alantheembalmer

Bugger; I was hoping for a "Yes" vote so that I could watch Scotland crash and burn.

Oh, well, maybe next time.

There's always ONE and YOUR IT !!!!!

Gotcha!!!

Bugger; I was hoping for a "Yes" vote so that I could watch Scotland crash and burn.

Oh, well, maybe next time.

Seems like he has been caught. Wonder if the woman in the clip is aware of the magnitude of this incident? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV9z4bna8M0

An appalling incident. At the end of this video, the perpetrator is surrounded by 12 men, and not one od them is pointing at him. The country truly has gone to the dogs.

^AlanAunuum

^{Do you think that your avatar may have something to do with the long delay in getting your passport? Those Dippers can be really touchy!}

I went to CW yesterday, and asked the head of L section, (extensions), about the 10 million Investment Extension. She was emphatic that the condo purchase had to be from a company, (i.e. the company that built the condo), or from a government agency. She told me that as I had purchased my condo from a previous private owner, I did not qualify for an Investment Extension.

I don't know if this has already been suggested, but could you wait for the change of shift for the immigration boys and then try again?

OP this is the infoe for US citizens its from the us embassy, just recently posted pertaining to 30 day exempt and tourist visa's.Draw your on conclusions or call as to aditional requierments until the new directive starts to be implimented the week starting 8-12-14. I wonder why immigration chose this date?

Visa Exempt Entry

U.S. citizens carrying a tourist passport and in possession of an onward or return airline ticket do not require a visa to enter Thailand. The passport must have at least six months validity remaining to be allowed entry. Upon entry, Thai immigration officials will place an immigration stamp in the passport permitting a 30-day stay in Thailand if arriving by air or a 15-day stay if arriving by land. This time limit may subsequently be extended for an additional 7 days by paying a 1,900 baht fee to the Thai Immigration Bureau office. The headquarters of the Thai Immigration Bureau is located at Government Center Chaengwattana Building B, No. 120, Moo 3, Chaengwattana Road, Tungsonghong Sub-District, Laksi District, Bangkok 10210, 66-2-287-3101 through 66-2-287-3110. For more information or additional Thai Immigration Bureau locations, please consult the Thai Immigration Bureau website.

Tourist Visa

"If an individual wishes to remain in Thailand for more than 30 days, he/she may wish to obtain a tourist visa at the Royal Thai Embassy or Consulate in the United States, prior to arriving in Thailand. The tourist visa must be used within 90 days from the date of issue and allows an initial stay of 60 days. After arrival in Thailand, a tourist visa may be extended twice, each time for an additional 30 days. There is a 1,900 Baht fee for each extension. Interested Americans should contact the Thai Immigration Bureau located at Government Center Chaengwattana Building B, No. 120, Moo 3, Chaengwattana Road, Tungsonghong Sub-District, Laksi District, Bangkok 10210, 66-2-287-3101 through 66-2-287-3110. For more information or additional Thai Immigration Bureau locations, please consult the Thai Immigration Bureau website.

American citizens who wish to remain in Thailand for longer than 90 days during any six-month period will be required to obtain a valid Thai visa from a Thai Embassy or Consulate that is authorized to issue visas. The U.S. Embassy advises all American citizens who wish to obtain a Thai visa to contact the Thai Immigration Bureau for exact visa requirements and regulations. Persons who do not comply with visa regulations risk being denied entry to Thailand at the border."

What is a "tourist passport"?

True story:

I was having lunch at The Oriental a few weeks ago with three friends. At the next table to us was a large family group of Chinese tourists, one of whom was a baby. About half way through our lunch, the Chinese family realised that the baby had soiled its nappy, so they put the baby on their table and changed the child's dirty diaper! If this is what the hi-so Chinese do, God only knows what the 'low-end' are like.

From: https://www.gov.uk/overseas-passports/y/thailand/renewing_new/adult

You’ll have to pay a fee for your passport and a courier fee of £23.01. The courier fee pays for your passport to be sent securely to the UK Visa Application Centre where you applied for you to collect."

What does that mean???

Thank you all very much for your replies. The points raised certainly give me some hope that the immigration officer will see that I have always had the money in my accounts. However, what I still can't understand is that she didn't seem to grasp that the account automatically rolled over, which is common to many accounts, and if I see her again I can imagine that she won't understand it in the future. Anyway, I am off to CW this week armed with a mountain of paperwork, including my monthly statements and another letter from my bank, on which I shall attempt to get them to write that the account rolls over to a new year after the maturity date.

I went to renew my retirement extension at CW this week. This will be my 5th extension, and I took with me all relevant documentation, plus a bank letter confirming I have the equivalent of 1.7 million baht in my account. I hold my funds in a foreign currency account in GBP, and my bank issued me a certificate on opening the account, (this type of account does not have a passbook), which is the problem. On the certificate it says that the account matured in November 2011, (in other words that was the anniversary of me opening the account), but the funds are then rolled over into the next year, and so on. As long as I have the account certificate, then the bank maintains my account on the original terms and conditions. I can only get the funds out of this account by returning the certificate.

The lady I saw told me that the certificate was out of date, even though the bank letter had the same details on it as the certificate, and that I should get a new certificate. I explained to her that the only way my bank will issue me with a new certificate was for me to close my existing account, and opening a new account with a new certificate. I then said that this would mean that when I brought the new certificate to immigration at CW, that the officer I saw would tell me that the money had not been in the account for 3 months, so I would be denied an extension. The officer then told me that there would be no problem, but to be quite frank, I can see a big problem coming my way if I adopt the suggested course of action.

Despite me explaining how my account worked, and why the date on the certificate was not relevant to granting me an extension, she seemed fixed on telling me that my account was out of date.

Has anybody got any suggestion how I can get over this impasse?

I use a foreign currency account for my retirement extension, which is held at Bangkok Bank, but I have to go to head office in Silom Road for the letter for immigration. I asked at the CW branch last year, and they will not/cannot supply me with the required letter.

Something else you should be aware of is that last year everybody on a doctors patient list was sent a letter to ask if they could put your information onto the national data base, (or whatever it is called). If you did not reply to this letter in a timely fashion, questions would be asked at the doctor's surgey where you are a patient. I know, because it happened to me. I just asked the doctor if he would like to pop down to my house for a cup of tea, to prove I was still resident in the UK.

Alan

You've got this one wrong sir.......you are treated by your local NHS district ( board ). They work on very tight and limited budgets, they are entitled to know that you are their financial responsibility, and not the next districts.

Each NHS board has the flexibility to spend it's funds according to the needs of the LOCAL POPULATION !! For example, there may be a need for more cardiac units in Glasgow, but a need for more geriatric care in Bournemouth. The local board decides what capital projects are necessary, and where the funding should go. Your an example of the kind of person that the NHS comes across every day, "Fast with an opinion, Slow with the Facts".

So in future just respond to the letter requiring up to date info on you, and don't get smart mouthed with over-worked doctors.

What on earth are you on about?

If you had read my posting properly, you would know that the letter I am refering to asked if I would allow my medical records to be put on a national register, when there were grave reservations about its confidentiality. It did not want any up to date information on me, and had no impact on funding, as it was irrelevant where I lived in England.

My GP told me that he also refused to have his details stored on such a system.

Maybe you should read the lines written, and not imagine what might be in the space between them.

Alan

On the contrary, you should make your postings clearer. You didn't mention anything about " grave reservations" or any other issue of that ilk. You're the one that is guilty of writing one thing and thinking another. Try re-reading your posts before submitting.

My two points stand as stated, to address your nonsense point about " grave reservations " let's look at the only salient question. Why would the NHS want a central register of medical records? Could it be because every single day in life they are treating people blind to their medical history, as the patient has been rushed in to hospital for emergency treatment?

Personally speaking I would much rather the Doctor in charge of my treatment had full access to my current medical record than worry about some cyber terrorist discovering I had a in-grown toe nail in 1963.

Grow up man.

I really should have looked at your user name before replying to your inane posting.

By the way, surely it should be The Bletherer, as "blether" is a verb. If you have received such a limited education, you should concentrate on the more simple postings, otherwise, like here, you will find yourself out of your depth.

Alan

Something else you should be aware of is that last year everybody on a doctors patient list was sent a letter to ask if they could put your information onto the national data base, (or whatever it is called). If you did not reply to this letter in a timely fashion, questions would be asked at the doctor's surgey where you are a patient. I know, because it happened to me. I just asked the doctor if he would like to pop down to my house for a cup of tea, to prove I was still resident in the UK.

Alan

You've got this one wrong sir.......you are treated by your local NHS district ( board ). They work on very tight and limited budgets, they are entitled to know that you are their financial responsibility, and not the next districts.

Each NHS board has the flexibility to spend it's funds according to the needs of the LOCAL POPULATION !! For example, there may be a need for more cardiac units in Glasgow, but a need for more geriatric care in Bournemouth. The local board decides what capital projects are necessary, and where the funding should go. Your an example of the kind of person that the NHS comes across every day, "Fast with an opinion, Slow with the Facts".

So in future just respond to the letter requiring up to date info on you, and don't get smart mouthed with over-worked doctors.

What on earth are you on about?

If you had read my posting properly, you would know that the letter I am refering to asked if I would allow my medical records to be put on a national register, when there were grave reservations about its confidentiality. It did not want any up to date information on me, and had no impact on funding, as it was irrelevant where I lived in England.

My GP told me that he also refused to have his details stored on such a system.

Maybe you should read the lines written, and not imagine what might be in the space between them.

Alan

"Myself and a friend were visiting her and, at about midnight, we took our leave, explaining to her that we would walk to Mile End (about 2 or 3 miles away), she was shocked at our spirit of adventure and remarked that she would be surprised if we made it by morning! "

Having worked for years in the Roman Road, Bethnal Green, and Gore Road, Hackney, I'm surprised you made it at all, and lived to tell the tale!

Alan

Blimey, that quote is not even tempting. Did he put the decimal point in the right place?

The condo I live in is currently being painted, and the cost per unit is 22,000 baht. This is for cleaning the building and then applying a coat of sealer and two top coats. Tha building comprises of two towers of 34 floors, with two apartments on each floor, (30 residential floors in each tower, making 120 units in total), plus a five storey car park, and all the usual facilities, eg. tennis court, squash court, games floor, common area and swimming pool. It comes with a five year guarantee from a well known paint manufacturer. The condo committee negotiated the deal, and they are all Thai professionals, so they had plenty of leverage. Thank God I was not on the committee, otherwise the price may have risen substantially had they seen my face!

Alan

I don't want to give you the willies, but the symptoms you describe sound very much like the ones my friend had, particularly the problem with the stairs. She went to her GP in England who treated her for 4 months for asthma, with no noticable improvement. He didn't seem interested in investigating further, and she subsequently died of pulmonary thrombosis at the age of 44. I would get it checked out as a matter of urgency.

Good luck

Alan

Sorry if I sounded Hostile towards your post

It was not my Intention.

What I was trying to point out was caution when buying food in Thailand cheaply it is not always the best option

you would be surprised the Chemicals that the local food stuff producers pump into food to increase a profit from cheap quality food.

And there is next to No checks done on these producers.

They can put what they like in the food as long as no one dies.

If the place you posted about is providing good food that your happy about then Bon appetit.

And No I would Not eat KFC

You wait until you get to my age, then you too will actively look for any foods with preservatives in!

Alan

I don't know where you are from, but just remember that "walking distance" in a temperate climate is a lot further than "walking Distance" in a tropical one!

Good luck on your move.

Alan

Something else you should be aware of is that last year everybody on a doctors patient list was sent a letter to ask if they could put your information onto the national data base, (or whatever it is called). If you did not reply to this letter in a timely fashion, questions would be asked at the doctor's surgey where you are a patient. I know, because it happened to me. I just asked the doctor if he would like to pop down to my house for a cup of tea, to prove I was still resident in the UK.

Alan

I just got the following reply to an enquiry I made about the location of the Aeon ATM in Central Pinklao:

"It's not in Central Pinklao. You can find it on the 4th. floor of the Tesco Lotus, near Central Pinklao. When you use the ATM, choose the Thai version. If you use the English interface, it will hit you with THB150. Using the Thai interface you can withdraw up to 7,000 Baht using only your pin number. If more than that, then it will show you, in Thai, a menu: Checking, credit card, savings, balance. You can withdraw several times the 7,000 Baht as long as your account limit is up to par. No charges doing this way."

Anyone have any comments?

I've just returned from Tesco Lotus, and I took 5,000 baht from the Aeon ATM on the forth floor, with my UK credit card, using the English menu, and I was not charged 150 baht.

Alan

Try a company called Coit, who are at 482 Sukhumvit 22, (tel; 02 743 1250). They cleaned my Chinese rug, which is 10ft by 14 ft, and did an excellant job. They pick up and deliver, and even wrap the clean rug in plastic.

They are not cheap, but are well worth the cost.

Good luck

Alan