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They will certainly push up property prices and rents if all those come that want to. 

Very interesting development they are hunting in packs to take down hedge funds that thrive on shorting stocks.Wild times indeed. It's like a game where any one with a hundred dollars or so gets to play...

    And so here we are. Reddit traders are “weaponising” financial derivatives against Wall Street, the creators of financial derivatives, in a war of attrition. The contagion has spread to Europe where day traders are on the hunt for the next GameStop. 

Are we looking at the new masters of the universe? Unlikely. But day traders have managed to play hedge funds at their own game and the Schadenfreude is real. 

https://www.ft.com/content/eb212606-308a-4351-b786-8f10fdfade96

4 minutes ago, Golden Triangle said:

Did you get that in 7/11 ? My Mrs has a dry cough for a couple of days so I just showed her one of the earlier posts from 2012 & told her to have a look in 7/11.

Sorry no I haven't bought it yet ! Will surely do as these cough mixtures actually work - it appears to be currently available though from a brief googling. 

Is this still available looks very much like Collis Brown's mixture that was used by my parents when i was a nipper.edit   Indeed it is at last a cough mixture that actually works ! 

31 minutes ago, Tanoshi said:

When you entered Thailand on that single entry Non O Visa, it was 'used' so now immaterial.

You were given a stamp at entry 'admitted until' (date), this is know as your granted 'permission of stay', which in your case would have been 90 days from the date of entry.

 

When you apply for a 60 day extension, you are applying to extend that permission of stay for a further 60 days.

When you apply for a 1 year extension you are applying for a further  extension of your permission of stay.

Extensions are permits, not Visas. 

 

Entirely up to the individual, dependant if your staying long term.

Personally I've found the Yellow Tabien Baan and foreigners ID card extremely useful from opening a bank account, to obtaining/renewing Driving licences and purchasing vehicles.

Without a Tabien Baan and ID card you will require multiple 'Certificates of Residence' from your Immigration office for the above.

 

No, after the one time 60 day extension to visit Thai wife, only the 1 year extension is available for long term stay.

 

As explained it's a permit to stay, not a Visa.

You can purchase a single or multiple re-entry permit from your local Immigration office.

After leaving during your 1 year permission of stay, on re-entry you will be stamped in again up to the date of your current permission of stay.

 

UJ has already posted a list of requirements, but here is mine for comparison.

Extension of Stay based on Marriage.odt 22.59 kB · 0 downloads

 

When using the 400K in the bank method, note that once the 1 year extension has been approved you can withdraw the 400K if required, but must be deposited again at least 2 months before your next extension application.

 

Wow your answer is as good as it gets , many thanks and all very clear.

I'm interested in the foreigners id card now so may well be worth getting the yellow book and taking the hassle. Just in case I don't go for the 1 year permit can I apply for the tb on my more limited current status and then get the foreigners id card on same ? We are no strangers to Pattaya City Hall for various reasons over the years so another morning spent there is not a problem. 

My return to the UK at the moment is predicated on the death rate falling rapidly and the vaccine rollout being successful - if that happens before the end of April and there is no costly quarantine UK end then we will return and I would do the 1 year option for our return in the autumn. 

This appears very helpful.

https://www.wikiprocedure.com/index.php/Thailand_-_Apply_for_Thai_Identification_(Pink_ID)_Card_for_Foreigners

Thanks for that very useful reply. It' all very clear now and give the tabien baan a miss. Just have to make sure that if I need the 1 year in April that my application is note perfect for Jomtien immigration as I've heard they love to find small errors and push you the agents way if possible. 

11 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:

Tried to book today for early February. No luck.

Where do you 'book' please. 

4 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

See my general list of required documents. Marriage Extension Requirements 2.pdf

 

There is not other extension you qualify for other than the 60 day extension you have applied for.

Great many thanks very helpful indeed. 

As I mentioned before in the previous post I am here on a 3 month IMM-O (marriage) visa issued in London with the expiry date due on 27th February and will be extending a further 2 months for 1900 baht. My wife and I own a condo here and she is on the tabien baan and our marriage is registered at the amphoe. I have opened a bank account now and transferred in 400k and so the money is duly seasoning if required for A 1 year visa. 

I have been pondering my options further down the line should we want to stay here longer than the 5 months in total that will have expired on 27thg April and there are a number of questions I would be most grateful for any help you could assist with.

1. Is there any point in getting a tabien baan in my own name ? My wife currently does the TM30 without any problems.

2. Is there any further short term visa extension available that isn't the 1 year route ?

3. If I get the 1 year visa I understand the need for 90 day reporting. If I subsequently go back to the UK does this effectively cancel that visa or can I use it for re-entry in the autumn if required without further ado ?

4. Does the 1 year just require my bank account, her id ,tabien baan and my passport as the relevant documentation ?

Many thanks in advance. 

Thanks for all the interesting replies and observations. The reason we registered our marriage was the  dual nationality different surnames issue. My wife would book an airline ticket in her married name ,leave UK on a British passport and enter Thailand on her Thai one with maiden name. Immigration would always query the passport switch and suggested she should regularise the surname difference. This resulted in a fair amount of grief changing I'd card,passport and tabien bahn. 

On the subject of opening the bank account have just done at Krungsri. Required marriage certificate,her I'd and my passport. So we're good to go will put in 400k shortly and be able to season for the 2 month period. The vast amounts of paper to be signed though was staggering I should have thought at least 10 times for what end god only knows.

1 minute ago, Tanoshi said:

You'll need 800K for retirement extension, joint account (if your IO accept it) 1.6 million.

She's just ringing the bank now to see what docs we need - going down the 400k sole account route. 

4 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

That is only accepted for extensions based upon retirement and even then it depends upon the office where you apply.

Sounds like sound advice that is the route I will be taking this afternoon. 

2 minutes ago, Bruce Aussie Chiang Mai said:

Believe joint account accepted but you need double required balance. I am going to look into it soon.

My wife worried she not have quick access if I fall of perch.

Even with will I think it slow to access.

 

Aahhhm,  interesting that would work for us if it was certain route to take. 

2 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

You will need a bank account in your name only. For proof of a income of at least 40k baht according the rules you would need 2 months of transfers of it from abroad into a Thai bank to apply for your first one year extension of stay based upon marriage to a Thai. But you will need to contact your local office to find out if they will accept only 2 months since many insist on 12 months of transfers.

You also have the option to put 400k baht into a Thai bank for 2 months before the day you apply for the extension.

To apply for the extension of stay you will need to register your foreign marriage at a Amphoe to get a Kor Ror 22 marriage registry. It seems you may have what you do need to do the registration but I am not sure what you did to have your marriage certificate "apostilled". The requirement is that it be legalised by the Legalisation Office in Milton Keynes in the UK and than by the Thai embassy in London Info is here.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/714089/Legalisation_info_June_2018.pdf)

Many thanks for that most helpful reply. We registered our marriage at the amphoe last year so that is done thankfully. So it looks like I will need to open an account. My wife has accounts with Kasikorn,SCB, Krungsri already hopefully will it be fairly easy to open an account with one of those. I will be transferring 200k from the UK with my wife making the other 200k deposit. Do you have any insight to which would be the easiest bank to deal with ?

Hi there 

I am currently on an IMM-0 3 month visa (marriage) issued in London. I understand I can extend it for 2 months more at the expiry date at the end of February for 1900 baht with suitable residence and marriage documentation at our local immigration office.

My wife and I live together in our(her name!)  condo and her name is on the tabien bahn. I'm 59 with a UK pension of 42k a month and substantial savings and assets in the UK. The banks account of my wife here are in her name only but she is happy to have them joint or transfer funds to an account in my name only if required. 

We have a UK marriage certificate, apostilled certificate and MFA approved translation. As the situation in the UK is not good at the moment to put it mildly I am considering spending much longer here than I anticipated when we arrived and went through ASQ back in December. 

I would be hugely grateful if someone can help me understand my options (not including the Elite visa though!)

5 minutes ago, lopburi3 said:

Are you sure it is not made here at Rinnai Thailand?  Does the model number get Japanese or Thai hits on Google?  Many water heaters are of Japanese design but made here under a local model number.

Well spotted it is indeed made in Thailand !

Thanks for all the 'meaty' replies - looks like I have opened a can of worms. The path of least resistance (geddit) is to do nothing and take the shower back to HomePro a solution which is under active consideration. I insisted on buying a relatively expensive Japanese model Rinnai at 6500 baht as I believe they will be built and tested to higher standards than Thai or Chinese models at half the price. If we get a recommended sparks in then my total budget for a verifiable solution will be 5k max. If more will be 'nam yen' for foreseeable... 

10 minutes ago, xylophone said:

That's a possible option, however I wouldn't advocate using rebar because of all the points mentioned, and one  doesn't know where that particular piece rebar starts and stops!

 

The condo people have already said they have problems with the water pipes rusting away, so that's not an option, so my suggestion about dropping an earth down the service duct and then connecting it to an earth, even if it's through driving a stake in the ground, is still a possibility.

 

If you can get a sparky to open up the main distribution board for you, you can see if there is an earth in it and then find a way to connect to it, even if it means using the service duct. If there isn't an earth, then you'll have to use the stake in the ground suggestion. 

 

PS. For what it's worth I was qualified electrical technician before I left that profession and went on to others, and I have an abject fear of the little electric water heaters used here, because a number of them which I have been asked to inspect, didn't have an earth, but luckily enough I've been able to run one for these people.

I share that fear hence the post - could be cold showers from now on if there isn't an affordable solution to the problem. Which actually isn't that bad... 

4 minutes ago, DefaultName said:

I used building maintenance to try to get an electric oven earthed.  After about 40 minutes he told me it needed an earth, Buddha knows what he thought he was doing up to that point.  Then he spent 30 minutes trying to earth to rebar in the concrete kitchen worktop.   I gave up, the oven is in and working, but not earthed.

I reluctantly accept no earth up to the point of a shower in a  bathroom. That's a red line for me. 

Have got a reply to my question from someone in the condo....

18 minutes ago, bankruatsteve said:

What are the hangers attached to?  If steel, there you go.

To my untutored eye this looks good.I trust any sparkie worth their salt can measure the potential of metal in here as to it's suitability as an earth and then run it to the circuit box ?

I'm not on the top floor but I have noticed the corridor has square suspended lightweight ceiling tiles that can be pushed up so running a cable to the lifts would be quite easy if that has a reliable earth. I have left a message on our condo bulletin board so no doubt some one will turn up shortly with the local potential solution. 

If you look at Baht Sold you can see one's that have sold quite easily - I did a quick search for Pattaya and found 6 had they were nice looking units, in good locations at attractive but not seriously out of kilter prices. So good stuff is still selling if it's priced to sell. 

21 minutes ago, Natai Beach said:

 Welcome to the forum Sir.

 

What country are you from?

Hi there and thanks for the welcome. The UK.