eddi

I'm in the process of buying a Condo. The developer has given me a copy of the chanote with his company's name on it.

However, I hear that he has a mortgage on the building so does the chanote mean my condo is mortgage free?

(Maybe he has a mortgage only on the unsold condos!)

Obviously, if I go through with the purchase while there is a mortgage on it then it may take a long time (forever?) to get the chanote in my name.

Any advice from someone who has been in this situation would be appreciated.

Thanks guys,

I'll check out both locations tomorrow.

Thanks MTH

Is Soi Bongkot the first junction from Sukumvit in Pattaya Tai?

(I don't have a decent map)

thaicbr

I'm size L in Europe. REAL make sounds good, is the shop north of Soi Diana Inn on Soi Bukaow?

Does anyone know where I can buy a new helmet in Pattaya, not the one-size-fits-all ones in supermarkets or the THB 10,000+ "Superbike" types.

I want an open face one with a visor and I had in mind a price of around THB 4,000, similar to European prices.

Or if there's a place that fits new chinstraps as that's all that is wrong with my existing helmet (bought in Europe)

icequeen you are right, very straight forward at Pattaya immigration, it did not take long to get my retirement visa though I had to pay an extra THB 2000 for a non O visa as I entered on a 30 day visa on entry stamp. ( Not a requirement when I tried for a retirement visa in 2007)

However, they would not do the same for my wife, apparently she has to leave within 30 days, go to a Thai Embassy and get a 90 day non immigrant O visa then come back.

Then she can apply for a 1 year extension as my dependent, needs to get a medical report here as well (only for female dependents?)

I hope when that's done that she can get her 1 year extension without delay, fortunately the immigration office is only a block away so it's easy to go back several times if necessary.

Thanks guys, I arrived at BKK, no problem with one way ticket, immigration did not ask to see any ticket.

I'm off to Pattaya Immigration on Wednesday to try to get 2 simultaneous retirement visas ( well one for me plus one dependent)

I'll report back the results afterwards as it might be of interest to other guys in a similar position.

As they say, a problem shared is a problem solved.

In a couple of days I will be in Thailand with my wife. We intend to get 30 day visas on arrival stamps at BKK airport.

Then I'll go to the immigration office in Pattaya and apply for a 1 year retirement visa for myself (age over 50. 800K in bank for 3 months)

Does anyone know if my wife, non Thai, under 50, can be included on my visa application.

If not, does she have to leave Thailand at the end of the 30 days or is there another way for her to stay longer

Hope I'm not the only one to have a non Thai wife, maybe I should go for an upgrade!

Just checked the Lufthansa site, THB 20.900 return via FRA to most places in Europe.

Min 6 days, max 12 months, no change of dates allowed.

Seems like a good deal to me and you're flying in the right direction so fairly short trip time.

Hope that's useful to you.

$970 seems a lot of tax. Reading the link from Mario2008 I assumed household goods were tax free.

Maybe it's cheaper do dump my stuff in Europe and but all new stuff here.

Important papers and documents could be sent tax free by DHL anyway.

I arrived in BKK in January. got a 30 day visa on arrival, no charge, what's changed?

I am going to apply for a retirement visa next month and intend to ship in my personal stuff from Europe.

Do I have to pay import duties on these things as if they were new items or can I bring them in free if I have a valid retirement visa?