Garouda

The problem with these online stores is that neither Shopee nor Lazada evaluates the “quality” of the sellers or their ability to run a business. Shopee's message is simply informing you that the seller in question might have stopped his business without closing their account. Besides this, Shopee offers great protection in case of non-compliant items. With Lazada, it's more difficult to get your money back if you're not using their App. It's just common sense not to engage in a transaction with a store that wasn't active on the same day.

They usually do that home visit only once, the first time. I'm surprised by the length of that verification period. I live in Loei, they visited my house for the first application only and after that, it took each time about one month to get the actual Thai spouse visa…

Sorry, he's right. Your post is an amalgam of platitudes and pushes open doors. Moreover, there are no statistical or sociological references...

Have you ever been in Chonburi (Chonburi, Bowin, Laemchabang) or Rayong for example? There are lots of industrial estates hosting factories producing goods for export, amongst which we can see lots of US companies. I'm not sure that the investors will appreciate the erratic decisions of Orange Donald Duck Trump... Mid-Term is going to be an interesting time.

Sorry, but your question deserves such an answer. You can receive as many answers as there are such villages with older foreigners living in rural areas. How long have you been in Thailand, do you speak Thai? Villagers will love one person and not like another one without you knowing the reason. By the way, the immigration laws do not allow people with extremely low income. Simply consider that the government recently raised the minimum daily wage to THB 400 in Bangkok. When workers come to our place, we pay them 400 to 500 bahts a day, we grow rubber trees and some fruit plus some rice, so yes indeed it's upcountry (Loei province). I'm 73 years old, married, living in my wife's village and cannot answer your question. I arrived in 2003. Furthermore, I can speak, read, and write in Thai, but will never claim to know or understand them 100%. “Do they feel these foreigners should be spending more to help the local economy or contributing something financially to the community?” That's an interesting and particularly philosophically well-rounded question. Do you really think that the people in those rural, remote areas ask themselves such metaphysical questions? And you started your post with another interesting point: ” I’ve noticed there are some older foreigners who choose to settle in rural villages of Thailand on low retirement incomes…. ” You noticed…, in that case, why didn't you simply ask? Member 466 Posted Friday at 03:11 PM

You can find a great variety of stones in locations where people tap rubber trees, there are different grades. We have rubber trees here and the knives must be very sharp. This link as an example, we buy our stones locally (Loei). https://www.lazada.co.th/products/pdp-i5772920534.html?spm=a2o4m.searchlist.list.70.49a25047rthiTL

I sincerely hope she will not be obliged to learn some English words:” Hello, welcome! What would you like some drink?”

I'm with Siam Commercial and Krungthai, both stopped their website online banking a while ago, You have to use the application on your smartphone. SCB has got a clean application, not overloaded with marketing gimmicks. They sent a message saying that from June 9th they cancel the waiver of verification by face recognition. I still can use it, though. Wait and see…

There's a fair in Bangkok, next month, Asia Sustainable Energy Week, 2-4 July. Queen Sirikit Centre. https://www.asew-expo.com/2025/en/index.asp

For historical reasons, there are three off grid solar systems at my place. One 1 kW PV array, 4×250W with one 1kW inverter. 24V battery bank. (+/- 30 000 THB) Coming next one 3.25kW array, 10 × 325W panels, one 3.5kW inverter, 96 V battery bank. I bought eight 150 AH gel batteries last year, 64 000THB. The last one is 4 × 625W array, hybrid controller inverter 3.0kw 24V battery bank. I must have paid some 7 550 THB for the inverter, I've just bought four 100 AH Li FePO4 batteries, 24 000 THB, add another 30 000 THB for the panels and some accessories, total around 62 000 THB. Li FePO4 batteries have become less expensive and last much longer than flooded batteries, We have two fridges but no aircon, daily consumption 4.5-5kWH. The first 1.0 kW system is not used for the house any more, but for a small house 100m away used now and then by my wife's children, The two other systems are used separately and there's a transfer switch. I like that two systems approach because, like any technical system, they can fail. I was about to forget another 6×400W array for my deep well pump. The deep well was a budget of +/-70 000 THB all included. The panels were placed by local workers, I did all the wiring by myself. The budget was the cost of materials plus manpower at local price, I did all the electricity.. Unfortunately, the file with the detailed account was on a drive that crashed. pn27s3BDxd0 This is the YouTube address for the deep well, the link isn't active because YouTube does not allow it, just paste in the search function. I made other videos, but they are in French.

Firstly, it's not a marriage visa, but a Thai spouse visa. In my passport, they wrote ภรรยาไทย ปีที่ 6 or Thai spouse, sixth year. Secondly, it often depends on the local immigration office, and of course on your home country. I come from Belgium, and the immigration office accepts an Affidavit from my embassy, the document is written in English. It all also depends on your revenue source. If you have a regular pension like me, you also could ask your bank to give you a certificate. In that case, it's recommended to have your bank agency close to the immigration office. Or, as someone suggested earlier on this thread, you can have a 400 k THB deposit on your bank account. I've never been asked to provide translated documents, except for my marriage.

You're 100% right, what I see beyond this is a kind of NGO subsidized by the alcohol lobby.

And by the way, in rural locations, you can buy beer and alcohol at any time…

You have to expect the beer and alcohol lobby to use the weapon of fear to protect its interests.