Walnutcharles
American expat in Thailand
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Registration: 27 September 2023
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New here living in Jomtien Beach by Amoura Restaurant Pattaya
Hi everyone, I'm Adam living in Jomtien Beach near Laguna Beach Condo 2. Loving the area and happy to share tips about life here!
There are good restaurants in the area from low cost like in checkpoint to normal prices. Some gentleman clubs one o like in the area. And bars. The food is to me a bit better than some areas. No real 10 bauts (bus service) a nice open air market.A ... Read More
Personal effects to Surin Province Thailand by danielboonjp
I have posted previously and received good advice re bringing a car over; however, I am specifically after tips on bringing stuff over, nothing illegal ... more like specific *sized boxes and the like ... I appreciate there is a crossover point of ...
It to me depends where and from who you are buying king sized sheets from here in Pattaya. You can get 100% cotton sheets king size from mall stores or other large stores. Their prices are very high. So I do not shop intemperate to get my king ... Read More
Thai Lawyer Holding Company by Duncan Pauline
Hi guys, I could do with some advice please. My Thai wife sadly died last August, as part of our retirement plan, I bought a house in Hua Hin in her name. I had wills for both of us. I needed to go to court in Nov and was granted Administrator of ...
It's my understanding that if you do the nominee you will lose big time. Your house the land which is not your, and your right to be in Thailand will be taken from you.You could try and have the land given to her parent or child and hope they do not ... Read More
Calling your bank back home ... by Wen Song
Operator assisted 'collect (reverse charge) calls' are as rare as finding a pay phone. Especially with today's mobile phones and their many various service providers. And toll free numbers, even country specific 'toll free' number does not work with ...
I do it with my usa phone number and wifi. I have my 1800 number select my usa phone number and it's sim. That sim is selected to use the wifi first. So incoming calls from usa use the wifi and I use it to call out back to the USA so no billing for ... Read More
Moving to Thailand by drgion
Hello all, My name is Dragos, a born and raised in Bucharest, Romanian guy, and a Canadian citizen since 1993. I live in Vancouver, BC, Canada. I'm 59 and I retired a few years ago.Last year, I visited many places in ...
Not here in Thailand. That is to low of income. With that income you would have a lot of trouble even getting a retirement visa here.Try Argentina. Panama but not in the main cities. Remember that Medicare is only good in the USA. You will have ... Read More
Community of expat living north of Phetchabun by benphetchabun
@Julien hi! I live north of Phetchabun a few weeks a year for now, and this will gradually go to a few months a year. My (Thai) wife and just built a house…). I am wondering if there’s a small community of expats in the area. I love ...
Hi, if all you have as income is social security I would say do not come to Thailand. If you have additional income then maybe if it is enough. Thier are a lot of YouTube videos that say you can live on just that much. But in reality do not try it ... Read More
Retirement visa seems impossible. Help please by andrewwnbanks
Please help. I plan to retire to Buriram in April. I am British, my wife is Thai and we have an 8 and a 5 year old. We currently live in the uk and my wife also has a uk passport. We are building a house in Buriram ready in April. I don’t ...
Have your wife open a thai bank account and have her add you to the account. Put the required amount in to the account wait the required amount of days and then do your retirement visa or your marriage visa. Your thai wife can open a account. ... Read More
Retirement visa by Elaine Simants
Hi all need bank account & retirement visa for me & husband no have enough funds in bank so need a service & pay extra can anyone recommend visa shop Pattaya ka
I would recommend you for the retirement visa with income then. If you do not have enough passive income to meet the requirements then do not come Thailand does not want you and they are targeting these people to be kicked out of Thailand. 2ed it is ... Read More
Uk bank account loving in Thailand by Simonbolton
Hi, I meant living in Thailand.... I am planning on moving to Thailand in the near future. My uk bank has told me that if I move abroad they have the right to close my account. I have a lot of savings, and a pension being paid in every ...
The UK and the USA banks all have to have a in the country a local address. It's the law now days. The easiest way around is ask a friend or relative can you use their home address and if they say yes them move your address on your bank account to ... Read More
Anyone done Thai retirement visa by yourself (no agents) by brerono345
I have been back and forth to Thailand over some years but getting serious about considering the retirement visa now, and I'm sure things have changed greatly now with the online websites and such.and over the past years I've read too many nightmare ...
Now days I would recommend using a agent. Banks here are under more regulations on opening new accounts for non thai's. And some banks that have had thier fingers hit by the government are just not doing it from what I am hearing. If you ... Read More
Knowing about Thai Laws by sajjshiningstar
It is just to get the knowledge from our expat community what could be the best option for an expat who finds himself/herself in a legal complexity in Thailand? What option expats prefer to choose for getting their legal issue resolved?
This was many years ago. And the USA embassy would not even come over to see him. Several USA citizens went to the embassy to ask them too and they would not. He was not rich or political connected. He had before said some things about how easy it ... Read More
Knowing about Thai Laws by sajjshiningstar
It is just to get the knowledge from our expat community what could be the best option for an expat who finds himself/herself in a legal complexity in Thailand? What option expats prefer to choose for getting their legal issue resolved?
Do not do anything wrong here.Check with a lawyer or thier service. Pay asap if the amount is reasonable. If not try to negotiate it lower. This is if you did the thing wrong. If it's someone or thing that did the to you to you go to a lawyer if you ... Read More
90 day online reporting (retirement) working better now? by lenichan7
Sorry for another topic, I was wondering how reliable the online reporting tool is working now because a few topics from 2023 and 2024 mentioned some problems with the system, is it working better than before?
For me it's a 100% failure to get logged in too.I keep getting back to the login after I logged in it's a loop over many tries and days. Yes, I have cleared my cache and tried a different web browser. I ended just going in and doing it in person. Read More
Health insurance qualifications by madbrain
I am 48 and early retired, currently living in the US, and considering expatriating to Thailand. I have a double digit list of chronic medical conditions which require care, mainly prescriptions, supplements and regular lab tests. I have already ...
Hi, here is my thoughts. You say you hold a French passport you may also have a sécurité sociale card or can apply for one. I would 1st travel to France and get your sécurité sociale cRd and then ask for the add on ... Read More
Banking in Thailand by hollytg2003
Hi, I already have a Thai bank account but I’m looking to moving all my monies to that bank however what concerns me is using a debit card to purchase online for example and the card getting used for fraudulent activity?Therefore what ...
In the k-bank cellphone app it has a hew ways to pay. QR code and transfer. I have used these two for street food stalls, grocery stores any stores a any of the malls, bars, gogo clubs, clubs, Restaurants, 7-11's allover Thailand. Read More