StevieAus

I have held a Retirement Extension for over ten years using the income method

Each month I transfer far in excess of the amount required, from a private pension and receive a smaller amount from a government pension to an account in my own name at the Bangkok Bank.

Both entries show a code of BTN in the bank book.

The helpful Chiang Mai Immigration are claiming that the above code should be FTT and does not reflect that the transfer is from overseas.

I suspect that this is a ruse to extract a service fee.

Has anyone else experienced this problem?

2 hours ago, CharlieH said:

Ludicrous to attempt to compare the two.It is upto the Therapist to determine what or if any treatment is suitable, 

It’s not ludicrous at all as there are many food allergies that can cause serious problems and can be just as dangerous as a muscle strain.

My former wife suffered from coeliac disease and always informed restaurants before ordering food.

If you have a physical problem it is stupidity not to inform the person who is treating you the same way you should inform a medical person if you have specific medical issues, allergies to drugs etc.

How does this expert suggest that a psychological study of the perpetrator be carried out, considering that he is dead?

1 hour ago, Maejo Man said:

If you leave Australia on your British passport, make sure you have an RRV which is a residents return visa. Valid for 5 years and costs around $250. You can apply on line and it's electronically linked to your passport.

I am curious as to what would be the advantage of leaving Australia using a British passport if you were born in Australia and hold a passport from that country.?

On 10/8/2022 at 8:31 PM, Lucky Bones said:

Yup. It will only escalate on your or his/her side.

Put up , or move.

Ladyboys can get very ugly.

Many I have seen already are, although beauty is in the eye of the beholder !

One of the regular posters on this site posted a link the other day for obtaining a retractable baton from Lazada.

He claimed that it certainly deters dogs.

Maybe it will work equally well with humans.

5 hours ago, nigelforbes said:

And why not? I pay a legitimate and reliable agent with an excellent reputation to handle ALL my Immigration requirements each year, including visa extension, 90 day report, TM whatevers etc adinfinitum. This reduces my personal interaction with Immigration down to 5 minutes each year when I have my photograph taken. The rest of my retirement is mine to enjoy, free of concern that I might miss an important date, forget to fill out a form properly, have to wait for long periods in Immigration along with the great unwashed masses, have to play thrust and parry with Immi. staff during the annual renewal etc etc etc. The next time I get married I may even consider using an agent for that also, perhaps they can also supply the wife too. ????

Yes a man after my own heart, although my local Immigration office which I pass daily only requires the passport for 90 day reports and are so pleasant it seems a shame not to visit.

I suppose using an agent could be argued as creating employment or redistribution of wealth.

I will pass on the marriage part as I don’t want to keep losing half the house.

4 hours ago, nigelforbes said:

Aetna says: In the Northern Hemisphere, flu season usually starts in October and peaks in December before ending in March, but in the Southern Hemisphere, it lasts from June to September. 

 

https://www.aetna.co.th/en/whats-new/blogs/10-tips-to-prevent-and-manage-flu-and-other-seasonal-viruses

 

Confusing and conflicting information from different sources.

Exactly and even though  I have had flu vaccines for more years than I can remember a couple of years ago I contracted Influenza A here in January turning into pneumonia so maybe your information is correct.

20 minutes ago, nigelforbes said:

I don't believe that's correct. The flue season in Asia is November through March, the ideal time to get the flu vaccine in Thailand is September. The vaccine we receive here is based on the flu virus that has circulated in the Southern Hemisphere between the preceding May and July. Flu season in the West is between December and March, the vaccine administered there is updated to include the mutations that have occurred in Asia previously. The entire process starts in the southern hemisphere, not in the West and not here.

The advice I received from two different sources including Chiang Mai Ram Hospital was the same as stated by Scott above.

3 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

I'm sure if you're not happy you could relocate somewhere nice........ like Sydney. 

 

Nice high prices for food and accommodation, nice cold miserable weather, sad angry people everywhere and the gorgeous Karen's to look at.  

 

 

Entertained a friend visiting from Sydney yesterday, he confirmed everything you have said plus more.

1 hour ago, bamboozled said:

Very close to being ruined. The train from China is ready and waiting. Only China hasn't opened the border, yet, as far as I know. But the train already runs from Vientiane to the Chinese border and the whole line is functional through to...Kunming I think it is? Once it opens, "relaxing place" is but a memory. That's just the way it is.

Very sad but have good memories will add it to the list of other places around the world that have been ruined.

2 hours ago, bamboozled said:

True enough....I'll  most likely be heading there later this month. Just a longer, more expensive, trip. Of course, at that point, I might have to hang my hat in Luang Prabang for a spell or thrice.

I can think of worse places to hang your hat, unless things have changed a relaxing place with good food and friendly people.

5 hours ago, 2baht said:

Failing to help the people in trouble nationwide??? The basis of Thai politics is politicians helping themselves and their rich friends and aquaintances to greater wealth!

Which seems no different to what I have observed over the years in many countries including my own by parties of both political persuasions. 

On 10/8/2022 at 7:23 AM, ThaiFelix said:

The RTP specialises in crazies, they employ crazies, they train crazies, they protect crazies.......thats the lesson that should be learned from all this!

That seems to fit the description of some of the American police forces and a few others around the world. 

Unfortunately the job seems to attract those sort of people and these days I cannot understand why a sane person would  want the job. 

20 hours ago, BritTim said:

You asked what was wrong with a thread title of SteveAus (seemingly mystified as to why it was considered unhelpful) and I tried to resolve your confusion. If you took it as some kind of attack, I apologise. It was not intended as such.

That's fine I wasn't aware it had appeared with that title, as I said in response to another poster problems that I don't encounter elsewhere seem to happen when I use this site. 

Maybe I am missing something but after all these years cannot think why it is happening now. 

23 hours ago, BritTim said:

The forum tries to be a resource to help those with immigration related issues. Having every individual post their own thread for each issue they encounter is inefficient. Instead, posters are supposed:

1. To search the forum for recent threads that address the problem or question they have.
2. If they find a thread that is responsive to the subject they are interested in, but they still need clarification, add their post to that thread.
3. If no existing thread addresses their problems, create a new thread with a subject line that identifies the subject area of interest.

Hopefully, by following these guidelines, we can have one thread on "extensions to visa exempt entries" rather than one for each person who has entered Thailand with a visa exemption.

 

Unfortunately, there are many, many duplicate threads anyway but, at least if you use a descriptive thread title, others can see whether your thread is potentially of interest without having to open and read every individual thread to see if it covers their issue.

There was no thread dealing with current information and if you read my response to another poster I explained what occurred.

Also this site seems to encounter many technical issues so I would only post a new item as a last resort.

35 minutes ago, ChrisKC said:

You are a naughty boy for that comment. The title was changed because it was inappropriate. 

I don't know what the issue was with the title and don't know what went wrong. 

It did occur once before but no one has pointed out what I am doing wrong. 

I am far from being an IT expert but don't seem to experience issues elsewhere for example using the Australian Newspaper site where I regularly make a comment on articles. 

I will speak to my IT expert friend and perhaps do a dummy run. 

I don't want to incur the wroth of posters or keep standing in the naughty boys corner! 

10 minutes ago, heybruce said:

My understanding is that it is closed in both directions.  Does anyone know why, and if this will change any time soon?

 

BTW:  I know about the coup, civil war and military dictatorship, but this is the normal state of affairs in Myanmar.  I assume Covid is no longer an issue.  I've heard a rumor that one side wants the other to pay a significant amount of money to open the border, but I don't know if that is true.

Thanks for the update

1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

I changed it.

Thanks much appreciated 

I have a friend visiting from overseas and I am trying to find out if the border crossing at Mae Sai is open to non Thais.

I am getting conflicting information, does anyone know the current status.

Thanks

Unless they go to the District Office and follow the procedure there. they are not legally married. 

Whatever ceremony they carry out in the village means nothing. 

3 hours ago, hakancnx said:

You can book time on their website https://www.immigration.go.th/en/#serviceonline

 

If everything is in order it takes less then an hour. 

 

- TM 7

- Passport

- Bank book

- TM 30

- Bank statement 

 

- Copy of passport

- Copy of TM30

- Copy of Bank book

+ 2 documents about overstay

( You get them outside the building )

I don't think you can rely on the hour processing time a friend went there two weeks ago for a retirement extension renewal and was told to return the next day.