[Termites in Cardboard Beer Cases]

they say  fried termites is a good snack to have with beer

[Gun Laws in Thailand]

"NO",that type of gun is a war weapon,Thai citizen's can't own a weapon like that

[Entry to Laos for Thai wife and child]

all she needs is to show her Thai ID card,at the crossing,she should be good to go

[Thai Police Certificate]

wife said she  didn't need a police check,her visa paper work was done thru the American Embassy

 

[Problems with messages suddenly going missing from email inbox.]

since you didn't say which email you were using

 

do a search for " recover deleted emails" it give's you a lot of how to recover deleted emails

 

hope this helps

[Problems with messages suddenly going missing from email inbox.]

What email are you using?

[Correct Forum for Social Security Issues]

US social security,will not send S/S payments to Thailand

 

I believe they will send them to the Bangkok Bank in New York,if you have an account with them at the New York branch 

 

most expats have US banks accounts,then wire money from them to here

[Do EXPATS have a future in Thailand 20 years from now?]

you know in 20 years ,I'll most likely just be ash's,so don't really care what they

 

think of me or whats going on here

 

but had one Hell of a good time while I was here,before I was turned into ash's,you can bet your ass on that

[Where to report a shady alien]

we rented one of our house to a person like that,

 

went to immigration to report him,they said thanks,they'd take care of it

 

its only about a 20 minute drive to immigration,by the time I got home they were already there and had him in hand cuffs

 

never did find out what they cuffed him for,later was told he was in jail,and would be deported

[SURVEY: What best describes your experiences with Thai Immigration?]

never had a problem with Immigration here in Mukdahan

all are very friendly,and go out of their way to help

[Value used for importing used household items]

if your wife has been out of country for more than a year

SHIP EVERY THING IN HER NAME,

when we (wife and me) moved to Thailand we shipped a 62ft shipping container with just about our whole house in it,

she paid NO DUTY,on any thing,as she had been out of Thailand for more than one year,

she will have to show her passport with her visa's in it

it doesn't matter if she worked or not,to shipping container was never opened still had the seal that I put on it in the USA

just mark everything as used,and make a good list of just about everything you ship

make three(3) copy's of your packing list,one goes with the container,one for the shipping copy ,and you keep the last one

you will have to put a deposit on the container if you have it delivered to your home,you will get the deposit back when they get the container but,if

I remember right it was 50000K for the deposit OH THEY DELIVERED THE CONTAINER FREE,there was no charge

Sorry forgot,you don't have to put the value of the items shipped

[limitations on bringing cigars into thailand?]

try this site,they sell many types of cigars

and ship them to your house,have used them a couple of times

always good service

vapourhouse.com

[The difference a day makes]

ok here a copy with "Retirement" stamped on it

CCF05282016.pdf

[ID Card for farangs]

Thats cool,they didn't tell me that part

[ID Card for farangs]

just got my pink ID card

some people say that their card expires on such and such date

but mine said it never expires,it says"good for all my life"

I went back to the ID office and asked if that was right,they said it was right " good for all my life"

I quest all offices are not the same

[Do you think Thais are actully capable of Love, in the Western sense?]

not "NO" but Hell NO

[Import used possessions duty free?]

if your wife has ever been with you over sea's ?

if so ship everything in her name,thats the way we shipped a 62ft'r here

had to put a 50000bt deposit on the box,to get it shipped up here

you'll get your deposit back when they get the box back,customs didn't even open the box,still had the same seal on it

as when it left the states,also no duty,and we had the box packed full,money well spent

[Physical presence at Immigration and elsewhere]

just my 5 stang worth ,

by coming here on thaivisa,telling the world about what you getaway with,

I'm sure Thai Immigration,reads Thaivisa, so I don't think you will get away with this next time.

[Do Busy Immigration Offices Use Foreigners or Thai Interns to Check Documents & Answer Questions?]

Well in Mukdahan,we have

90 day report= 5 minutes or less

retirement extension = 10 minutes or less

Immigration office never busy

[Is anybody aware of the new requirement for 90 day reporting?]

just did the 90 day report on the 7th,

at Mukdahan,they did ask for ,or give out that form

also took a friend back later that day for his 90 day report,they also didn't ask for that form

[overstay visa and bans.]

in the good old days 1980-02,

we only received a 15day( PTS)

I stayed for 30day(had out bound ticket)

to clear my overstay went to an immigration office somewere downtown(been a long time ago)

filled out on overstay form,found a man(there were lots of them standind)

paid him 250Tb ,he signed the overstay paper,stateing than he knew me and I didn't work in Thailand.

immigration stamped passport,done

flew out the next back to Sana,Yemen were I worked

[US citizenship for Thai]

not so my wife has both thai and us citizenship

going on now for 15 years

[Heads up for Brits:]

Links opened fine here in Mukdahan

[Bringing in household goods on a retirement visa?]

we shipped a 60 foot steel container from the states,with about every thing we owned

to thailand ,had to pay a deposit on the container(got deposit back when the container was returned)

container was delivered to our home for unpacking,the seal was still on the door that was put on in the states

customs didn't even look in side or charge us any duty on the shippent

[Has aspirin become illegal in Thailand?]

over here Aspirin,is called Aspilets' 200tb a box