jacko

Yes, had they said 'Extensions' there would have been little doubt. This page makes me worry as it calls the marriage and retirement extensions 'One Year Renewable Visas'.....

Past proofs of income were never too difficult, don't the USA and Australian guys simply pay their consulates for a letter for which they make no actual checks?

No mention of it replacing the current system, so I prefer not to be scaremongering on this. Would be interested to know if there is any underlying aim in this idea.... supplement the banks deposits, get everyone on medical insurance, reduce the total number of 1 year extensions (with a view to eliminating them....don't do that jacko!).

1) Yes, you will still need to do 90 day reports, it is a police, rather than immigration requirement. 2) I do have health insurance, but, as you get older, it gets harder. 3) Didn't say anything about re-entry permits on the item I read, although with the Elite Visa no re-entry permits are required so I would hope this idea would be similar,ie, a multiple entry. Depends on whether it is an extension to an existing visa, or a visa in its own right. It does say replaces one-year renewable visas. 4) My current renewal date is right in the middle of peak season and yes I know I could do it a month early, but always drag my heels. So when I do my extension it is always heaving in Jomtiem and the job aggravates the hell out of me. 3 million is a whack to tie up for a while but I most certainly am tempted by this.

Similarly they found something broken on my steering linkages, they wanted a 70% deposit for the part to be replaced, that was 4000 baht. So I got a relatively cheap service but got hit with expensive parts. They must work like printers and printer cartridges! Well trying to be optimistic, good the issue was found before the Mrs does her NY trip to Ban Khee Kwai, it also explains the odd noise I recently have been hearing when getting in and out of my drive. I have to hard lock and there is a bit of a ramp into my driveway, the suspension and steering always groaned there under the weight of that 3 litre diesel!

My Mrs talked to a lady called Vilawan, on 0952078618, and here is my receipt.

Gov’t Approves 10-Year Visas for Foreigners Over 50. Khaosod Opps MM posted this elsewhere last night, missed that. I will post a link and lock this post. Other thread.

Reported to be completed in February..... Thai Visa. If you can read Thai....

Be careful, that lady in the short skirt believes you need that Ford Focus. ( I had one of those in the UK, great car for running around town, doubt it could handle the village roads though).

In the past, to get my truck serviced, I had to spend all day. The overworked dealership and service centre in Na Jomtiem is on the other side of town from me. I have also been kept waiting there for many hours in the past, despite having an appointment. Your time is of no consequence.The only way to counteract that was to grab a baht bus into town, go for a massage, and they would surely call you to say your vehicle was ready as you were at the interesting stage of a rub down. So when I heard of a new Ford dealership in Laem Chabang, just down the road from me, I was hopeful of no more trips all the way to Na Jomtiem. They opened for car sales a month or so ago, and yesterday called to say the servicing centre was also operational. So, as I was overdue a service, maybe even missed one or 2 (it is a diesel, they just keep going), I booked in. Head North on Sukhumvit out of town and it is about 6km past the Hwy 36 (Rayong) flyover on the right. Well before Harbor Mall and the Port. It is better lady watching venue than the Bangkok Bank, with a few real nice lasses. The one I chatted to had such a short skirt I nearly bought a million baht Wildtrak there and then! The senior service guy spoke great English, as did some of the sales girls. Got me a cup of coffee and all was completed in just over an hour, as I initially viewed the cars, then waited in a nice cool environment. Not completely painless as they found a broken linkage on my steering and I had to pay a 4000 baht deposit for the part and will go back again when it arrives. I wondered what that strange noise was under there in the dirty areas of the truck!

There seems to be a consensus that they don't really look for it at the airport, focusing on overstay. To make sure I would remove the slip from the passport where the next reporting date is stamped or written.

They take that off you at immigration and the bit stapled into you passport is actually the departure half.

Just having a surprising rain shower here, I wonder if this is the last for a while.

Also interested to see it will be upgraded to non-stop. Their prices and the extra stop always put me off previously, although I am so happy with the A380 Emirates EK18.

Emirates do seem to differ in their pricing structure and ticket validity. I was looking for a return ticket in Biz class Bangkok ex Manchester, but wanted the return leg slightly over 6 months after the outward. That made the ticket very expensive with most carriers but didn't seem to with Emirates, and a Biz Saver class was available. Changes are expensive though at £300 !

Colin Farrell....

Oman Air don't have any A380s. I took a look at LHR-BKK and there certainly are good connections available with total trip times under 17hrs both ways, like any carrier you have to look at this carefully at the time of booking.. those get full quicker and the cheaper flights may well give you the longer layover times. The early AM departure from BKK may not suit everyone if you are trying to get there from Pattaya. My pal went on the last Bell Bus and hung around the airport all night to save a bit of money. He said flight and service all okay. They do seem to be competitive on prices.

I was out of the country for October, but a few friends have told me it was very wet. Personally, looking at the news reports of flooding in the Pattaya area I still believe it has been less than many years past.(2015 was dry). I don't believe the infrastructure has improved reducing these events, and I have yet to be trapped by rain and flood-water this year as I was about 4 years ago, and many other years.

Well there is a link in the OP Teelack.

Brendan Gleeson

Sorry if I wasted your time guys. Just surprised to see all these guests nosing in the calendar. Then noticed they all had exactly same IP address I couldn't grasp it!

Brian Cox

Yes, that is what I thought, I took another look and they seem to be moving around sniffing! When I first looked they were all in the same spot and it looked like a mass attack. Don't recall noticing this on the old server. There is a different one in there now in the Calendar.