In the jungle

7 minutes ago, transam said:

Near forgot, there is now a new design Celerio, not seen one here yet, but I am not keen on the change in styling...

 

 

I think that is what they sell in India.

Damn ugly.

1 minute ago, transam said:

I really like the look of the latest Swift...............

I do too but the CVT is a deal breaker for me.

I am also looking for a small hatchback. 

As I am determined to go to my grave without ever owning an automatic that means a choice between:

Celerio

Swift up to 2018

Nissan March

I will probably end up with the Swift.

Nissan isn't bad but I think it looks like a clown car.

Celerio is dirt cheap in manual form and I like simple cars.

Home Office civil servants expressed their displeasure that disparaging comments about them had been put out in Suella Braverman's name.  Since then she has denied authorship and/or prior knowledge of the comments and has been seeking to repair the damage.

The OP's post is rather misleading on this point.

18 minutes ago, Gecko123 said:

If you are "entirely legal," "have never used an agent," and are using 800K as a basis of comparison, you appear to be making an argument about the merits of using the income method versus the on-deposit method for a retirement visa. That has nothing to do with the thread topic which is immigration office corruption.

 

Your argument in favor of the income method ignores several other realities and drawbacks. First and foremost, the 800K functions as an emergency fund, the key point being that the funds are readily available. So to do an apples to apples comparison of investment returns, you would have to compare overseas bank yields to Thai bank yields, not a comparison, for example, to returns on stock market or crypto investments which are riskier, and are generally inappropriate for emergency funds.  True, right now there's a huge differential between overseas and Thai bank yields, but for most of the past 20 years overseas bank rates haven't been that much higher than Thai banks. For a long time after the financial crisis overseas bank rates were lower than Thai banks and in some cases negative.

 

Your analysis also ignores that the income method subjects the visa holder to interest rate risk as interest rates fluctuate from month to month. Look at how many people from Great Britain using the monthly income method got caught with their pants down when the Pound collapsed after Brexit.

 

Also, it should be noted that any unspent funds transferred under the monthly income method probably end up being parked in a local bank anyway.

 

Finally, my post wasn't self-righteous. It comes from resentment from having experienced mistreatment on a couple of occasions at immigration.  I suspect the officer was deliberately trying to make things as difficult as possible in the hopes that I would become so exasperated that I would resort to using an agent, which would in turn provide additional under-the-table revenue as well.

 

It was not an argument in favour of the income method.  That has significant drawbacks as you rightly point out.

51 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

We? 

What facts? 

I don't mind foreigners using agents, but I just say it straight and warn them about consequences. 

Of course I wouldn't grass my friends. 

All what dosh? 

If you use an agent, just admit it. 

 

It is within my personal knowledge that he does not use agent.

14 hours ago, In the jungle said:

I think I have the answer to the question.

 

I went to my local Toyota dealer also in the South today.  The sales woman there, who spoke excellent English, explained that they did not have any Yaris remaining onsite because they were expecting delivery of an "all new" Yaris literally this afternoon with minor styling changes.  They did not know the prices for the new cars today but higher than present model.  Based on what she said the changes are mostly electronic toys.  The car underneath is the same old Yaris as it has been since 1834.

 

Maybe go back in a weeks time.

 

   

The sales woman at my local dealer was right.

A new model Yaris was introduced yesterday.  It is on Toyota's website now.

A bit of a restyle, more electronics.  I do like the fact that all variants have LED headlights now.

I think I have the answer to the question.

I went to my local Toyota dealer also in the South today.  The sales woman there, who spoke excellent English, explained that they did not have any Yaris remaining onsite because they were expecting delivery of an "all new" Yaris literally this afternoon with minor styling changes.  They did not know the prices for the new cars today but higher than present model.  Based on what she said the changes are mostly electronic toys.  The car underneath is the same old Yaris as it has been since 1834.

Maybe go back in a weeks time.

You need 25 metre length at a minimum for a swimming pool.

Otherwise it is just for playing and photos.

7 minutes ago, Caldera said:

Your hope for a "smarter person" is futile, unless by that you mean you will smarten up, understand and meet their requirements.

 

After reading several of your threads, I have no idea why you assumed that you can just walk into a Thai immigration office with a foreign marriage certificate and expect them to accept it at face value. 

They accept a foreign marriage certificate for the 60 day extension where I live in the South without additional red tape. 

As just about everybody here knows Thai immigration are inconsistent from one office to another as to their requirements.

Just now, madisongy said:

Jungle, can you tell me if you entered on a tourist visa, or did you enter on a visa exemption?    I’m from US so we enter on 45 day exemption currently.

Second, can you provide details on that 60 day extension?    Is your marraige cert from outside of Thailand, and if so, did they require a translation and authentication from your govt?   Did you have to submit a Khor Ror 22, which is the Thai Registration of Family Status ?

Thanks

1.  I entered on a tourist visa.

2.  I married outside of Thailand and no KR 22 was required for the 60 day extension.  No translation and certification of marriage certificate required for this extension.

Just now, DrJack54 said:

You could have entered visa exempt + 30 day extension+ 60 day extension to visit wife. 

 

Did not require tourist visa entry. 

I chose to get a visa not for the extra fifteen days but because I had two years worth of covid extensions in my passport. 

My thinking was that there is a greater presumption to admit someone with a visa than without.

On 10/25/2019 at 8:38 AM, ubonjoe said:

Chaeng Wattana immigration has issued the 60 day extension of a tourist visa and visa exempt entry after the 30 day extension of them were issued.. More than one report about it.

The 2 extensions are not the same category is the reason they will issue them. The 60 day extension is issued due to being married to a Thai or the parent of one. A 30 day extension is issued for touristic purposes and the 60 day extension is issued to visit a family member that is Thai.

I can confirm that is right.  In 2022/23 I did:

1.  Single entry tourist visa (60 days)

2.  Extension to tourist visa (30 days)

3.  Extension to visit Thai wife (60 days)

32 minutes ago, SiSePuede419 said:

That's because they only started to put exclusively Turbos in recent years.  No one knows the long term reliability after only a few years data.

 

For example, all 2018+ Honda Accords have 2.0L Turbo engines.

 

Higher pressure, higher temperature, faster wear.

 

It's basic physics, not my opinion or heresay. 

 

And you're right, I won't be taking a chance with a new car.

 

There is a 100% chance the value of the new car will decrease 60-100K baht as soon as I drive the back wheels off the dealers lot. ????

 

The current Accord in Thailand has either a 1.5 litre turbo or a rather lame 2.0 litre NA engine.  Neither floats my boat.

Deflect and deny seems to be standard government MO.

Remember all the pollution comes from Laos, Burma and Indonesia; not from Big Brother up north.

It absolutely does not come from all the Thai diesel pickups and buses.  The boys in brown check relentlessly and enforcement is their middle name.

Crop burning?  There is no crop burning because we made it illegal.

I have done it a couple of times running race cars in 24 hour endurance races.

In my experience mental degradation is more a factor than physical degradation.  Quality and speed of decisions degrade as well as powers of concentration and reaction times.

I certainly would not ever willingly do it again.

On 3/3/2023 at 4:52 AM, KhunLA said:

Not sure I'd buy any of the 'mini' EVs, as spec wise, they're definitely lacking.

 

There's also the Wuling & POCCO, but the specs for the price (฿400 & ฿500k) are not very good values, when the Neta V is a bit more, for a lot more vehicle (38.5 kWh).

Charging at home is pretty inexpensive operating cost, especially if solar now or in the future.

 

Not an EV, but starting price of Suzuki CelerIo is ฿338k (MT), ฿416k (AT), ICE (petrol & maintenance cost) but also a ~ 700 kms range.  Not that OP is interested in hwy driving.

https://www.suzuki.co.th/model/celerio?psafe_param=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAr4GgBhBFEiwAgwORrTDMCojnOYQwU3cZG6lmxb5hzVJphnxFUZj01TRQpMIvV6CQ9A_CqRoCabQQAvD_BwE

The Celerio IMO is a very clever car in terms of bang for buck.

But then I have always been fond of suck, squeeze, bang, blow.

I did actually have a hotel booked in Sav.  I just don't remember the name two months on.

Though I very much doubt Laos Immigration would bother going to the lengths of checking a hotel reservation.

I put XXXX Hotel, Savannakhet with no more detail given for the address.

eVisa application approved.  That was in January 2023.  I don't remember the hotel name.

Did you remember to lube your carb Papa?

Maybe that is the way to regain your mojo.

I think a trailer that is going to be used on the roads has to be registered with the DLT.  More pointless red tape.

That and the fact that you cannot buy even fairly basic trailer components here, such as a ball hitch, must have something to do with it.

It also perplexes me that there are no vans here.  By that I mean something like the Ford Transit or Benz Sprinter.  Sure you can buy a pickup and then put some kind of locally produced box on the back but that does not really match the particular qualities of a van.