Kelsall

5 minutes ago, gimo said:

          Not true . I assume from you not seeing many Americans teachers coming  to Thailand for low pay , you are American yourself , and therefore most of your advice from teachers in Thailand comes from American teachers .

You assume wrong on two out of three.

3 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

A real billionaire, vs. a barely billionaire. A smart man, vs a man with a very modest IQ. A man with alot of political experience, a respect for the rule of law, and a good orator. How refreshing would all of that be. For most of us, his wealth barely matters. If anything, it makes him alot less "sold out" than the present occupant. It is about who can beat Trump, and who can do a decent job leading the nation. Go "Little Mike" go! You can beat this egomaniacal clown. 

You mean it will be Trump vs a guy standing on a box.

2 hours ago, Jingthing said:

More like 45 will refuse to debate him.

Right...he's afraid of a guy standing on a box.

Thanks, guys.  I went down to Amorn after I read ramrod's post and bought one at Amorn near the moat.

Mods can close this topic AFAIC.

Something like this.

2 hours ago, Sujo said:

Who told you he was a lefts hero? Was it a voice in your head?

 

He was in the spotlight because of trump paying off a porn star. Then announced he was going to run for pres.

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See my post #31 for an answer to your question.  Leftists Joy Behar and Ana Navarro gushing over Michael Avenatti.

1 minute ago, Tug said:

 

Ahhh the sweet sound of panic amongst the trump supporters lol

She did say she could "beat Trump again." ????????????????

2 hours ago, Cryingdick said:

Rumors going around of Bloomberg closing Clinton as his running mate for VP. What a horrible thought. 

It would be great for Hillary.  If they lose, she can blame the man (Bloomberg) as she usually does, and if they win, Bloomberg resigns the day after he is inaugurated thus making Clinton president.  Or he could end up dead, his choice. ????

5 minutes ago, rvaviator said:

Who are "they" please .... 9 days? Always good to quote a source when making statements like that ...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriaforster/2020/02/09/scientists-predict-coronavirus-may-live-for-up-to-nine-days-on-surfaces/

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/coronavirus-can-stay-infectious-on-surfaces-for-up-to-9-days-report-2177234

https://www.thehealthsite.com/news/coronavirus-outbreak-the-deadly-virus-can-stay-infectious-on-surfaces-for-up-to-9-days-726395/

https://en24.news/A/2020/02/bochum-researchers-coronavirus-survives-up-to-nine-days-2.html

and on and on...

1 hour ago, Falangatm said:

..now South Korea and other Asian countries are considering stopping flights from Thailand!

Do you have a link, reference?

7 minutes ago, saengd said:

Where was this, which Immi. office pleae?

Chiang Mai

7 minutes ago, mcl2504 said:

In my experience, they don't want a "statement" in the US meaning of the word. They want a very specific letter prepared by the bank about the account. It's a very specific form. Bangkok Bank charges me 100B to prepare it, and that's what verifies the 800,000B I have in a fixed deposit. Immigration has never asked for anything else other than that specific letter (which I'm guessing they called a statement?).

*Now* they ask for that letter and a 12 month statement, the latter being a record of the last 12 months of deposits, withdrawals, and balances.  It cost me 200 THB at Bangkok Bank.  The letter was 100 thb and available immediately.  The statement took one week to get from Bangkok.  I believe the requirement for the statement started Jan 2020.

4 minutes ago, saengd said:

I don't know about anyone else I leave my 400k in an account year round and forget about it, it solves a lot of problems when it comes to extension time because the passbook tells the entire 12 month story.

I do the same with the 800k.  Still, Imm. wanted a statement even though the fixed account passbook does tell the entire story on its own.

8 minutes ago, jesimps said:

Seems to me that the object of the exercise is to get everyone going through an agent so the backhanders increase. I can't think of one possible reason other than that to ask for a 12 month statement for a 800,000 in the bank retirement visa. Two months maybe, to prove the seasoning period.

My understanding is that they now want the 12 month statement when using the 800k method to verify that you met the 800k/400k minimums from the previous extension.  I agree with you that it seems they want us to use agents.

2 hours ago, heybruce said:

So Pelosi is now accused of dragging out the impeachment.  During the Senate trial she was accused of rushing impeachment instead of taking the time to adequately investigate. 

She held the articles of impeachment, delayed sending them to the Senate so Bernie would have to be in the trial instead of campaigning.  Backfired.

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

Sounds a bit odd,

For retirement you only need 800k in the bank a few months.

No requirement for a years bank statements (that would be the 65k/month income method)

They've never wanted all the pages in my passport either, just the data page and last VISA & stamp entry page.

 

Sounds like you weren't dressed correctly and didn't show proper respect!

I go to HCMC for my VISA's at the moment, I'd top myself if I had to endure CM Immigration.

CM Imm. now requires a statement for the previous 12 months if using the 800k method.