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14 hours ago, kingofthemountain said:

As promised I am just back now from Express Visa direct

he is still here, at the same place

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Express+Visa+%26+:Law+Office/@12.9291048,100.9214643,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x92093fd83e5a304f!8m2!3d12.9291048!4d100.9214643

i have receveid a very warm welcome by the guy working here

he has confirmed the internet site was down.

ok Guys, thank you, might as well close this one now

went to the website today and its down

really unusual for them

hope they are still around , always did a good job at the right price for locals

13 minutes ago, jkthai said:

has anyone any  used these people , from their advertising it sounds as if they can get things done , if at a price ,

i was there this morning at 8-30, three girls with one guy who sounded Australian was with them. the main talker she had the Logo Royal Visa services engraved on her bag, one girl filled out his papers from the documents she gave to him, one dealt with drinks etc , the other accompanied him into immigration with the paperwork after about 5 minutes when it was done.  they were back within 5 minutes, he paid her the published 17,000, she gave him a receipt and card and the pretty much all left. looked like a 15 minute turnaround to me

we were in the cafe were most agents go, in the cafe right outside immigration, it called Thai Aloi , i think.

all seemed calm and happy, he said to the waitress he would see her tomorrow, so look like he will be picking his passport up tomorrow 

end of story, enjoyed my breakfast

1 hour ago, MRToMRT said:

"Grace" found me as well but are we sure its a "leak" at immigration. These days there are a myriad of lists with all our details being peddled and sold. Banks, Facebook, Internet forums, credit cards - they all sell and buy their lists to list compliers.

''buy mailing lists in Thailand?''  Google?

About 381,000,000 results (0.67 seconds) 

i would have thought he paid in the region of 75,000 baht

its a common price for this type of service out of Bangkok

1 minute ago, Peterw42 said:

It says it is on the application form

 

 

and its listed as such amongst the different types of O visa's on embassy websites

 

and how many times has the esteemed authority on these matters on this forum said that Thai websites are wrong. i have lost count of the thousands of times , maybe he will step in and tell you himself

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4 minutes ago, marcusarelus said:

From Royal Thai Embassy "Non-Immigrant Visa-O-A may be granted to applicants who wish to retire in Thailand and possess the required qualifications."

 

It is a retirement visa says the embassy and immigration.  Maybe pendants don't agree but you are after all not the authority - the Thai embassy and Immigration are. 

 

Why would I leave.  Nothing has changed for me.  I put my money in a fixed deposit account and withdraw the interest every year.  I've never needed to use an agent because I can still write my name and have decent mobility. 

despite your protests, you are wrong, even an esteemed expert on this forum tried to support you and your view but could not

why, because its not true, he knows as well as me, its not a retirement visa and that a retirement visa does not exist in Thailand.

i would suggest it is you who is the pedant (not a pendant) saying it is so when it is not so

2 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Mine. Why do you ask?

most who use agents borrow the 800,000 to support the application

27 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

I use Assist Thai Visa in Chiang Mai. No glitches after 8 years, which is what I am paying for. All legal and above board.

your 800,000 or theirs?

31 minutes ago, marcusarelus said:

Got my O-A retirement visa in 2005 and still here. 

 

From Royal Thai Embassy "Non-Immigrant Visa-O-A may be granted to applicants who wish to retire in Thailand and possess the required qualifications."

you got a  1 year extension of a non O-A visa for the purposes of retirement, which you have been renewing annually since 2005 

a non O-A visa is not a retirement visa and as there is no such animal as a retirement visa, you cannot possibly have it.

when i said ''still here'' i thought you would have been in Cambodia by now after that BJ storm in a teacup drama

46 minutes ago, marcusarelus said:

Non-Immigrant Visa-O-A may be granted to applicants who wish to retire in Thailand and possess the required qualifications. Sure it is.  I guess you are not a member of Thai Visa.  ????

you still here?

41 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

It and the non-ox visa are the only visas that come close to being called a retirement visa.

Some embassies even show them as retirement visas.

 

regardless of that ill informed embassy twaddle they peddle to punters, there is no such thing as a retirement visa, an O-A is not it, close or not and you well know it

4 hours ago, SEtonal said:

A Non-Immigrant O-A visa (retirement) lasts for one year, but can be stretched to two if you leave and reenter Thailand just before the one year expiration date.  You will receive permission to stay for another year.  If you wish to travel outside of Thailand during the second year of the O-A visa, you would need to get a reentry permit from Immigration prior to exiting the country.

An O-A visa is NOT a retirement visa

4 hours ago, JackThompson said:

Depends on which area.  That sounds like a Phuket/CM price.  Bangkok is generally reported at 25K Baht. 

I checked before going out for my last Non-O-ME Visa, and was quoted 12.5K in Pattaya.  All I needed was that amount of money, plus a bank-account at one of 3 banks (the agent uses) to "flash" the 800K in/out of.   This was shortly before the "new rules" were to go into effect.  Someone posted recently the price went up to 15K, and a possible extra fee (said 500 Baht) for the 90-day "bank book report".  They will also do your 90-day reports for you (~500 Baht each).

I didn't take the agent-offer - even though it would have been cheaper and saved me hassles - because I don't see how the agent can file a "legal" 90-day report for a location where I don't live.  The last thing I want to do is give immigration the rope to hang me, so I stuck with the 100% legal "Visa from a Consulate" method of stay, and doing border-runs like a backpacker, to stay and support my Thai wife.

 

Are you sure about that?  Could be true, but I'd be surprised if the IOs didn't realize a financial-gain from this.

yes i am 100% sure

That may well come later when the dust settles but there has been no increase in costs for over 3 years to major agents

so anyone that tells you it has, is profiteering and you should treat them with the contempt they deserve

1 hour ago, bkk6060 said:

Well, that would be a bargain.

I know people that have used agents for years and 35 k++ is mostly being quoted.

5 hours ago, berybert said:

I'm guessing if you first came to Thailand and lived in Pattaya then moved to Chiang Mai you would have had to notify a change of address. If that hasn't been done and you get found out, you could be looking at a rather large fine. 

yes 800 baht

7 hours ago, berybert said:

Paying an agent to do your 90 day report is pretty amazing. It takes about 5 minutes to do it online. Be interesting to have a break down to how much they charge you just for that service. 

if you ilve in chiang mai and your extension is lodged in pattaya it makes sense to pay 500 bht to post it to the agent and have him do it. Its not illegal for anyone to do the 90 days. If you live close to immigration unless you have something to hide, i agree with poster above , do it yourself

16 hours ago, steven100 said:

Just contact Siam legal .... they will assist you and get it done right  !!

they recently quoted 75,000 for fist time using their money!

On 4/11/2019 at 1:20 AM, Cat ji said:

"No funds required"...yes, I'm skeptical about those. Sounds shady.  What we want is just to avoid obstacles - bad luck, "bad day at the office" or something.

because he has the funds to support your application your funds are not required, nothing dodgy about that, him having 800,000 is there?

23 hours ago, marcusarelus said:

They service mostly engineers from Japan and Korea.  I'd tell you except this is Thai Visa.  Would you list any of your personal details on here?  I have been physically threatened numerous times on here (for disagreeing with someone) and would never advise anyone to identify themselves here. 

thank you

that does not surprise me

25 minutes ago, lamyai3 said:

 

I'd have thought it was obvious what I wanted to know from the question I asked - proof of your assertion that affidavits were discontinued by the embassy because previous applicants had lied under oath. If there is no evidence of this, in the sense of people being caught out, then why were the letters stopped?

 

As to your role in this, your linguistic style suggests you're not any kind of legal professional. Someone connected with an agent maybe? I'm as baffled as when I first asked as to why a stranger would furnish you with all the information you've detailed above. 

''I'd have thought it was obvious what I wanted to know from the question I asked''

now theres your problem right there

''I'm as baffled as when I first asked as to why a stranger would furnish you with all the information you've detailed above. ''

probably for the best and no more than i expected from the likes of you

1 minute ago, lamyai3 said:

He'd have potentially gone to jail for perjury if he'd been caught for lying under affidavit. Perhaps I should have made myself clearer earlier with my question - can you show evidence of a single person who has been caught out and punished for lying on their affidavit? If there's no evidence of anyone actually having lied then it's just conjecture and the embassy had no reason to stop them.

 

Not quite sure what your role in all this is, as an agony aunt to the affidavit-deprived. Why would a stranger be emailing you to confide their woes and ask for advice? And how do you know they were telling you the truth, rather than just presenting a hypothetical situation? At least they swore on the affidavit in person, you only got an email. 

Then you should have been clearer and asked the question you really wanted answering and then you would not have to back peddle to save yourself

meantime i answered what you did ask , the answers the same

i know hey were telling the truth, they sent passport scans and past paperwork with the admission in writing and named who they were Assisted with for a fee

i have a copy of the affidavit they were Assisted with that confirms the numbers they were Assisted to claim rather than what they actually received

 it was not a hypothetical situation

if you have the imagination to dream all that up, i would have thought you would have dreamed up your own answers to what my role is/was

Meantime i have better things to do than having to put more and more meat on the bone for the benefit of TV's numerous doubting Thomas's 

you are the kind of folks that stop people posting on here

have a good day sheeple

Just now, lamyai3 said:

What happened - did he go to jail? Was he caught, or did he just admit privately to having lied? Why would he email you as a stranger about it? 

he did not go to jail, why would he?

he admitted that he lied with Assistance from an agent

he is still here, his visa extension is good for 3 more months

he wanted advise after the US embassy stopped issuing income affidavits

anything else?

8 minutes ago, lamyai3 said:

Did he swear to it? He might just have been grandstanding on a forum. Unless you're saying this non-friend wrote to you about it personally? 

yes , he sent it to me by email

no he is not a friend

yes he swears it was true and named the agent who Assisted him