for an older person. Again, just my view, I'm not arguing.

At least they published his name, if nothing else he is publicly humiliated