Presnock

This is typical double talk, saying it is not the law yet I notice public signs stating that the fines could reach 20,000 baht if people were warned, sometimes low fine or higher if the police knew they had been warned previously for not wearing a mask. On top of that, one cannot enter most establishments without putting on a mask and the police have reportedly been called when someone in a store refuses to wear a mask and does not leave that establishment. Further, even the Prime Minister was fined for not wearing his mask in a car. Just saying...

Another "sounds great" idea that even if it comes to fruition will undoubtedly have too many caveats for "smart" buyers. Give them a 5/10 year visa, let them buy property, then don't allow an extension of that visa and give them like a year (sorta like property left to a foreign spouse when Thai spouse dies and one has a year to sell the property which also has to be approved by the FM). Will be interesting I am sure to see the final bill if passed.

I used to have Bank America (40+ years) but when the Justice folks decided that overseas bank accounts needed to be better monitored (54 nations do this) most US banks cancelled accounts with people overseas. I learned that the State Department Federal Credit Union (sdfcu.org) would allow folks overseas to open accts w/credit cards , etc. It is easy and transfer of monthly monies cost me 30 USD (cheaper than BofA) and it only takes 1 day and the money is here in Bangkok Bank. I use the 65K monthly deposits method for long stay extension and sdfcu also sends monthly a advisory message indicating where the funds originate, where they were sent including my home address. Immigration seems to like these messages. Just saying...

when I change location within CM province, I too went in with a TM 28 for me and TM30 on my wife's behalf since we were just moving into "her" house. This was about 5 years ago when they still had an office upstairs at Promenada for Business and Tm30's. The IO said "ho we don't do the TM28's any more and tore it up and trashed it. Not sure why you would need one, a TM30 for relocation should suffice.

well, within the last couple of days, someone overseas asked about ways of getting a visa, and a well known expert on these advised ways of doing just that which included the 65 K baht per month method. I really don't know nor care, just posting how easy it is for me doing it this way!

That ties up 800,000 if single or 400,000 if married. I use the 65+K and have since the embassy letters ceased. I spend less than an hour a year at immigration doing the yearly stay approval which goes smoothly. Bangkok Bank provides necessary documents to validate that the funds come each and every month into my account, verifies that it is my account only and a copy of the bank book for that account. it costs 1900 baht per year to stay plus 500 baht to the bank for copies of documents. Hard to argue that any other way is easier without tying up that money. Just saying.

I have been going to CM immigration since 2015 when I moved to CM fm BKK. After fighting the traffic in BKK, CM was fine but I did not like the having to get in line by at least 4AM to get a queue ticket for that day. Then there were changes. They moved around and then several embassies stopped issuing the pension letters.. Instead of penalizing ME, this saved me 50 US dollars in that I no longer had to visit the consulate for that letter. I get enough paperwork from the pension office that more than satisfies the Immigration officers. Some even laugh at the amount of paperwork I provide to them from my local bank to my pension office to my stateside bank. I have never been asked to provide any extra funds and for the past two years, have spent less than an hour at immigration each year. NOW they have even come up with the new 90-day report online - and it worked for me the very first time so instead of things getting worse it seems the opposite for me. I appreciate the smiles and talking with the IO's that I have interacted with. My experiences may be solely mine and others may be different.

Chiang Mai

looks like everyone that was complaining about the 90-day report of residence, can if one has enough money, for 10,000 baht you only have to do that report once a year plus your yearly extension fee! Did I miss something. Then you can only extend for an additional 5 years after the first 5 years. It doesn't look to me like this is anything positive for retirees but maybe I just can't read between the lines.

negative. First time I tried 3 years ago I got through successfully and never again so I have been using the EMS post of the TM47 for the past 3 years. When they reported this new system, I registered as they instructed and then when this month's report was due I logged in and it worked with no glitches at all and very quickly! Can't argue or complain so far.

read the note, it says logged into the 90-day online report, 90 days from now will be April when next is due.

This morning after 8 AM, I logged in to the Thai Immigration 90-day online report using the password that they gave me when I registered. It took 5 minutes to fill in the TM47. Submitted it immediately. Got the reply email that they accepted it and approved the stay until April. This reply with printable copy for passport was dated/timed at 8:47AM, Much easier and quicker than before. No complaints from me. This is really another positive move that many complain about.

I think what the govt's of the world want to stop is the overloading of hospitals that care for the covid patients. Amazing that non-vaxx'ers are filling up the hospitals again. Yeah I know vaccinated folks are being infected too with this variant but they aren't the majority of those seriously suffering and dying from the covid. Some people can't get necessary care because the hospitals are full of the covid patients. Doctors and nurses though vaccinated are now getting infected and have to leave work so those care givers are getting the worse of this - mostly due to those anti-vaxx'ers! I have friends who are some of these care givers and I see their stories regularly, not just from the biased news media.