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01-26-19 01:01 #10167
Posts: 1222Originally Posted by EihTooms [View Original Post]
It is either proof of monthly transfers of 65000 or 800000 in your account for 3 months prior to renewal. I was not aware of any situation where some combination of the two was OK. Are you certain of this ET. At the best of times immigration rules can be confusing and quite often vary from office to office.
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01-25-19 16:46 #10166
Posts: 5452Originally Posted by BananaBoi [View Original Post]
Therefore, he would only need to deposit about 224,000 baht or roughly $7500 USD to cover the shortfall in his monthly Foreign Transfers.
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01-25-19 10:32 #10165
Posts: 6306In Memorandum No. 0029.173/Wor it says for calendar year 2019 there will be leniency for foreigners requiring to provide proof of income for each month, at the immigration officer's discretion. For ET's buddy seems as though the officer did not feel he brought any added value to Thailand so decided he needed to show all his required proof.
Why doesn't your buddy just deposit 800,000 baht in a Thai bank account and be rid of all these petty issues?
Originally Posted by Rick Rock [View Original Post]
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01-25-19 08:47 #10164
Posts: 309Originally Posted by EihTooms [View Original Post]
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01-24-19 12:14 #10163
Posts: 1171Originally Posted by EihTooms [View Original Post]
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01-24-19 11:17 #10162
Posts: 5452First anecdotal report about the new income stream proof requirements
Originally Posted by Goatscrot [View Original Post]
He says the lady Immigration officer didn't care that he received a larger than 65,000 baht Foreign Transfer last April. She wanted to see a minimum of 65,000 baht in Foreign Transfers for each and every month of the previous 12 months, not quarterly, not annually, no exceptions. This does not mean that every Immigration officer is on this same sheet of music or that it won't be modified along the way. I also can't say if there is something else going on with this fellow since I barely know him other than that we struck up a conversation about the new proof requirements and agreed to exchange info on the experience when the time came to renew. His time came a few days ago.
I followed up with, "So what will you do now?" I saw on Line that he read it within the hour but it has now been 2-3 days and he has not replied. I think he might be shell-shocked.
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01-18-19 14:31 #10161
Posts: 5452Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]
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01-18-19 13:53 #10160
Posts: 15925Originally Posted by EihTooms [View Original Post]
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01-18-19 13:35 #10159
Posts: 15925Originally Posted by RickRock [View Original Post]
These days I do it the same way. And whatever I don't want to keep in the safe in my room, I deposit in the ATM at my Thai bank. Truth of the matter is that I really have not needed that bank since I got the Schwab account a few years ago. I used to bring over plenty of cash and change it over then deposit it into that Thai account, but that is no longer necessary.
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01-18-19 12:09 #10158
Posts: 1171Originally Posted by EihTooms [View Original Post]
You're of course free to do whatever you want too. I was just trying to understand.
I don't move anything. My money is deposited right into my Schwab account. Then I either withdraw it when I need cash, or use one of the two Visa cards attached to my Schwab accounts. When it's time to pay rent, I don't even leave my room. Just have it debited right out of the account in schedule.
Thailand is weird with paying bills at the mall or 7/11 and such. I've seen friends go through it. Reminds me of the US fifty years ago. My grandmother used to go "into town" to pay her bills. In other parts of Asia it's like being back home now. You can pay online, set up automatic monthly deduction, or settle it all at your condo office. I haven't seen a paper bill or visited a utility office in five years. I barely even have to fire up the apps on my phone.
Anyway, if it works for you enjoy.
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01-18-19 10:31 #10157
Posts: 5452Originally Posted by RickRock [View Original Post]
But even before that, paying rent, paying my phone bill, transferring money to help support the purchase of a condo for my Thai (ex) wife, the occasional emergency transfer for a couple of favored and deserving girlfriends, to receive money from fellow expat friends for various and sundry services, etc is as easy as sitting in bed and tapping out a few keyboard strokes in the Bangkok Bank mobile app. No walking to an ATM, no carrying wads of baht in my pocket, no waiting for my apartment manager to be in his office so I can hand him cash, stand in queue at the nearest AIS outlet to pay a bill and all the other hassles associated with relying on an old world cash system.
Meanwhile, I hardly ever have a reason to actually go into a bank anymore. I have been with BofA many years, everything goes in and out of that account without a hitch. If Schwab offers free international ATM cash withdrawals, great. But the thought of moving all the incoming and outgoing stuff from BofA to Schwab feels more painful to me than just paying the 1.45%.
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01-18-19 09:41 #10156
Posts: 1171Originally Posted by EihTooms [View Original Post]
When I want $1000 of my money, here's what I do:
I put my Schwab card into an ATM machine. Then I take out $1000. That's it. At most, I might have to make 2 withdrawals if the ATM has a maximum withdraw. My money gets from my US bank account to my hand in 60 seconds. The total cost to me is $0.
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01-18-19 06:56 #10155
Posts: 5452Gold Vigra
Originally Posted by EihTooms [View Original Post]
Anyway, I got my usual Sukhumvit Road table vendor boner drug seller down to 250 baht for a pack of ten of the above tablets and took one about two hours before an expected sexual session. The test was conducted under very comfortable circumstances where I would engage in an act that very rarely fails to give me a hard on, especially when I have taken an effective boner pill; DATY of my favorite regular girlfriend. And I would be doing that at a time when there was no pressure for me to be ready to roar with a twisted blue steel hardon. Great if I did, but no big deal if I didn't. I have conducted other tests of new (to me) boner pills this way and it seems to work out fine.
The results? Nothing. I mean absolutely nothing. It was as though I had not taken any boner pill at all. There was zero stirring in my package either during or after I delivered a normal, typically wonderfully rewarding (LOL) DATY treat to my lovely GF. It was the exact same results as when I tried one of those claimed 500 MG Tadalafil tablets. Nothing.
So, what am I to conclude from this little test? Well, as with the 500 MG pills, I could have gotten a bad batch. However, to me a pattern has emerged to strongly suggest the products that are claiming MUCH greater MG dosage of active ingredient than one normally finds on the tables and in the pharmacies around Bangkok (500 MG, 3000 MG, etc.) do not contain much active ingredient at all. In the USA FDA report linked above for this particular product, they did not report finding "dangerous" amounts of Sildenafil. They only reported finding some. For all we know they only found 3 MG of it in each tablet, not 3000 MG.
Therefore, I suspect products that claim such higher dosage than the norm in a given market are instead relying on a placebo effect or psychological reaction to take over. If they tell you it is filled with over the top, never fail, can't miss levels of active ingredient intended to produce a boner, surely you WILL grow one within minutes of taking their tablet and experiencing some sexual stimulation, right? Maybe. Maybe not.
Also, for 250 baht and whatever I paid for those 500 MG Tadalafil tablets, I have now determined to my satisfaction that I am not particularly susceptible to a placebo effect or a psychological reaction to grand claims in these matters. If they don't really have the stuff in them at an effective level, my brain and dick aren't likely to imagine that they do. Good to know, I suppose.
As always, YMMV.
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01-18-19 06:52 #10154
Posts: 5452Originally Posted by Crocodilexp [View Original Post]
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01-18-19 05:53 #10153
Posts: 1136Not so gross
Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]