TroubleandGrumpy

Happens all the time in Dem States - they bring in as many illegals as possible (especially California) then give them permission to stay and a licence - so they can vote Democrat. The associated social and criminal impacts do not affect the wealthy, but the ordinary Americans feel it big time.

YES YES YES - obviously. Only a woke liberal delusional fool would think otherwise.

Yes indeed - the monthly income method is a much easier option for most Expats on a retirement Visa because they can spend any/all of that money each month. You may recall a year ago that we discussed my 'home visit' experience on AN and I swore then never to let that happen again. The previous home visit in another Province was fine - quick and easy and polite. But here in KK last year it was atrocious. We had to obtain two witnesses who not only had to sign paperwork, they had to participate in what can only be described as a 15-20 minute lecture by a small pen**ed tiny-brained tin-pot General wannabe who spoke in Thai only. To say it took a lot of self control not to stand up and throw the little ar****ole out of the house, as he lectured my wife and the witnesses, is an understatement. I promised back then to give the details of how the retirement extension process went, and aside from the bank problems, it was brilliant.

I will ask you if you have a link or some document Jack - otherwise I know you know far more than others - but that is your opinion and read of the rules - which IOs do not always comply with as we know. Do you have anything - just in case needed? I also must question what you have said and tell more details of what the IO explained to me very clearly (in good English). When you apply for an extension on your original Visa's Permission to Stay for reason of Marriage and you are waiting the 30 days for approval, your existing Visa's Permission to Stay will expire within that 30 days. It might be only 1 day and it might be 14 days (or more) but the existing Permission to Stay on a Non-Immigrant Visa will expire while you are waiting 'approval' and if you are not in the country at that time, your original Visa automatically expires. The 30 days is not a 'temporary' extension of your permission to stay under your original Visa, it is a waiting period for approval. That made sense to me when he explained it, and I can see that an IO at the airport might interpret the situation that way. But having said all that, I am not trying to argue because it is no longer a problem for me, and I accept I could be wrong. I am pushing back a little just in case someone on a marriage Visa does have to leave the country during the waiting approval period, and they get rejected when they return and have to start all over again. Which means applying for a new non-immigration Visa for marriage - which I am not sure you can do when you enter on a Visa free/exempt basis? But if you are absolutely certain iot would not be an issue, then by all means I will leave it at that.

Then you dont know what you are talking about if you have never applied for one. This time around the banks were a pain - but the Immigration part was over done and dusted inside 30 minutes with a new Extension stamp in my Passport. Last 2 marriage extensions have been a pain in the butt - including the 30 day waiting period and associated issues and the house visits. I know there are poor pensioners here who cannot hold a million baht in a bank account, but that is not an issue for me and the question still remains - why the **** should I ever do the marriage Visa extension again. It is/was a pain in the backside and the retirement extension was a breeze (bank aside).

Yeh - they dont make it easy to live here do they?

Wrong. List of documents for Retirement Visa | Samut Prakan Immigration https://www.samutprakanimmigration.go.th/list-of-documents-for-retirement-visa/

Surely you know I cannot believe a bloke on AN and not believe an IO? Can you provide any proof of that claim - a link to an Immigration website or a document? My understanding is that in order to enter a country you must have a valid Visa (or get a Visa exemption) and you cannot enter under a Visa that is not valid but which is 'waiting approval'. Yes I can re-enter the country, but I think the IO is right in that I cannot re-enter under an invalid Visa. @DrJack54 Can you provide any insight into this issue?

Cheers Jack - as you said, the Immigration part of the retirement extension application was quick and easy. But the last two years that was the bad part of the marriage extension process. Besides the complications of paperwork, there was the house visits (which they do here every year), and the 30 day waiting period during which leaving the country was 'not allowed', and leaving the Province could be an issue. I am OK with the money requirements of Immigration for a retirement extension (800K for 3 + 3), and then min 400K. What seriously annoyed me was that the bank has now locked that 800K down for 4 months. Not a financial problem as we have several other bank accounts, and we use one of the accounts as our medical slush fund - it is just the arbitrary (and illegal?) nature of the lockdown. None of the other banks do this - just the Bangkok Bank - as soon as the 4 months is up I am pulling most of the 800K out of that bank. What also annoys me is that Immigration have done nothing about this (that we know about) - have they approached management of Bangkok Bank and made sure they know their requirements? Has the BOT discussed with Bangkok Bank this arbitrary lockdown of people's bank accounts? Does a bank in Thailand have the legal right to do such a thing? Who would invest money into Thailand if the banks can arbitrarily impose such ridiculous actions at will?

I assumed everyone would know that - but you are right - some people may not have known that. Retirement Visa is only for those who have 'retired' as such, and do not work in Thailand.

No mate - you have got that all wrong - very wrong. There are a lot of actors that are mentally 'damaged' and besides drugs being the issue for some, the reason is that someone who is extremely talented is often 'conflicted' in their minds - the Van Gogh issue. That is why so many actors, painters and artists self-harm themselves - being that talented at artistic things means 'bending' the mind - and sometimes it breaks - often it cracks. It takes something very 'inhuman' to act as good as De Niro and many others do - meanwhile character 'actors' like Arnold Schwarzenegger dont usually have those problems (unless drugs are involved) because they are just being themselves. IMO Daniel Day Lewis could 'feel' the cracks appearing and that was why he quit acting when at his peak - IMO he is the best actor of all time.

There is something very 'damaged' about De Niro - he has been off his rocker about Trump for many years. I believe Trump once called him a Ped**** in public, and De Niro has hated him ever since. But overall, I think the Hollywood woke liberals, like De Niro, have a hatred for Trump that clearly shows they are without rational thought. If they think a demented old man allowing in millions of illegals was good for the country, then they are clearly insane - IMO they have some other reasons to hate Trump and it is personal. Perhaps one day in the future when Trump published his memoirs, we will learn the truth.

The first thing I will say is that I was wrong and right. I was wrong when previously stating that the Marriage Extension meant something - that is total khrapp - the only advantage is 400K versus 800K required in bank - but there are a lot of disadvantages, as per my posts long ago about this issue. I was right when thinking that the Annual Extension for Retirement is easy and uncomplicated, when compared to the previous Extensions for Marriage I have 'tolerated'. I strongly recommend switching to Retirement Extension for anyone with a Marriage Extension. I went to the KK Immigration Office a month ago and got a list of things needed to submit for Retirement Extension. Then the day before I completed and signed in black ink and then printed out all the other documents in the list - and then signed them all in blue ink. TM7 (including recent photo) - STM2 - STM9 - STM 11 - All pages of Passport with stamps on them - Letter and Certificate from the bank - copy of front page and all pages of the bank book. Because I am married, I was able to 'prove' address by providing signed by wife in blue ink copies of Thai ID Card - House Book - and Marriage Certificate (Khor2) signed by both of us. I assume if not married you would need to provide copy of your own house book, or the owner of a rental place. The only negative was that Bangkok Bank has issued a new rule that the money for an Immigration Certificate/Letter must be in the account at least 4 months before the date of the certificate/letter. Because I only had over 800K for 3.5 months, that meant the 800K in my account was frozen for 4 months - money over that amount can be withdrawn - but a minimum of 800K for 4 months. Not impressed and told them so. I checked out Krungsri, Kasikorn and SCB - they only require 3 months before the date as per Immigration Rules, and they do not lock that money in after that date (currently). Obviously when I next apply for a Retirement Extension I will have to show the bank book and prove I had a minimum of 400K for the year. I have a Krungsri account and I will be using that bank going forward with Bangkok Bank as the back-up. On 21 October we arrived at Immigration just after 2.30pm. The place was not very busy and after the front desk checked we had all the paperwork, I was given a number and asked to wait. Less than 30 minutes later we were in front of the IO and it was all done and dusted within 10 minutes. I then asked about 90 days (due in 2 weeks), and she did that at the same time. Absolutely brilliant and by far the best annual extension process (except the bank) that I have undertaken since 2012. No complicated documents and maps - no 30 day waiting period - no house visit and lecture - done and dusted on the day. I recall asking an IO 2 years ago what would happen if I had to leave Thailand during the marriage extension waiting period (eg. death in family), and he said doing that would cancel the Visa, and I would have to start again. I asked about a Permission Certificate to Leave and Re-enter, and he said that was only for a current/valid Visa because I would not be permitted to re-enter without a current/valid Visa. Besides the 400K, I am at a total loss about the benefits of having a marriage extension, because after switching to that some years ago, I see nothing.

Tampon Tim - now there is a real man. I wanna be like him when I grow up. 😂

Woke liberal women like AOC and radicals like Omar have taken over the Dems. Both men and women are walking away - it is very clear their anti-male rhetoric and classroom teachings have damaged society. The only reason they get as many votes as they do, is because they give driving licences to illegals and then let them vote. Trump closed the borders to both stop Illegals, and so no more Dem voters were entering. ICE is not only removing Illegals, they are removing Dem Voters. Both those reasons are why the Dems are so upset. This is like when the Republicans took away the Dem's slaves - and they are reacting the same way (violently).

Mate - that is why I block most of them - life is too short to 'listen' to lunatics and fools. I recall the old sage saying - 'Never wrestle with a Pig'. The Pig will not play by any rules, The Pig will never accept defeat, The Pig will love it - and you will have Pigsh*t all over you. Never climb over that fence and get into the Pig Pen - stay outside and ignore them - the farmer will 'deal' with them later, in his own good time - the ending for a Pig is never a good one. PS - I love bacon and liberal tears !!!

So much wasted time in your life typing that all out. Speaking of lives - maybe you should get one.

She/He is a gender studies focussed androgynous arty pharty type - and the painting is obviously sexual in nature and meaning. Sorry, but not in Thailand - take your gender fluid wall art/sheeite back to France.

The GOP and Trump dont really care. The indictment and the 'trial' where his lies and duplicity will be revealed in public, will be punishment enough for his part in the betrayal of the POTUS. Unfortunately, the Dems started this approach to things when they called the Jan6 protest an (unarmed) insurrection and then targeted Trump and his supporters with legal actions that were at best dubious, and at worst (the majority) were outright political lawfare. Unless the Dems can somehow win back the House in mid-terms (unlikely), things are going to get harder and stronger - the payback that myself and many others warned about in 2020s is just starting. If the GOP actually gain a super majority in the House and the Senate after the mid-terms, the Dems will be destroyed by the time 2028 comes around - legally and financially. This is a great time to be alive and see Trump doing exactly what he promised to do - but this time with his team being carefully selected. As I said some years ago - it was a huge mistake by the Dems to remove Trump - he had 4 years to carefully put things together for his second term - and it is great to watch him and his team take the Dems down.

Google AI -= Mounjaro (tirzepatide) is the diabetes drug that leads to the most weight loss, followed by Ozempic (semaglutide), Rybelsus (oral semaglutide), and Victoza (liraglutide) There are alternative forms of drugs that are specifically approved for weight loss, such as Wegovy, Zepbound, and Saxenda. My daughter tried everything for years - then used a drug (with Doctor and regular blood tests) and weight went down a lot and it has stayed off. If you are male and exercise, you will gain weight - muscle weighs more that fat. If you starve yourself (over-diet), the body will reduce muscle more that it reduces fat. Fat is stored for when you have an accident or cannot obtain food - as we get older the body does that more because old humans cannot hunt well. Sleep more - drink lots of water - and use a modern weight loss drug.

On replay IPTV service. First hour - last hour. Assuming on of the hundreds of channels that have catch-up TV actually show it.

Practical hands on knowledge and experience for over 3 years - plus extremely strong in- depth knowledge of the IT organisations and what they are like and how they deceive the 'home' users (corporates and government orgs treated very differently). MSoft is moving towards a Google model and anyone with a brain knows Google makes most of it money from selling information and not a lot of it from selling hardware or software. All good but it was inevitable IMO that MSoft was going to be forced to give ESU for free. Today I sent a reminder note to a few guys back in Aus who paid for ESU and said I was foolish waiting (bit troll but we Aussies always slag our mates).

I am no expert, but it is clear to me that driving an EV through floodwaters is not a good thing in the long run for the battery and electronics. Given that most cars in Thailand do this every year during the rainy season, I would be very reluctant to buy a cheap used EV here. I also think that car dealers/makers would not be willing to repair or relace water damaged batteries - whatever consumer laws are in place.

I agree - get the Win10 ESU and wait to see how things go. Plenty of time now.

ROFLOL - TiT - Safety comes last here - certainly well after profit and merit and face and so many other things. Thais learn the lesson early or die - do not go somewhere when you cannot see what is in there - do not touch anything that you dont know about - etc etc etc.