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Why not spend the money you will pay an agent to make a trip home and apply for a OA long stay visa. That would get you another 2 years of total stay here.

Therein lies the rub.  Some people (such as myself) can't initiate a SWIFT transfer from Thailand even if they want to.  My home bank will only accept walk-in service--meaning you physically have to walk into a branch to initiate the transfer.  On the other hand, I have the option of several family members that can do transfers for me, and I've already pre-arranged this in the event TransferWise fails at some point in the future.  But SWIFT transfers are expensive, so I'll stick with TW until I can't.
 
Everyone should try to have a plan B... 

I find it amusing that so many people are getting their nickers in a twist over TransferWise. Thinking that because they want something that is not advertised they should get it. 
 
They have always stated that the transfers are domestic both from you foreign account and to your Thai account, that is one of the reasons why the fees are so low, there has been the luck that transfers into Bangkok Bank accounts often/usually show as FTT. Then the r/EntitledPeople get pissed off when the cheap transfer works as advertised, as a domestic transfer.
 
When and if TransferWise starts advertising international transfers into Thailand (probably at extra cost) then you will have a legitimate complaint if they don't show as FTT.
 
If you want a guaranteed international transfer then use SWIFT from your overseas account to your Thai bank account. 

On 6/28/2019 at 5:12 AM, Jonathan Fairfield said:

In the fourth case, 38-year-old David Sykora, from the Czech Republic, was arrested on June 24. He is a convicted thief who is wanted in his home country for a theft of goods worth 3,790 Czech koruna (Bt5,200).

OMG, they are sending interpol red alerts for $150 theft now?

As long as poor girls in Issan dream of working in brothels (aka bars) of Bangkok, Pattaya, Hua Hin, Phuket, etc, meet 50 years old farang/Japanese sexpats and pimps and get married, there would not be any improvement in living standards. 

I dont see the bank of Thailand letting the THB get the strong. If the THB gets that strong it will kill exports. Just like when the govt rasied wages, allot of work (mostly textiles, who were already struggling) went to cambodia. 

8 hours ago, SkyNets said:

Think it's means don't bring your bar girl with you.

It means please don't visit brothels (aka bars) the night before and parade your brothel girls as your GF 

2 hours ago, KemZion said:

I am staying in a school condo.

What is school condo?

2 hours ago, petedk said:

I don't receive payslips, so there was no way of knowing.

Hmm, I wonder. Didn't you notice a bump in your pay check and wonder where the money came from?

3 hours ago, Pedrogaz said:

I was advised at the time that you could not obtain a 'retirement visa' from abroad but could apply for that status in Thailand.

Who advised you? Did you even bother to check with Thai embassies? 

When you use a Thai medical certificate fo you also use a Thai Police report or Thai Medical certificate along with a home country police report also works? I don't have problem getting police report in the US (for free) and doctor's report is also relatively easy for me but it will require an appointment and last year insurance paid for the physical exams (ACA mandate of yearly physical exams for all health insurances in the USA) for the doc's report. 

On 5/31/2019 at 1:48 AM, farmerjo said:

Dad received his visa today,only oddity was its start date is 29 may when the air ticket he supplied was for 26 june. 

I don't think they go by the airline ticket. The start date is when the officer signs and stamps, I guess

 
The company I work for owns apartment buildings in Bangkok. The company charges the tenants 5 baht per unit, which is fractionally more than we are charged.
 
We charge tenants 16 baht per unit for water, which is fractionally less than we are charged.

On 6/25/2019 at 9:13 AM, emptypockets said:

Probably will make more money in drinking water in the not too distant future, as that is what wars will be fought over.

True, but where do you intend to store million gallons of water for the upcoming war?

On 6/26/2019 at 6:43 AM, ukrules said:

5 Baht is a standard rate in many condos, I have seen it as high as 8 or 9 Baht in the past

Please show me a few published rate of 5BHT in condos. I have never seen it. It is always 7/8 BHT in Bangkok. But we are talking about apartment (or mansion) not real condos. In condos like I rent in Chom Tian, I pay the government rate. There is no mark up. Once in Bankok I confronted the manager of a mansion for charging me 8 BHT, he just said you signed the contract knowing very well the rate is 8 BHT.  Well, I thought he had a point. 

On 6/25/2019 at 7:11 AM, BritManToo said:

Everyone except white folk is welcomed to Thailand.

White folks have been enjoying Thailand's brothels (fronting as bars), pimping Thai girls in bars (as managers/owners), and even marrying the sex workers for a long time. Now it is time to open up the land of brothels to the rest of the World so that others can also enjoy what Thailand has to offer or as I say the "lure"

8 hours ago, BestB said:

Well that’s in total contradiction to our Thai visa experts who claim Chinese outspend Europeans. 

A contradiction is only a contradiction if it does support your belief system. 

I think somebody decided to keep an eye on all those brothels (fronting as bars) and their farang/Thai pimps (bar owners/illegally working farang managers) giving opportunity only to Thais and denying equal opportunity to African ladies. 

13 hours ago, smedly said:

how is this evil dangerous butcher even able to travel outside Israel 

Can buy a new passport in Brussels

Is his brothel fronting as a bar will be shut down and will he be charged with pimping  Thai girls exclusively without giving any opportunities to African ladies?

2 hours ago, patinchis said:

I left a few weeks ago and have a permitted to stay stamp till April 2020.

Confusing. Are you still in Thailand or outside? You left few weeks ago. You get permitted to say when entering Thailand not when you leave. 
If you're outside Thailand and the date on your visa STICKER says valid until August 2019, you must return to Thailand before that date. 

For one millionth time, the date on your VISA sticker is for the validity of visa that means the date on or before you can present yourself to the border IO to ask for permission to enter the country. The date on the entry stamp (square stamp on a passport page) is the date up to which you can stay in Thailand without being an over-stayer. That stamp does not allow you to enter Thailand or present yourself to the IO at the border for permission to enter. You need a reentry permit for that.