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3 hours ago, Time Traveller said:

The benefit is you don't have to waste a day (usually several) at immigration each year begging for them to give you another extension of stay in Thailand. 

But you're right, financially 1900 Bt per year is cheaper than 100k (married) or 200k (single) up front.

And it never has been wasted day at Udon Thani for me.  This year was the same as previous years,  1 hour to submitted yearly extension due to marriage and a month later about 20 minutes to get the stamp in the PP.  By all accounts you waste much more than a few days on PR from start to finish

3 minutes ago, nikmar said:

 

 

The wife and I put a sticky cockroach trap down in our kitchen once.. this is what we got. Notice the distinct lack of cock roaches. For the record, we were both horrified that we killed a snake and the 2 jing joks. We also had no idea that we had a snake living with us, for how long or how it got in.

 

I have absolutely no problem living with gekkos, jing joks, lizards or even harmless snakes. The cat however differs from me.

 

 

In my book anything that crawls should be eradicated.  That includes politicians

Tesco Lotus was the only place I could buy it.  But now I could not find it in any of their stores in the last 3 months. You have to remember that using things like wash wipe is a bit of a stretch for the average Thai driver

Where do you live ?

4 minutes ago, Constantinos said:

Nikon D700, 200 mm, 1/200 sec, f:5. ISO 200

 

Fantastic, thanks so much .  Wish I had 10% of your talent.

2 minutes ago, Constantinos said:

Nikon D800, 105 mm, 1/100 sec, f:2.5. ISO 125

Stunning images, thank you for sharing

Can I ask how you opened a bank account as a tourist, so that you could transfer funds from the UK, to enable you to buy the condo ?

2 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

A second hand report by one person is not enough to convince me it has changed.

A report by somebody that was not allowed to apply for their extension for doing it more than 30 day early would be enough.

Up to you.  It was for the benefit of others. 

48 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Chaeng Wattana has been 45 days for some time now and I have seen no reports of that being changed.

Perhaps your friend was given incorrect info. 

Well this was a report that it has changed as he was advised by an Immgration officer that indeed it was so. 

He has been getting his extensions due to marriage for 17 years now, the last few years at CW,  and this is the first time he was told by an immigration officer he can only do it in advance up to 30 days from now on.

The purpose of posting this was to advise people to apply within the defined guidelines of 30 days.  But if people want to try 45 days and then have to be troubled to repeat the process theni t is up to them.  I for one would not want to mislead people on what appears to be a tightening of the rules.

33 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

The is no theory to it. You could even go on the 24th if needed. But I suggest doing it a couple of weeks early at the least.

Ubonjoe,  please re-check this as a colleague of mine went to Chaeng Wattana last week, as he has done for years,  and was told that they are now insisting on 30 days prior to expiry maximum for renewal of extension due to marriage.  Now whether or not that varies from one officer or not I am not sure,  but that also tallies with a report I had from Jomtien recently stating the self same thing that  the 30 day prior rule will in future be strictly enforced. Certainly in Udon Thani it is because that is my local Immigration office.

No ,  you can go to apply for a further extension no more than 30 days before the expiry date,

6 minutes ago, spookysully said:

Hmm.. No, I hadn't even considered this as I know of 2 others, 1 Thai and the other Indian that have ordered 3D printers from Aliexpress without incident. Do you know of a website or office I might contact regarding this? Thanks for the reply!

Search this site http://en.customs.go.th/content.php?ini_content=import_export_151006_01&lang=en&left_menu=menu_import

If in doubt ring them,  you eventually should be able to speak to someone in English.

No you should not as the Lazada site states import duties are including in the overall shipping price.   However did you check that a 3 D printer is not a banned import ?    On another forum about 2 months ago the poster advised that this type of printer was currently prohibited to be imported into Thailand and the Thai customs subsequently confiscated the goods.

On 5/14/2004 at 2:48 AM, medicinebox said:

She swallows it.

most do ,  or so I have heard

1 minute ago, Ks45672 said:

They come pre Coated in seminal and vaginal fluid repellent.... 

Love it when you talk dirty.   Do they have tie down points for the bondage kit ?

7 minutes ago, soleddy said:

Do you get a lot of draughts through the back door?

guess its a pretty tight fit ?

To avoid embarrassment I had to get my wife to close her back door before I read this article?

If more Thais could read some of the TV posts they would not only smile more,  they would break out in fits of laughter

Well where I live in the NE the temperatures are around the 30 year average but rainfall is well down currently.

Was not aware that there was a visa for Erectile Dysfunction (ED)  ?  

But other than that there are agencies ,  mentioned in many other threads so just search a little, who can "arrange" for retirement visas  without the requisite  seasoned money . Sent you a PM

On 2/23/2015 at 6:04 PM, iancnx said:

I had a Chinese gf in Beijing; she lived in the old city hear the lake - she was super gorgeous.

So what relevance is there to the story that she lived near the lake  - you throw her in ?

And if it works as well as the online 90 day reporting doesn't ,   Thailand will again highlight their deficiencies when it comes to IT.