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20 hours ago, wensiensheng said:

Waste of time.

Buy the stuff in a green zone then go smoke it outside  a normal coffee shop outside the zone. Other people get effected by the smell.

 

Live in a green zone? You guys are going to get stunk out.

 

Supposedly it’s already illegal to smoke pot in a public place. See how well that rule has been enforced.

 

This is another case of rushing into something with badly thought rules that in any case aren’t enforced. When will Law makers realise that RTP very rarely, if at all, enforces any rules consistently. They should know it by now.

It’s also illegal to smoke cigarettes in public which smell much worse than cannabis! And the cannabis we were smoking 20 years ago in Thailand smelled worse. When we smoked green bud, Thais didn’t know what it was. Times have changed. The health minister has been talking constantly about cannabis regulations. The horse is out of the barn. Big money is involved as are politicians. Nothing has changed, just more talk. As far as the RT are concerned, it’s legal, other than consumption in public. 

It took us almost a year and a half to get my wife’s K1 visa. I did all the paperwork for it. She has to pass the interview. A lot don’t. My wife had the immigration officer laughing. She was approved. Good luck! It’s not easy.

I’ve tried the Chinese knockoffs of the Gillette 5 blade and they are horrible! The Bic disposable ones work but not as good as the Gillette. I just ended up ordering real Gillette blades from Lazada. Sometimes they go down in price. I also stock up on them when I go to the US. I also have a Phillips electric shaver that I use in between my Gillette shaves. 

10 minutes ago, Aussie999 said:

So, legal to sell, but not to have

Um six kilos on a 60 day visa? 555! Probable sales quantity, according to police. 

1 hour ago, rumeaug said:

isn't cannabis legal?

Not for tourists to sell.

I buy the Thai tea sock. They have them at shops like Super Cheap. Here's an example, They are cheap in Thailand.  https://www.amazon.com/Tea-Strainer-Thai-Strainers-Loose/dp/B07BCFTWDN/ref=asc_df_B07BCFTWDN?mcid=90f9de41ba1231d5aedc236682ad64ba&tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=693377751538&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15691892700849668617&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1014251&hvtargid=pla-502650398564&psc=1

On 11/11/2016 at 8:11 PM, craigt3365 said:

Have you ever seen a foreigner get money from a landed property in a divorce?

Yes I have. It took years but the courts ruled and she had to sell the land and pay him or the court would size the land and sell it. An American friend.

15 hours ago, lopburi3 said:

Actually the requirement is income of 65k per month and such a letter from your Consulate is the normal proof.  New alternative (as several of largest nations no longer issue letter) is proof of 65k per month transferred into a Thai bank account.

The income has to be from a pension. I do believe a Government pension. My income is mainly from my several rental properties. I have been doing retirement visas since 2006 and it was easy to do. Get a letter from my consulate. When the USA, Canada, UK and Australia said they don’t certify anything pretty much, Thailand said we are not going to allow you to use the affidavit from your Embassy/consulate any longer. Okay, I’m married to a Thai woman. We got married in the USA. They took our US marriage certificate without issue until last year the Phuket volunteers said something about it. But we were still approved but not this year. Now my Government needs to certify the marriage certificate! Well that is going to take a month or more, what now? My immigration officer said I have to clear the O marriage visa I have by re-entering the country. Fly to KL put a million Baht in your account and get the bank letter and balance in the morning then come in and apply for retirement two weeks before my 30 day stamp expires. The deposit method will not be allowed until next year and it has to be direct deposited monthly from a Government pension. I plan on doing all the paperwork for the marriage certificate to get certified by the US Department of State, I have my certified copy of my passport ID page now but that is not enough either now. After I get the certification from the US I need to have my wife send it to the Thai consulate in Los Angeles along with her and her parents Thai IDs and house books etc so that they will approve it and certify it. Then go to the local Amphur with the paperwork and register our US marriage with them. Once we get that done I can have my Social Security direct deposited into my Bangkok Bank account since they have a branch in New York that will handle that. I’m good at paperwork and do it all myself, including my wife’s US residency permits but the hoops Thai Immigration is currently using is a pain in my ass! 

On 4/20/2023 at 11:55 PM, RB7829 said:

Is not extension ... is first time application

It is considered by Thailand Immigration as an extension of your stay in Thailand. You can not apply for nor get a visa in Thailand, you must apply for and get a visa in your home country for an O or O-A (retirement visa). You can get some visas in neighboring countries as well, but none in Thailand! I have known a Thai Immigration Officer for 17 years. When I used to ask him for a new visa, he would reply go back to your home country if you want a visa, I can only give you a visa extension. I got an extension of my O visa a couple of months ago. One requirement is a long term lease and my landlord reporting to Immigration that I am living there with my wife. I used to do O-A Visas and extensions based on retirement. It's easier now that I am married to a Thai and that I know the second in command at the Phuket Immigration Office. Every Immigration Office and even officer is different and they have discretion.

Why did they even bother publishing this "story"?

Well now suddenly my ACH transfers are being rejected by Bangkok Bank. I'm in the US so I can't go to a Branch to update my information to be IAT complaint. My temporary solution I guess is wire transfer. Bank of America will wave the fee until next October. Hopefully by then B of A will add IAT or I can sign something back in Thailand to comply. Not sure. I just found out about this today. My transfers always went through before this past week. Ah more hoops!

On 5/23/2019 at 8:42 PM, Joann said:

Now its being joined by dengue’s baby brother Chikungunya.

I guess you've never had Chikungunya to say that! I was pretty much crippled by it for over two years, then had a hip replacement that the doctors think that Chikungunya may have caused. Definitely something to avoid!

On 4/27/2019 at 7:21 PM, Badrabbit said:

Went passed the underpass at 6am, all looked okay, didn't look into tunnel though so could have been flooded.

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Are they ever going to finish that thing? And when it's done will it actually do anything to improve traffic flow? Or was it just a major inconvenience for everyone in Rawai and the south island for years? Don't bother mentioning the brown envelopes! LOL!

12 hours ago, toenail said:

Despite it’s seedy reputation, Pattaya is cheaper and not all farangs are “sex tourists.” I worked 40 kilometers away and rented condos from 45 sq feet to 95 sq feet- all with a sea view from the balcony & a 5 minute walk to the beach. Plenty of 7-Elevens within walking distance. You just ignore the sois with go/go bars and Walking Street.


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Wow! Great! My two bedroom house with garden is 500 meters from the beach. The local fish monger calls me when the boats come in with the fish I like. I can find the rum I like, which I can't find in most of Thailand. Decent wine too. Actually a choice of a few and cheaper than other places if I can even find a shop that has a any of them in most of Thailand. We buy fruit and vegetables at the local outdoor markets or Super Cheap that you don't have. Mackro is about the same price everywhere if we need stuff from there. My rent hasn't changed in 14 years. I'm the white brother in our Thai family it seems. But I'm glad you're happy in you condo with a view of the ocean I would never swim in. Cheers!

I find them annoying as well. I'm trying to enjoy the sunset, but they act like they are the only one on the beach who are trying to take a photo and enjoy the sunset. I remember a few years ago there was a ban on wedding party and big group photo sessions. But as we all know they decide to enforce laws selectively just like most other countries. Crack down on Chinese wedding parties on the beach coming soon! LOL! The Thais are running out of "quality tourists" that they had sought after and now will take whatever they get and put up with it. 

How many years to build that barely two lane underpass? What a joke!

2 hours ago, madmitch said:

Probably waiting until the underpass opens.

When will that be?

I have two MBPs, a late 2008 and a 2017 I bought in early 2018 they both work great. Other than the screen on the late 2008 has some lines now. My iPhone 6s works fine. I started buying Apples in 1996 as I have friends who work at Apple and get the employee discount on my computers. My iPhones were buy one get one free. I maxed out the RAM at 8 GB and put a 500 GB SSD in my older MBP. The newer one had 16 G RAM and a 1 TB flash drive. Video output works great. 

Over the years I have had 5 Apple computers, the only one that doesn't still work is a G4 Titanium laptop. My first, a 3400C still works, I use it to FAX. My hard drive on my really old iPod is finally giving up, my 8 year old iPod touch still works as do my old iPads.

So based on this if an infirm foreigner visits Thailand with his private nurse, on tourist visas, that nurse would be breaking the law. 

Of course the TMD is always so accurate with their Phuket weather forecasts... Yeah, right!

33 minutes ago, Rocket Hawks said:

Phuket has become a rich man’s paradise. Exact same thing that happened to California. California used to be cheap as hell too. Now it will cost you $20 million USD to by a dumpy house in Manhattan Beach. 

Hum. I own a house in Manhattan Beach and it certainly isn't worth $20 million! But my house in Santa Cruz I bought for $59K is worth over a million now. But my house in Rawai hasn't changed much in the past 13 years.

4 minutes ago, madmitch said:

I get a multi. What I was alluding to was the whole re-entry permit process and the necessity for such a permit to exist. If they made gave multiple entries with all extensions of stay and did away with the permit apart from for those on single entry visas then it would make life easier for so many people, including Immigration Officers (though it would have to cost more, of course, for those that rarely leave the country). But, drive-in facilities apart, Immigration don't seem interested in simplifying anything. If anything there are more and more hoops to jump through.

 

 

 

 

Good for your way of life, probably not for the majority. But now with this whole debacle with the US, UK and Australian embassies not issuing income affidavits, it looks like the Phuket Immigration office won't be getting any money from me anymore! It's $200 US for a multi-entry O-A visa. I have to come back every year any way to California for my wife's US permanent residence card until she get's her citizenship. Yes there is the extra fee of a criminal report. From what I read it's $30, $20 less than the affidavit fee! I used to get one free at the County Courthouse records. Times have changed! Oh and that same stupid medical certificate they've been using for at least the past 13 years I know of. No problem, my doctor asked me a few years ago, what happened that you don't need that form now? He'll love he get's to fill out one again! I pay heath insurance, so I already paid for the office visit and I'll get a check up and blood work while I'm there.

5 minutes ago, Kopitiam said:

Its 3,800 Baht for the multi re-entry.

Has it gone up? No wonder I always got the single entry for 1,000 Baht!