Olmate

Yep and the 4 most represented Embassies fell into line?

I’m of back to Oz next year to re do there, 2 years for 1 visa, and money stays where it’s safe!And a multi re entry to boot, sure will cost about the same but no money in the bank here for me thanks...plus get to renew DL,Medicare etc. I know it doesn’t suit everyone, tho for those who can not sure more don’t suggest it here, thanks for the post!

4 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

Well, keep that thought and enjoy your life then......

I do intend to ,perhaps you could too if you tried...

37 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

HAHA.  You would think so if one wanted a true quality retirement life.

But, there are 1000's of braggarts who are in the 20 to 25,000 range per month who claim their life is fantastic and better then ever. 

800 k is 3 years of life for them....

 

Money dont maketh the man!

3 hours ago, glegolo said:

So good, we both belong to the civilized world then....

 

glegolo

No one took your bait!

When the tea money stops I,ll agree with that.

18 hours ago, The Truth said:

Well, your friend should have no difficulty whatsoever depositing the 800k in a Thai bank account, should he?

He's free to take a stand on a point of principle but they'll just refuse his extension and he can go elsewhere.

More of the same from another, why bother?I,m guessing you don’t qualify either

13 minutes ago, BigT73 said:

I wonder if the banks are going to benefit from all this money coming in or will paying all the interest hurt them?

Big benefit and how will it hurt them? Money for jam courtesy of us!Thats why many won’t use this method especially prior to election time.

Dead right, my gov ...tax very secure sites!

3 hours ago, Aforek said:

The two owners of the very  known computer shop in Hua hin are from Denmark 

( sorry, don't remember the name, but everybody on TV knows them ) 

So they are retired?

Seriously, are we all that worried? If you get pinged pay the fffine, otherwise your here to fill in forms??

How did you get to Hua Hin??

Not baloney! How else does it get the OK? This puts the whole stat dec scenario and those that choose to call users of it scammers into perspective.

9 hours ago, Spidey said:

See one hanging about outside Tesco Lotus on Sukhumvit regularly. A classic tramp. Have seen others around Soi Buakhau.

So you regularly hang around Tesco Lotus, bit odd!

40 minutes ago, digger70 said:

I Agree .this letter bullshit has been stopped because To many Expats have been Lying about the Real income/pension .I one can't get the acquired funds together for their extension they shouldn't be here,and it will stop the rogue agents from doing their dodgy way of getting you an extension with  no THB in the bank.

You couldn’t be further from the reality! Agents tea money goes right to the top,do you think the big man can stop that happening,Dream on digger who says I who shouldn’t,t be here?

1 hour ago, Issanjohn said:

I fully agree with you but I’m not really worried about it anymore because I have a plan and I know when I get my next extension soon my income affidavit will still be accepted one more time.  Although next year I might have to open a Thai bank account and start transferring money into it from my bank in the United States every month that I get paid my pension payments.  In the end this might actually be a good thing in a way because it’ll save me a trip to Bangkok and actually using a Thai bank account might make it easier for me to pay bills instead of cash for all the bills every month.  

 

But I still really don’t like the changes it is really dumb because basically the United States Embassy and two other embassies are basically saying “well we’ve apparently been doing the income affidavits wrong for all these years because we were supposed to be actually verifying your income so instead of actually correcting our mistake and doing it right we’re just gonna stop providing the service all together good luck”. That’s basically what they’re saying without actually saying it and it makes me angry as well but I kind of know what I need to do in order to deal with it.  Honestly as long as you actually do receive at least minimum the required income every month you really shouldn’t have anything to worry about.  I was stressing out about it as well until after I got official guidance on the issue from both the United States Embassy and immigration.  

 

Really what’s going on here is that immigration is apparently just trying to enforce the current rules already in place and a few of our embassies just flat out refuse to comply with immigration’s rules which I fully agree is BS.  

 

I mean it’s really not that difficult for the embassy to verify our income it’s just a matter of bringing in a bank statement, pension letter, or whatever the case is.  I understand that the embassy is busy and everyone’s income situation is different but really how hard can it be for the embassy to just quickly review a bank statement or a pension letter?  I’m sure it would take more time and cause them a little bit more work but that’s what the citizen services section of the embassy is there to do.  If they don’t want to do their job or work harder then they should go home and let other people take their jobs because there are lots of people who are just dying to get an overseas assignment in a government job making that big money that they make.  I used to work for the government and I’ve dealt with our embassies all over the world and they are very well paid trust me.  They get paid a lot of money to do what they do.  I remember when I worked in Tokyo the United States Embassy was a lot better although they were never half as busy as our embassy is here.  I don’t know I really don’t want to be so quick to blame the embassy employees because it’s not their fault it’s someone’s fault in a high level leadership position.  And I was just at the embassy recently to renew my passport and you do have to admit that they are extremely busy already as it is but I still don’t see what’s so difficult about asking us to bring proof that you do receive the money every month in with you when you go in for your income affidavit, if they don’t do it immigration will have to do it.  It’ll actually make immigration’s job harder as well.  I always wondered what kept people from lying on the income affidavits but it actually is a sworn notarized United States government document so whether it’s actually enforced or not lying on the income affidavit is a federal offense, it’s actually a felony offense to lie on the income affidavit because you are swearing under penalty of perjury.  If I were in charge I would just keep doing exactly what they are doing and just tell immigration that if they catch someone who has lied on their income affidavit then just report them to us and then actually enforce US federal government law and charge that individual with perjury.  The penalty of perjury is supposed to be the guarantee but apparently that’s not good enough probably because people are abusing the system just punish the people who are caught abusing the system and leave the rest of us who are living here legally alone, but that’s just my opinion.  Although that’s a good opinion for a petition or something to the embassy, I’d probably sign it.  Apparently it’s the British, United States, and the Australian embassies who are the culprits.  

Short n sweet, what was that again?

16 minutes ago, theguyfromanotherforum said:

 

I will be back in less than a month.

 

I pack in - u pack out

Can’t wait! You n happy, is his wife working from home to help fund you too? And I thought this was about retirement?

Yep 2 years for multi when applied for back home, and your right not much use speculating or listening to it.But it is a concern so hard not to.

If you get a stat dec in Oz,you may as well do the visa there and avoid all this scam to get our money into their banks,and 2 for 1 as well.Youknow it makes sense!

Wrong, no worries if retired

5 hours ago, DJ54 said:

Not necessarily could be their efforts to weed out ones that really 

abused the letter with income that is low and perhaps doing something illegal to survive. 

 

We cant always think their out to get us. When I totally retire 

it could be a stretch although minor. Hopefully they’ll clean 

up those they’re targeting.

 

Come back and say ok mission accomplished here’s some new requirements that are favorable for those of you that show you

like it here and show it. 

 

I know I’m dreaming but one can only hope! And to break the ice some beautiful cars...

 

 

 

 

 

 

No Holdens there mate, your showing your bias!