aussiexpat

Never had a retirement visa so never had a re-entry permit. Visa exempt entries only

Yep, never required an onward flight since 2008, lucky me as I must be the only person getting away with having only a one way flight every time I come to Thailand

Obviously not on ignore or how did you reply? Standard response from DrJack, always pay for onward flight, always carry 20,000 baht, always use agent for 12 month extensions as we are obviously too stupid to be able to do it ourself

Maybe you should think of Saudi, Iraq or Iran, more in line with your no bar or red light area beliefs?

Yeah the so called automatic red flag for airport arrivals is a myth. I've spent 8 months in Thailand this year without a "proper visa" and have 3-4 visa exempt entries a year since 2015 without any questions from IO

Are you hoping to find another person who gets asked for an onward flight instead of it always being just you ????

Not restricted to tourists. I was walking along Pattaya Beach in January before all the tourists came back. The floods had created some beach erosion banks and a Thai guy was deleted behind one of them looking at girls on beach road. I wish he remembered to look behind him so I didn't have to see that...

What do you consider to be Central Pattaya? I live in Central Pattaya since 2008 and it's always been a red light district within walking distance of my condo lol

Ask Nams, nice cars, safe drivers as only ladies (who I think drive better). 1200 from Swampy, not sure how much from other airport but sure it will be competitive https://www.namstaxipattaya.com/contact

Obviously you don't have a million nett worth. That should get you over $40,000 per year in a standard saving account which is about 120,000 baht per month to live in Thailand. More than enough to live very well in Thailand and definitely not broke

Thank for confirming an agent submission is illegal as they don't care about the immigration rules Me, I prefer to follow the rules and retirement visa is easy for 1900 baht, 2 hours in immigration is an acceptable downside when I have so much free time

Lol that people thinking how to vegetable shop in Pattaya markets is the most important topic...how I miss the 2000's lol

No need to cool off. Renting less than 30 days is illegal in Thailand Isn't promoting illegal activities also illegal on asean now so therefore OP stating he doesn't care about illegal requirements also breach that requirement ?

OP maybe you should pay a Thai 500 baht to buy veggies at the Thai price in the markets just to save the 500 baht extra at Big C... oh wait...

Sorry but since the TM7 form requires a passport photo to be attached I don't see how a photo could ever not be required, plus surely you had to read and sign the TM7 they filled out for you, rather than didn't have to do a TM7 (probably saved one minute by not filling out TM7 yourself before signing, how hard is it write your name, date of birth, passport number and address of stay lol)

You should get with Leaver, the self proclaimed best Pattaya businessman never to have any skin in the game, so therefore has never failed. I'm sure he could make your idea a sure winner ???? Meanwhile in realty, hope the latest engine fixes are the last of ongoing issues and this gets off and running successfully soon

The post you replied to says drop passport and pay only, but you went to bank and got the required letter and passbook copies and you went and got a passport photo. Was there no need to provide proof of residence or did you also give chanote or lease agreement to agent? (If not required by agent than likely not required by IO either as on 90 day reports) Still dont know what agent does but fill in a form (that takes less than a minute) and photocopy some documents (5 baht per page elsewhere). Why not just give same documents to immigration and save 15000 baht for a 12 month extension?

In Pattaya?

Don't want a Thai defamation suit coming my way but very popular agent who is reccomended often on this forum as the go to agent in Pattaya (so I assume sets the standard of usual practice)

All this time since OP and you still haven't visited the 10/10 girl that will stay at hotel and sleep with you first time you meet up in Sri Racha, if only it wasn't so difficult to do the 30 minute drive...how naive do you have to be lol

You make it sound like you just drop off your passport, pay the money and done. This is what I don't get as my Mate just did his first time 15 month non imm o and 12 month extension package for 25,000 baht through a popular agent. Thing is, he already had a bank account with 800k baht in it. So he had to provide agent with his passport, copies of his condo chanote, get a passport pic, copy of his TM30, go to the bank to get letter, go to immigration to get photo in front of building. So what has he saved by using an agent instead of doing it himself? Maybe 2 hours in a queue in Jomtien immigration. Not worth the 25,000 baht for me when retired with plenty of time on my hands (plus agent took 4 weeks and had his passport whole time) Note: he had the 800k baht in his account for 2 days when he applied at agent (which meets non-imm O requirement), agent gave him a letter to give to bank, and bank letter than confirmed 800k was in bank for 3 months, even though it wasn't. I can't see anyway that is not fraud (and why do when his 800k met imm requirements)

Unfortunately they're all made for 6"6 tall and go way past the knee for anyone 5"10'

Spam emails were from everywhere and rotated daily so same message different email. Could be coincidence but never had a problem before as don't normally give out email address. For AA I had to or would not get quote. Email Spam started straight after I declined AA insurance they quoted me. Don't mean to defame them but had never given email before or after Spam attack

As I said, I only received the spam emails after I declined their quote whereas you are a customer so I wouldn't expect you to get them.

I clicked on AA insurance brokers once after recommendation on this forum, had to give email, then had over 30 spam emails per day when I declined insurance Now down to about 5 spam emails per day after reporting and blocking emails for 4 months Maybe coincidence but I don't think so....