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Ha! More misrepresentations. It's pathetic. If your peace of mind was not effected, you wouldn't keep responding. You have invested a massive amount of time in this forum (over 29k posts? Get a life!). You care deeply about how you are perceived here. If you didn't, you wouldn't bother responding, and changing your alleged opinions when errors/inconsistencies are pointed out to you. When someone makes valid points about your negative image on this forum, it hurts you. If you were an adult, you could deal with criticism that is so obviously valid. Instead you respond like a teenage girl using nonsensical phrases like “considerably less than zero”. I rarely come to this forum unless I need visa advice. When I do, against my better judgment, I sometimes read some of the posts that are recommended to me in the sidebar. Inevitably the thread will contain an ill-informed, long-winded, poorly worded and often sanctimonious comment by you. You are a pain in the a$$ to many of us. I merely felt like pointing that out. I realize it will not make you change (again we return to my original point of you considering yourself superior), but I feel better for having said it. So many people use this forum to vent. Why shouldn't I?

"... My point was about Thailand's desire to attract high quality tourists, and the low quality tourists that are actually coming. ..." You made no such point. You're backpedaling trying to construct a point after the fact. My point is that ASEAN Now posters who act superior when most likely average at best (considering they complain about the raising of standards) are a pain in the a$$. A pain not remedied by the laxatives you're fond of. Pathetic how you attempt to change the narrative to prevent yourself from looking stupid. Massive fail.

Or did his son turn him in? As a form of purification before the ordination? Plot twist...

"...lower and lower quality tourists..." This coming from the same guy who used to rant about Immigration's planned changes to attract more "high quality tourists". Financial qualifications that he apparently couldn't meet. Fortunately for him, you can always just marry a bar girl.

You're not refuting my statement in any way. I must have hit the nail on the head. That you have experience with laxatives is also not surprising.

Well, at least now you've admitted your ignorance. That's a start.

Holy <deleted>... Statement like that can only be made by someone who feels superior. Anyone reading this guy's all-to-frequent posts will know that is definitely not the case. I love how he starts with "Is it just me...". Desperately searching for others who also feel superior, to confirm their joint superiority. Pardon me... Would you have any Grey Poupon? But, of course...

Another lame attempt to hide your own ignorance. You are on a roll...

Nope. I understand the term. You don't. I will admit, I have no clue what Fortnite is. Doesn't bother me though.

I won't click any shady link you post because you are suss as hell. I suspect you googled the term "exponential multiplication" and linked the first hit. Exponential multiplication exists, but it's simply multiplying exponents. In your lame attempt at humor, you were using the term "exponential" as if it were a greater form of multiplication, which it isn't. You will not understand this explanation, just like you didn't understand the link you posted. If you understood "exponential multiplication" you wouldn't have posted any link.

"...exponential multiplication..." I guarantee this guy never graduated from high school. GED also unlikely... What's going through his mind when he's deciding to post nonsense like this? Aren't there forums on Reddit where this guy would feel more appreciated and at home?

Horsesh!t Meanwhile some knucklehead over at some Russian language forum is typing... It will take a heck of a lot of patience to deal with Americans in Thailand. But we have to bear in mind that they have a very difficult history in terms of tolerance and oppression (slavery, Jim Crow laws, Native American land theft). Their government treats them like <deleted> and they can do the same to other people. Physically, Americans resemble Europeans, but psychologically there are tremendous differences. Be patient and try to explain things. Probably, you will find them isolationists at first sight. But show an appreciation for their history and, especially their famous writers. Tolerance is a keyword, but don't accept chauvinistic bull<deleted>. Hemingway is probably the best, and most readable, American writer. Remember he suffered tremendous alcoholism, depression, paranoia and was admitted to a mental institution more than once. But he got out of it. We can get out of it too! This shouldn't surprise me, but still, I'm a bit unnerved by the idea that there are expats among us who believe this nonsense and want others to believe it too.

Thanks Dr. Jack. Your support has always been very helpful over the years. I appreciate it!

This is what I would like to do. My renewal date is in June. I would prefer it to be January. I want to spend less than 180 days in Thailand, but be able to spend at least 170 uninterrupted days in Thailand. A retirement visa is the only way I know to do that. Just to confirm, if I want have a recurring renewal date in January, I have to leave without a reentry permit and return in early October. I would enter in a visa exempt status and then immediately apply for the change of visa to the 90 day Non-O. The Non-O would expire in January at which point I can apply for the annual extension in January. I will have kept my 800k THB in my account the entire time, if that matters. Additional question... Can I leave Thailand during the initial Non-O 90 day visa period, as long as I get a reentry permit? Thanks, in advance!

Went to IO. Paid the fine. In and out in 10 minutes. New date, Christmas eve. Should be easy to remember, but just in case, I will set up several reminders using different media. Hopefully the redundancy will help prevent this from happening again. Will set the reminders for the earliest possible day to give myself leeway if anything comes up that might delay me. I need to find some way of incorporating this rhythm into my life since I might be doing this every 90 days until I die.

Ok, glad I checked back in at the forum. Will show up in person today, pay the likely fine, and report online in the future. Thank you to everyone who kept commenting despite the fact that I appeared to sign off.

Thank you for the advice, everyone. This is the first of three 90 day reports for this extension. Since the general consensus is that this is not a big deal, I have decided to report online today. I will report online again the next two times as well and then see if they catch me when I do my next extension. Maybe I will intentionally file on the 5th or 6th day for the next two, so that this 9 day slip is less obvious/glaring. I appreciate everyone taking the time to respond!

I'm on a Non- O retirement visa extension. As the title says, I missed my report date. 9 days overdue. First time this has happened. Will go into the office today to report. What will be the likely response from the immigration officer. I assume there is a fine. How much money do I need to bring? What's a realistic worse case scenario? Thanks in advance...

Was it a 1 year lease or shorter?

This is something I have considered doing also. Stay on the retirement visa in Thailand with longer stays out of country (90 days Malaysia with a single Thailand reentry permit?) in which I am not paying rent in Thailand. So what did you do to get around it?

I made my comments based on information from my landlord. Her family runs a group of hotels in town with many long term residents. She said she didn't think a cancellation clause was legal, but she would ask her lawyer about it. Good to know there are contracts with release clauses out there. Maybe I can get one drawn up and signed before my visa extension deadline. Not the perfect solution, considering I would lose the deposit, but better than last minute running around looking for a new room in a new province. Thanks.

In my country, immigrants run amok. Just cross the border, legally or illegally, and sign a document promising to appear in court some time in the future. My country will even put immigrants on a bus or plane to their desired location of disappearance. Define "permanent address". As others have mentioned, a 90 day report serves as my declaration of location. To my knowledge, there is no requirement that two consecutive 90 day reports be from the same location.

Advice is not impossible. Two easy questions: 1 year rental contract requirement "normal"? Is there an appeals process? Please don't take my comment the wrong way. I appreciate the "indirect" advice I've been given and will act accordingly. Thanks, sincerely...

I am not aware of the things you tell me I "should already know" because I do not, (unlike you, apparently) spend my free time reading visa forums. As the OP, I set the topic. The majority of the posts have been about retaliation from immigration officers, not direct answers to my questions. So, yes, this thread has gotten off topic.

As is often the case with this forum, posts have gotten way off topic, very fast... What I'm gathering is that if I move quickly, I'm unlikely to face the same 1 year rental contract requirement elsewhere. Also, there is no appeals process, otherwise someone would have mentioned it by now.