gimo

On 9/14/2022 at 11:33 PM, gimo said:

       Thanks for the advice -- probably will use the latter option . 69 y.o  . really hoping to see my son reach 20.y.o here --10 more years .

      More bad news to day at immigration today  . Even if I manage to get a visa via an agent , they won't accept 12 months of 40,000 pension income into my bank , to extend  it after a year . It appears that the 40,000 income method ( father of a Thai child ) has comepletely disappeared in the last 6months .This means I have to

pay big money year after year .

On 9/3/2022 at 9:58 AM, JeffersLos said:

Of course it is.

Lovely, relaxing holiday trips. ???? 

 I agree .I did that drive many times Yaso - Mukdahan - Yaso as a day trip 2012-- 2018 .On a few ocassions it turned dark for the last hour -- very dangerous .

22 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

That won't work.

You do realize that the funds only need to be in bank for limited time. 

I assume you are not married.

You could buy more time with a border bounce and organize funds in the bank. 

How long do you plan to stay in Thailand? 

 

Are you over 50? 

If so you could use agent for non O retirement and subsequent extension. 

       Thanks for the advice -- probably will use the latter option . 69 y.o  . really hoping to see my son reach 20.y.o here --10 more years .

1 hour ago, DrJoy said:

As Joe said, it requires a letter from your embassy

 Make no mistake , I was told about 6 months ago , by someone in the know here on Thai visa, that I could do as I posted -- arrive on a 3 mth visa and apply by showing 2 mnths of minimum k40,000 bht coming in to my bank and get a Thai child visa , and that I could extend it a year later , with 12 more months of the same  .It's posible a mistake was made and it was mixed up with 2 months of 400,000 k in bank for 2 months . Anyway I was shocked by the bad news at immigration today -- been preparing a lot of stuff for a long time .

  Today ,  at an Issan immigration office I was told that the monthly income method for a one year visa based on having a Thai child , ( at least 40,000 bht per month  into bank from overseas ) required  showing 12 monthly payments into my bank account of bht40k up . They told me I  must have 400k in the account first time -- I don't have it . I was advised before leaving Australia ,  on Thai visa.com  , that I could come here on a 3 Month tourist visa and apply before the 3 mths was up , and show 2 mnoths of my pension payments in my Bangkok bank account . Can anyone tell me of any immigration offices that will allow  me to get the 'Thai child  visa' that way ? I don't have 400k to put in the bank . Also , my TM30 is in this Issan town . If I am able to do the 2 month proof of income way , in another province , would that  create a TM30 problem ? I'm really hoping to be able to live with my son and his mother .

Do we get the same, $39.80 per fortnight increase if we are living here in Thailand ?

49 minutes ago, marquis22 said:

Yep, rather take my chances of a covid sufferer coughing all over me than having to do unnecessary road trips.

Its a broken record but, they locked down the country for covid but do not lock down the roads to prevent road deaths.

       I'm way more worried about malaria/dengue than Covid in Thailand . The roads ----- 10 times more worried than that .

12 hours ago, Trillian said:

Some dangerous things are instinctive, in this day and age in Thailand a motorcycle is not considered that dangerous by local people, it does take education to understand that, even amongst Westerners. And you presume the lady owned the motorbike, it's as likely as not that it was borrowed.

 

I spend some of my free time helping a charity organisation that supports young women and girls from impoverished backgrounds, you would be surprised the lengths that many will go in order to survive. Westerners see some elements of that in the sex industry but that's just scratching the surface of the problem. At the heart of the matter is poverty and education, for most of them high risk activities is a part of everyday survival and unless you've either been there yourself or seen it first hand, it's very hard to imagine the extent of the problem. 

 

I was watching some Burmese cut down trees near our offices and there was one young female worker who had two small children with her as she worked, they were perhaps 3 or 4 years old. She was busy sweeping up the leaves and picking up branches as large parts of trees were falling all around and the kids were running around nearby, just being kids. Was she stupid or did she have another choice? She probably earned 300 baht a day, had no other family nearby who could baby sit and no child care facilities or creche in which to deposit the kids whilst she was at work, what other options did she have, starve?

 

Labelling somebody as stupid is a cop out, it provides an easy simple answer and means the people don't think about the problem any more, oh well, she was stupid, end of story, it doesn't however solve the problem.

              Many Westerners on this TV website ,probably a majority ,  have lived here for many years and , especially those that live in the villages , seen Thai women get on motorbikes with babies when there most certainly were other options . In many cases the mothers just do what they want to do , when they want to do it . I've seen them get on bikes many times on the spur of the moment , instead of waiting for someone to come home that could take care of the baby , or walking a short distance to the night market ( laziness ) etc ,etc . Your example of the Burmese lady is an exception  to the norm . 

10 hours ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

An express train in LOS is anything that can achieve an average speed of 20kph tottering along a narrow one metre track.

              I can assure you that once the trains get away from BKK and well into Issan , beyond Korat , they go very fast , though they probably shouldn't given the condition of the tracks . 

On 5/6/2020 at 5:26 PM, Keyser Soze666 said:

I'm talking about private schools, a chums school have told them they have a week off in Oct, my school are currently saying no break in Oct. Sorry, didn't realise this thread was for the gov schools only, thankfully my kids don't have to be exposed to that.

On 5/6/2020 at 5:26 PM, Keyser Soze666 said:

I'm talking about private schools, a chums school have told them they have a week off in Oct, my school are currently saying no break in Oct. Sorry, didn't realise this thread was for the gov schools only, thankfully my kids don't have to be exposed to that.

            My son went to a govt school in Thailand kinder 2 years and pratum 2 years , after moving to Thai when he was 8 months old .

 He started P3  at a school here in NSW , Australia a week ago .. I was worried that the standard of teaching might be different , however ,  despite him being one of the youngest in the class due to his birthday in November , and the fact that the other kids in his class are doing their 2nd semester of 3rd grade , I've been told by his teachers that he is a more than competent student . I won't have any problem sending him back to the same school when he returns after the CV19 problem has gone . He was in a special class in Thailand and I only spoke English to him at home as he was growing up .

  Beer definitely starts to change taste with age . In my opinion for the worse . I've drunk Hienekin that has tasted flat  immedietely after opening the bottle . I also think beer that's been left lying in the sun or even sitting in the back of a truck for a long time is adversely affected , especially in the Thai heat . I always look for the newest beer in the fridge at 7/11s . I also think canned beer is less affected by the above mentioned influences .

           A lot of the 4 packs don't have visible production dates .It's only on the individual cans and bottles inside . It's not until you break open the cardboard that you can read it . From my experience , the majority of them have old beer .

 From experience with Thai , Taiwanese and Japanese ladies  over 30 years , I think the Thais and Taiwanese are more likely to lose it completely and get violent very quickly .In the  Thai's case , they often  forgive and forget quickly . Japanese will usually tolerate a lot more before getting angry and it takes much longer before things get back to normal .

3 hours ago, twix38 said:

Because truck driver had a very long load and can see fully around the corner so knows there is space and time to take a wide angle as he has such a long trailer to get around the corner. In that case why not play safe and take a wide arc when he can see there's no oncoming traffic.

 

The car driver undertaking on a corner is mental and the truck driver blasts his horn. Truck drivers driving was fine imv. Car driver was an idiot. fool

           The photo and the video don't match . The car in the photo isn't undertaking  . It's being run off the road by a truck going in the opposite direction , cutting the corner .

On 4/19/2020 at 9:19 AM, AussieBob18 said:

You are right in that circimstance - he would get 19 + 7 = 26/35 of the oseas pension.  But I assumed he would wait until 67 before he returns. The dole aint enough to live on for many - but being on the pension means lots of discounts and free stuff and subsidised rents etc etc.  IMO 2 years living in subsidised rent on the pension and living frugally is worth it in the long run when going back to Thailand means taking about $10K AUD per year for him.  Over 10 years that is $100K and IMO is worth it. Live to 90 and it is $200K.  And the longer he stays on the pension the more he will get when he leaves. 

        Yes I agree . I've just finished the 2 year period and am waiting for the CV19 situation to improve enough for my son and I to get back to Thailand . Living on the dole when I first came back was very difficult , but after the pension started I moved to mid nth coast NSW and it has been a reasonably comfortable existence , with cheaper rent and rental assistance . I don't have a car so makes it more affordable . Buses to anywhere for $ 2:50 per day .

18 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

I would imagine as it's a benefit, one would have to be in Australia at the time to receive it, a bit like the electricity subsidy etc etc, if your overseas, your not entitled to it after 6 weeks.

      It was given to all people on govt benefits ( incl OAPensioners ) , who were resident and present in Aust on certain dates during March . From memory 12-15th . 

  Yes , more information pls. In what circumstances did he become separated from his son ? If not his son , who was the last person he was seen with ?

On 4/17/2020 at 2:45 PM, PerkinsCuthbert said:

Hard to make sense of this. Exactly what did the flight attendant do wrong?

       All Thai's are supposed to go to state run quarantine centres and stay there for 2 weeks ,  after returning from overseas . She didn't . That's what she did wrong . I haven't read anything about flight crew members being exempt . If they are , what's the use of only quarantining some people . 

13 minutes ago, AussieBob18 said:

If you go back to Australia to live you will get the pension when you are 67.

To be able to then leave and take the pension with you means you have to be there a min of 2 years to qualify for 'portability'.

When you do qualify for poertability the amount paid will be 34-16 + say 2 = 21/35 of the total value of the overseas pension amount. 

         He won't have to wait for 2 years after getting the pension because he will have been in Aust from age 60 to 67 . The 2 year  thing is only for people who spend the ' majority ' of the 2 years leading up to starting the pension , overseas .

45 minutes ago, FarFlungFalang said:

I think the 35 year count starts at 16 years of age and that it's scaled on how long you spent in Oz so I think you maybe entitled to 18 years on the payment scale if I remember correctly.So I think you would be entitled but would need to spend 2 years in Oz to get portability to be able to get the pension whilst staying in Thailand.

    He would have the 18 years plus the years between returning at 60 y.o. . So about 25 years . That would  mean a portable pension reduced by about 1 third , I think . No 2 year wait after starting pension because he will have been  in Aust from 60 .

19 hours ago, Russell17au said:

Very interesting that all the provinces that surround Khon Kaen are in drought but Khon Kaen is not. I must have missed all the rain that Khon Kaen has not had to keep it out of the drought.

  Yes , I noticed the same thing . I think in the report , 'drought'  refers to how much water is in local dams . I  thought it meant a lack of a certain amount of rainfall , over a certain period , regardless of local water supplies ???