captpkapoor

Right. Cheers! God bless.

Dr Jack: please see page 4 of this thread, Sophon has posted on 17 Feb, quoting the rules, which say 3 months prior. Am a bit confused now as to what advice to give to my friend.

Sorry, don't they need to be in the bank 3 months prior to application? I'm asking for a friend who will come in on a 90 day tourist visa, then apply here to change it to Non-O retirement. I had advised him to immediately first transfer 800 k to his existing savings account here. Thanks for clarifying.

I did that for my wife for 3 years. But the interest rate on the USD fixed deposit was a pitiful 0.1 %. Didn't make sense.

My annual extension of stay date is 15 March. So last year, I renewed on 3rd Feb (within the 45 days in advance window). However, the mistake I made was that, after renewal, Krungsri told me of a better rate of interest on the fixed deposit, so I changed to that better FD. Ho, ho, ho! This year, at renewal time, the IO was not happy, although after much persuasion her superior agreed and granted me the extension. So don't tamper with the fixed deposit - now Krungsri offered me 2.2% but I can't take up that offer - for 2 months after the renewal has been done.

Quick question for you, please: 800 k has to be in bank 3 months prior application AND 2 months after, for Non-O application, here, correct? And does it need to be in a FIXED deposit or can it be just a regular savings account? Thanks in advance!

Poor knowledge, caused by not meeting the decent blokes. Very high spenders at high end stores for shopping, and classy hotels. You have to stop living in the past stereotypes.

It's very, very sad, as a foreigner who has travelled around the world since 1973, worked with so many nationalities and ethnicities, to see where Europe as a whole, and France, England in particular, are ending up. You've been soft states and bent over backwards to allow people in who will never integrate into your societies. Endless trouble, bloody and violent clashes will ensue. The gradual radicalisation fuelled by big money from overseas is already on. I tell all my "white" colleagues of where they're headed.

Holi is a far more colourful and enjoyable festival in India than Songkran is in Thailand. There is music, dancing, singing, lots of water colours and coloured powder, much embracing of friends - and yes, a fair amount of a flavoured drink which contains cannabis paste (esp in North India). Songkran - which, btw comes from the Sanskrit word "Sankranti" from the Hindu and Buddhist calendar - is a relatively pale affair. Go to India to really enjoy it, preferably with Indian friends and their families.

Woke up in the morning. Three SMS on my phone. Two around 0100 or so, saying a transaction on my Bangkok Bank credit card was declined. Third SMS, at 0500, saying 21000 odd baht paid on Agoda using my credit card. Called up the bank immediately and wrote emails. Blocked my card. Eventually, after a month's "investigation", BBL did not charge me. Issued me a new card but I lost all the points accumulated on the old card. Small price to pay.

Of course, you'll lose the argument with an Indian - mostly because he's better educated than you! (Note... For the trolls and woke, this is a bit of fun and not to be taken seriously.)

Keep smirking. Suits your face well.

In Spain, Italy and France, just to name the most common countries where this happens, scamsters, pickpockets and thieves aplenty. My laptop bag stolen at Ibiza airport arrivals just as I bent down to pick up my checked bag from the carousel. Police of no help. No CCTV coverage. Gangs operating with impunity across Europe, particularly during the tourist season. Police does absolutely nothing. Understaffed.

My, oh my! So dangerous to write a bad review about a hotel or airline here. End up getting sued! Remember some hotel suing a guest after he left a bad review on Trip Advisor. Better to just keep your mouth shut.

Your country would be happy to have the kind of problems India has. Wouldn't it be great if your nation, whichever it is, was the fastest growing major economy, and tipped to remain so for the next 3 years? Becoming the third largest economy after the US and China? This is going to be India's century, all going well, as far as my reding of various respected international journals goes.

Dunno about Hong Kong or the US being better or worse off if they had stayed British colonies, but the rapacious plunder of India's wealth by the British colonizers has no parallel in history. Despite that, the ordinary Indian, as far as I can gauge, doesn't really bear any rancour towards the British. It's just part of history and so much water under the bridge.

Probably lesser than what China is heading for! Oh wait - isn't China PART of the problem?

There IS no name change. It's been called Bharat (in Hindi and Sanskrit) for centuries. The passport says on top, in Hindi, "Bharat Ganrajya" (means republic) and below, in English, it says "Republic of India". Ask a German, does he call his country Germany, or Deutschland? Ask an Egyptian, does he call his country Egypt, or Masr? Innumerable examples like this.

Oh my God! A German? A High Class tourist? Impossible! And a British paedophile school teacher! I thought all the so-called "low class" tourists from low income countries were involved in these kind of things.

India just landed a lander and a rover on the south pole of the moon under it’s third lunar exploration mission Chandrayaan-3. The only other countries who’ve successfully landed on the moon are USA, USSR, and China. This is a big accomplishment for us. This has lead to some weird comments from British influencers and politicians who think “India has been begging them for aid”. I am going to set the record straight. This is not just meant to destroy the illusions of our former colonial masters, but more-so to show Indians that we don’t actually get any “aid” from the UK. 1) UK Foreign Aid does not go to the Indian Government Some of you seem to think the British government just writes India a check for a few hundred million dollars each year. Foreign aid does not go to the Indian government. The British give it to their own for profit businesses and banks and shady NGOs and organizations to promote their interests. As a UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) spokesperson said: “Since 2015 the UK has given no financial aid to the government of India. Most of our funding now is focused on business investments which help create new markets and jobs for the UK, as well as India. UK investments are also helping tackle shared challenges such as climate change.” The “aid” is literally for the benefit of the UK and creating jobs there, and “helping tackle shared challenges such as climate change” basically means funding protests to stop development work here. The rest of the money goes to missionaries to convert poor people to Christians. 2) UK Foreign Aid does not benefit India Like I said earlier, the UK foreign aid does not go to our government. Aside from sending the money to for profit British businesses to create “new markets and jobs for the UK” (which isn’t really aid), it goes to shady NGOs which typically use the money on anti-India activities like: Converting people to Christianity Protesting development projects in the name of “climate change” Influencing government decisions and politics by pushing UK propaganda We do not want this aid. Very little of the money actually benefits Indians in any way – most of it hurts India’s interests. In fact, Indian politicians have been asking for years that this aid be stopped. Stop acting like you’re doing us some kind of favor. 3) India is actually trying to BAN foreign aid from the UK Since all this aid money is being used for anti-India activities, India is trying to ban it from coming here. We are revoking the foreign aid licenses for a lot of these “charities” and asking the British to stop sending their money here. It’s completely ridiculous for the British to say “stop coming to us with your hands open” because we literally are not asking them for aid – we are trying to stop them from sending it here. Christian “charity” KICKED OUT of our country. Full piece here. UK Politicians are BEGGING India to let them send “aid” here after India banned many “charities” from getting UK aid. Full piece here. 4) India has been asking for the Aid be stopped for YEARS For example, India’s finance minster dismissing UK’s aid. India has repeatedly declined foreign aid. The UK still keeps finding ways to fund these shady NGOs that do anti-India activities. This is not India “going out with its hands open” to the UK, this is the UK forcefully sending it’s poison money here and then telling its public that they’re helping “the poor”. The UK has this weird superiority complex going on that does not reflect modern realities. 5) The UK aid money is actually peanuts UK aid is a very small portion of the Indian economy. In the 5 years from 2016 to 2021, the UK forcefully sent India a total of 2.3 billion pounds. To compare, India’s annual GDP is about $3.5 TRILLION. This means the total of 5 years of UK “aid” is about 0.066% of our GDP of 1 year. To compare India spends 3% of its GDP just on fertilizer subsidies to poor farmers – so yeah, your money is literally nothing to us. The UK politicians like to lie to their public to make the British people feel like they are still a relevant power in the world. It fuels this weird superiority complex the British have over “poor countries” despite having a smaller economy than India. You are not contributing large sums of money to the Indian economy. You are not our savior in any way, shape, or form. If you think your aid is relevant to India – you’re on that copium. You’re sending peanuts and those peanuts are being sent to hurt Indian interests, not promote them. Do not be under the illusion that Indians somehow are supposed to be grateful for this. If you’re a UK politician, here is our message to you: Your own people are struggling to afford heating, so use this poison money on them. Stop sending it here. 6) We’re often a net giver of aid So much for being a “poor country”. 7) We are becoming a world superpower In all fairness, it’s probably best if the foreigners continue to think of India as “poor country”. If the enemy deems that you are no longer a threat, they will underestimate you or dismiss you as an opponent. This arrogance creates the perfect environment for you to successfully attack them. – Sun Tzu As a country, we are progressing REALLY fast. 30 years ago India was dead broke. Today we have modern cities, infrastructure, almost every kid is going to school, cheap internet access, and much more entrepreneurship – more unicorns are coming from India than ever before. We are on the trajectory of becoming a world superpower and it is very good to be underestimated. Less sabotage.

Please do read below:- https://lifemathmoney.com/the-truth-about-uk-foreign-aid-to-india/#:~:text=UK aid is a very,our GDP of 1 year.

You think India RECEIVES foreign aid? India GIVES foreign aid, just google the figures. To Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives. You're living in the previous century, buddy!

I'm nobody's fan. Just placing facts on record here. Please do read other journals and historical volumes rather than the Western inspired view of Time, BBC, etc. The bias shows in referring to "Hindu nationalist" and similar terms.

Now, would all the comments being made here been much more snide, condescending and downright racist if the victim had been an Indian?