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    My 10th retirement visa renewal

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

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    4 hours ago, thecaveman said:

    Must be a different Immigration office in Mukdahan than the one I am using frequently. I never found it difficult to deal with any of the officers including the new ones. I have always been treated in a friendly, respectful and absolutely correct way.

    Good for you but unfortunately my experience differs.

    A couple of years ago (male staff) it was pleasant, jokes were

    made and it was a breeze. In and out in minutes (90 days) and a little longer with the extension.

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    My 10th retirement visa renewal

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

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    2 hours ago, bronzedude said:

    For a simple retirement extension I have never heard of the IO needing to visit your home. It sounds to me like you have a marriage extension, but marriage extensions only need 400000 baht in the bank and you can spend the money right away. Are you having some kind of exercise in delusion? I can understand wanting vent about IO absurdities. But do it with some semblance of accuracy. Either that or Mukdahan IO is doing some kind of rogue applications.

    You might have never heard of the IO visiting your home but last year they did. Passport check and all...

    I’m NOT having a marriage extension, retirement it is.

    And excercise in delusion? Thanks.

    Do it with some accuracy? Thanks again.

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    My 10th retirement visa renewal

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    Well, the IO was clear that the next 90 reporting should include an updated bank book AND the confirmation letter from the bank.

    With at least 800K. After that (2nd 90 days) I don’t know.

    Would not be surprised if it’s not needed elsewhere. Since three years female IO’s are running the show in Mukdahan and they are extremely difficult to deal with.

    Irritated faces, no-one smiles; it’s not a nice place to go to.

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    My 10th retirement visa renewal

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

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    Today was my 10th retirement renewal and boy oh boy every time I get annoyed more and more. I understand that this is the law and we are foreigners (aliens as they call us) and rules should be in place but the endless stream of copies, signatures, and prove of this and that drives me nuts. 

     

    With the changed rules I now have to proof every 90 days that I still haven’t touched my 800K/400K. That means every 90 days I have to get the dreaded bank letter confirming the amount present.

    Dreaded because it takes 3 signatures and half an hour waiting time. Plus 100THB.

    And a copy of my bank book.

    And of course a signature at the IO.

     

    There’s no such thing as bonus points for being a good and trustworthy ‘alien’; I’m using the same bank account with the same 1+M THB since 10 years. Not using it for anything else than my visa extension.

    But I’m still an alien and aliens are not to be trusted.

     

    The rules are (in my opinion) not fair. I need to keep a balance of 800K/400K for emergencies; I get that. But if I was receiving a pension of 65K and spent it every month, where’s the check on an emergency fund then?

     

    One year I need to have ALL passport pages copied, the next year only the identification page and another year I also need to copy the visa stamp page.

    It drives me completely crazy.

     

    For ten years my wife draws the route to our house, every year again. Last year they visited me so they CAN find my place.

    They must have it stored somewhere, they had 8 drawings of the route...

    This year the exactly same drawing was rejected; not enough details.

    The IO said ‘with this drawing we can not locate your house’. Well, last year you could.

     

    I’m very lucky with a wife that understands that I can’t handle this kind of stupidity; she just smiles and takes care of the communication with the IO’s.

     

    I can’t do that; I would lose my cool.

     

    I love living here but every 3 months I feel very unwelcome.

     

    Very unwelcome.

     

    Unwelcome to the point that I start to doubt... you know...

     

    Ok, enough, thanks for letting me vent out!

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    Youtube Broken ? (10/17/18)

    in IT and Computers

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

     

    Which government?

     

    The Reddit thread has reports for nearly every country.

     

    But maybe someone uploaded the latest episode of "Saudi Interrogators Go Wild - Bonesaw Edition" and the NSA had no choice but to shut down Youtube for the "cleaners"?

    thx for the Reddit info!

    Very scared Surgery or no surgery

    in Health and Medicine

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, zlodnick said:

     

     I was in touch with him a couple of weeks ago. He has some more surgery ahead, but said he is ok.

     

    I owe a lot to him. I was in a bad place last year and went to him for advice. He went out of his way to help me and never asked for anything in return. 

     

    I had laser prostate surgery with his surgeon in New Delhi and I'm back to my old self, enjoying life!

     

    I'm not the only one he has helped, and he has done it all while going through some difficult health problems of his own.

     

     

    You are so right.

     

    I have visited him last Friday and all I can say is ‘wow’.

    Went out of his way to listen to my stories/health problems and gave me precious advice.

    I’m not going to comment on his health because that is not for me to talk about but under

    the circumstances he’s doing ok.

     

    Extraordinary guy!

     

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    Marrying a "rich" westerner may not be a "dream come true" - says BBC

    in Thailand News

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    15 hours ago, al007 said:

     

    The anger, the resentment, the jealously, that appears to be stirred up by someone saying his wife supports hime is very disturbing, unhealthy and unreal

     

    Surely if two people are happy together that should be sufficient, and we should be happy for them

     

    Does it say in the Bible there is something wrong with the wife doing the providing, I do not think so

     

    The ones we need to pray for and ask God to help are those so unhappy with this very acceptable situation

    So very true al007 and that is exactly the reason I’m not posting much these days.

    I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you al007; my health worries are very minor compared to yours.

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    Udon governor calls for investigation after "cruel daughter" filmed washing her paralyzed mother on a condo balcony

    in Thailand News

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    10 minutes ago, colinneil said:

    Nosey interfering neighbour should back off/ shut up.

    If the daughter was cruel, she would leave her mother dirty, not take time to help her.

     

    Before all you do-gooders start having a go at me, i know better than any of you what it is like.

    My wife has to wash/clean me after i have fouled myself, not a very nice thing for anybody to do.

    Caring for a paralysed person is a 24/7 task, never a moments rest.

    Can't click 'Like' but I fully understand your post.

    I know all about it.

    Interesting conversation with a doctor

    in Health and Medicine

    Posted

    3 hours ago, FredGallaher said:

    I have   a couple of comments. My first comment is to find and trust good professional. Sheryl can point you in the right direction. Self diagnosis is not good advice.

    That being said I have a couple of comments. First a parasite that Thais tolerate for the most part, Giardia usually causes intermittent diarrhe

    I am currently being treated my an endicronologist and my symptoms, although not gone 100%, have eased.

    If for some reason I need a second opinion I will not hesitate to ask Sheryl if she can recommend one. If you have read my posts I'm not self-diagnosing, I follow doctors orders!

    Guardia is not very likely since I was treated for parasites aggressively when I was admitted. It could however have survived. I'll talk with the doctor about it later today.

    Interesting conversation with a doctor

    in Health and Medicine

    Posted

    23 minutes ago, al007 said:

    Do not stop too soon thats how we all learn

     

    good luck and hope your recovery continues

    Yep, my road to recovery is a kind of voyage to (for me) unknown places. Never struggled with my health until I came to Thailand. I've learned a lot about myself, my wife, family, friends far & close. I was dependent for care (the wife) and that has made me humble. Mind you, when I was in the hospital I was in diapers and my loving wife changed them! 62 yo and in diapers?

    She never complained once, I'm looking with different eyes to her now. I also learned a lot from the valuable input from the TV members and (stubborn as I am) learned to embrace that and use it to my advantage. Although scary and very frightning my near death experience has made me a better person. The story continues...

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