Gonsalviz

If I were to enter into a land lease or usufruct and put a house on such land, how would I register this house as a farang? I know the lease or usufruct must be registered with the local Land Office.

I know it is required to have an address for the PEA to connect electric to it but I cannot get a Blue Tabien Bahn as a foreigner.

I refuse to have locals (no matter the sex) stand in for me.(again) 

I know I can own a house but not the land.

How does this work? I will be verifying any info I get here because of the wrong advice I have seen posted on TV before, so don't bother with guessing. A waste of my time and yours.

Or maybe someone can just hook me up with a connection to the laws.

1 hour ago, elviajero said:

• Then you can keep using the visa after you're divorced, and can enter as often as you want until the 'enter before' date printed on the visa.
• You can apply for an extension of stay base on retirement during the current or any future 90 day entry.

Thank you for the reply. It is what I thought but wanted to have confirmation.

Just now, elviajero said:

Do you have a 1 year multiple entry visa or did you recently get a 1 year extension of stay at your local immigration office?

Multiple entry.

4 minutes ago, elviajero said:

• If your current permission to stay is from a non 'O' visa entry you can apply for an extension of stay based on retirement within the last 30 (maybe 45) days of the current 90 day stay.
• If you have an extension of stay based on marriage it becomes void the day the divorce is finalised, and at that time you can apply for a new extension based on retirement.

Kind of makes for a quick movement doesn't it. Is there no leeway? Say a week or so either way?

I have recently gotten a new 1 year NON-O visa based on marriage but I want to convert to a retirement extension. How soon can I apply for the retirement extension? 

I also want to divorce ASAP. What is the best way to take care of this?

Swift Code for Kasikorn Bank is KASITHBK.

What is the best cheap small new car at the moment. Anyone been shopping lately?

4 minutes ago, MissAndry said:

Honda Civic second hand around 25,000bht. Repairs are cheap.

You have one for sale? What year?

My gf owned a Suzuki Smash (love that name)for 11 years. Never checked or changed the oil. Runs great and doesn't use oil. Says something about Suzuki. I reckon a Honda will do the same.

My gf owned a Suzuki Smash (love that name)for 11 years. Never checked or changed the oil. Runs great and doesn't use oil. Says something about Suzuki. I reckon a Honda will do the same.

What car company would be the best for a cheap small (as in too small for a normal sized farang) car for a newbie driver. I am talking about an air conditioner as the only luxury. No cruise, no electric windows or mirrors. Cheap is my desire.

I would not buy a used car here, unless from a farang that has a clue about regular maintenance. Thai maintenance is fix it when it won't go anymore.

My Ford PU says 15,000 km or 9 months. We will never make 15,000 in 9 months. Long distance should equate to longer periods between oil changes. Short trips, I would think, require more frequent oil changes. Say 6 months.

My gf is going through a driving course at a Tech college. Admirable enough but her plan is to buy a license rather than go through the computer testing and associated PIA stuff required. I had to go 3 times to get it all done. It was 50 km 1 way. Atleast now it is only about 15 km, 1 way.

2 minutes ago, Rob13 said:

Used to have load and unload  pallets of mortar mix. Doubt I could do it these days. Maybe with a handtruck I could.

Mortar comes on 50 kg bags. I can manage that (barely) at 60 yo.

22 hours ago, kickstart said:

Next  province  to  you is Mahasarakham   there is a dairy co-op  there them , or  a feed supplier  near them should  provide you with ground maize  and ground soya , but I think the  maize is  sold in 90 kg sacks  and soya  in 70 ? kg sacks. some dairy farmers  like to mix they own feeds ,rather than buying  some of the big company pelleted  feeds.

At  this time ground maize is about 9-10 Baht/ kg ,soya ,last time checked   was about  22-25 Baht /kg.  

90 kg? 70 kg? How on earth would anyone carry that?

2 minutes ago, Rob13 said:

 

If You can carry 90 kg on your shoulder, I am very afraid of you.

22 hours ago, kickstart said:

Next  province  to  you is Mahasarakham   there is a dairy co-op  there them , or  a feed supplier  near them should  provide you with ground maize  and ground soya , but I think the  maize is  sold in 90 kg sacks  and soya  in 70 ? kg sacks. some dairy farmers  like to mix they own feeds ,rather than buying  some of the big company pelleted  feeds.

At  this time ground maize is about 9-10 Baht/ kg ,soya ,last time checked   was about  22-25 Baht /kg.  

90 kg? 70 kg? How on earth would anyone carry that?

4 hours ago, johng said:

Don't they add some stuff to the fuel to try and prevent the corrosion ??

if 20 % ethanol destroys aluminium I think there will be lots of problems and angry drivers !

with melted carbos, pistons and engine blocks

Ethanol absorbs water. The water is the corrosive problem. The manufacturers use things that are not subject to this but vehicles that were made before have the problem.

On 7/29/2016 at 9:31 PM, happynthailand said:

most malls have "boots",big C has a vitamin shop,just in side their stores I think its called "pure"

also there are "Watson" stores in side the malls

I like the "Black stone" brand the best

Pretty sure you meant Blackmores.

On 7/30/2016 at 3:12 PM, johng said:

don't know if its a wave engine but the one in my photo is a 110 cc.

Ive seen quite a few "original" dreams still riding around how do they keep them going without spares I wonder ?

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When they phased out pure 91 a few years ago there was loads of hoo ha about the old 2 stroke motorbikes having to goto the scrapheap

as the ethanol would ruin the engines... you still see them zooming around or more likely stuck to a vending cart

My Honda NSR 150 has no problems running gasohol 91..it hasnt melted into a gloopy mess on the driveway..YET !

20% ethanol is supposed to be more corrosive so more prone to causing damage but these are old run around vehicles

( not classic E type Jaguars )

if they stop selling gasohol 91/95 I'll try using E20 I'm cautiously optimistic that nothing catastrophic will happen...maybe the engine life is shorten by a few years ??

2 downsides. If the fueling system is not compatible with 20 % ethanol, the rubber bits will fail. The second is that your consumption will go up.

I want to make some chicken feed. I live in Kalasin  (western side) but it seems no one grows corn around here. Is there some place to buy it, say 30-50 kg bags? Also soya bean coursely ground. The rest I have managed to find. The pellet stuff isn't much liked by the chickens. They do eat it but I think for self preservation rather than liking it.

Can't seem to find how to follow this topic with the new format. PM's would be great.

If you can do the 40,000 Bhat or more equivalent every month, put that on the U.S. embassy income statement.

Usually that will be accepted by Thai immigration.

As ubonjoe pointed out they will not usually question that statement.

As a backup, a good idea is to bring into country an amount that you are comfortable with and put it in a Thai Bank account each month for your living expenses.

Your Thai bankbook will show the dates, amounts (in Baht), and a bank code that indicates ​funds transferred from oversees.

That transfer code is added automatically by the computer when it prints the information in your passbook.

Though you may not need it, carry your bankbook with you, and if asked, show it to them.

Believe me, most of them know what the code means, and they can read it.

They know it means an incoming transfer of funds from a foreign source.

in my first immigration extension for a retirement visa/extension I was asked for my bank passbook.

The immigration officer (female) copied a couple of pages from my passbook, then went down the copy and underlined every monthly transfer coded as a incoming foreign funds transfer.

When she saw that I had brought funds into Thailand every moth just as I stated, she smiled, put a check mark on top of the copy from my passbook, then wrote the letters O.K. near the checkmark, and stapled the copy to my other paperwork.

She the handed me the application, and told me to take it to her supervisor for final approval.

I never forgot that, even though I was never been asked to do that again.

I usually don't transfer monthly.To save on transfer fees, It is usually amounts of 9,000 USD every few months. So far I am having to transfer around 50,000 USD per year. Much more than required and much more than I really want to spend but that is the way it is.

Is this income affidavit the normal thing where you tell them everything is true and correct and then they approve it?

The reason I ask is my personal retirement is an account that I can withdraw as much or as little as I need. There is no fixed amount

Apparently I have her over a barrel. Her mind has changed completely about everything. She now kowtows. Not sure what made her do that. Maybe her father telling her to get out and leave me alone.

Her mind can change back anytime so she won't be seeing a marriage cert any time soon.

Must be a troll nobody could be so dumb, could they ?

Problem with your gf or wife house on her land, the family would have you out in a heart beat, carried on a stretcher or in a box.

Best go back to your country of origin.

Apparently you as with others did not comprehend my OP.

I have seen the replacement visors, in Isan, but the difficulty is the plastic screws that hold them in place. Also the helmets only cost 380 Baht in a shop in Nong Bua Lamphu. For me it is just better to buy a new one than hassle with trying to find parts.

I understand the the diligence of the PPD probably keeps the prices higher than here.