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46 minutes ago, cheshiremusicman said:
Seems to me, that the Thai authorities should start to look at a scheme where they look at your track record and start to say 'This person has meet the necessary requirements for the past 5 years', so instead of granting an extension of one year why not make it two, and when you have been here for say 10 years make it a 5 year extension. Surely, if you have been here for that length of time you have proved that you can sustain yourself with your income no matter what it is!
You're being rational again!
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1 hour ago, connda said:
“Of course this letter is no longer needed if the embassy no longer issues it,” Col Archeep explained to The Phuket News today (Nov 22).
This gets the mealy-mouthed, clap-trap, stupidest, contrived, nonsensical, Captain Obvious Award of the Week.
And was he speaking in English when he said it?
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7 hours ago, tonbridgebrit said:So, most people here are laughing at the Christian missionary who wanted to preach the name of the Lord Jesus to these people.
Okay, what about Evangelical Christians who go to China, to preach the name of the Lord Jesus there ? And Beijing, supposedly, does not allow total religious freedom in China. And people want to criticise Beijing for not allowing total religious freedom in China. Inconsistency is massive.The difference is that the Chinese are more than able to look after themselves and are in no danger of being wiped out within a few days by a 'Western' moron arriving laden with diseases for them to catch.
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For those who are not native speakers of English but nevertheless enjoy reading the tea leaves, the phrase " ... such as by showing bank statements ... " means "for example, by showing etc". In other words, it merely mentions one possible way of "proving that they have funds to stay in the country". It does not exclude other ways.
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First Contact. Always fascinating.
There's a marvellous short film from Papua in about 1932 as the first Aussie administrators arrive in a particular valley for the first time and the locals approach slowly to greet them. Very moving.
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Good show. Wish he lived near me. I have to call for my bf to come running whenever I find one outside all of 12" long & as thick as my thumb ...
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All's well that ends well, for the moment.
The idiot got what he wanted & is now no doubt sitting on the right hand of the right hand. And the natives got some peace'nquiet for the next couple of years till the next moron arrives to try to kill them with his bacterial & viral infections.
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A smallish market, but rich ...
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Interesting that the Indian Police took no preventative action. It is after all a no-go zone. I guess they figured it would be cheaper to let nature take its course ...
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22 minutes ago, tropo said:
Really? You are feeling rather confident. Are you going to apply for an extension before the end of this year? I will be getting mine in the first week of January before the Australian Embassy cuts the service on January 7, hoping to use it in late June next year, but not feeling nearly so confident as you. What is the basis of your confidence? Leading people into a false sense of security is worse than scaring them into taking active measures to ensure continuity of annual extensions. Running scared, I have 3 backup measures:
1. Starting to transfer 65k per month to my Thai account.
2. Getting the 800k ready to transfer and season for 3 months.
3. Obtaining my income letter 6 months early, in case they are still accepted.
Excellent. ✓✓✓ Precisely what EVERYONE should be doing.
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The key point in all of this is that we now have the BEGINNINGS of evidence on which we now should all begin to act for the income method of retirement renewal.
The evidence, such as it is, from yesterday's meeting, plus the US Ambassador's Office response to one inquiry (which mentions meetings with TI as early as February last), is beginning to point - as discussed above - in the direction of minimum 65K฿ in a Thai bank account every month. Yes, the evidence is not firm yet, & it could change or evolve. But no harm will be done by starting to at least plan for this outcome: open Thai account if you don't have one already; plan on best method for YOU to move 65K each month; if you can, start moving the 65K now. Nothing will be lost if the outcome from TI is a bit different from what it currently looks like being. But you might suffer greatly if you're not getting under way now.
Watchword for all sensible people: BE PREPARED.
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One of the many things I learned working in the DoD in Canberra for 17 years was that the military spend most of their time watching & jostling each other, rather than - as we civilians tended to think - trying to put us down.
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18 minutes ago, bubba said:
Not sure what you mean here with regard to share sales. Do you mean borrowing the funds on margin to buy the shares? That could get very expensive, including the margin interest and the potential for substantial losses.
I'm not talking about share sells in particular. I mean people who really don't have the minimum of 65K a month. They could in theory get around that (in the same way as the 800K in the bank for 3 months people can do) by borrowing funds from a lender of whatever kind, pay it into their Thai account to reach the minimum average over time, then withdraw the funds & repay the lender with interest.
That is - it seems to me - less likely to occur if the 65K is a monthly minimum, not an average.
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11 minutes ago, bubba said:
Why would it be considered dodgy if you have an investment portfolio and sell off assets such as shares as you need the money? That is easily verifiable and for many, it works out to much more than 65K baht/month.
Borrowing & paying it back. The shonky types would be more likely to do that with an averaging system that allows them to borrow & pay back, say, once every 4 months, than with a monthly minimum system (because of the credit costs potentially involved).
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4 minutes ago, Sheryl said:
Whether they will still allow the combined method and whether they will allow for flunctuating monthly amounts if they average out to 65K/mo, are big questions....and important
Most likely a MINIMUM of 65K a month. An averaging system would allow for too many dodgy work-arounds.
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9 minutes ago, bubba said:Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe the requirement for income does not require funds being transferred into Thailand.
It would be surprising if that were not the quid pro quo for the loss of the Embassy letters. If not immediately, then down the track just a little bit ... Meantime, we should be preparing.
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So there is hope for this benighted country after all!
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3 minutes ago, JackThompson said:I just imagine the conversation, "No, the 'adjusted-gross-income' used to determine tax-liability includes deductions (including standard, not itemized) which do not reflect any actual reduction to my gross or net income."
I already had a [simplified] conversation along those lines at Kap Choeng on 10 Oct. I had [helpfully but stupidly] included my Oz federal superannuation doco, which shows FORTNIGHTLY gross & net income. (Most people in Oz are paid fortnightly.) So I showed the annual (x 26) & then the monthly (÷ 12). And oh the glazed look I got as I sweetly explained it all ...
3 minutes ago, JackThompson said:I think our only hope is that these get a cursory-glance, provided the bank-letter shows the min-income being transferred into Thailand.
Yes, I think the new 'Embassy income letter' will be the 'Bank balances & incoming letter'. The rest will be just bumpf we have to cart along to look good but they won't do more than pretend to glance at it.
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And then there'll be training to read UK & Oz docos, and then they'll need Danish language skills ... Immigration offices will be closed: 'Everyone at training school for next 6 months'.
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Thank you to PFV. Reasonably enlightening for the anxious thousands of us.
4. is fine. 5 & 6 are disturbing - they show how ill-trained the Immigration officers are. 7 is about where we've mostly been & still are. 8 is a key point for many of us but obviously still up in the air.
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Perhaps they've all retired to the pub and are currently falling off their barstools ...
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25 minutes ago, Chris Lawrence said:
FORMULA 1 2018 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX (sorry for the caps as this came off the F1 site)
23 -25 Nov 2018 Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Marina. Just a heads up to the lads as to where he may be this weekend. Last race, big party. Ye ha
Well, in these circumstances the Saudis would certainly have a cunning plan.
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1 hour ago, KittenKong said:
To have the UK governed by referendum would be stupid simply because most of the population are morons. Just like every other country. They mostly dont know what day it is let alone what Brexit implies.
Yes, you've put it rather less delicately than I did.
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The bit about 65K EVERY month (not just an average) is important. Obviously still tbc but we should act accordingly meantime.
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Income statement letters from embassies no longer required, confirms Phuket Immigration
in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
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So they can check it themselves and not have to rely on unreliable witnesses such as Embassies.