Pattaya46

Why not use automatic bank debit on your Thai bank account? Worked fine for years for me.

And if required, use your credit card to send additional money to you Thai account using Transferwise

12 hours ago, natway09 said:

That article certainly bought out the whingers 

The cost of a smart phone today is less than 1,000 Bht. //

Uh? Could you tell us which smart phone you can get at that very low price ?

I would think on 3000 B as a very low minimum price...

On 11/19/2020 at 9:51 AM, Thomas Hannah said:

// in pattaya // also go look condos and housing that was built 30 years ago. if it's not already pulled down. it is empty and falling apart. unless its a bar area. and there going to get pulled down as well soon.

Looks a lot like B.S. to me.  ;(

I just don't know any such condo in Pattaya that has been pulled down. And the Center Condo I was living in until this year is nearly 30 yo, but well maintained, with many residents and nothing "falling apart", and still here for many many decades again ????

3 hours ago, Mops59 said:

Non O is issued originally by the consulate. Non OA only by embassy. To return on Non O you need a valid visa with re-entry or multiple entry. Non O is not issued now. So you have to apply for Non OA with all the requirements. First apply for visa. After that apply online for COE https://coethailand.mfa.go.th/

Please...  Better to not reply when you don't know the answer for sure 

The OP can get a Non-O in Paris now,

and it's his best option

1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

// I'm shocked by what the requirements are for second non O-A in France. 

Can you confirm that. 

Yes, I can.

On this page:  (in French)

https://www.thaiembassy.fr/fr/visa-rdv/les-types-de-visa-et-les-documents-necessaires/visa-o-long-stay/

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Attention : à partir de la 2e demande de ce type de visa auprès de l’Ambassade, un dépôt bancaire de 800 000 bahts dans une banque en Thaïlande est obligatoire, et à présenter sous forme d’une attestation récente ou d’un carnet bancaire bien actualisé (moins de 1 mois) 

Google translate:

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Please note: from the 2nd request for this type of visa from the Embassy, a bank deposit of 800,000 baht in a bank in Thailand is mandatory, and to be presented in the form of a recent certificate or a bank book. well updated (less than 1 month)

Thai Embassy in Paris many times had more difficult requirements than other Thai Embassy 

3 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

// This guy has listed few benefits re non O-A. 

An obvious one is no requirement for money to be kept in Thai bank. The non O-A is good option for guys that return to home country every couple of years.

3 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

The incorrect part is that the insurance for non o is only required for 90 days whereas insurance for non O-A is one year. I referred to that error above.

The second incorrect part is that for a Non O-A in France you DO need 800k in a Thai bank, from your second O-A. So no benefits. Yes, probably specific to Paris/France, but the OP is from France...

13 hours ago, NanLaew said:

14 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Can't imagine that there would be many folk with a current valid permission of stay of extension to non o retirement. They presumably exited Thailand prior to late march. //

 

Is it really relevant how many there are?

 

I have seen at least half a dozen threads on here where people on a Retirement Extension had departed Thailand in pre-lockdown Q1 and were concerned that their type of extension was not mentioned when Non-O visa for marriage/family and extensions thereof were recently added to the CoE permission list. I imagine there's a whole slew of them exhaling right now and are already chasing things with their local Thai embassies. //

Hi. I agree with @DrJack54 that there must not be so many folk concerned now.

I am one of the unlucky ones who saw his retirement extension expiring while stranded abroad  and with about 8 months already since Thailand closed its border, you can think that - statistically - about 2/3 of Non-O abroad had their extension expired too

So, most people you are talking about are just thinking : "Too late"...

25 minutes ago, tgw said:

time to buy stocks of manufacturers of such equipment.

Other upcoming vaccines may not have this constraint...

5 hours ago, canuckamuck said:

It used to be that free speech was recognized as an inalienable right.

If someone one was mistaken it was not a crime. //

When was that? And where?

In most countries there is no "free speech".

Many subjects may bring you in front of the Justice

because law forbids to claim - or deny - about such subjects.

Same laws should apply on social media IMHO.

About lies (such as recent political lies) there should be a warning as soon as several people report it and when the probability of false/fake news is high.

1 hour ago, fangless said:

Why dehydrate in the first place if you are then going to rehydrate by dipping into a liquid?

Looks like you never made camping, trekking or similar activity where you have a small volume and/or a rather small weight of things you can bring with you. Dehydrated eggs by example are perfect to make by example a good omelette from a very light and small bag of egg powder that find its place in your backpack.

Hi. The date of posts is now MM/DD/YYYY, the american format,

instead of the most standard DD/MM/YYYY that we used to have.

It's rather annoying and I don't see any way in the Settings to change to the right format.  ;(

Something you can do ? Please...

5 hours ago, earlinclaifornia said:

O-A is from a persons home country via a Thai Embassy.

O is completed by Thai Immigration office.

Sorry but false.

Both O-A and O are visas that one can get in a Thai embassy (so outside Thailand).

Main difference is that you may get the O-A only in your home country.

Immigration doesn't deliver visas, but can "change" the type of your visa (or exemption) if you need a O to get a yearly extension.

Not in Pattaya now, but most shops selling motorbikes also sell insurance.

Most insurance shops too, like AA-Insurance opposite BigC South Road.

Places who make technical control also sell it. (South Rd, Sukhumvit, ...)

4 hours ago, Dragonboat Ronin said:

Correct me if wrong but yes proper terminology seems to be Non Immigrant O or OA Long-Stay Visa depending on if applied for within or outside TH. //

Both Non O and Non O-A are visas that you get outside of Thailand.

A Thai visa is mainly an authorisation to enter in the the country and to get an authorisation of stay when you arrive. No point in asking for a visa when already in Thailand.

Main exception is the "change" of your visa type in a Non O visa if you want to apply for a yearly extension.

21 hours ago, tso310 said:

NON-O is issued by the Immigration Department and they have the authority to turn that into an annual immigration visa. //

Uh?

No. Non-O Visa are issued by Thai embassies or consulates worldwide. Same as for most (all?) visas. Visas depends on MFA.

Immigration doesn't issue visa but  can "convert" your current visa (or visa-exemption) into a Non-O in the only case where you are asking for a yearly extension and match requirements for it.

22 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

‘No Time To Die’ producers poured 8,400 gallons of Coca-Cola ...

Ok, and what volume is that exactly?

There must be at least 2 or 3 different gallon units...

When will reporters use international standard units that don't have such ambiguity ? 

Liters or m³ would be more meaningful for most people.

And BTW, what volume of water to clean all this sugar after the stunt ? 

9 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

So you are saying when it comes to any vote in an annual general meeting, the 49% foreigner ownership will prevail over the mandated 51% Thai ownership?

If the Thais vote against a levy of 100,000 baht on each unit for condo upkeep against your conviction the place is falling to pieces, what are you going to do?

You're the one that doesn't understand Thai laws.

You have 100% control of the condo unit that you own.

You will never see all Thai owners represented at an AGM.

And even in your own country, you have no 100% control of the condo if the majority of owners decide to vote differently that what you want.

Thai owners are not against foreigners at AGMs; they vote for the good of the condo globally.

On 10/17/2020 at 4:45 AM, Peter Denis said:

Strange that the article does not mention that there is now a relatively easy solution for all 3 cases.  All of them can now apply for a 1-year Non Imm O-A Visa which would allow them to get the COE to return to Thailand.

Easy solution? maybe... but it doesn't allow me to  come back in Thailand before at best 6 months, because of the rule "equivalent of 500'000 B during 6 months in your checking account". I have more than this amount available, but not in my checking account!

3 minutes ago, pixelaoffy said:

You can never own the land on which any property is built 

True, but how is it a problem for a condo? The condominium juridic entity, controlled by units' owners, is the owner of the land on which the condo is built.

5 hours ago, BritManToo said:

3M is too much for a condo in Thailand IMHO.

What happens when they reject your VISA extension for some bogus reason?

Did it ever happened ?? 

For myself never heard of any retiree around me being refused his extension

(as long as he still get the required income of course)

2 hours ago, Lacessit said:

// Buying property in a country where you [..] can only get to 49% control of a condo, is daft.

And you know of course that what you just wrote is false information ! 

Foreign owner of a condo in Thailand have 100% control of his condo unit ! 

Please stop posting such "information" if you don't understand Thai laws.