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What seems "absurd" to you is simply irrelevant! I receive a pension of over 1 million THB per year! My pension goes into my "Wise" account in Belgium. There, I convert it into THB! I then transfer what I need. But I could just as easily not transfer anything and pay for all my major expenses with my credit card! And withdraw the cash I need from an ATM...! My "O" Visa doesn't require me to transfer money to Thailand!! Proof that I have it is sufficient, and I have for 25 years!

I have been living in Pattaya for 37 years, and for 25 years I have been receiving my EOS upon presentation of my income certificate, which is issued by the consulate in Pattaya. For several years now, copies of my pension certificates have been attached as an appendix and stamped separately. There is no regulation in Thailand requiring these funds to be transferred. They just have to be proven! A letter from the bank is therefore never required! The certificate shows the income amount in € & THB! See attachment!

There are also huge price differences between private clinics. I have been receiving inpatient treatment for more than 30 years, first at Pattaya International Clinic and for the last 20 years at Bangkok Pattaya Hospital. The latter because they had a cardiology department. My last operation in 2024 was supposed to cost around 600,000 THB more at BPH than at a private hospital in Korat! Gallbladder removal and belly button repair... Price in Korat: approx. 280,000 THB. I pay for my own treatment! And I would only go to a public hospital if there was no other option! I looked into the options in Pattaya and Siracha... No, thank you!

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I had my cremation and everything related to it arranged and paid for at this institute 15 years ago. http://www.siamfuneral.com/about-us.html The embassy has also been informed! Everything has been arranged, from the cold storage to the cremation, including all accessories! The woman doesn't have to do anything, she is completely relieved!

Sorry, I accidentally wrote it in German... ;-( Here it is in English. It's the store here on Naklua Road. I got the measurements wrong; it's a 6 mm tail! 120 x 105 cm. My Place... The price was about 1500 THB including delivery! But I don't live far away! It can carry about 400 kg. There is a short-pile carpet under my glass top! Here is an example from the market leader. But it is extremely expensive and not available in Thailand. That's why I had the idea.😉 The glass mats are also 6 mm thick! They can carry up to 500 kg! Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

Since I live in Thailand, I have a Netflix subscription. This package: 419 Baht per month Video Resolution Ultra High Definition (4K) Also available with monthly payment through AIS. Starts at 99 THB https://www.ais.th/en/consumers/entertainment/streaming-app/netflix

Es ist der Laden hier in der Naklua Road. Ich habe mich bei den Maßen vertan; Es ist 6 mm Schwanz! 120 x 105 cm. My Place.... Der Preis betrug inklusive Lieferung etwa 1500 THB! Aber ich wohne ja nicht weit weg! Es kann etwa 400 kg tragen. Unter meiner Glasplatte liegt ein kurzfloriger Teppich! Hier ist ein Beispiel vom Marktführer. Aber es ist extrem teuer und nicht in Thailand erhältlich. Deshalb hatte ich die Idee.😉 Die Glasfasermatten sind außerdem 6 mm dick! Sie können bis zu 500 kg tragen! https://www.vitrazza.com/products/prima-glass-chair-mats?variant=40741319671872 Der Gabelstaplertest.mp4

178 / 5.000 Every country in the world gets the government its citizens elected! The best examples of this are the USA and Germany! They get what they deserve!

In almost all of Europe, and in other countries too, Christmas decorations, including the Christmas tree, are already up in November! The only slightly annoying thing is the constant playing of Christmas carols... 😉

Vitamin supplements are usually unnecessary for healthy people with a balanced diet and do not provide any significant health benefits. I eat muesli at 7:00 AM with fresh fruit, apples, papaya, and various nuts, dressed with pistachio milk. I also add a spoonful of psyllium husk and flaxseeds for good digestion! I have my second meal around 1:00 PM, whatever I feel like eating! Then that's it for the next 18 hours. That's how I lost 8 kg in about 6 months...without dieting or counting calories! Plus, I get plenty of exercise, and that should be enough 😉

A simple look in the service booklet will give you the exact answer 😉

Yes, you can get everything made to measure there! I had a tempered glass plate made, measuring 110 x 120 cm and 5 mm thick. It sits on my carpet to protect it because I move an office chair with casters on it! The acrylic mats yellow and get dirty, but the glass doesn't! It can hold up to 120 kg! However, it has to be ordered; delivery takes about a week.

I am also German. I have been receiving my EOS for many years on the basis of a certificate from the German consul in Pattaya. However, I have to enclose copies of my pension statements, which are then attached to the income certificate and stamped. Proof of a transfer to a Thai bank is not required, nor is it mandatory!

I live in Pattaya and am a self-payer! 74 Years old I had to have my gallbladder removed and my umbilical hernia operated on at the same time. My last operation was supposed to cost almost 850,000 THB at Bangkok Pattaya Hospital! And since I am treated as a “self-payer” in every hospital, I went to a private clinic in Korat! Cost of the two operations: 285,000 THB. So a price difference of 565,000 THB. It takes a little luck and doing your research beforehand...;-) Of course, in an emergency, this option is largely unavailable. But you can also be transferred after receiving initial medical care!

It was a “fake” visa! And I didn't want to go to immigration with it, because they always look very closely at my passport! What if the official discovers the “fake visa”? So new passport ... No risk!!!

36 years and never a problem... 😉

It was a fake VISA!

I have lived in Thailand for 36 years. Once, about 30 years ago, I worked with an agency .... and there was a wrong VISA in my passport! So I went to the embassy to get a temporary passport to leave the country and then had a new one issued at home! That was not only expensive, it was also instructive! Just last year the Bangkok police got their hands on several dozen passports again! I would never entrust my passport to anyone except a government official! Official.... I think rather tolerated...money can talk...;-)

"However, it looks as if remittances will not be taxed in either year (2024 and 2025) or in one year." Sorry, but 2024 was already taxed according to the law in force at that time!

Certainly not that! Because the tax was levied according to the law of 2024, i.e. legally

A good friend in Jomtien, with PACIFIC CROSS for 6 years. Sum insured per year 5 mill. deductible 40.000.-THB Back pain last year, goes to the BKK hospital, Diagnosis CYSTE. Inpatient admission and surgery = approx. 180,000 THB When planning the operation, they discover: difficult position of the cyst, a piece of bone has to be removed first. New costs: 260,000 baht. After the operation: Pacific Cross pays “only” 100,000 baht and deducts a 40,000 baht excess. Conclusion: the insured person pays 200,000 baht himself. Premium increase of 30%. Then what is no exception here...the “notification” from the PC From now on the back is no longer insured!