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3 minutes ago, Spidey said:

Great posts. Good to hear it from someone who has been there and done that, as opposed to someone who has just read about it on the internet.

 

Good intel. Look forward to hearing more of your time here in days gone by,

 

Thanks.

Yep ! great tales from innocent but brutal days..if you get my drift ... now ?? corrupt whimps hiding in the shadows of natural lust.  TD.

What visa are you looking for ? i cant be arsed reading all the flack , PM me if you wish.

Your work is wasted on here IF you need to make a living .. but if its just a hobby then kudos . TD

Seems a shame as he looked pretty good even at the time of the pic RIP.

At least this breaks the usual mold of topics here, got my beer and popcorn  handy for tonight . 

On 7/20/2018 at 8:47 PM, Lacessit said:

I've been living here for 9 years. A couple of the people I know have died here. My problem with going back to Australia is everything is so expensive, particularly housing and water/power. Against that, my medical costs are almost free there, and the doctors don't think they are gods.

I can live well here in Thailand. In Australia, my diet would probably be toast and bowl noodles.

What ever you do , DO NOT get sick ! an ozzy mate of mine just under 4 days in a mediocre hospital Surin..60.000 bht   he then flew back to Melbourne with a lot of help from a sister and passed away 2 months later for FREE ! thus his will went a lot further for his next of kin. makes a bowl of noodles sound yummy. PS he was a member here.

Surin, great transport down to bangers & up north to the dreaded tourism smog of Chiang mai where i wasted 2 years of my life.. Surin has got the lot..been here 15 years so i do have clout in what a say, regards TD.

3 minutes ago, rickudon said:

The problem is not plastic bags per se, but their disposal. If a plastic bag has value, it will be reused most of the time. Introduction of a bag charge in the UK reduced plastic bag usage by over 90%, so it works. Other plastic is also an issue, and true cannot ban all of it (yet). But you start somewhere and people LEARN. 

 

Makro to my knowledge have never given free bags in the 9 years i have lived here, and it doesn't hurt them. I do despair at the Thai takeaway food/drink in a bag culture, and hope it can be changed. After a bag charge for carrier bags, the next big thing is for the government to provide proper recycling/disposal of waste throughout the country - recycle all plastic or incinerate it (and use this to produce electricity).

 

I have to collect litter in my garden and fish ponds continuously due to what blows in from elsewhere, and recently fly-tipping is on the increase too in the surrounding fields.

 

I do not care if some poor Thai is slightly inconvenienced by controlling plastic, because this litter is doing far more damage in the long run than most realise. And extensive recycling/reuse of plastic offers business opportunities for poorer people.

Should be a major subject at grass roots.. Schools here for starters...scouts /girl guides are mandatory here they can devise merrit badges for cleaning up there own environment...students would warm to the idea.

Be afraid ! VERY AFRAID !! they can put you in hospital ...time to put Detol on ya shopping list .

it means you you wont win a shit load on the lottery .

Would be nice to post topics concerning music faves / jokes etc..but cant locate any thing here to be able to get the ball rolling ??  TD.

Annoying bugger !

3 minutes ago, Dazinoz said:

What is PA?

 

Pattaya addicts.    

This topic is almost identical to one running on PA .

1 hour ago, JackThompson said:

No evidence thus-far that agent-service for extensions is going away.  It is entirely possible the letter-issue was designed to increase agent-use (thereby increasing agent-kickbacks).

 

A 1-Year Non-O-ME is how I avoided paying agents, as I could not get an extension based on marriage without one (to spite meeting all published criteria), where I lived at the time.  It's a good workaround (for as long as it remains available).

Where do you do your 90 days & do you pay extra by topping up with an extra 60 as mentioned by another BM ?

I am returning our kids to mom down patts monday night..she owns a bar darkside and helps lots of ex patts  to do there visas ..she will be aware of any current dramas of which i will report back upon my return.

3 minutes ago, Tanoshi said:

If you've legally remarried, then you can obtain a Non Imm O ME Visa from Savannakhet with no financial proof.

You will have to make 90 day border runs.

3 minutes ago, Tanoshi said:

If you've legally remarried, then you can obtain a Non Imm O ME Visa from Savannakhet with no financial proof.

You will have to make 90 day border runs.

Cheers ! short and sweet.. boarder run via chong chom and a bit of shopping..the missus will be happy too !

6 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

What crackdown are you writing about? If you mean not being able to get proof of income from your embassy that is not really a crackdown by anybody.

On what basis would you be applying for the non-o visa. The most you could get based upon retirement would be a single entry non-o visa and that would require financial proof.

 

I have using agents down patts.for several years....paying 12.000 a shot on retirement which my ex sorted for me...come 21st Jan i wont be able to do this OK... i live Surin so its a short trip back to LAO on marriage visa which  i can do financially with my new partner .

Due to the pending crack downs January 1st ..... i am currently on retirement status but no longer can meet the financial requirements...can i return to my former none O that i used to use by going to Lao immigration.

19 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

seems high, most of the people I know pay 14,000-16500

I pay 12000 saying that there is another doing for 9500 but the goal posts are about to alter all this.