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I cured a nasty melanoma on my leg that had started to metastases in 2008. I used 40% food grade neat every day on the cancer and after a few weeks it killed the lot.

I have found the same remedy...that is a concentrated form of H2O2 for treatment of skin disorders including pre-cancerous spots. Cancer cells it turns out do NOT like either too little oxygen, nor too much oxygen. Water with an extra oxygen attached seems like a good alternative remedy. I bought food grade H2O2 which I kept stored in freezer and take small portions out at a time. Often I mix in some water (preferably distilled) to cut its strength down a little bit.

I have removed a number of pre-cancerous spots, and some moles, and some small warts. I just dab it on with a Q-tip once or twice a day.

On one proven cancer spot on my leg I had it removed by doctor's knife. I discovered that it was a very deep cone-like structure that I was only attacking at its surface with my H2O2. Next time I may inject some H2O2 into that structure of cancer cells before I resort to a knife again.

Look up some of the methods they are using in the medical field to attack cancer cells, and in many turmor type cancers you will find them attacking the blood supply that feeds the tumor's need for oxygen...cut off that supply and kill the cancer cells.

Why is it that Visa requirements must be so circuitous..??

I have gotten extensions for 7 years and every time I go, it is a different story. Then I read in this forum and everyone has a different idea.

Yes, most different visas can be acquired, but the process seems to be different every time and with every person...

That's my feeling as well. At first I thought maybe it was just so many different interpatations by members on the forums, but I'm beginning to believe 'it is the Thai way', as my wife often says.

...If your daughter has a Thai ID card (or Thai passport) that is valid when you plan to head back to Thailand, you can get a Non Imm O visa from any consulate in the US based on "visiting family" (age, in this situation, is not a factor). In this case, you'll need her birth certificate (or adoption paper) to show her connection to you. No need to show any proof of income or bank account. Then, once back in Thailand, you go the retirement extension route again, as you indicated.

Must one file for formal adoption to have a child (young adult now) be considered family (stepson) if you married her mother??

We did a USA civil court ceremony when she visited US, as well as the 'Buddhist family occassion there in Thailand',...just to make sure it was formally recognized by the USA system. It was my understanding that there were a number of countries that might not formally recognize a Buddhist ceremony/marriage?

I intend to visit Thai for 1.5 months here real soon, then return to US till after first of the year.

The only effects all that traveling will have will be to possibly reduce the utility of having nearly two years use for your multi-entry O-A visa.

Say you get your O-A visa issued Sept 15, 2010. You'll then have until Sept 14, 2011 to enter and leave Thailand as many times as you like. And if each stay is less than 90 days, then, no 90-day reporting required. If your last entry to Thailand is right before your visa expiration date of Sept 14, 2011, then you'll have yet another permission to stay stamp of 365 days from the date of that last entry. Thus, the nearly two years utility of this one visa. And, you'll still be able to have unlimited travel that second year -- assuming you've gotten a mutiple re-entry stamp from Thai Immigration (required for re-entry after the visa expires Sept 14, 2011).

However, if you're out of the country several months before visa expiration -- and don't plan to re-enter until *after* visa expiration, the two year utility decreases by those 'several months.' In this situation, you'll need to get a re-entry stamp anyway to be able to finish out the remainder of your last 365 day permission to stay stamp. It this stamp will expire in the middle of your planned stay in Thailand, you'll need to explore getting another O-A before leaving the States for this last visit -- or plan to get a retirement extension in Thailand.

Sure makes it rather convoluted and confusing at times. Then I imagine you have to worry about each immigration official interpeting these 'ever changing regulations' in the same manner.

My Thai stepson won a scholarship to college study in the USA. So I applied for a visa for his mother, my wife to mult-visit. The USA issued her a 10 year unlimited, multi-entry visa. None of these convoluted check-in every 90 days, etc. And no separate reporting (or requesting) a re-entry permit every time you leave or arrive. That is automatically taken care of when you enter or leave the country at the airport.

So now I'm wondering what the value is of an O-A visa verses an multi-entry O visa ??

I am an US citizen, 63 years

I had an "A-O" visa last year but had to return to the US to finish some work. I wish to return to Thailand for 7 months, but will again have to leave for another 6 to 7 months after which time I plan the retire to Thailand for good. I did not wish to get an "A-O" retirement visa this time since I know I will have to leave again in 7 months. I was told at the local Thai Consulate that I should get the multi-entry "O" and that it is easier, quicker and less paper work needed (only proof of income). I will not mention which Consulate, but they seem to be a little flaky. I have e-mailed them 3 times asking the same question, They do not answer the phone (except the one time). Anyway, I am returning to continue preparing for my retirement, maybe marry my Thai girlfriend, and possible planning for business. What would be an acceptable answer to the "purpose of visit" question for an "O".

This is a interesting thread for me. I have been on a retirement extension for the past 8 years but as i want my daughter to get into a california universit as an instate resident ( and save me $23,000) We will be moving back next year for her senior year of HS.

SO then i will be out of Thailand for over 1 year. I was thinking i will then apply for a single nonimmigrant visa via the consolute in La and then once back here get the extension again.

Does anyone see any problem with that? If so i would then just get a tourist visa and then once here get it changed over or if that doesn;t work head to kl , Cambodia, Vientene or Singapore and ge tthe single entry non o.

Many options

I'm having some trouble here. Once you get an O-A retirement visa, do you lose it if you spend time out of the country of Thailand? As long as you comply with their other reporting requirements why should you lost the O-A visa??

I'm now married to a Thai lady and hope to retire there Jan-Feb 2011. I'm seeking an O-A retirement visa here at the embassy in Wash DC. One of the reasons I've chosen to seek it here in the USA is to save all the translation details likely involved with seeking it over in Thailand. Also I can show the monies in a bank acct here rather than in Thailand. That allows me to keep funds in US dollars and in US stock markets, as opposed to totally non-interest barring Thai accts.

I intend to visit Thai for 1.5 months here real soon, then return to US till after first of the year. Is this going to be effect by O-A retirement visa?? At times in the future my Thai wife and I may elect to spend a portion of the year living in the USA...maybe 6 months here, and 6 months there. Is that going to effect my retirement visa to Thailand?? Why should it?

yea they overflow the servers in my town.

college town and everyone has the maxnet 500 baht plan.

Would that be college town be Khon Kaen?

I'm moving there in Nov, Dec, and I had heard from my wife that speeds had gotten better over the last year...true or not so true??

When I try to participate on some boating forums in the USA its fustrating slow at times

Related question about retirement visa

Has there been a recent change to the requirements for the retirement visa in terms of the total amount of money one must have in a Thai account??

I had heard 800,000 baht if you were unmarried, and approx half that if you were married to a Thai lady. Has this changed??

And, where would someone suggest 'parking' this money that it might produce a reasonable return, rather than the banks lowly interest rates??

Oh give me strength. For heavens sake what is wrong with you people? In almost every country there is some form of gambling. Its normal common pastime, and there is no evidence that a country will degenrate into one of poverty and ruin because a casino opens up.

Get your heads out of the sand and start the look at the real world not some form of utopia.

When I was in Thailand recently I caught a program on Austrailian TV about addiction to gambling. May be you should look for it. Here is an excerpt:

Abstract:

This article documents a history of the NSW club industry, with particular emphasis on its evolution to a major contemporary operator of gaming machines at state, national and international levels. It argues that three conditions of club registration-their not-for-profit status, membership requirements, and social benefit objectives-have been instrumental for clubs in gaining and maintaining dominant rights to machine gambling in NSW. These three features of clubs traditionally have underpinned their legitimacy as major providers of machine gambling, reflecting prevailing government policy that linked legalised gambling to social benefit. However, the substantial revenues that accrued from machine gambling, amidst an absence of competition, fuelled an expansion of the club sector that was neither predicted nor planned, with many clubs growing dramatically in assets, membership and facilities. The original club goals of promoting and pursuing the social purpose and community benefit for which they were established became superseded by an emphasis on expansion, market share, and profits. More recently, increased competition for the gambling dollar, reflecting a shift in government policy towards economically driven stimulation and expansion of commercial gambling, has further entrenched the commercialisation of clubs in their machine gambling operations, subordinating their social agenda to economic interests. This change in focus by club management has diminished the social contract that exists for clubs to operate gambling for community benefit, the very basis of the clubs' legitimacy as major providers of machine gambling. Indeed, the implicit assumption that social benefit was built into club machine gambling has allowed the clubs to exploit their position of market dominance in a way that exacerbates the negative social impacts of their core product.

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/hawo...hu4md.alexandra

Do you not think a quality education service, liberalised economy and more opportunities for the working class might not be higher priorities then than building 1 casino???!

...I got caught in a similar way last year. I was charged £150 to send a box from the UK to the port in Bangkok then had to pay an agent in Bangkok (who was arranged by the UK transport company) just over 11000 baht (import duties, tax and transport costs..or tea money if you prefer) to get the box from the port to my house in Conburi about 65 km away. I would always use a UK company in future that will deliver door to door and not one that delivers door to port. They seem more expensive at first but are cheaper in the long run.

Does anyone know if there is such a shipper out of the USA that would ship a cubic meter (or slightly larger) crate door to door to Khon Kaen??

However if you were to have a nationwide debit card you could use it in thailand to get your money without having to pay any transfer fees. The card has no overseas fees for usage.

Would this 'nationwide debit card' be the same or similiar to a check account debit card from a nationwide US bank??

Would the Thai bank accept this debit card as well, particularly if there was a high enough 'limit' on the debit card??

If you have a nationwide account with a visa debit card, you can just go into your thai bank and ask them to swipe the card and do a transfer for whatever amount into your thai bank account - this way there is no bank transfer fee and you can ask what exchange rate will be used or check on the visa website as well - i havent used this method but have attempted to tap the body of knowledge here for actual experience of this method - wihout a single bite - but search the forum as a few people have reported using this method successfully and not being limited to the ATM limits - of course for large amounts you may want the docs that come with a bank transfer if you want to take the money out of thailand later, officially. I'm not sure if the swipe visa debit card in branch method would give you this - it just potentially gives you a good rate and saves on transfer fees.

HTH

Does anyone have more info on this subject of using a visa debit card to obtain Thai funds??

1)....from a Thai bank

2)....or from a Thai merchant

I was looking at wiring monies but I've put extra security blocks on my USA accounts to protect from ID theif or lose of Visa card. If I can get the 'card limits' raised for a short period then I might visit wife's Thai bank and get funds for new car via check card.

2. Normally you can not obtain more than a 7 day extension of stay so you would have to leave the country - but being married you might luck out and be able to obtain a 60 day extension of stay if you visit an immigration office with wife, her ID and home register and your marriage certificate, passport, 4x6cm photos and fill out a TM.7 application for extension of stay (fee 1,900 baht) under provision 7.23 of the current police order 606/2006 to visit husband or child. If that fails (do soon) then you can make a border crossing and return with a new 30 day visa exempt entry.

I plan to do a trip down to Phuket on business, so if I take my wife along I can probably visit an immigration officer with her and proper paper work and get the extra 11 day extension without having to do a border crossing.....correct??

I think at this particular time I will chose to prove monthly income on marriage basis, rather than retirement option requiring 800K in Thailand bank.

My reasoning would be that the poor exchange rate with the USA dollar right now is not so conductive to buying baht right now, nor is the expected low interest rate on that 800K in the Thai bank?? I can get a better interest rate in other countries.

However, if I could borrow against that 800K deposit just setting there, I might consider some other real estate investment in Thailand. Does anyone know if you can borrow against the deposit??...and what bank might be best to work this with??

I also find these Thailand visa questions rather confusing, and full of much rumor within these forums. So I will ask of the moderators some questions I have.

I am 64 turning 65 this Feb, and a USA citizen. This past Oct I had my Thai lady friend visit me in USA, and we were married in a civil ceremony there. I have now returned to Khon Kaen for about 40 day visit, and to do a Buddhist ceremony here for her family. She is a 51 year old early retirement school teacher.

I plan to retire to Thailand and live with her in Khon Kaen within the next year.

So I have two questions at this point:

1) What are my options for long term retirement visa?

2) What can I do to extend my 30 day tourist visa to 41 days for this particular stay? (I arrived on 10 jan and was stamped until 8 Feb, even though i asked lady at immigration line to give me until my airplane reserved return trip of 19 Feb. Is there anything I can do aroud Khon Kaen vicinity to extend my tourist visa by 10-11 days??)

I just discovered this discussion of HSBC, and I am new to the forum postings. So I thought I would repeat this posting I made on another subject thread to this one so I could keep track of this subject.

Didn't he answer that above, HSBC?

I'm going to look into this situation when I visit Bangkok this next week, and upon my return to the USA in Feb.

The little research I did seems to indicate they only have one branch and one ATM in Thailand? Is this so? This would seem to necessitate 'banking-on-line' which has always bothered me in this world of computer hacks reguardless of how safe all these people want to tell you their services are?

If you use another's ATM machine aren't you subject to a service fee each time?

I'm planing on retiring here within a year or so, but I don't feel it is best to buy lots of baht at this time, even as I feel the USA is in for some shock treatments to its markets....massive, iresponsible over-spending

What do others feel about the safety of 'on-line-banking' ??

And my initial look at HSBC on line promo stuff didn't uncover the numerous 'fees' that one might be hit with in tranactions with this bank. I want to look at this situation a little closer.

I bank with an American bank at the moment that I keep ufficient funds in and they don't pester me with these little additional charges or 'dips into my funds' that really would piss me off. I would imeadiately withdrawn my funds and look for a new bank.

I just need a more 'international one' if I want to bank both here and keep funds in the US.

Which bank.

Cheers

Didn't he answer that above, HSBC?

I'm going to look into this situation when I visit Bangkok this next week, and upon my return to the USA in Feb.

The little research I did seems to indicate they only have one branch and one ATM in Thailand? Is this so? This would seem to necessitate 'banking-on-line' which has always bothered me in this world of computer hacks reguardless of how safe all these people want to tell you their services are?

If you use another's ATM machine aren't you subject to a service fee each time?

I'm planing on retiring here within a year or so, but I don't feel it is best to buy lots of baht at this time, even as I feel the USA is in for some shock treatments to its markets....massive, iresponsible over-spending

I have a USD account in Bangkok, earning 2.75%, and used this for my retirement VISA qualifications.

What bank is that with, and are there any other limits??

"Pam Pam" actually was an international distress signal at one time, particulary on the sea.

It referred to Pulse-amplitude modulation, acronym PAM, is a form of signal modulation where the message information is encoded in the amplitude of a series of signal pulses.

Pulse-amplitude modulation is now rarely used, having been largely superseded by pulse-code modulation, and, more recently, by pulse-position modulation.

My Thai lady friend was an english teacher and speaks pretty good english as well as our understanding jokes respectively.

But she also uses 'same same' as well as 'surely surely' that I find very cute

Thanks for the help thus far. I was unaware that I had responses to my posting as I did not receive any notification of those postings. I participate in several BoatDesign forums and they notify me whenever there is a posting on any subject I have contributed to.

It does appear as though I should look at purchasing in Thailand for the dual language software sitution, even though she speaks english very well (having been a teacher of english and science). I had thought that an english version might prod the son to learning more english quicker, and with science in mind as a career he needs to be more Singaporian in his approach to the really worldly use of english as the worldwide communication language in business and science.

I don't need a CAD capability for him at this time even though many of todays units certainly have quite the capabilities in stowage and processing. I'm certainly NOT a computer geek, so I would not want to try installing dual language software, but I figured I could certainly find a young Thai person with these skills.

Speaking of that, as I spend more time over there I thought I might find a young Thia (or expate)computer geek to help with updating my boatdesign website,

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It does appear as thief can be a real problem, so I thought maybe a desktop unit would be less of a target than a notebook unit?? And are desktop units several hundred dollars less than laptops, as in the USA?

I just looked at the power supply for my Dell laptop and noted it stated "100-240V input", and notable "Made in Thailand". So I guess with a change in the plug-in end, this could be operable in Thailand? The Made-In had made me think that computers might be purchased cheaper over there.

How about hi-speed service in a residence in Khon Kaen?

I'm interested in getting a new computer for my lady friend in Thailand. It can be either a desktop or laptop unit, primarily for email communications between the two of us, and for use by her son, a very good jr high student of science.

I live in the USA at this time and there are a hugh number of sources for discounted computer purchases in this country, both on line and in stores. I have not had a chance to look thru the sources available within Thailand itself, so my question of this forum is what deals might I expect to find in Thailand??

Can I find a better deal in Thailand or USA??

In Khon Kaen what is my best option for hi-speed service??