Kwasaki

8 minutes ago, Mike Teavee said:

Presumably they get a 1 year Multi (90 day) Entry Non-IMM O (would need to show the 400/800K in some bank or some proof of income to get) & do a border bounce towards the end of it to get the extra 3 months. 

 

Very easy for Marriage visa holders, not so easy for Retirees nowadays though that's the Visa I started on (got it in Penang when I was working in Singapore, used the 800K in my Thai bank, Singapore pay slips & a letter from the British Embassy confirming income - unfortunately the British & American/Australian Embassies no longer provide these ). 

I'm told they go out Thailand and come back with 'O' visa so they don't have to show money only the marriage cert and wife's ID and house book.

2 hours ago, Mike Teavee said:

Presumably if they up the deposit to 1.2Million, they’ll up the 65K to 100K pm

 

Thats a significant income to have to have each month, especially as it needs to be Nett of all taxes & any expenses in your home country (approx. £31,500 pa before tax or £2,308b pm after tax).

Every falangie I know here are married and either still have retire extension or marriage extension.

2 of them don't have to show money they get 15 months stay in Thailand but have to go out of Thailand to Laos and come back in.

2 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Yeah, very few people on U.S. social security would qualify.

I can't see that happening with Thailand ads about getting people retire in Thailand, it seems to me they want more retirees here they not want to put people off.

2 hours ago, Lorry said:

I know he can get a knife and kill him, this is not my question. 

My questions are the legal aspects. 

Well he can legally hold a gun licence and gun so wouldn't bother with a knife.

Never mind husbands, boyfriends kill girlfriends because they go out with another guy.

2 hours ago, redwood1 said:

So would requiring 1.2 million instead of 800,000 prove anything or help anyone?........Nope it sure would not....It would just tie up more money that could not be spent in the economy....

What about using 65k a month.

Google GPS is very good never mind road numbers.

2 hours ago, JayClay said:

The OP is talking about using Google Maps on his phone. There was no mention of him using it for live navigation.

 

It is also one of my pet peeves that landmarks and road names appear and disappear apparently at random when you are zooming in and out. I doubt there's any way to change this behaviour, unfortunately. But I would be happy to be proved wrong.

On my phone I can go street view to see road number and signs or when zooming in or out on road map a road number does show on and off on occasion I find.

1 hour ago, RanongCat said:

Who 100% British in UK ? Is Irishperson ( PC description !) from Belfast superior to UK born of Indian ? Or many MP of UK parliment with very much greater European name?

Yeah ya right I had a grandfather from Ireland fathers side,  a grandfather from France mother's side, both grandma's were of English decent. 

I guess I'm a mongral.

1 hour ago, watgate said:

, is their any government agency we can contact to possibly assist us? I also realize this is a common occurrence

The best way for a Thai person to leave for holiday in another country is to go to the countries embassy in question themselves.

The UK embassy was helpful to my Wife but she had to travel a long way backwards and forwards a couple of times but got her holiday visa for UK and after that a 2 year visa, all I to do was sponsor her.

OP I English cockney come Sukhothai Muang Kao I'll buy ya beer. ????

16 hours ago, LaosLover said:

Sadly, that cockney accent is all but gone. It's like if you want to hear a Martin Scorcese-level New Yawk accent, you have to go out to The Pocono's or far north New Jersey, where all the cops retired to. 

 

My mother was a true cockney. Born within the sound of ball bag's bells, or whatever the saying is.

In its geographical and cultural senses, Cockney is best defined as a person born within hearing distance of the church bells of St. Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, in the City of London.

5 hours ago, Trippy said:

Who are we to judge?

Well you always get one on here from time to time who can't get their headaround different cultures.

2 hours ago, OJAS said:

As is already the case with Australia, I believe. But at least we would then be spared the Life Certificate bureaucratic nonsense which DWP insist on inflicting on us every couple of years or so! ????

There would have to be a new cut point and grandfathered date I would think although saying that I don't know what happened when Oz did it to there pension citizens.

ChatGPT.

There's always a backwards for locals. ????

Started in the beginning with Thai superstition.

Where would your wife and daughter like to go.

Send a photocopy of your passport and the passport page showing your departure date exit from Thailand to the person selling your car for you.

Whoever is selling your car get then to sent the 2 DLT papers for you to sign.

16 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Theoretically, 95 should have a higher octane than 91. Both are 10% gasahol. I find my new car gets far better mileage with gasahol 95, over E20. Never compared it to 91. Gasahol 95 (orange) is 10% gasahol. Supposed to be easier on a newer engine. Would use benzine 95 (yellow) , but at 7 baht a liter more, seems too expensive. Hardly seems to matter with older cars. 

 

Does anyone know the difference between 91 and 95 here? Price is almost the same, so hard to believe there is a real difference in octane. However, bike mechanics have told me 95 is better for a bike. So, there must be some reason to use it, over 91?

So called mechanics here most of them make me laugh.

Manufacturers say Honda for example make engines compatible to run on E85, E20, E95, or E91.

It is recommended that you stick to the one fuel you can get to use on a regular basis.

That said it can be a case of where you live as to the same fuel being available.

The ECU sensor operating the fuel system on the engine will adjust to different fuels.