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1 minute ago, midzo said:

If you pay rent up front you have no leverage when it comes to getting repairs done by the landlord. 

 

Hard enough to get a landlord to fix a leaky roof on a month-to-month contract. 

I would have thought as a leaseholder the owner would responsible 

for any repair.

i am a leaseholder in the U.K. of an Apartment, the leaseholders are responsible for all repairs including redecoration.

I have read of various countries getting involved with the Chinese, the Chinese are willing to lend them money but the country then defaults on the loans and the Chinese move in and take control.

Its interesting that here in Thailand most major projects are Chinese funded, could the same thing happen to Thailand ?

If you have bought a property on a 30 year lease, what happens after that expires, do you have to pay for another 30 year lease ?

If you do it doesn’t appear to be a good deal/investment, you are just paying rent upfront for 30 years ?

What does it cost for Air Asia Hold Baggage, I would flying from DMK too Siem Reap, I have tried their website but I enter the departure as DMK the destination drop says all destinations. I click for the cost and it says enter your destination ?

22 minutes ago, Tanoshi said:

Unfortunately No.

The 60 day extensions are only available to those visiting a Thai wife.

You would have to exit and re-enter every 90 days, but if you enter just before the 'enter before' date on the Visa you receive another 90 days, taking your stay up to almost 15 months before obtaining a new Visa, or alternatively apply to extend your permission to stay for 1 year at local Immigration.

Thanks for the info.

13 hours ago, Tanoshi said:

Are you aware with the Non Imm O ME Visa, you can obtain 60 day extension (1,900 BHT) to each 90 day entry. If used correctly, you can also stay for almost 17 months with only 3 border runs, before applying for a new Visa.

Would this also apply to a Non O obtained from London based on being in receipt of my UK State Pension, I am not married.

If so does it mean I wouldn’t have too leave Thailand every 90 Days ?

Why do Farangs have too show 10 times more in a Bank than a Thai earns and lives on ?

I am not a Cheap Charlie but eat the Thai food rent a reasonable priced condo/house and it nowhere comes near 800k.

19 hours ago, yodsak said:

To stop agents.

 

I am sure Agents will be able too ‘arrange’ the 400k in the bank same as ‘arranging’ the 800k in the bank for a fee ?

3 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

1. For the one year extension you need 400k baht in a Thai bank in your name only or proof of 40k baht income.

For the 60 day extension you would not need financial proof or be the legal father of your child.

2. You name no the birth certificate does not make you the legal father. If they are under 7 years old it has to be done via a family court or at a Amphoe if 7 or over.

See this topic on the family and children forum. How To Gain Parental Rights As A Father 

Thanks for the clarification Joe.

2 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

1. You can extend any of the 90 day entries from it for one year at  immigration. Or 60 days ot visit your child.

2. Yes you can if you your are the legal father of your child from marriage or legitimization of you parenthood. 

1. So if I let it run to near the expiry date I could extend it for a another year at Jomtien, would I have too show money in the bank etc same as an Extension ?

Or 60 days too visit my son, so after one of my 90 trips is expiring I could extend it for another 60 days, again any proof of funds required and obviously proof it is my son would required ?

2. I am not married but my name is on his Birth Certificate, he has a Thai and a UK Passport, is that classed as legitimisation of parenthood

I have a Multi Entry O Non Immigrant Visa based on me being in receipt of my UK Pension from the London Embassy.

Number 1 question, can I extend it in Thailand ?

Number 2 question, I have a Thai son, could I extend it because of him ?

Unfortunately Malta has a similar trait as Thailand, garbage/fly tipping, garbage is collected in general daily. People leave it outside their property in plastic bags. Like here the Maltese have a lack of respect and garbage will be dumped resulting in rats. I lived in Sliema and many times seen rats running about or dead ones lying in the road. The shipyard was infested with them but that was down to the fact all the waste was put into open skips, we spent many hours watching them. There dogs but they were too well fed to be bothered chasing after them.

16 hours ago, xylophone said:

I thought about living there for a while, so before I settled on Thailand, I went to Malta to have a look around and stayed for a couple of weeks and at the same time managed to catch up with an old friend from way back.

 

I had my own apartment and there was a bus stop nearby, as well as the occasional use of my friends car, so I was well equipped to look around, which I did.

 

Certainly there are some lovely sights as mentioned in the article above, however what was most disappointing was the food! Instead of experiencing what I thought would be a cross between Mediterranean and Arabic food, all I encountered were restaurants which seemed to cater for expat Brits or holidaymakers of that ilk, as they were constantly advertising, "burgers, pizzas, English breakfasts, Sunday roasts" – – – and the list goes on.

 

I did manage to find a huge open-air area (with individual table umbrellas) to sample some "local cuisine" but it was very bland and boring.

 

I was extremely disappointed with my visit and there was nothing at all that would entice me to live there for a while, and for the record I had visited way back in 1970, so I was not a complete stranger to the place.

 

Somewhere for a break perhaps, but authentic cuisine of any description would be hard to find in my experience.

There are quite a few Maltese restaurants serving local food its use a matter of seeking them out. Obviously I was there for a while and met a Maltese lady who guided me too them. My favourite is Ta Kris in Sliema, 

https://www.takrisrestaurant.com/

I lived and worked in the Shipyards in Malta 2006 for just under 3 years. Whilst I was there the Euro was introduced, the exchange rate was fixed for 3 months, after that prices went up.

I went back late 2009, looked at several properties but decided against buying one, I wasn’t happy with the layout and the build quality.

i returned again 2018, Malta was always and still is a ‘building site’ with new builds everywhere, the difference is prices of property have at least trebled, maybe I should have bought back in 2009.

The other thing is eating out prices have gone through the roof albeit I might not have noticed before as I was being paid a living allowance when I was working there.

I could live there but sure if I could afford to now although you are very limited for things to do due to size of the island.

3 hours ago, Clifford S said:

Still cant figure out why Milk is twice the price in LOS compared to the UK...

(Blame BREXIT !)

Easy to answer that, milk is a loss leader for supermarkets in the U.K., they ‘screw’ the producers as well.

2 hours ago, Vacuum said:

I think this is exactly what they want.

I think you are a bit disillusioned, Thai Immigration make lots of money from Agents, the last thing they want is Agents activity curbed.

The posters who are saying the new rules make it tougher for Agents are wrong, Immigration will just put their ‘prices’ up.

5 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

A whole helluva lot more than the average Thai family. And that is just one reason why ex-pats are valuable to Thailand. And we should be treated with some respect. I do not expect plaques, awards, or honors. But, I do not think racist hatred from this heinous administration, and ridiculous hurdles from immigration are necessary. I think they are foolish, lacking in vision, and indicative of the gross incompetency Prayuth, and the entire army bring to the table. They should be spending their time bossing around their subordinates, not leading the nation into the abyss.  

Respect is not in the Thai dictionary, Thais take you for granted. I on many occasions have said to my Thai G.F. where does my money come from. I am on a UK State Pension with a small Private Pension. She always says yes but your salary was better. I can’t disagree but so is the cost of living, wasting my breath to be honest. 

Nope I worked long hours and managed too accumulate savings o nearly 50 years of my working life.Thais from my experience don’t ever try and save, spend it as they get it.

13 minutes ago, natway09 said:

Cheaper in the UK ?

I just went to Big C & chicken breasts 59 Bht a Kilo

Price in Oz & NZ 5 times the price & look awfully white

I bought a single Chicken Breast in the UK from an independent butcher, £1.80, Big C 20 Baht !

I have just arrived back from the UK which I found to be getting increasingly more expensive every time I go back. Utility Bills and food like chicken a lot more expensive, beef similar as is pork not much difference from Thailand.

Clothes, a lot cheaper in the UK and better quality, my GF loves Primark, we bought loads of T Shirts and Shorts for our son and stuff for herself. All better quality she says than Thailand and ironically manufactured in Asia, Cambodia, India and Vietnam. I didn’t see any with labels ‘manufactured in Thailand’.

Designer clothes, the original ones are cheaper in the UK but not by much.

3 minutes ago, rickudon said:

True, but what qualifies as 'resident for 6 months' ? Never seen a definition in an insurance document.

Living at a U.K. address, the last time I got Travel Insurance my 6 months were spread over a year, a few days/months etc.

If you did make a claim I am sure the first thing the Insurance Company would do is ask for was your Passport.

As we know Insurance Companies employ people to investigate claims.

10 hours ago, rickudon said:

My thoughts ..... The number of people applying for OA visas will half. They will move on to 'O' Multi-entry.

 

If applied to 'O' multi-entry visas. Then the number of retirees will fall, and many others will either change to single-entry 'O' visas, tourist visas, Visa exemptions .... Immigration will have a lot more work to do.

 

If you spend 6-9 months a year in Thailand, you do not want to pay insurance for 12 months.

 

I can get travel insurance for about one-third of the price, for a year.

 

Why not just make expats pay into the Public Thai health system, at a similar rate as Thais pay (Haha! no falang price!)

Unfortunately you have to be U.K. resident for 6 months prior to taking Travel Insurance out.

18 minutes ago, cracker1 said:

I think ALL people entering the country should have comprehensive health insurance cover for the duration of their stay.

Let’s make it a level playing field all tourists etc who come too the U.K. including all the Thai partners when coming must have Insurance.

2 minutes ago, dode57k said:

With Skyscanner you almost always book through an agency but that makes no difference. Your ticket is with Qatar airways and they are responsible for getting you to Thailand. The transit times can be short indeed. I've done it often with times as low as 45 minutes. Assuming no delays it's doable. Just be aware Qatar will not hold a flight until you get there but they WILL put you on the next available flight. One flight I had from Edinburgh left 25 minutes late, I was met at the arrival gate in Doha by friendly staff who told me I'd missed my flight but had been booked on one two hours later...Don't sweat!

You have to realise when booking through Skyscanner with a Agent, if there any changes you have too go though the Agent.

i for personal reasons had to change one leg of a flight BKK-Dubai-Newcastle booked vis Skyscanner through an Agent, £295.

i had booked a return flight through Emirates Newcastle-Dubai-BKK and BKK-Dubai-Newcastle, I changed both dates, £130.

Yes the Agents are cheaper but any changes if allowed are expensive and most don’t offer refunds if you cancel.

2 hours ago, tomster said:

I am such a person, Thai wife and our kids, the kids have Thai and UK passports but she only has Thai.

 

I thought long and hard about going back to the UK (or Germany, I have a German passport as well) but decided that it was just too far from Asia.

 

Instead I went to Cambodia. Not everybody's cup of tea, but the people are 1000% more genuine than the Thai's and the country is growing like crazy (all Chinese money of course but where in Asia is that different).

 

One of the very overlooked places for people with Thai family's that want to leave but don't want to go to far from Thailand is Siem Reap. Great city, very tourist based but expanding rapidly and a new airpoort being built that will reallly increase the overall size of the city.

And if your wife is from Isaan, it's 2.5 hours to the Surin border, back home for the weekend is easy. A handful of cheap, good quality international schools for the kids, huge selection of restaurants, easy visas even for freelancers and online workers, 100% company ownership if needed, Grab app that works perfectly, good (great) wine for $10 a bottle, cheap fast internet, airport with great Asean connections, housing similar to Thailand (not quite as good yet), really not that many neagtives.

 

Bit on the hotter side of warm, can get dusty, loads of tourists constantly, but they are confined to the tourist areas mostly and the are generally not looking for sex, mainly just backpackers, Chinese and wealthier Europeans.

 

If I was a single guy I wouldn't like it, way too boring. But for mixed family's looking to "soft exit" exit Thailand and get away from all the ridiculous new rules and anti expat feeling, currently Siem Reap is a easily doable, affordable option.

What type of long term Visa could my Thai Girlfriend aged 41 get in Cambodia ?

4 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

Yes, they know the boarding requirements for visa, tickets etc, so checking another document is not that hard

Modern communication , put the policy number into a system, then is comes back as valid or not, the systems are available, not an impossibility.  Some one will always try to rip off a system, but most abide by rules and regulations.

 

You ever tried too read the the many pages of the Terms and Conditions of an Insurance Policy ?