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18 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

It is 60 days for the first extension and then 3 months after that for a extension based upon retirement.

...but in case based on marriage .... it is 3 months for the first extension ....and then 2 months after that ...correct?

47 minutes ago, randy723 said:

If you do not have the money transferred into a Thai bank can you still use 800,000baht in an account for over 3 months for a renewal of your retirement visa?

3 months when you apply first time for extension....the following years only 2 months ...Correct?

2 hours ago, Arkady said:

 

While the letter does refer to ‘pension’ in parentheses several times there is no suggestion in the letter that the officers are required to verify that the income is being transferred by a recognizable pension provider. They have to check bank certification letters and statements to verify income transferred from overseas monthly but there is no requirement to check the identity of the temitter. It looks like you will be good as long as you can establish regular monthly income from any source, including possibly yourself, although the latter may need to be confirmed by trial and error. I guess a lot of people get pensions paid into home country bank accounts and remit from there what they need to live on in Thailand.

QUOTE  I guess a lot of people get pensions paid into home country bank accounts and remit from there what they need to live on in Thailand UNQUOTE  ...I am in this case and until now I did transfers of 3 months income at the end of the 3 months so that I had to pay less bank fees....but will Immigration accept this in the future and do I need now to transfer money every month?

4 hours ago, highlander76 said:

Pure evil as simple as that ,who in their right mind would do that to a dog .

I would (if I could) if this dog had bitten me or my wife

What is "great" about Alexander the Great ....that he like Genghis Khan created endless wars ...destroying a lot without building anything?

7 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Sadly that is the Thai mentality for you all over. Rather than set a good example in being positive about actually learning something useful, the schools follow archaic rules and then when they lose face, strike out against the person who revealed their idiocy. Utterly disgraceful, but very much the norm, and probably a fair contributor to the poor academic performance of kids nationwide.

Idiocy is a too kind word ...I call this fascism

On 1/16/2019 at 4:21 AM, Joe Mcseismic said:

So what? If that was the only way to get them out, then, it was the correct decision.

I guess it will give ammunition to a member of the UN Human Rights Council to complain about maltreatment of those youngsters.  Remember Saudi Arabia has a seat on this Council????

56 minutes ago, JoePai said:

Every business has to make a profits, so get over it !

 

And as another poster said, if you cannot afford the Private Hospitals use the government Hospitals - just what is wrong with so many complainers ?

Karl Marx would have written : " they are not in the business of providing medical care but in the business of making money"

Suvarnabhumi airport is friendly for elderly people because they are allowed to use "Fast Lane" at departure and at arrival.

I am 75 and I am in good health (for my age) except that I cannot stand more than 10 minutes without pain...

Three months ago I had a very bad surprise after arrival (for the first time since 2005) in the glorious airport of Singapore ....no fast lane for elderly people upon arrival...I should have asked for a wheelchair but I am too shy to do so because I can walk normally.

On 1/10/2019 at 12:03 PM, 2008bangkok said:

I would go with a Xiaomi Redmi 5A 3k and good solid phones, my kid had them whole year an no scratches on screen.

if the Redmi 5A is similar to the 6A I bought then I need to warn that the loudspeaker is on the back of the phone so that I had to cut a hole in the protective case I bought later on.

4 hours ago, kannot said:

notice Mother not coming?

in the Wahabbi tradition, women are treated like cattle ...they are "protected" by the legal owners (father, brothers, uncles) and eventually traded between families....the mother is simply a piece of the cattle

16 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

It is a directive that only changes the option for using ia income of 65k baht or 40k baht.

Everything else in the existing police order has not been changed.

For me the important question is if it would be acceptable that - in stead of every month - I transfer the government pension from my home country to Thailand every 3 months (i.e. I let it accumulate in my foreign bank account).  This way I safe on the bank fees...

20 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

Why did you only mention the 65k baht for a retirement extension. It will be the same for the 40k baht needed for an extension based upon marriage,

Nothing new in your post from what the US embassy has been told and that the police order will be issued this month.

A monthly transfer is costly in bank fees...until now I transfered money every 3 months to reduce the bank fees 

2 hours ago, Trentham said:

I know that this is not a response to your specific problem but I am posting this as a warning. It is a copy of something I have posted in the past..........

 

I do not want to sound alarmist but be very careful. Ten years ago I went to Bumrungrad for a simple headache that had been around for a few days. I was sent to a neurologist who diagnosed early onset Alzheimer's and sent me for an MRI at a cost of 30,000 baht. In addition he prescribed several drugs - Stilnox, Tranxeme which is used to treat anxiety, acute alcohol withdrawal, and seizures and a number of other drugs that I cannot remember which were extremely expensive. Obviously it was not Alzheimer's because I am able to write this story. 

 

I also had laser surgery on my eyes at Bumrungrad for acute angle glaucoma about 6 years ago. Upon returning home to Australia I was told by an eye specialist that the surgeon had done the operation the easy way, into the lower hemisphere of my eyes instead of the upper and therefore I now suffer with glare very badly. I then had to attend the hospital for checks - at first weekly, then monthly for a long time and finally every 3 months. That too was very expensive 3000 baht per visit.My Australian doctor told me that was a blatant rip-off because once laser surgery is performed no more than one check-up is necessary. A second eye specialist has since told me that I have never had glaucoma at all. 

 

In addition, I once had very bad shoulder pain and went to BNH Hospital and was put onto a neck stretching machine every day for a month at several thousand baht each day. It was diagnosed as a pinched nerve in my neck. They tried to talk me into an operation on my neck costing  300,000 baht. Thank God I declined. I subsequently found out, upon another trip home that it was indeed an injured rotator cuff in my shoulder.

 

One time I was staying at Khao Luk and wanted to extend for 2 days. Air Asia would not allow me to change my ticket without a medical certificate. So, fit as a fiddle I went to the local hospital and told the doc I had a bad virus in my throat and a head cold. She examined me and told me I had acute pharyngitis. There was nothing wrong with me.

 

Also at BNH I had been treated for reflux for many months and in spite of presenting myself at the hospital at 1 or 2 AM several times with extreme pain in my abdomen nothing was ever done apart from giving me reflux pills and once, a pill to push up my rear for constipation which I did not have. In 2010 I returned home and went to my doctor for some reflux pills and he refused them and sent me for a CAT scan. It was cancer in my pancreas and I was immediately operated on and I am one of the 3% who survive that disease.

 

I can relate other less dramatic stories that have happened to me and also friends of mine in Thailand. It seems to me that medicine in Thailand is not a health service but an industry devoted to making money.

 

I do not doubt that Thailand has some good doctors but Bumrungrad in particular seems to be only interested in making money. PLEASE BE CAREFUL.

 

 

 

 

Living in Thailand I am worried to have to go to hospitals which are listed on the stock exchange and with doctors who may have a commission on their turnover.

this has smell of crushing a suspect rather than seeking justice

6 hours ago, dirtybirty said:

Show the same respect thailand shows to forigners killed 8n thailand

Sent from my GT-I9505 using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app
 

..but would family get financial compensation - as is the case in France -  from Thai government?

On 12/7/2018 at 1:26 PM, fvw53 said:

I tried the cocosenor solutions but they do not apply to my Win 10 Home edition (only to Win 10 Pro)

- if I try lusrmgr.msc (local users and groups) I get attached message and the recommended "User Accounts" tool does not work.

- if I try netplwiz then I have no option of "Advanced user management"

Finally I found a link to kill the warning that my Win 10 Home password would expire (and do no longer to upgrade to Win 10 Pro)

I just followed attached instructions

Boris Johnson should know it is not simple to push for a divorce and also set the conditions...if on the other side they are with 27 and not 1

2 hours ago, KneeDeep said:

You deleted it how? Like this? https://www.pcworld.com/article/3100057/home-tech/how-to-remove-your-login-password-from-windows-10.html

 

Anyway, the answer to password expiry can be found here; https://www.cocosenor.com/articles/windows-10/4-ways-to-disable-or-enable-windows-10-password-expiration-notification.html

I tried the cocosenor solutions but they do not apply to my Win 10 Home edition (only to Win 10 Pro)

- if I try lusrmgr.msc (local users and groups) I get attached message and the recommended "User Accounts" tool does not work.

- if I try netplwiz then I have no option of "Advanced user management"

45 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

Why not setup a password, reboot and then remove it again.

Good idea ...but how long then will this last before I face the same problem again

I use Win 10 Home since the beginning and I have deleted the need for a password to boot (I have only 1 PC and it is a desktop)

Now I am surprised to get notice that my password will expire within 2 days

I have tried to undo the expiry of password but the internet instructions apply all to Win 10 Pro and I have no idea what will happen if my non existing password expires.

So I checked online the eventual cost of upgrading from Win 10 Home to Win 10 pro :  websites outside Thailand offer this for 99 USD but Lazada offers Windows 10 Pro 32bit/64bit Product Key for 290 Baht...

I cannot imagine Lazada will offer fake software ...but did any TVF member tries this Lazada key with satisfaction?

totally unacceptable ...only Donald Trump can do this and get away with it