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As of Sept 1st, no more dependent extension of stay permits will be issued if the foreigner has a extension of stay based on retirement. This includes any "grandfather" cases where the dependent applicant had the extension of stay before Sept 1st 2007.

Not being affected myself, I think that will be very bad news for many families currently living in Thailand. I can understand their decision to not accept new applications, but virtually kicking out those who are currently living here under the regulations they made is very very bad.

Well !! Having just returned from my hols in Issan and viewing the current falang Thai relationship thing, all was well up in reality land. Now this revalation by our sponsors just shows how insular these city people have become.

Normally I would not respond to the banter that we all love to read on this site, but this one seems to have pushed my button. I think we all love Thailand and Her people and tollerate much administrative mischief by the ruling powers in the city, as I beleive most of us are law abiding genuine people, living as guests of his Majesty in the Kingdom.

I did consider retiring in Thailand, having a wife step daughter and a baby of 15 months. Now this mischief has happened, and having assessed just what the adminastrative regulations offer my family and myself for a life to retire and be part of the structure here have all but dissapeared.

Without going into too much detail, my miserly income of 2 million p/a will be going elsewhere to build my childrens future in a more accomodating civilised society. Being a westerner thankfully this will not be too much hassle.

Som nom 4 the beurocrats.

Here`s a one even if slightly off thread. I questioned a medical officer about the new virilent health and safety regulations now being implemented within most non third world engineering practices. It concerned an eyewash station and the instructions stating must be drained and flushed every week!! This is about 15 gallons(uk) going down the drain every week, or use our de-bugger 8fl0z at 50 dollars (u/s)for x4 bottles that lasts 6 months each before a flush is required!!! Being conciensious and having a multitude of these eyewash stations and an awful lot of precious water being dunmped down the drain(middle east) I asked the question to this guy(indian brit origin) can we use distilled water as we have an abundence of it and should be bug free for 6 months, saving both water and finances. The answer was "your concerne for the water shortage is commendable! but after all where is our planets water really going? I do not seee any of it whizzing off into outerspace, so it`s all <deleted> keep flushing!!!!

Maybe that`s why they are officers!!!!!!

I am begining to apreciate bhuddism!!!!