Vatman
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An Aussie ex-professor who lived in our village on retirement extensions had health problems & sent his Thai wife to the Oz embassy in Bangkok to renew his passport for him but his photos were rejected (as were mine once). His wife returned the 200 miles back to tell her husband she needed to make another 400 mile round trip with more acceptable photos. He said `forget the new passport.' He died in the village 7 years later on a 7 year overstay. My wife quoted this, questioning why I need to keep extending every year when nobody checks. I tell her times have changed.
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Dr Jack54 & Lopburi3. Thank you for explicit advice. I shall apply for a 60 day extension to visit wife. Then go for extension based on marriage. Not correct. I had a joint account with my wife for my extensions based on retirement a few times. The 800k must be minimum 1.6M.
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My wife had my ATM card- after nearly 30 years together I had no reason not to trust her. I actually think she's covering for her daughter. Big mistake having your 800k in an ATM accessable account.
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We live in small village, 200 miles north of Bangkok. Bank is SCB. I can't sack the wife as she owns the house we live in that we built 28 years ago & besides she's been 100% until this. The Covids killed so many businesses here & money is scarce now in the village. I'll travel to the Pattaya agent if I can get this sorted.
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I'm up for my 16th annual extension of my Non-O based on retirement within a couple of weeks. Shock! Horror! My Thai wife, we've been married 26 years, yesterday told me she has spent my 800k keeping her restaurant going. What can I do? I'm 75, on UK passport.
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Over 27k cases of dengue, I assume this year, although the report fails to give a time frame. Does anyone know which is the prevalent strain? Is it DENV 1, 2, 3 or 4? I had DENV 2 about 10 years ago so I believe I'm immune to that particular strain but not to the other 3. Moreover I understand that having recovered from one strain, if you then get one of the other strains you will be more seriously affected than if you'd never had dengue before.
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Changing stamps to new passport.
Vatman replied to Vatman's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Ubonjoe, thank you. I knew it wouldn't be just a case of handing in the two passports, that would be too easy. It's 10 years since I last did this & I couldn't remember the procedure. -
Having just received my new passport, do I need any copies when I go to immigration to get the stamps transferred?
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With Ukraine responsible for 46% of the world`s sunflower oil is there anything stopping Thailand attempting to ease the shortage caused by the Russian invasion. We grow 3 crops of corn a year here in the lower north but I'm thinking sunflowers would grow just as easily & much more profitably. Has anyone had experience of growing sunflowers here? Is there an established market here?
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My UK passport expires in April 2023 but I understand I can only apply to renew if there are 9 months or less before expiry- ie. I can`t apply before July 2022. My annual visa extension is due early August 2022 & as UK passports are taking 10 to 11 weeks to issue I will have to use my current passport for the extension. As the passport expires in April 2023 the extension will only be granted until the passport expiry date- & not for the full year until August 2023. When I receive my new passport will immigration require me to apply for another annual extension from April 2023 or will they then extend the extension for the full year in my new passport- that is until August 2023?