Khaeng Mak

Get coked up and kill a cop with your Ferrari.

On 2/4/2019 at 1:40 PM, Shiver said:

I like elephant flaps (beef curtains).  I like anything that is female to be prominent and not CGI'd or photoshopped out on the front of a magazine.  If you ever look on youtube with (primarily Japanese, but also other Asian regions) were they have eye, hair, jowls tighteners, tooth overlays etc, and the do a transformation from omg 'n' 'o' no, to wow, is that really possible? then you can see the fakery (they look like Anime cartoons), and want to take them for a swim to see if it's all water proof.  Asians with blue or green eyes look great, until you take a second and realise the lie - you're not interacting with a person, but a pre A.I. organic robot.

So so many beautiful people, all natural, and I wonder how they get the mental distortion to want to Orange-utan their hair, piece, tattoo, whiten, silicone etc.

I saw a young girl on our street yesterday morning when the dogs demanded that it was walk time about 5:15am (not even light yet, "and you missie are not the alpha"), but eventually I do what blokes do and comply.  This girl was incredibly pretty, lean, had something about her (way too young for my fat western ass and my wedding ring, but I was just looking).  She was so shy, and our little pup really wanted to meet her, taking me for a walk as much as she could pull the leash.  She was scared of the pup (she can't bite really, it's a rat on stilts), but she smiled that nervous smile.

The point being, this is not an old blokes daydream, it's that she didn't have fashion braces, silicone, hair colour change, impolite clothing and she was very unsure of herself, which was truly beautiful.  I guess I'll see her in 5 years somewhere in summertime, when her elders have told her how it should be done, and she'll be just another broken commodity.

How I wish I'd got here at 18 with resources and met someone that was similar to the above, but as they say "too soon old, too late smart".

 

Nice post.

9 minutes ago, LivinLOS said:

Reading between the lines.. 3 million baht O-X retirement visa.. Thailand elite systems.. I would tend to agree that is the signalling. 

 

As ever with Thailand they will gradually introduce things, like a frog in hot water, death by a 1000 cuts style.. That way they can control the pressure applied as they see fit, depending n how they do economically. During that time many will remain in denial, many will yell the 'go home if you dont like it' when the element they introduce doesnt apply to them (kind of ironic how the tables have reversed lately from the young guys losing repeat entry and easy tourist visas.. Old stable retirees telling them 'thailand owes you nothing, theres not a class for you' from thier high horse.. and now ??).. 

 

The only constant since my arrival in 2001 is that none of it has gotten easier.. 

 

 

Yep. Remember a few years bacl when they were cracking down on the ED visa. Those on retirement extensions were riding high in the saddle then.  Now it's their turn to have their lives torn apart.

43 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

If the 'grandfathering' also applies to married applicants it might be even less than 400K. You need to look up the criteria for marriage extensions and see whether it applies.

 

I'm quite sure he's not 'done for' as our prophet of doom said above.

 

I'll be back to say I told you so when the compulsory insurance hammers falls later this year.

Long stay expats here are currently under siege.

If you want to live in denial "up to you".

1 hour ago, sleepy99 said:

Besides, on paper, he would fully qualify to extend based on 200K in the bank because of being here on retirement prior to 1998.

From a pragmatic point of view, how would he prove that?

His older passports would be gone for sure one would imagine?

And immigration cannot even keep records on a retiree for more than 12 months. I have to submit reams of the exactly the same documents year after year.

5 hours ago, elviajero said:

Scaremongering nonsense.

I will quote you directly when the compulsory health insurance hammer falls later this year.

I spoke with the head of my immigration office today.  Her response was "what new rules"?

21 minutes ago, OJAS said:

Not at Rayong Immigration (our office), thank goodness. See report below from an acquaintance who obtained his latest retirement extension there yesterday on the basis of 800k in the bank:-

 

"I asked about the latest Police Order, which is perfectly clear as to what is required re maintaining 800k for 5 months of the year and 400k for the other 7 months, but says nothing about the verification process. Are we going to have to start producing our bank books/ statements every 90 days? The answer - as far as Rayong Immigration is concerned - is no. As long as when you next apply (after the first application under this Order) you can produce a record of the required balances for the previous year you're in the clear. This is what I hoped they'd say, and eminently sensible."

 

And what if you are in breach.  That is the million dollar question.  Do they just not renew your new application next year. And when can you apply? Or are you banished onto a tourist visa or whatever other solution you can scrounge up. Or do you have to deposit 800K and wait another 2 months to season it

Or if you failed to keep your balance over 400K all year are you declared on overstay, as would be the case if you were on a non-B extension and got fired, or a marriage extension and got divorced?

And if the breach (just one satang by the way would be all it that it takes), and it occurred more than 6 months prior to your date of application can you be jailed for overstay, deported and banned from Thailand for 5 years.

5 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Good question.

 

The new rules about 800K bank account applications apply to all.

 

The new rules about required monthly import are only about income based applications for people that can't get embassy letters.

 

Combo method for people that can't get embassy letters is not mentioned at all in orders or memos, so those expecting to do that need to be warned that based on what we know now, there is an excellent chance of rejection. 

 

How people are supposed to make plans in this kind of unclear chaotic environment is beyond me. 

They only plan they want you to make is a plan of departure.

11 hours ago, Briggsy said:

Pai. How cliched.

Huff Fluff Piece.

17 minutes ago, fforest1 said:

They want things murky and confusing....They strive to make things even more murky and confusing......If they did not want this the situation would be corrected with-in a day or 2......

Yes. Lack of clarity promotes further opportunities to profit from corruption.

14 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

If that's your idea of trolling, I suggest you read all the thousands of posts that have been going on this subject since before you joined TV and you will see that I too am trying to help with this situation.

 

If you never told a child how to spell, the English language would be disastrous. So why not tell an adult as well?

Your conduct is in breach of the rules of this forum:

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...be aware that not every member is a native English speaker and excessive posts regarding others spelling and grammar not only hijacks the topic but is poor netiquette.

To the OP:

There is currently no expat holding a retirement visa.  They would have a Non O visa and be on a current extension of that based on retirement.

A blanket 12 monthly moratorium on financial for extensions applications would assist in alleviated the confusion and hardship created by the new rules.

Hopefully the moratorium would not only cover new applicants but also individuals like myself and Sheryl who have recently obtained an extension, but do not know whether or not we have to top up our bank accounts with 400K prior to March 1.

I am not sure what impact a moratorium would have on illegal agent activity. There are very few impediments to corrupt activity here. So it would be easy for agents to swing back into action in full force once the moratorium is lifted.

29 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

And other posters suggest, probably correctly, that Thai Imm Officers would not be able to decipher a Bank statement in English.

So how the f*** would they read and understand some of the sh**e written here.   LOL

Sigh

Disappointing to see you are also trolling this poster as well.

Some people are trying to help with the current situation.

You on the other hand chose to make a snide comment about the OP's misuse of THERE.

33 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Already a report from a major agent saying fees will be MUCH higher. 

I agree of course nobody knows exactly what will happen yet. I wouldn't even be shocked if they call the whole thing off. It's obviously a train wreck.

The timing of this is no coincidence, just before the election. Trying to win electoral brownie points for sticking to them evil foreigners. So no they can't call the whole thing off, too much loss of face, and certainly not before the election, which is set for next month, but may never occur as well.

On 2/4/2019 at 11:12 AM, ubonjoe said:

You will have to have your marriage certificate legalized and then translated to Thai. Then the  translation will have to be certified by the Department of Consular Affairs of the MFA in Bangkok. Then you will need to go to a Amphoe to register your foreign marriage to get a Kor Ror 22 marriage registry that immigration requires to apply for the extension of stay based upon marriage.

That does not sound easier than a retirement extension.  Can you re-use all these documents each year?