doctormann Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 1 minute ago, jvs said: Trying to access it from here in Thailand,sorry no access to this page. Use a VPN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadbury Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 2 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said: Police chief orders Big Joke transferred to inactive post Rooster one day; feather duster the next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya46 Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 9 minutes ago, Peterw42 said: // At a bare minimum you now have to keep 400k in the bank all year and visit immigration to show your bank book 90 days after extension , that impacts everyone. It's not the subject, but it's not true. Probably (tens of) thousands of expats not impacted because using the Letter of Income method. 12 minutes ago, Peterw42 said: Yeah right, 3-4 embassies just decided to shut down their income letters for no reason, nothing to do with immigration, lol. Not what I said. I said Big Joke was not chief of Immigration when UK & US embassies talked about stopping LOI. So you can't blame him for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya46 Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 7 minutes ago, jvs said: 27 minutes ago, CaptainJack said: https://today.line.me/TH/article/KyZ1Xm?utm_source=lineshare Trying to access it from here in Thailand,sorry no access to this page. No problem for me to access it from Thailand; I am on 3BB. BTW nothing on this page that we don't already saw in other links given on previous posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherHun Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 10 minutes ago, fforest1 said: No I think I will just stay with tourist visas... ...as long as they don't refuse entry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PingRoundTheWorld Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 1 minute ago, JustAnotherHun said: ...as long as they not refuse entry. ....illegally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deli Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 I am so sad now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zydeco Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Okis said: LoveThailandElite must be furious about this???? He might be sitting sitting in a room on floor 20 with BJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherHun Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 1 minute ago, PingRoundTheWorld said: ....illegally. Why would it be illegal denying entry to those living here for years on back to back TVs? They are no tourists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest1 Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 1 minute ago, JustAnotherHun said: Why would it be illegal denying entry to those living here for years on back to back TVs? They are no tourists. Every ones a tourist on Earth... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherHun Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 2 minutes ago, fforest1 said: Every ones a tourist on Earth... Yeah! No borders!...blahblah... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zydeco Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 38 minutes ago, Peterw42 said: shut down any income and deposit combination method, I thought the combo method was still in place. That is gone, too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterw42 Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 3 minutes ago, zydeco said: I thought the combo method was still in place. That is gone, too? it pretty much has to be otherwise people would do 1,000 baht income and 799k deposit, then not have to have/show the 800/400k during the year (as they are not doing the deposit method) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donim Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 2 hours ago, OJAS said: Is that where all cops transferred to inactive posts end up? If so, then Building One looks like being in increasing danger of collapse! No.. only the good uns are sent here.. so just a dozen has all the floor for themself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommers Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Say what you like but following his one day visit to the Chiang Mai Immigration office there was remarkable improvement. No more queueing at 4am to get a queue number, no more obstructionist attitudes and downright laziness by staff. It would be a great pity if we revert to the old antagonistic and obstructive mentality that made dealing with Immigration here such a nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zydeco Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 3 minutes ago, Peterw42 said: it pretty much has to be otherwise people would do 1,000 baht income and 799k deposit, then not have to have/show the 800/400k during the year (as they are not doing the deposit method) Actually, something pretty close to that was what I was hoping for. 600 or 700K in bank and bring 20K per month and not have the 800/400K stuck in a bank account. Seems like a legitimate loophole they didn't fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olmate Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 1 minute ago, brommers said: Say what you like but following his one day visit to the Chiang Mai Immigration office there was remarkable improvement. No more queueing at 4am to get a queue number, no more obstructionist attitudes and downright laziness by staff. It would be a great pity if we revert to the old antagonistic and obstructive mentality that made dealing with Immigration here such a nightmare. Shame he didn’t,t leave it that, guess you reckon the upheaval for all is worth a few saved hours for you at CM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traubert Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 7 minutes ago, Olmate said: Shame he didn’t,t leave it that, guess you reckon the upheaval for all is worth a few saved hours for you at CM? Its not for all though is it? Its upheaval for the dodgers and weavers and so it should be. I'm pretty sure they worked that out and for the crumbs these people bring to the table it's no surprise that life suddenly became difficult. Dont think it'll get reversed because he's gone. It's the department that became hardline, not it's head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poohy Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherHun Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 1 minute ago, Traubert said: Dont think it'll get reversed because he's gone. It's the department that became hardline, not it's head. That's exactly what I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attrayant Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 3 hours ago, phuketrichard said: does this mean all the crazy new rules regarding extensions will be reversed? I hope not. I shortened my pre-extension seasoning from 3 months to 2 because of his changes. If it goes back to three months, I'll be denied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliss Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 3 hours ago, Peterw42 said: And then all of his changes where reversed and we all woke up like it had just been a bad dream. It could happen, lol Aka , big joke / bad joke. The righteous farlang brigade, hold your breath on this one, you could not make this up . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boonrawdcnx Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Apparently Big Joke has been arrested at the Pullman hotel last night the hotel is owned by King Power. His computer was seized - and that is all one can report here...........or else ! Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabas Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 36 minutes ago, zydeco said: 1 hour ago, Peterw42 said: shut down any income and deposit combination method, I thought the combo method was still in place. That is gone, too? According to this thread (and what I have heard elsewhere) combo is still OK, at least for retirement visa. https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086107-my-experience-extending-my-retirement-visa-last-friday/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliss Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 2 hours ago, CLS said: BJ is somehow lucky to be on the 20th floor. Should be high enough to jump off. He was down for a road traffic accident. Simple choice really. In Los , the laws of gravity , can not be trusted. 555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aforek Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Peterw42 said: Yeah right, 3-4 embassies just decided to shut down their income letters for no reason, nothing to do with immigration, lol. They did it because immigration wanted more verification, did you miss that memo ? He extended the 800k seasoning, 400k for the rest of the year, shut down any income and deposit combination method, extra visits to immigration, income now has to come into thailand every month and can only be pension income. At a bare minimum you now have to keep800k for 6 months and 400k in the bank all year and visit immigration to show your bank book 90 days after extension , that impacts everyone. The four embassies decided by themselves to shut down their income letters, it's their decision, not the immigration one; the other embassies still write the letter; combinaison is still possible, and you don't have to come 90 days after extension, immigration will look at your bank book the next extension Big joke did a good job, I don't know why he is transfered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 4 minutes ago, rabas said: According to this thread (and what I have heard elsewhere) combo is still OK, at least for retirement visa. https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1086107-my-experience-extending-my-retirement-visa-last-friday/ Don't take one report as being definitive. Let's get real now, OK! The combination that now touches both the new income rules (when without an embassy letter) and the bank method (with the year round pre and post seasoning on steroids) has become MASSIVELY COMPLEX to comply with and enforce. One big variable is embassy letter or not. There may be written rules that TECHNICALLY say it's still in effect the reality at the offices is that the officers are very confused about how to actually enforce them. So you will hear different stories from different officers on different days. How can anyone really prepare for that with any measure of confidence? Also at least one major office (JOMTIEN) saying we won't accept combo applications AT ALL. Answer -- they can't. It's impossible. The only way to have confidence currently until and less this combo mess is cleared up is to switch to an 800K bank method. Assuming anyone wanting to do a combo method has less than the full 65K income. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THAIJAMES Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Supposedly the reason big joke was arrested was because he did not comply ..... Whoops better not say anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surangw Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 can't have an honest cop on the loose ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boonrawdcnx Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Supposedly the reason big joke was arrested was because he did not comply ..... Whoops better not say anything.No that is not the reason! The real reason you can not write about here!Sent from my iPhone using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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