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Loy Krathong is Fri., Nov.3.

I am attempting to open the link, but it is taking forever. My rule of thumb on this very general question is: Take a comparable position in a comparably sized community in your home country, and divide by 3.5.

Example: US $25,000 x B 33.17 = B 829,000/3.5 = B 237,000.

Yes and yes. The Labour Dept. wants to be sure that they are issuing and giving the permit to the person stated therein.

They don't want someone cancelling someone else's W.P., whether as some sort of prank, or as a serious attempt to cause trouble for the permit holder. 

They might accept a cancellation with a letter of authorization from the permit holder, but that is a guess on my part. Check with them in advance if you are thinking of going this route.

Re: Post #2:

30 minutes is awfully tight.

Measuring from Siam BTS Station:  10 min. to wait for the train + 8 stations @ 90 seconds between stations = 22 min.

Taxi from Morchit BTS Station to Don Meuang: I would allow 20 min., 15 min might be enough if you use the tollway.

So, 37 - 42 min. Add extra time if your point of origin is east or south of Siam Station, and/or if you want to use a bus instead of a taxi.

I am not in Phuket, so on the assumption that their national promotion has the same dates everywhere:

  - collect stamps until Nov. 22, 2017

  - redeem them until Dec. 6, 2017

My source is the stamp booklet which I was handed this morning.

While I have not done it for many years, 7-11 has been known to sell stamps, though I think that 7-11's in Bangkok may be an exception. After you check at your nearest 7-11, report back here !

I have done it successfully. Make sure that you have met all the requirements, and take every piece of paper that they could conceivably ask to see. I suggest that you be standing at the Immigration office when it opens, so that if they place an unexpected roadblock in front of you, you have the rest of the business day to deal with it.

You can search on bangkokbank.com  Information on business hours is included there.

There is nothing wrong with sending resumes to schools, whether online or on paper.

From website: pattayabus.xyz/chan-tour  :  2  departures daily for Khon Kaen at 10:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Cost: B 590. I have no idea if that website is current. I once bought a ticket there to go to Udon Thani. I don't think they have an online presence.

I think the poster above means Khao Kor "the Switzerland of Thailand". Beautiful scenery.

Most international schools do most of their hiring in the country to which they are affiliated. She should do an internet search, and make a list of the British-affiliated schools. Then she should contact them, and see if they have hiring interviews in the UK before the start of the next school year. 

If she wants to come to Thailand and take whatever work she can find until the start of the next international school year, she should have no difficulty finding something. Females are especially valued, as the foreign teaching contingent here is overwhelmingly male. Females are particularly valued for anuban (early years) and lower prathom (lower elememtary school) positions.

She should bring the original of her university degree with her, not just a photocopy.

There are plenty of jobs outside of Bangkok listed on ajarn.com, though the average salary tends to be lower. Look in the left-hand column. You may have to scroll down a bit to see the job listings. I think you can also search by province, though that is a bit tedious, as you have to search one province at a time. It would be better if you could search by region.

I think you must have one of the "Non - O" visas, whether obtained in Thailand or abroad ? The money has to have been in your account for 2 months on the day you apply for the Extension for Retirement.  I believe that you can apply anytime within your last 30 days.

Of note; If you renew your Retirement Extension for subsequent years the "seasoning" requirement for the money is 3 months, not 2.

While I have never been to Buriram, I have been in many places all around Thailand. Thee is never a shortage of guys looking for a chance to take a white guy for a ride.

In my case, I was funding the entire B 800,000 using money I had earned and saved in Thailand. Immigration was implying that I had been engaged in some sort of illegal activity. I provided them with copies of five years Income tax returns, which was enough to satisfy them.

But, that having been said, I think you should produce whatever documentation you can, to show where the B 500,000 came from. They gave me a hard time in similar circumstances.

The green one is a general tonic. Down the whole bottle in one gulp if you feel a head cold coming on.  The dark purple one (not the one shown here) is a cholesterol lowering medicine. I take two sips, twice per day.

Refer to the "Home Country Forum", which is right below "General topics".  Presently running on page 2 there is a thread titled "Large TD wire transfer", or something close to that.

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The low cost of living. As a recent retiree, my home country savings will go much farther here than they would there.

There are countries where they would go even farther of course. But in most of those, it isn't safe for a white person to walk down the street after dark. Thailand hits that sweet spot; undeveloped enough that it is cheap to live here, but developed enough that you don't have to worry about someone pulling a gun or knife on you if you go out after dark.

Try Ramkhamhaeng Univ., though I would not describe it as "centrally located".

Post # 6 may be correct. However, from a practical perspective, she should start at the nearest Immigration office. She can always go to the border after that, if that is what they tell her to do.

She should go to the nearest Immigration office and explain the situation. If that doesn't work she should go to Immigration HQ in Bangkok and try again. I would not advise doing an illegal entry into Laos.

In the days before Nonthaburi had its own Immigration office, I lived in Bangkok and worked in Nonthaburi. I did my Work Permit in Nonthaburi, Non-immigrant "B" visa and 90 day confirmation of residence reports in Bangkok. The only slight hassle was with the 90 day reports. My foreign work colleagues all lived in Nonthaburi, and they were allowed to do their 90 day reports to Bangkok by mail. Because I lived inside the Bangkok boundary by about 1 km, I had to do mine in person, which in those days, meant a trip to Suan Phlu ever 90 days.