thoengthaied

Yes. I have a monthly pension paid into my Bangkok Bank account and this has been being paid in there for several years. I have been in Thailand for 16 years on retirement extensions and up until 3 years ago I have used the money in the bank option. 3 years ago I decided to repatriate most of my money and live on my pension, and then started to use a combination of pension and money in bank. This has always been plain sailing but recently the money in my bank account has diminished because of over spending to a point where I may need to top it up again, especially as the exchange rate of my foreign currency has recently declined also. I am in the process of trying to calculate the value of my pension plus bank deposit in order to apply for my next extension next month. It seems that if there is a further decline in the exchange rate I may have to transfer some more money into my foreign currency deposit account. Hence my original post and questions. All my affairs are in order and I will have no difficulty in proving pension income etc. I could transfer big money back into Thailand but want to limit the amount I hold here at the moment.

No. I didn't say I wanted to top up my bank account to 800,000. I wanted to know if I topped up my bank account to an amount that would bring the total of bank balance plus pension to 800,000 would be ok, say, 2 weeks prior to extension. I may be about 20,000 short and can transfer that amount or more in if necessary.

I've now come to the conclusion that ubonjoe and I aren't on the same wavelength. I think I'll give up and emigrate to Cambodia.

No. I didn't mess up but value of my foreign currency has dropped and may drop further before extension is due. Yes, I am running it a bit tight at the moment, so am now asking for clarification so that I may make provisions.

Jeez, ubonjoe. Combination method. If a top up is done to bring balance up to amount required to bring total up to 800,000 with pension, say, 2 weeks before asking for letter, is that ok or does it need to be seeded? eg. 500,000 pension, 200,000 in bank, then 100,000 added to bank account 2 weeks before asking for bank letter.

Thanks for the replies gentlemen. However, back to my original opening post:- "2) If a top up to the bank account is needed because of shortfall to the 800,000 total, does the total amount in the bank account need to be seeded for some months? " Nobody has answered that question accurately so far.

Yes, ubonjoe. Per your earlier reply "If you are extending a existing extension of stay you will also show proof that you kept at least 800k baht for 3 months after you applied for it". On the combination method it doesn't really make sense that an Immi officer would ask for 800,000 to be in the bank for 3 months after the extension because there are infinite combinations eg. 100,000 in bank and 700,000 pension, 600,000 in bank and 200,000 pension. Not wishing to start an argument here because I respect your knowledge, longevity and contributions over many years here. I thank you for adding that Immi will use the exchange rate of the bank supplying the letter.

I don't recollect saying I had 800,000 in the bank. I don't keep that amount in a Thai bank, hence the combination method totalling 800,000. Which exchange rate are you using for your above calculations, please?

Thank you ubonjoe. My comments:- 1) What exchange rate do they use? Bangkok Bank, SCB, xe.com....etc. There are many rates. I need to know which one they will use in order to do my own calculations. 3) I beg to differ here...I have used the combination method for three years now and on the second application I asked the Immi officer about showing bank balance after 3 months and he told me it wasn't necessary, so I didn't. On the next application there was no problem. I'm due to renew my extension next month and there may be a small shortfall in the total of 800,000 so i was thinking of transferring more funds into the foreign currency deposit account from overseas, but need to be able to calculate accurately if I will have that shortfall before transferring funds. The shortfall will possibly be about 20,000 baht due to a recent currency rate drop. I don't want to be embarrassed by not having calculated correctly.

Hi all. I have 2 questions re combination method for retirement extension:- 1) Using funds which have been in a foreign currency deposit account for many years along with monthly pension paid into Bangkok Bank for many years. What conversion rate do Immi use when calculating Thai baht amount from funds in a foreign currency deposit account. Do they use a particular bank's foreign exchange rate? 2) If a top up to the bank account is needed because of shortfall to the 800,000 total, does the total amount in the bank account need to be seeded for some months? Regards, thoengthaied.

I'm an expat from UK living in Thailand for many years on a retirement extension. If I want to take a two week holiday to, say, Vietnam, will I just be able to get a re-entry permit before travel and be able to return without having to get a Thailand Pass, insurance etc.?

Thanks for all replies. I'm currently testing the various suggestions. Windy and The Weather Channel are favourites so far.

I have Accuweather pre-installed on my smartphone and am less than happy with it. Now we all know that forecasting the weather is hit and miss but 2 days ago Accuweather was telling me that it was going to pee down all day yesterday in Pattaya. I don't think we got one drop of rain! Does anyone have an app which they use and can recommend for me as an alternative to Accuweather?

My experience with this company was "bait and switch". Not recommended.

Thank you Sheryl. It would seem that the option you show in Pattaya is not suitable for me, as I have a possible seed corn or similar on the ball of my left foot. I had found Dr. Cherdpong on a previous search but have now contacted your 3rd. option (mft-thailand) for an appointment.

Is there a decent chiropodist in the Pattaya area? If anybody knows where I could get some treatment I would appreciate it. Regards, thoengthaied.

I've done all the searches but with no result. I can only find one decent result but that's in Bangkok. Is there a foot specialist in the Pattaya area? Regards, thoengthaied.

I have recently moved condo but my previous condo, which I rented, had had the film applied by my landlord. My rooms, which had full sun in the afternoons, were never hot and my electric bills were significantly lower than a smaller condo which I previously lived in. I would suggest that the film is a good investment. I'm sorry, but I don't know the name of the company who installed the film, but I believe they came from Bangkok to fit it in Pattaya. Hope you can find a good company. Regards, thoengthaied.

They are probably a very good company, but the OP is going on a 12 day trip. It would probably take him far further away than 40km.

My thoughts are that it would be better to rent from a national company like Hertz. They have branches all over Thailand and you never know when you're going to need them in an emergency. If you rent locally how good is their service in a case such as this?

Thanks, mtls2005. I tried that but the search didn't find what I wanted it to find.

Thanks so far everyone. I have searched for "untitled" without success. I'll give up for now then when I'm least expecting it the document I'm searching for will just appear out of the ether. Google Drive needs a complete re-think in my opinion.

No. I have tried inputting several words which I probably typed in the text but without success.

??? I really don't know the date I typed it. As I say, it was about 4 years ago.

I have tried the search function but unfortunately I don't know what to search for. I didn't give my document a title. I assumed (obviously wrongly) that I would easily find it again in My documents or in the folder where I type letters for printing then sending. How wrong I was!!!