Hua Hin Forum

A little update: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30369468 Thoughts.....38 million O-A visas (???) left a debt of 305 million baht at hospitals.....That is 8 baht per visa-holder...!! Thai solution: Burden long time expats with mandatory insurance costing between 50-100.000 per year/p...

^^ You have an extension based on retirement......And that extension is normally based on a Non-O or OA visa, which can be decades old....but that is your visa. All extensions after that are just 'extensions'.....It is the same visas used for extensions based on marriage/education/Thai child. Those ...

Well guys, whether we need it or not, I contacted Matt at AA Insurance, and his team have found a policy for me that sounds very promising, and it won't break the bank. Basically, when I moved to Thailand, they told me I was not insurable. Things have certainly progressed since 2012. If I'd been of...

Asked about foreigners who cannot buy health insurance because their health risks are considered too high, Nattawuth said relevant authorities might consider requiring them to have higher deposits in bank accounts so as to make sure that they have enough to live in Thailand. I was trying to think t...

According to another source the above mandatory insurance only apply to O-A visas.....from the Thai embassy in your home country and extensions of the same.
NOT extensions based on non-o visas......at least not yet.
So BB I would hold my horses..

The Thai workers in the malls have a monthly salary of 10000-14000 baht The cant NOT rent a condo or appartment like falang do.... They just rooms like everywhere in Thailand... Only for hua hin i dont know where to find... Or do you think a worker in BIG C rent an apartment of > 10.000 baht a mont...

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^^ Normally the time between the XD-date and the actual dividend payment is TWO weeks....not 10. And yes only the registered owners at the XD-date will receive the dividends. If you plan to convert to F-stocks...remember to allow a couple of days for the change to made from local to F. Personally I ...

Nereus wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2019 12:13 pm

Scout wrote:The new immigration rules requiring me to keep 800,000 baht in savings account for 5 months and then keep at least 400,000 in the same account for the remaining 7 months each year

Can you please provide a link to where you have read this information? Thanks.

Have a look here......

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You don't really have a choice......There is almost NO trade in JASIF-F

Go to settrade.com......Check "Historical Quotes" for JASIF-F.......

"Having given the history on this, and acknowledging that things have changed in Thai Immigration rules my question is this: Is Thai Immigration accepting Embassy 'notorised Letters of Income' (from those countries who still give them out) as an option anymore? Or, has this option gone by the w...

The old office (19 rai) is closed...
Hua Hin Imm is not very serious about the 24 hour reporting....So if you 'forget' it, no harm will happen to you.
So save yourself and the immigration officers the waste of time....

In my 17 years here I have NEVER been asked to show my passport....

"There is no requirement to prove the source of the 400k baht in the bank. No need to prove it came from abroad. There is no requirement to prove the 800k baht came from abroad for an extension based upon retirement either." Above a quote from the 'visa-guru' on another forum .....posted y...

If it is not your first extension there is no requirement to prove the origin of the 800k....new rules or not. The new rules require that your 800k is seasoned TWO months before your filing date and has to stay in your account THREE months after your extension date, which can be almost 4 months afte...