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Someone I know had a recent incident wrt renewing a Retirement extension based on the 65k/month income. His usual way to do this is to supply 24xbank statements. 12 monthly ones from the Thai bank each showing the 65k coming in, + 12 from Australia showing the same money being sent out. This recent renewal, he was sent off to some special Kasikorn Branch on Klang, where he had to obtain a single 12 month bank statement just showing all the International deposits. An extra effort and major mess about. Asked and he was unsure if this particular statement alone would suffice in the future.

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In the interim, it looks good.

Under normal circumstances, yes. Only hearsay, but I have heard of agents being able to get this done.... or it might simply be a signing off on the insurance requirement (as the money in the bank requirement can be).

They don't want to.... I strongly believe they simply wish to push 'business' into the hands of Thai companies. You are fortunate if you carry International Insurance that is readily accepted and pays out wrt Thailand. Have you considered talking to an agent to see if they can 'get the A knocked off' your extension.... because it looks like the cost of the obligatory insurance is set to rise by a factor of maybe 7x!

The increases in infections are reflected mostly in school age children, along with the families of them... the vaccination levels are about 35% in the children group, as they did not start so long back in the UK... plus there is now a vaccine apathy. The rising deaths is apparently reflected in the elderly mostly 80+... they were first vaccinated early in the year and their resistance is waning.... booster vacs have been slow to take off, and again some apathy. Infection numbers, deaths and hospitalizations are all on the rise in the UK... getting vaccinations done is hopefully they way

Let us not mince words... these policies are poor.. and considering they are obligatory should we be surprised? Saw a report of some company who were seemingly avoiding a claim on Covid insurance.... This seems to have come out of the blue.....

Well I will tell you now, I have seen a push for higher prices in Pattaya for services, but probably it is not general. After losing money for 2 years there will be a desire to recover some surely.

This is quite a change from the previous 400,000 requirement! Foreigners applying for non-immigrant (O-A) visas for stays in Thailand of up to one year are now required to have a health insurance policy with minimum coverage of three million baht for in-patient medical fees, instead of the previous 400,000 baht. Could it also be applied to retirement extensions based on an O-A permission?

I see people booking from elsewhere (UK and USA) and I got an impression of higher prices.. but certainly, what you cite are very good. An insult to climate change even!?

Willem Dafoe

Ryan Gosling

Well and good but is that before or after you test positive for Covid? I believe the guy had a right to at least ask to be moved away from a passenger not wearing a facemask... Quite a few videos on 'It's Gone Viral' of disturbances on flights, mostly in USA.... but there are more on people who refuse to take their carts back to park them at the supermarket, and other busybodies calling them out on it. Makes me think of the old 'Can't we all just get along' phrase.

Not a Mod function and we have tagged Frosty a few times here.... he was pretty busy last time I spoke to him. The subject has been raised before and I am unsure if any changes were made.

My point was not relating to your beliefs on mask efficacy, more of people's attitudes these days. What are the regulations now, within the USA wrt wearing masks on domestic flights?

Slightly coincidentally, I was reading something yesterday about a guy on a domestic flight in the USA. A passenger had posted how the guy next to him had his mask down under his chin.... and he asked him if he would mind wearing his mask correctly, as all the other passengers were. His response was 'I am not going to be ordered around by you, I will if a flight attendant tells me to' So the attention of a flight attendant was called, he was told it was a Federal requirement (or whatever), and duly he pulled the mask up. As soon as the flight attendant's back was turned, the guy pulled the ma

My thought is if the actor appears, as in Roger rabbit, it is acceptable, if purely a voice part, not. Sin City

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

I suspect it is because you are both in the 'upgrade' group...... @frostfire needs to perform that function.

Edward Scissorhands

Ray Liotta

Sounds like you will have an extra 500 baht 'Tourist Tax' for a kick off.

Kirk Douglas

Gary Oldman

Prices will go with demand.... you would expect that to be quite high as things open up so apart from some special offers to get things moving, I expect higher prices. The anti pollution/ climate change wallahs will get back into gear too...and Governments will be looking for places to dump taxes to recover and handle massive debt. And you know what, we will be back where we were and no better for it, probably worse.