jas007

I’ve lived in both places. Jomtien a few years ago, and I’m currently in Wongamat. Jomtien has more going on, for sure. More restaurants, night markets, etc. Baht buses running up and down Beach Road. Wongamat is less busy. More of a residential area. Nice condos and some hotels mixed in. To be sure, there’s everything you need. Some restaurants, some convenience stores, street food. They keep the beach pretty clean It’s hard to get into too much trouble around here, although a Bolt taxi to central Pattaya doesn’t cost much.

Sometimes, they’re ok. The last few times I tried them, though, I thought they could use a little more seasoning.

Hooters. They were running daily specials. Everything half price between 3pm and 4pm or so. I used to go in the US once in a while, for lunch. In Pattaya, I’d sometimes go n the afternoon, just because of the special pricing and because it was open and I could watch the people walk by on Beach Road. Ditto for the location on Soi 4 in Bangkok. Whatever else you can say about Hooters, at least they were open during the day. Sometimes in Thailand, it seems as though trying to find something to do before 5pm is an exercise in futility. Air conditioning would have helped, no doubt. There are similar type places in the US. One chain is called Twin Peaks. Another is called Tilted Kilt. There are others, as well. Breastraunts. I don’t have a problem with the concept and I don’t mind paying for cold beer and decent food.

Anyway, it seems strange. If the requirements are eventually increased, fine. My only concern was to have some advanced notice.

So this is a fake site?

I wonder why the change in the financial requirements listed for the OA visa on the website of the Thai Australian consulate? Someone make a mistake? Or is each consulate free to make their own requirements?

I recently saw a YouTube video from Integrity Legal. The discussion was about the financial requirements for the OA retirement visa extension as listed on the website of the Thai Australian Consulate. Apparently, the financial requirements have increased substantially and, at least according to the figures listed, the requirement is to now show the equivalent of approximately 1.2 million Thai baht in an account or a monthly income that would be equivalent to that amount over the course of a year. Has anyone has heard anything about a potential increase in the financial requirements for the O visa extension for purposes of retirement? If I have to increase the amount I keep in my Thai account, it would be nice to have some advanced warning.