onera1961

 
the police order (very vaguely written) says 2 months before and then must maintain the 800K for 3 months after and then not less than 400K.
 
So your balance needs to be:
 
800 K for 5 months (2 months before + 3 months after)
400 K for  5 months
Then
800 k for 2 months to prepare for the next year's extension
 
BUT be forewarned that some Imm offices still expect 3 months before and there is indeed a case to be made that this is what the police order actually meant - not 2keep 800 in  months before and 3 months after the extension,  but rather season 2 months before 1st extension and then season 3 months before subsequent extensions (as has long been the case).  The majority interpertation seems to be  that 800K has to be in the bank 2 months before and 3 months after, though.
 
Safest thing to do, unless you have specific info from your IO, is to season it for 3 months before.
 
Given the hassle of keeping up with the days to insure the balances are what they need to be at different times in the year, and that at no time can you spend more than 400K of the 800K (which you will then have to top back up in just a few months anyhow) many of us have concluded it is simpler to just park 800K year round in a FD account where it will gain moire (though still low) interest than in a regular savings deposit.
 
 

On 7/13/2019 at 10:47 AM, Isaanbiker said:

Why not dealing drugs? Can hardly say it's for their consumption only?

one gram 2 thousands BHT on the streets. So it is close to tow millions. 50% for the street peddlers. Still he was hoping to get one million. Which is $30K USD. Can buy a 20-year elite. But alas his hope was shattered. 

On 7/12/2019 at 3:00 AM, webfact said:

under an arrest warrant issued by a Russian court for defaulting on a loan worth Bt6.5 million in 2013 before she fled to Thailand.

Did not know defaulting on a loan in Russia is a warrant-able crime. Glad I borrow in the USA and if it is unsecured, I can walk away damaging my CR and if it's secured, they can take my secured assets. In the worst scenario, I can declare bankruptcy to clear all debts. 

This is the post I was responding to.  "I prefer to keep my money invested in the US. I can blindly pick some conservative bond mutual funds and generate 6% in the most stable country of the world"
 
I posted, 
"The past year has been a tough one for fund managers. The vast majority of equity markets fell in 2018 on growing fears of a US recession, worries over the health of the global economy and a trade war.
 
A cursory glance over the performance figures of funds rated Bronze or better by Morningstar analysts shows just how tough it’s been professional investors. A shocking 91% of the 429-strong list ended the year in the red, with just 38 making money for investors."
 
Make sense now?  

11 hours ago, Lacessit said:

If you are betting the baht will rise in value , and are happy with the Thai political system, that's your choice. My choice is to keep the majority of my assets in Australia, where they are safe.

That is the exactly same reason I prefer to keep my money invested in the US. I can blindly pick some conservative bond mutual funds and generate 6% in the most stable country of the world. For the last one year, I'm vacillating between bringing a few million bahts to park in  a Thai bank and keep my investment in the USA, though in the process I am losing in currency conversion. My greatest fear is the legal system of Thailand.

2 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

Cambodians have been sent back there from the USA for years, it's not just Thais

I think the Cambodians migrated with asylum status to the USA. People who went through the process and got the residency, they were not sent back. It is only the people who did not take the initiatives to go through the process and whose asylum status were rejected, they were sent back. Of course, some children (now grown ups) were caught in this limbo state as they did not know their statuses and never bother to find out and legitimize.

This does not sound right. If the person entered USA legally and staying on a resident permit (green card), he cannot be arbitrarily deported for a crime. Did he seek the help of a lawyer in the USA? As per as staying illegally (after a legal entry), yes he can be deported for a crime. A person who has stayed for 40-year, it is very rare and only a recent phenomenon. 

One less brothels (aka bars) for farangs to pimp (work as bar managers). 

The end of brothels (aka bars) and pimps (bar managers and owners). Time to move to Cambodia/Vietnam. 

Is this a story or news? When women lack self respect, brothels are available in plenty to meet 30-year older farang sexpats, and marrying one of the sexpats is the only way for personal economic improvement, what can one expect? It should be called the Thailand's Brothel Stories.

An appropriate book title - The Brothel Story. 

On 7/7/2019 at 11:34 PM, RichardColeman said:

has less money in her pocket now

Yes, she has less money to enrich Chang beer company, gamble, and feed her Thai lover boy with yaba. 

3 hours ago, BestB said:

Sorry perhaps a silly question but should rental agreement not include owner ID and copy of tabian Baan to confirm ownership of the property ? All my rentals always has owner ID and TB signed by the owner . If someone refuses to attach it to the agreement I refuse to lease it as I have no idea to verify i am renting from the actual owner 

All rental contracts have owner ID signed by the owner. But that is not a guarantee that the place belongs to the person who claimed it to be the owner. I generally verify the owner with the condo office. 

On 7/6/2019 at 5:09 AM, Jonathan Fairfield said:

the city’s famous red light district.

This tells all. The street is full of brothels and they cant find prostitution. I wonder what people do in brothels. 

11 minutes ago, petedk said:

I know a Thai lady who arrived in USA with her American husband ( they were legally married) and she had a valid visa from the US Embassy in Bangkok. They were stopped at immigration and separated. After 30 minutes she was told that she was denied entry and would have to return to Thailand. She asked to see her husband as he was carrying her money in his bag.

 

Again denied.

 

She was put on a flight without any money. Unfortunately for her she had a stopover in Tokyo on the day of a Tsunami so her flight to Bangkok was delayed. 

Now they live together in Thailand.

If it is true, it is an extremely unusual case unless she lied in her visa application form. What was the reason for her denial?

All the brothels are allowed  to continue as usual as long as they pretend to be bars. And pimping bar managers (including farang pimps) can continue their business of pimping as long as they don't allow poor Africans a shot at the Thai prosperity. 

3 hours ago, alfalfa19 said:

The ones I meet here in the US seem alright. 

Indian-Americans are the richest ethnicity in the USA, double the household income of European-Americans.

5 hours ago, Fairynuff said:

When you factor in exchange rates and inflation many things are now cheaper in Europe. Som Tam might not be of course

If you have a place to stay, you're right. And in exchange you get better air, water, and food quality. The little extra that you have to pay counts towards the quality of products you buy. Health care is expensive. 

Thanks for the report. I expected this to be patchily enforced. Although, come renewal time 9 months from now, they may check the whole previous 12 months.

I think they fast track it if they feel you may miss the flight. Last time in April when got.it there, only 4/5 people were in front of me in the line.

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On 6/22/2019 at 10:12 AM, the guest said:

UK is behind the times when compared to Thailand's effective response in nabbing illegal immigrants. ID card helps, sadly UK is still embracing the square wheel, where the country has become a criminals paradise. Hell, they can't even afford a proper police force, and they call it a 1st world country?

UK does check work places routinely for illegal workers. The problem in the UK is if they nab you, they will ask for your passport and if you cannot provide  a passport, they cant deport you. They cant detain you also for the first offense. Many illegals will throw their passport as soon as they successfully enter UK. 

I have been saying this for years, what they need in Pattaya is a few clubs. Proper clubs. Let whoever you want in, but actual clubs with good music, based in selling alcohol and not tush. Music, dancing, clubs, you know, real clubs. The kind people travel the world to come to, the kind top DJ's get flown to play at. As it stands Pattaya is an absolute bore. It is the world's most pathetic senior living community, Get some clubs in there and change the entire vibe and image! 

15 hours ago, keith101 said:

Why would you be looking for overstayers at the airport complete waste of time .

If they arrest those pesky over stayers enjoying Thailand's brothels (aka bars) before they can surrender themselves to the airport immigration, they will get harsher punishment, I guess. 

On 2/4/2019 at 10:35 PM, mok199 said:

Romance , dishonesty , corruption and road carnage ,all wrapped up in a thick dark smoggy haze....Thailand has it all...

All still farangs want to flock to this country and some even subject themselves to humiliation and inconveniences for the lure of its brothels (aka bars) and for pimping business of owning a brothel (aka bars)

All bars are brothels and the foreigners should know that pimping is a reserved job for Thais. How dare these foreigners pimping Thai girls and making a living out of their labor. Completely unacceptable.