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8 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

I will be interested in experts replies. Seems like you have a multiple reentry by mistake/luck However if noticed somehow by imm you risk starting all over. Ummm

What you say sums it up. No more can be said about it. ( but bet the "experts will)

Complete and utter rubbish, never seen a spider on an Oz beach. 

One important comment from someone about going home is the availability of part time work if one wants the extra dough or just something to occupy their mind and time. That can extent your life . Fact. Go to Noosa and live longer, yeah. Maby a home visit massage service, we all know how to do it, for old grannies, or  young ones.  " Undepth Home Thai Massage Service, $50 for one hour , paid in advance".

NZ and sheep. that topic always seems to be of great interest to poms.

3 hours ago, Puchaiyank said:

More concerned about mandatory healthcare insurance at my age...

There is none and none proposed. Maby the sky will fall in too.

4 hours ago, laowai1960 said:

I recall during the weeks leading up to Y2K, there were many doomsayers predicting all manner of disasters, including the possibility of planes falling out of the sky.

 

 

 

Likewise, in the weeks leading up to Brexit, there are many predicting financial ruin for the UK. In the event of a so-called 'hard exit', I suspect that there may well be a short term 'shock' but then life in UK will return to normal (and personally I think the UK will prosper).

 

 

 

As for the changes to the rules for extending 'retirement visas', I suspect that few foreigners will leave Thailand for that reason alone. I suspect that there will continue to be various processes through which extensions of stay can be acquired.

 

"I suspect that there will continue to be various processes through which extensions of stay can be acquired." I think that i have read somewhere that there are ways to continue extensions . This topic has been done to death hundred of times already.

8 hours ago, madmen said:

We are in denial. Ozzies will tell you how much cheaper thailand is but they ALWAYS leave out the cost of medical insurance which is of course is basically free in oz.

Take away the sex and thailand would be devoid of all single fat men

Where do you live madman? ( men is plural, you cant be plural).

3 minutes ago, tlandtday said:

I often wonder why australians seek tropical places to live when they have it on their doorstep.... i guess it is the costs?  sex?  booze?  all of the above lol

Cost, not anymore. Sex maby for some. Booze, does cost more in a pub but a slab of tinnies cheap enough.

1 hour ago, madmen said:

Rent assistance only for pensioners. 40k pa = 0 assistance

Again you do not know what your talking about . I was getting it last year.

7 hours ago, simple1 said:

I live in the Noosa area, great place with perfect beaches, clean warm seas - very good choice!

Been to Airley Beach, if so, whats your opinion of living there pls?

10 hours ago, madmen said:

After 12 years Ive been having the same fantasy.  You forgot to mention the government give you rent assistance about 30% of the rent value, real beaches ..no plastic bags littering the shore line and no big fat rats. warm days and cool nights

To the OP both nZ and oz are a part of the Asia pacific region and you did say or elsewhere in Asia

" the government give you rent assistance about 30% of the rent", as Normy Rowe sang, it aint necessarily so. Depends how much the rent is and how much income you have. On $400 rent and $40000 PA, get back about $30. ( or was it 60 , forget now)

Definitely youtube material. 

On 2/22/2019 at 10:37 AM, Yellowtail said:

Oh, a guy with real heart.

Tanoshi is just making things up as he goes along. As embassys never verified the income, there is no way to verify they were made up. Dont need to be a Rhodes scholar to work that out. 

16 hours ago, Olmate said:

You realise the dec of income was for the forthcoming year, not the one past. Unforeseen circumstances meant that the income for that next year was less than predicted at the time of making the dec!

I , and you , dont know what people would write in the dec.I wrote that i receive $xxxxx per annum from the Oz govt. Never said I "had" or I "will".  

On 2/21/2019 at 4:23 PM, sumrit said:

For all the people who've knowingly used a false declaration to obtain an Embassy letter then presented to TI as truthful, you're right, they haven't committed perjury, they've committed fraud.

I never need someone to tell me Im right. It goes without saying. 

36 minutes ago, Tanoshi said:

It's an assumption I agree with.

Wasn't it an assumption, based on logic, that Immigration would have to announce an alternative method of proving incomes deposited in a Thai bank when some of the Embassies stopped issuing income letters.

 

This whole scenario kicked off by TI becoming suspicious and requesting back up proof supporting incomes declared on Embassy letters.

There is nothing to prevent them continuing to request supporting documents in support of incomes declared via Embassy letters and they now have an approved alternative of Thai bank statements + bank letters as proof of income.

If they find that these declared Embassy incomes are not actually being transferred to meet their financial requirements, they could very easily just stop acceptance of Embassies letters and advise to use the alternative method.

A method that they can 'verify' themselves.

" if they find, they could very easily, advise to use the alternative". I give up, cheers.

18 hours ago, elviajero said:

And the reality is that the Embassies probably don't give a stuff if the person is perjuring themselves to a foreign government; and the IO's processing the applications are happy as long as the letter/affidavit confirms the income. 

 

Perjury must have been committed hundreds (maybe thousands) of times over the years with these affidavits, and as far as I'm aware no one has ever been 'caught out' because no one checks. It's been a big loophole in the system that is closing/closed.

Wrong again. Perjury has never been committed "with these affidavits". I do wish people would do their research before posting their unfounded comments, opinions, they are not helpful.

48 minutes ago, MikeN said:

In the case of the Australian embassy, it is not just Statutory Declarations for income here in Thailand that have stopped, but all Stat Decs for certifying your address, etc, and also in some other countries too. I don’t know if this is because of a change in the law in Australia, or just an administrative decision by Foreign Affairs, but embassy websites I checked at random say that Stat Decs are for use in Australia, or on Australian issued forms.

 From the Aus embassy in NZ :

Notarial Services are provided by the High Commission (Wellington) or Consulate-General (Auckland), where the documents are of Australian origin, or are for use in Australia

 

 The Tokyo embassy website:

Notarial services are only available where the documents are Australian in origin, or intended for use in Australia. Ensure you provide correct written instructions to our staff. Fees apply.

 

And of course the BKK embassy:

Please note that Australian consular or diplomatic officers are only permitted to witness an Australian Statutory Declaration being made for use in Australia by an Australian entity.

 

So for us Aussies at least, it’s not just here in Thailand that the changes apply, and it’s probably just coincidence that it happened around the same time as other embassies decided not to certify income statements for whatever reason.

 

Things are getting repeated over and ;over and over. Noting new being posted. I posted about the Oz Stat Dec months ago in my thread,. "great news for Ozzies". Time for all for all threads about this matter to be stopped until there are new orders issued.

On 2/19/2019 at 7:15 PM, elviajero said:

I think the embassy letter/affidavit option will eventually go leaving only transfers into the country as the only way to prove income, or 800K.

Pure assumption .Your thoughts are baseless . Lets talk facts, just the facts.

Your home bank will provide you with statement that you transferred money from their bank to a thai bank , you show your bank book , thai, has received the money. Problem solved, yes, no?

12 hours ago, DavisH said:

I never report anything when I go to another province - I'm usually staying at relatives houses or resorts under my wife's or another relatives name. Even in large hotels, I let my wife deal with them (they never ask to see my passport). It's a stupid rule and I won't be a part of it. I just report when I come from overseas. I can understand them wanting to track tourists, but people living here for years and doing 90-day reports anyway....well, that's Thai logic. 

"'a stupid rule and I won't be a part of it. ".   " I let my wife deal with them ".  !!!

3 hours ago, elviajero said:

Yes I do. I bet you a gazillion, billion, million baht that no law is broken if you don’t season funds prior to applying for an extension.

 

You are now, presumably, referring to people committing fraud. That’s entirely different.

I never presume. And, betting is not allowed on this site.

53 minutes ago, rott said:

I am not familiar with this, but are you saying they were in Sadao and having someone take their passports to be stamped out and in without them leaving the country?

If so, clearly against the LAW.

 

Calm down and read clearly what elvajero has said, if not having seasoned funds you would not satisfy the requirements and your application would be rejected. Different thing again, totally different.

Against the law, correct, but it was advertised widely here in Phuket . Elvajero usually just repeats what UJ posts. At other times, he is often way off the mark. If use an agent and have "pretend " seasoned funds, you may well get your visa, but, if the shit hits the fan as it did in Sadao, you will be in deep shit for being overstay, ie no valid visa. You can take what i say to the bank. 

2 hours ago, sumrit said:

The abuse Thai Immigration get on TV is real, you're just dreaming.????

Come in spinner.