following my earlier comments and my concerns about my extention of stay (visa renewal?) i am pleased to say that my wife and i received our extention from jomtein today wthout any questions or queries. we are very pleased.

i have to remark that some of the comments on this site about this subject have been unhelpful and rather nasty. dont you like each other?

What extension did you each receive ? Exactly ?

This is a punishment from the Thai government to all foreign men in Thailand who is not married to Thai women and spend their whole pension at her and her family

The message is this: falang man is welcome to Thailand......alone

does anyone have an idea when the Immigration office starts with this regulations????

does anyone have an idea when the Immigration office starts with this regulations ????

It is unknown at this time.

Anyone asked for the 800,000 for the wife yet?

No reports of it that I have seen.

Clarification of rules here. http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?/topic/687733-Immigration-clarifies-retirement-visa-rules