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Okay thanks for all the information ( I am Dutch and in around 12 years from now I hope to get my AOW here in Thailand).
I have another question and maybe some Nederlander here has experience with this (please no guessing);
I have been working / living here since a long time so according to mijn pensioenoverzicht .nl ( log in with DIGID) I will get around half of my AOW when I turn 68 or so... since I only spent half my working life in NL. Let's say this will be 600+ Euro. Way below the 920 for sure. Would that be cut even more if I am married to a Thai wife here? That would be a shame.. Or would it remain 600 Euro or so, because it's already much lower than the 920 Euro mentioned? Anybody here in this situation? Thanks for any more info on this ????
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When in Thailand... use a Thai exchange / wallet. I'm very happy with Bitkub
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4 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:
I hope that it will stay like this , for the beauty of the place ...
has recovered for the moment ... but will it stay beautiful ? Up to them ... but the number of visitors should be limited .
In case you didn't know.. The number of visitors has been limited already about two years ago
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That's correct , I helped a friend, staying with us, to apply for his driving license ( in Takua Pa ) there was a waiting list until 31 October. So yesterday we went to PhangNga Town, and got it done right away. So consider to do it at another province.
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51 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:
Not saying the Dutch aren't smart, and not saying Thailand couldn't do much better, but the average annual rainfall in the Netherlands is 700mm, Thailand is 1,650mm, so more than twice as much and it falls in a more condensed timeframe, generally over five months and we often have weeks / months without a drop.
If Thailand had the NL's volume of water to deal with and the NL's rainfall pattern I doubt we would see flooding here. And vice versa - dump Thailand's rain in Holland and see how it copes.Around 70% from the rain in Thailand comes down in the south, especially the Andaman west coast area ( around 3500 mm ) so this changes the average a lot. In the north, average rainfall around 1100 mm, and it's there where the rivers are and the flooding keeps on occurring. Indeed, the rainfall in the Netherlands is more spread out, but most of the country and rivers are below sea level, so harder to flood away. Sure some Dutch river and flood management would make a difference in the North and Central Thailand.
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2 minutes ago, whiteman said:
This is good news, and a start in the right direction. There are quite a few people around who can afford an long trip, who visit us every year ( since many years ) to cross over the winter, usually Nov - April. They wouldn't mind to go trough a few procedures, to come here again and enjoy 5 months away as usual, from depressive winter Europe. Good for us, and Thailand to have some guests coming and staying over again, and a good start to get back to normal eventually.
Dream on not going to happen light your fires and sit in front of the TV and watch the snow fall through the frosted windows
I'll send you a photo from me and my mates ( who have returned ) from the beach, around Christmas ????
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This is good news, and a start in the right direction. There are quite a few people around who can afford an long trip, who visit us every year ( since many years ) to cross over the winter, usually Nov - April. They wouldn't mind to go trough a few procedures, to come here again and enjoy 5 months away as usual, from depressive winter Europe. Good for us, and Thailand to have some guests coming and staying over again, and a good start to get back to normal eventually.
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Well, I surely considered it, actually planned to apply this year. Criteria and language test wouldn't have been a problem, and a bit of a wait isn't a problem either ; have been here 19 years so a bit more time is ok.
Main reasons would be that the total costs would be much lower then the 400 K I have to keep on the bank right now. ( I'm on an extension, based on marriage ). Would have some extra money left to spend.
The problem is, since this corona crisis I lost my job ( just like almost everyone here in Phang Nga ) and lost work permit, our restaurant is making zip all, so I don't reach some criteria anymore.
If eventually we'll get back to making money, I'd surely consider it again !
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I don't see this happening so easily. Places like Similan islands, Mu Koh Phi phi etc. are huge milking cows. Don't believe they will reduce the Marine park fees. And for many other 'attractions' I see the same. And don't think they'll raise it for Thais ????
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Just now, stouricks said:
The 90 day report is NOT based on your Visa, it is to tell the IO you have been here for...90days.
Yeah I get that ???? ... just stating that my extension ( and 90 days ) are based on marriage
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10 minutes ago, RedCardinal said:
The question some will have is what happens for non-immigrant visa holders whose visas expired and will need to leave the country come July 31st? In the context of tourist visas her statement makes sense - tourists can return home. But for Non-Immigrant O visa holders (some of whom are not entitled to extensions) what's going to happen. This is what I'm worried about as it's the situation I'm in. I've no idea where I might be able to get a new visa come July 31.
Since you have a Non-O there might be a chance that there will be an amnesty for that, but of course very hard to say now, guess we'll have to wait till half July for more info.
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So I decided to do my 90 day report anyway, since it's a nice little drive, and (especially now) Phang Nga office is very quiet, and most of the westerners have left the province. As expected there were only a couple of people there waiting, and it was easy going, after waiting outside for a bit I got my passport back with another 90 days ( based on marriage ) so I'm ok until 19 September, no worries about 31 July.
I had a nice chat with the female officer about this, and my friend, who came with me, about his situation, since he came in October on a METV which is now expired and he's in the amnesty situation now until 31 July, so we asked if it could be extended, but she said that she (of course) couldn't confirm anything, but also stated that she thought it very unlikely that it would be extended again after the 31st, since his visa has expired now, and flights have resumed out of the country.
Since I had been on a trip of 4 days to Ranong, I also asked about TM30 and if it was necessary, and I explained that we tried online (what I usually did before) and that the app didn't work. She confirmed this, and said it wasn't needed since I came back to the same address, my house, anyway. By then, a male officer was outside as well, and he said it would be better to do TM30 anyway, so I called my wife over, who was waiting, and she went inside and did registration on their laptop. Friendly but a bit confusing if needed or not, well I guess every office is different.
Hope this is any useful information to anyone ????
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Because I'm lazy and I ask them to go and get more beer for papa
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Just enjoying it here in the south / Phangnga so much, my lovely wife and things we can do together; visit markets, cook, enjoy sunsets or rany afternoons at the empty beaches, visiting friends houses sitting outside in the jungle watching birds and other life, drinking with friends, speaking some Thai with the locals, driving my bike (so many roads to cruise) swim in the sea, go spearfish with friends, some local wrecks we dive, no stupid rules here like speed limits and can park my pickup anywhere and enjoy some seafood, get together with friends and BBQ and get hammered, nobody gives a sh*t if I don't wear a helmet (exept Thai visa grumpy old nannies ???? ) and now things are opening up, bars will soon as well I hope : my company s closed until November because of this situation so enough time now.. so trips planned to nearby Ranong and ko Phayam soon.. the government and grumpy Thai bashers don't bother me and leave me alone so me still enjoying it here after 19 years.
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On 5/16/2020 at 6:08 PM, rooster59 said:
I think they will be counting the overseas clicks on Thaivisa to calculate the former and including the Thai visits to malls and parks for the latter.
Haha, you got a good smile on me with this one, funny !
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23 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:
Is Khao Lak in Phuket now then?
True .. bad reporting. Khaolak has nothing to do with Phuket .
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The local Thai plastic helmets are useless, so I might as well drive without
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No saving, haha, job gone so need about 15.000 a month now extra
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2 hours ago, OnTheGround said:
Speculation, nonsense, insert whatever word to describe this article.
Did TAT order this?
No consideration for a possibly / likely second wave.
This 'suggestion' is worthless.
And disbelief, negativity, cynicism, distrust and (again) Thai (TAT) bashing again on TV.. as expected.
Even the slightest positivity, this time from Singapore, must be drilled into the ground.
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31 minutes ago, Jip99 said:Were you not still paying them?
Fortunately, you are in Thailand without the employee responsibilities that attach to Western businesses.
Fortunately we're in Thailand ? In Holland the government pays 90% of the wages of laid-off staff.
Here me and my wife both lost our jobs in the Hotel - tour industry. No wages.
We also run a little restaurant, which has 0 business at the moment. So we also had to let go of our staff, and keep one living in in a basic fee, since we make no money and lost our jobs as well.
Don't know how you can compare these two totally different places / situations.
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9 hours ago, webfact said:
At this stage it is believed that hotels already with guests are allowed to remain open, but not allowed to accept any more guests.
This will be the case, than nobody will be on the streets. Surely not from my place. And anyway, enough houses to rent now, for those who want to go anyway. Personally I'm happy with my last two renters, they create income and I would never kick them out.
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1 hour ago, sirineou said:All the statistics are garbage, No one knows how many people had it and recovered, or are having it now.
I am sure Thailand is not better.
Well USA now 85594 and Thailand 1136 so if you think one is not better then another, I take my chances with Thailand and have a more optimistic feeling here.
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Very happy with my Vivo V17, was under 12K, so spend a little more than 10K and you'll be fine.
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5 hours ago, webfact said:
Thai Rath reported that the tourism association of Phuket were preparing for the worst as fallout from the coronavirus hits the island and neighboring Phangnga hard where it hurts most.
Well, here in Phangnga we don't have many Chinese visitors, the ones that over-crowd Phangnga bay and Similan islands are coming from Phuket.
Anyway, nice and quiet there, we won't miss them !
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Dutch AOW pension question about how marriage affects your pension amount.
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Useful information and thanks again Guitar God, ardsong and Henri for the info. My situation is similar to the first two of you, like I said I'll probably receive about half of my AOW in the future (without a pension though, we have our own business).
And Henri is correct as well; I can't pay in myself anymore; somewhere in the past I received letters (through a Dutch address) that I would get a hefty fine if I wouldn't insure myself for health insurance in NL, and deurwaarder threats since I was an NL citizen.
Through a bunch of letters and copies, I proved that I was insured already with the Thai SSO (I have a work permit) and this was waved away. Years later I thought to check if I could pay in again, but I was already much too late, and cut off, and couldn't contribute anymore. I called a friend who owns an Assurantiekantoor ( Insurance broker) and he stated the same and said it would be more useful to forget insurance and try some own saving...
I didn't bother too much, because you never know what it will be in 12 years from now. For 'expats' certain countries, the AOW will be cut anyway, for example Indonesia and Vietnam (no treaty) interesting to google sometimes.