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Sorry if in wrong area I knew last year there were a bookings website but thing getting better in 2022 My Thai drivers license matures in May 2022 and yes before I used to go in person in Kanachanaburi, DLT in my province and yes think have to get a doctors certificate that my health is good and fit to drive. Any other information do I need and yes was hearing in 2021 the booking process was not clear but talking about Bangkok but not Kanchanaburi. Appreciate any advice and help and thanks

So very sad indeed and yes RIP and normally it would be the other way around and accepted that loud music would be played at a wedding or special occasions and that would be no problem and a get together of a few friends. There are also very many other instances of very annoying noises at all hours of the night by bike riders but also and not just from the Soi dogs but so-called pets which are not properly trained and allowed to bark and bark for a very long time and disturb a lot of peoples sleep and people do get very upset and most sleep at night and not during the day as these dangerous dogs do. I do hear of people rattling their metal doors and also understandably occasionally some swearing and yes even from the most mild mannered. Sometimes, I really believe that they care more about any animal before any human beings and yes including their own family but yes of course the proper pet lovers look after their dogs and family too. So cheap the price of life but same as when one is owed a substantial amount of money and then you hear it was given as a gift but they drive top of the range cars and own loads of land.

Yes, indeed and when we come up for extension renewals it is always a bit stressful and until the new stamp is put in your passport one can not relax completely and yes have had visits before at home from the Authorities but also when my wife was at home. One might have a wonderful Thai family and we look after them as best we can and yes lol we have not got pots of gold but it is not our country and despite providing for most of the expenses will never be Thai. However, in my experience in the the main they do appreciate and love us and also have a lot of respect.

Thanks Billd 766 and yes as mine fell on a working day it is the next day and yes very small other amounts if due on the w/e goes in on a Friday and will check ATM again today 19 Jan All the best

You like it but you had any trouble and yes noticed it before when a bank holday in either country , normally an extra day to hit account in Thailand.

Seeing a lot of people having trouble with their state pension and mine was due today 18th but realise it was a bank holiday in the UK and Thailand at the beginning of January and yes checked ATM 5pm and yes usually goes in the next day. I have not had any trouble before but do not trust anything the UK does, yes even the simple things. What a country!!!

Thanks again Ubonjoe and yes until passport is stamped for new extension, one can never fully relax.

Sorry in wrong area and just wanted to check for extension of stay based on retirement and I know the information required from the passport. A silly question but going to ask it but forgot does one have to take a copy of all the blank pages in the passport and think not? But to confirm the front page with photo, current visa stamp a TM6 . The other financial reguirements of course are in place. Thanks all

Dmaxdan I agree with you 100 per cent and live with my wonderful Thai Family in a village too and yes my biggest draw back is my lack of Thai and have a few words and not through lack of trying but we all have our mannerisms with our hands and expressions. However, in the main I am accepted but like everywhere in the world there is good and bad. Yes, one can only do the best that we can for our Thai families and yes my dear wife knows quite a few Thais who are frankly very wealthy but in the past people think you have pots of gold and some still do LOL!!! And can not get on the families medical insurance but have a sort of reserve for this. Yes, just stating that not everyone of us ex-pats are loaded and have a fixed income and a frozen state pension from the UK and the diminishing very small savings. I do the best that I can and that is all one can do and yes provide the majority of the funding and always worried about visas etc and until the passport is stamped Yes, indeed many of us have no family or in fact no property back in the UK. Indeed one has to enjoy each day as it comes but in the main happy but can not compete anywhere near some of the very rich locals. I am not complaining and we do have a lot more than much of the locals but again we have to be a bit careful and provide property but all in all life is very good but yes accepted and a cheery hello goes a long way too and I know my family love me.

A few quid and a little more I think !!!

But there is never any action by the authorities!!!

There are a few no doubt and some brag about it under a false site name and of course the majority who play by the rules or indeed have no family are penalised. just like in all other aspects too!!!

Yes, it depends on the office but IMHO just visit your local office and it also depends om what day or time you go in. No I am finding no long queues and if not done an on line before maybe and it is good for them and you to see each other. Slightly off topic but if doing extensions of stay you have to in person ok.

Many know the feeling but so many and make it straight forward when giving a substantial loan it is just that but they have no intention on giving it back and insist and lie through their teeth and state it was a gift. Thais v expat who wins and yes then claim pay back to a distant member of the extended family and yes state that they were very persistent and persuasive and so give their loan back to the wrong member of family. Only in Thailand though I am sure this goes on everywhere in the world and yes another topic but wills not worth the paper they are written on.

Kanchanaburi and they are first class.

tHANKS SO MUCH

Urbonjoe Sorry if on wrong site and yes been on permission to stay for several years based on retirement Yes trying to find any change in forms etc for retirement extension by the 800k method and apart from a form which one signs noting the requirement. 1 Yes all pages of passport 2 Tm 6 card 3/ copy of current years stamp 4/ The bank letter of a min of 800k 5/ deposit a small amount on the day visiting Immigration, Does this hold for say 7 days ie the immigration is closed due to an unexpected visit from Authority Anything else and did ask a while ago but things and forms can change very quickly. Thanks One other thing a recent photo and one can use the same one if not changed at all? John west

Neeranam Yes see your point about providing homes and let's face it many ex-pats provide most of the finance but frankly and many years ago saw someone trying to get the Authorities to take in to account this. They simply want you to meet the financial and other requirements and yes people do get understandably stressed out on renewing and yes many do not have a pot of gold but until the passport is stamped then one does have anxieties. Many people are struggling and just about all of us are, unless one is very lucky and the same as Thais but not the topic here and don't have to have a minimum in the bank, though some the banks do ask for some monies credited. No I do not know of anyone but many posts who have families do run the risk of separating but seeing posts that worried for the future but this unfortunately happens in other countries too where there is also a frozen state pension ie Canada just one out of 150 including Thailand.

Well we did do this before and much more paperwork but the bank stated and a few years ago when the application sent down to Bangkok and one of the then local staff stated it was only in your name on but just a noteabout my wife's name So we had to revert to local office and did state have to start again from scratch but managed to revert to retirement extension 2 Days before extending oh the account in joint names and yes aware of it mate and again thanks. Have had no other complaints and very friendly and efficient. Yes they all have slightly differing policies and just pointing this out and again the misunderstandings.

Thanks so much and yes as I stated have always kept this in and do not usually touch it but LOL stated to my wonderful wife very early with my coffee and yes stating no problem and might draw down from my UK bank but just asking this question to my local immigration office and not had a reply. I can see why and did promise would contribute, of course a while ago but can see what she was thinking and might as well use it and yes reminded her about 800k; Indeed I suppose for all of us a bit of security for our loved ones and when we pass but that is another topic ie those coming out of woodwork to claim. Just hope the ATM care in date and then draw it down lol

Yes, mate and always been at one office.

Thanks again and my thoughts and yeah unusual for me to want to take out more than 20k but maybe a one off ie a wedding. Most of us would love to every day but most can't as not got a pot of gold.

Thanks ubonjoe the main man and also enjoy your posts but little things are a little different in some offices lol

Thanks doctormann and yes as I stated our local one shut down years ago

Yes, thought you could ages ago and yes a maximum of 20k a day which is what I can do and thanks Peter