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Thank you. I'm having this tattooed across my chest for when I rock up to Immigration!

Thank you again. It's not easy (as we all know from experience) trying to get precise, consistent information from the local IO. Or the rest of Thailand, for that matter. Still, I wouldn't want to live anywhere else and love it here!

Thanks for the replies, understood about ID card, but the first question remains unanswered (or at least, unclear to me). Money in the bank (ie not monthly income), lump sum 800,000 baths. Been there for years, never dip (dip ... baths ... I'll see myself out) into it, no problem. As the subject line says, retirement extension (ie yearly extension based on retirement). Yes, I'm changing from marriage extension, but that doesn't seem to be an issue. Here's what is unclear to me, again: "Financial evidence about income and bank deposits ..." Does this mean I have to show where it comes from? My bank statement (Krungthai) doesn't list sources, just amounts and dates, so what evidence can I give? (My only income is monthly pension, and has been since I moved here - I don't get a statement with my pension, but the bulk of the account was a transfer of personal bank savings from my now defunct UK account made a dozen years ago, or thereabouts). Thanks again, compadres.

(If I post this on the tail end of a previous topic, I'm afraid it won't get noticed. Apologies.) The "shopping list" supplied by Nakhon Phanom IO lists two things I'm unsure of. Any clarification gratefully received. "Financial evidence about income and bank deposits ..." Does this mean I have to show where it comes from? My bank statement doesn't list sources, just amounts and dates, so what evidence can I give? (My only income is monthly pension, and has been since I moved here - I don't get a statement with my pension). "Copy of the Thai people ID card" Does this mean the ID of the holder of the house book, my wife?) The rest seems clear enough. Thanking you in advance, etc.

I finally got through the paperwork to visit the physio department of my local hospital. It's a small town, the hospital isn't on a par with big town facilities, so I was surprised to find them using a technology unknown to me - Electro-Magnetic Pulse Therapy. I'd expected a few gentle manipulations and a hot compress, with some advice on follow-up exercises at home. I got the hot and heavy compress treatment, twenty minutes front and back, and then twenty minutes with the machine, which looks like a large shower head attached to a mysterious white box on castors. They pass this "shower head" over you back without any pressure, like ironing a sheet or something, and you feel these very pleasurable pulses, at varying speeds and force, working on your muscles and nerves in an entirely different way to massage (which has never suited me). I could feel the tingle go down my arm and twitch my fingers. Result - although it felt good, it didn't seem to have much effect until several hours later, when the pain left me. I have booked a course of this treatment, twice a week for five weeks, and it may be that I don't need it this long. 500 baht a session, but for the effect it's had so far it's an absolute bargain - you'd pay that for some masseuse going through the motions while she thinks about what she's going to have for lunch. So there you go - came here asking for advice and ended up giving it! https://neurolaunch.com/emp-therapy/

I've had effective treatment too, back in Europe, so I'm hoping to find someone here. This gives some temporary relief, but I'm hoping to get more lasting treatment. Thanks for your replies. Anyone with any experience of acupuncture/physio in Thailand, specifically the area between Muk and Nak?

If you've had any experience, good or bad, with acupuncture or physiotherapy in Mukdahan/That Phanom/Nakhon Phanom, I'd like to hear about it. I have a trapped nerve in my neck causing me left shoulder/arm pain. I am looking for private treatment as I could die of old age waiting in a government hospital. If you can help with a recommendation, I'll be grateful.

That big, eh?

This is all very helpful. I have the 800k in a Thai bank, been there for a few years, and I'm not now likely to dip into it. Additional bank-related questions, if you have the time: - Do I need a bank statement showing constant 800k for one year previous, or three months? (Not a problem with either). - Letter of guarantee from the bank? - Copies of passbook? - Does the passbook have to show some activity in/out? I'm hoping to use the account untouched, kept as retirement visa extension fund. - Do I need wife's housebook, ID? - Map of house location? Photos of me in my shorts in bathroom? - Any sneaky paperwork nobody's mentioned? Nakhon is notorious for introducing unexpected last-minute hoops to jump through. Thanks again.

Thank you.

Nakhon Phanom. Used to be like Colditz, but has improved recently!

Any advice, info? I've extended my non-imm O visa via marriage yearly for sixteen years, and my financial position now makes it easier for me (I think) to extend my visa on a retirement basis. I will still be married, same address, everything the same (haven't been out of the country for years), except for the change of reason for visa extension. If you have any tips, I'll be grateful! (I did a search on this site for this topic, couldn't find anything, but if it's been covered before a link will be appreciated. Thank you.)

British design scooter, made in Thailand, but their website is down. Ho hum.

... don't all rush at once.

Anyone got one? Any good? Where can I buy one?

Thanks for the replies. The Thai language pack had already been downloaded and installed, and it still wasn't working, and I'd already tried uninstalling and reinstalling this and the Translate app, but I did it again, by a slightly different route, and now it works offline for text but not voice input. I have no idea what I was doing wrong. I don't think Google have yet made the voice input an option for Thai. This and Lens are very useful apps here!

I have Google Translate and Papago installed on my Samsung phone. Both should work offline but neither does. Both work well online for both text and speech recognition. I have tried every advice/workaround I've found on the internet, but the advice never applies for some reason. I'll be very grateful if you can help, but please try to avoid the uninstall/reinstall method! Thank you

I don't want to clog up this thread needlessly but I feel I have to offer my heartfelt thanks for all the work and thought and care that you've put in to this, Mike!

No melatonin, no work.

My order from Lazada arrived just now. The pack has "natural MELATONIN" in big letters, which is why I ordered it. On examining the small print on this Made In Thailand product (easily recognisable by the American Stars & Stripes flag on the pack) I am somehow neither disappointed nor shocked to see that Melatonin is conspicuous by its absence. Yup! (or rather nope) when they say "natural melatonin" they mean "contains no melatonin at all, in fact completely free of the substance" which now seems perfectly logical. "This Is Thailand" after all, the country I love and have made my home. I shall try a capsule tonight, with its usual cocktail of "natural ingredients" and "vitamins" you'd need a Hubble telescope to detect, but I expect nothing, and I'm sure I shan't be disappointed. If you can bear the excitement, I will be posting a live update to this thread, probably about 3:00 a.m., so do check back. (Incidentally, I have no trouble at all falling asleep, I'm not insomniac in that way, it's the rhythm of sleep that's somehow lost with age - as with so many things - I wake up after a couple of hours sleep, stare at the dogs for a while, go to the bathroom, back to sleep - rinse and repeat. Melatonin definitely helped me glide over the shallows back into satisfying sleep.)

Thank you - looks good!

Thank you, yes, I've tried it.

For some reason, I tried shopee. It seems to be available on Lazada - thank you!

Brilliant comment. Very helpful. Melatonin works for me, as it does for many.

Believe it or not, I have tried every local pharmacy. How I thought of this myself is a mystery.