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Joiner fee now being charged even with a double room booked. See auto-scroll window on Thai Hotel Discounts Website -redwood

"Southwest Airlines returned to San Francisco International Airport after a six-year absence with 18 daily flights and a celebration that drew Southwest CEO Gary Kelly and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom on Monday. Southwest pulled out of San Francisco in March 2001, citing difficulty getting its flights turned around and airborne on schedule and high airport fees. On Monday, airline officials said new technology has helped ease the delay situation, and SFO has slashed the fees it charges airlines by 30 percent. Southwest also announced that it will begin flying between SFO and Los An

Here's a thread on thaivisa View Talay Certificate -redwood

Yes, he can use the 30 day stamp to begin the process to obtain a one year extension for retirement. In Thailand he doesn’t need a police report, medical clearance or a “residency paper”. He needs to open a bank account with a Thai bank and obtain from them a letter for Immigration. The balance shown in the letter should match the balance shown in his bankbook. He should obtain the statement of verification that he has a monthly income of 65,000 baht from the US Embassy in Bangkok. No documentation of this income is required, but I’d suggest he have it with him just in case Immigrat

Denver is no longer issuing O visas for "visiting friends/relatives" or "extensive travel". Try Dallas or maybe Houston and if that fails try some of the smaller honorary consulates (Google for a list). Forget the Embassy, NYC, Chicago, LA etc. -redwood

Yes, I usually eat a Simple Simon's as a part of the trip to Immigration for 90 day reporting. They also have good back bacon and sausages packaged up to take home for a DIY brekkie -redwood

I think that as a non-British passport holder you have to have legal residency in UK to be issued a Thai visa. -redwood

From reading the thread on thaivisa it doesn't appear that Penang is issuing the Multi O visas except to farangs married to Thais. -redwood

A friend of mine says he's collected phone numbers of taxi drivers from the little booths that advertise "Bangkok taxi 800 baht". And over time he's gotten some drivers that are usually available and have provided good service. I mostly walk everywhere or use a baht bus if available. I've only used a moto taxi 4-5 times since I've lived here. (And I know several older guys who will not use them.) I do live within a 7-8 min. walk of Pattaya Klang, but even so, later at night, there are very few baht buses going toward the beach. (And I think this probably applies to Pattaya Nua &

Not Soi 5 but at the Jomtien Complex. Never eaten there but I just recall a hilarious mano a mano between a Yank customer and the owner on a thaivisa.com thread awhile back. Yank loved the chips but was banned for life after getting into an argument with the owner over the use of a coupon for a free beer - seems the coupon had expired, but didn't have an expiry date on it or........... something No Fish For You -redwood

A Google search yields: http://www.storm-pattaya.com/ -redwood

That could only lead to croaking http://www.pattayacityresort.com/html/map.php -redwood

A friend who has owned a condo here for a several years & is looking to upgrade has City Garden and City Resort on his short list. http://www.pattayacityresort.com -redwood

Agreed! Easy access from the Phetchaburi subway station. http://www.rutnin.com/html/c_about.html -redwood

Try Aussie ebay -redwood

Problem is Immigration officers don't always know the rules, don't follow the rules and sometimes will tell you they don't care about the rules And by the time the rules are posted on the internet changes have either been made or are in the works. For example iitem 7.4 re obtaining an investment visa by purchasing a condo valued at 3M baht was revoked many months ago. To me "speculate" simply means to be thinking in terms of a Plan B prior to visiting Immigration, so that when that initial visit goes wrong you've got alternatives in mind. Sometimes this only means going to a differ

Yes, this is erroneous. In any case it was "Updated on : March 16, 2006" so it's not at all current given the changes since 1 Oct. 2006. Current visa financial requirements for marriage to a Thai is a statement from your Embassy showing an income of at least Baht 40,000 per month - or letter of guarantee from a foreign employer, that you are an employee, salary, position, years worked - or proof of this amount as Thai income by you or your wife [can be a combination of the farang and wife's incomes] with the last three months of Phor Ngor Dor.1 (Personal Income tax form filed on a monthly

And mince pies at Xmas time -redwood

Yes, to get a one year extension of stay based on retirement you'd need to be 50 or older. You can also extend on the basis of marriage or business. You don't qualify for retirement and perhaps are not interested in marriage, so business would be the only likely option for you and "barry bonds" has offered a good starting point for you there. I'd also have mentioned the Amity Treaty for US passport holders, but since you're thinking in terms of a couple of years from now this may well no longer be an option at that time. Right now you can likely obtain a multiple entry O visa from the H

The longer it takes to find just the right item, the more likely it is for that item to be out of stock Be prepared to hear a lot of "mai mee", "mot leeo", "no hab", etc. Items on display are just that. Don't expect to actually be able to buy any of them. -redwood

Thanks Peet. -redwood

Here's a very informative thread from thaivisa USUFRUCT OR SUPERFICIES -redwood

Re Permanent Residency, you need to have 3 years of continuous extensions of stay to be eligible to apply. As there are minimum salary requirements for different nationalities, you need to be employed here and have a record of paying taxes on that amount. I believe I've read of figures in the amount of 80,000 baht per month as being adequate for Westerners and in some cases less than that amount would be acceptable. You don't need to be married. Clean criminal record from your home country including a fingerprint check. Health clearance as per the old retirement visa. A personal "port

http://www.pattaya-property.net/ -redwood

Tops Supermarket (2nd Rd. & Pattaya Klang) probably has the nearest restaurant open at that hour. -redwood