Bday Prang

On 5/4/2019 at 5:37 PM, Jip99 said:

A 59 year old friend just applied by post and received a 12 month multiple entry Non-Imm 'O' based on retirement

I'm slightly off topic I guess , but, that's very interesting, I was always lead to believe that this visa was only available for people with a state pension, surely at only 59 your friend doesn't yet get a state pension. I might try for one myself do you know what documents he had to show?

1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

I can assure you that they will not issue one unless old enough to draw a state pension.

You need to note it is or the 10k pound number which means a person of pension age could use it instead of pension income.

 

Thanks for clarifying that. You have probably saved me from wasting £150 in non returnable visa fees. The way it is worded on the London embassy''s Website is, in my opinion, somewhat misleading and more than a little ambiguous. Surely this could not be intentional ????

Further to my previous post,  I haven't looked at that website for some time but if I remember correctly,it used to state that the visa was only available for state pension holders only, with no mention of the £10,000 in the bank for 3months, so this could be a recent amendment.

It kind of makes sense as the metv is valid for 6 months and requires £5000 in the bank albeit with 6 months bank statement's

 I'm now a little confused regarding the availability of this visa for "pensioners". I have just looked on the London Thai embassy website,  in the section for "types of visas" for non -o visas for pensioners it refers to "State pension holders" only, but under the detailed requirements for non-o visas the following requirement is stated. 

• For pensioner (aged 50 or over) : A copy of pension statement if the applicant is a pensioner, or a copy of 1-month bank statement showing your income from pension, or 3-month bank statement of at least £10,000 

As far as I know ,to receive a state pension one would need to be at least 65 (67 in my case) so the above implies ( to me) that if over 50 year old ,with 3 months bank statements showing £10,0000 one could indeed be granted a multiple non o based on being a pensioner.

Am I missing something????

On 4/20/2019 at 11:27 AM, Kasane said:

OTOH I hope there is a purge of all the farangs who have overstayed their visa and/or who are a burden on thai medical system due to them being poor.

Why on earth would you wish for that, what has somebody's visa/ overstay situation got to do with you and how would such a purge benefit you exactly?  No foreigners are burden on the medical system we don't get treated for free.

5 hours ago, malagateddy said:

Perhaps s mandatory 5 year jail sentence for those caught driving without a licence..ditto for DOI..a 2 year mandatory sentence for those without license re motor bikes..6 months for those re no helmet driving same.
Something must be done.

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Your kind of missing the point, it has nothing to do with having a license as the procedure required to get a license is in no way related to driving skills. As for driving without a helmet, well that's up to them, you can't cure stupid!!

6 hours ago, Geordie59 said:

I would have no issue with any if this if the reporting could be done by individuals online just like hotels are supposed to do  

It can be done online 

Why even comment? 

What's the reason for the obsession with league tables regarding the origin of tourists , and why do so many people on here get upset about it if Chinese or Russian tourist numbers are said to increase? Do they feel a sense of nationalistic shame if their own countries aren't mentioned? It really is bizarre! It may have some bearing on the Thai tourism boards policy for example but how can it be of any concern to another tourist or expat?

22 hours ago, salavan said:

It's a good idea they should also impose a 8pm curfew for the whole holiday period also

If you wish to stay in your house after 8pm you are free to do so.    Why would you want to impose this on others???

What is wrong with people like you? 

On 12/13/2018 at 5:17 AM, dcnx said:

You smokers are dense. It absolutely does. We smell it everywhere outside. You smell of stench so bad and your sense of smell is ruined so you haven’t a clue how bad you stink and how far your stench travels.

 

Cancer will sort most of you out. 

Cancer will sort most people out Wether they smoke or not