Hornell

What a load of off-topic rubbish!

Been here  25 years, never used an agent.  Renewed 'O' Visa Retirement yesterday, 20 minutes at the bank followed by 1 hour at Immigration.  Job done.  1,900 baht + a couple of hundred at the bank.  Why the heck should I waste money on an agent?  (Yes, I know it does depend on where your are.  This was Korat.)

Some years ago 5 litre boxes of wine suddenly disappeared from supermarket shelves without warning. Almost a year later, wine boxes reappeared as 3 litre ones at 50% more than the price of the 5 litre ones. Is the same thing happening to Bells whisky I wonder. For the past month or so it has become almost impossible to buy at the usual outlets and today I bought the last three bottles hidden on the top shelf of a big Lotus supermarket as a staff member said; "not know they were here; no have any more!"
A related question re this thread is when or if the recently announced reduction in tax on imported wine will be passed on to the consumer. It has been a few months now since it was reported and I certainly haven't seen any change in wine prices. I know TIT but.......!

On 1/29/2024 at 3:53 PM, Anthony mellows said:

For God's sake please somebody start a new thread on this topic.

Hear hear!!!!!

"I spent time this morning, reading back through some of the posts in this thread and was struck by how much disinformation, inaccurate information and general negative slant there is. The subject of the thread is taxation in Thailand yet it has become a vent for anything and everything about Thailand that people don't like, unreasonably so."
Absolutely right!  I have never read so much waffle and rubbish.  Close the thread, Admin!

"Stair rods last night in Nakhon Ratchasima. "  Maybe, but nothing but a few drops 50 km north of the town.

3 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Be aware that also if you exit Thailand with a reentry permit upon your return you are not  required to file a TM30 

That was not my experience last month when I renewed my retirement visa for the 20th time.  I had gone out of the country in Jan and was told that the TM30 slip in my passport was out of date and I had to renew it there and then.  I was told I needed to do this every time I came back into the country.  I can't recall having had to do this before.

Website all in Thai.  Mobile app asks for lots of info including Thai ID number. Farangs once again ignored.

Bkk Post today reports that Thailand is indeed considering restrictions and checks on visitors from China.  remains to be see if they carry this out though.

What a load of platitudinous b-s-t!  I can only speak as regards the area north of Korat in the Isaan, but in 2010 we had mega floods  that were caused by the release of water from the dams to our west.  There was then a gap of 11 years until last year when the same thing happened again and my local area was under a metre of water for three weeks. This year we have had limited rain, but are once again under water, although it is not so bad as last year.
In 2020 local farmers lost their crops due to a drought, last year it was the flooding and this year it will be the same.  One wonders how much longer farmers can exist given the pathetic compensation they receive.
'Water management' in this country is a contradiction in terms, when at the least sign of more rain than usual the dam gates are opened and water is allowed to simply spill into the surrounding countryside - no spillways - until is hits a road like the Mitraparp, which has so few drains under the road that it acts like a dam, the water build up and - ergo the floods!  The late King understood water management and proposed many improvements, but it seems that few have been put into effect.

The juntainsuits govt is really going all out to woo tourists back here for the high season then.......!

I'm as confused as probably a lot of us are.....!  Is this proposal for 1.2 million Baht simply a 50% increase to the current requirement for 800,000 in a Thai bank account or is it somehow tied to a similar increase to the current 65,000 Baht a month income requirement and, if so, how much would this be?  (eg 95,000 Baht / month?)  It all appears highly speculative at the moment.

DFPhuket has said it all!  Would be tourists will think once, think twice (maybe) and go to some other country.

Thanks TallGuy for a useful explanation of your retirement extension and for the links to the various documents. I had come across the Police Order in 2019 and as I had arrived in Thailand in September 1997, I thought I might qualify for the 200k Baht deposit. Alas I did not, as I didn't actually get my Retirement Visa until March 2001.
What I have not been able to discover is whether the date of the Police Order is updated so that one's qualifying year of entry moves up accordingly. If it is, then this year the Order should be dated 27 September 2021 and should read that those who entered prior to 21 October 2000.
Has anyone tried asking about this?

https://covidmnrh.com/duq.php

Try this.  I have managed to register myself and wife via Korat Prompt.

".......including foreign residents."  Good news if it really means all those foreigners who live in Thailand  in retirement etc.  I just have a niggling suspicion that it may mean those with "Residency".  Yes, the devil will be in the detail and we'll have to wait and see.

Sounds like one of Baldrick's cunning plans!

Yes, same message.  I can access The Nation by going to their website, BUT for some days now I am only able to read the headlines of any article or letter in any section.  The text of the article doesn't load.  I have written to the webmaster but not surprisingly have received no reply.

Like so many others I was disappointed to lose ThaiExpat TV, which had been giving good service for over two years.  Fortunately I only ever paid monthly so lost only a few Baht when it went t*ts up.  I have taken out a 380 Baht sub on HD Prime for their Live TV package and it isn't bad.  There is quite a lot of buffering, but it's manageable.  My main gripe is a lack of any programming information and - as many of you point out - virtually no catch up.  However, in the absence of Thai Expat TV this will do me for the time being and one can always look on the internet for most programme schedules.