my moto is BE PREPARED,if you think its not goner happen you are deluded.there is TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH FACE involved in the proposal to be scrapped,just go on tv.and read the concerns,must be over 5,000.just look at whats goner happen after march 1st.
at 74yrs.old and you say DONT WORRY,does that mean you havnt thought about it.
...probably the worst advice to offer: the aging TV hens will worry themselves into early (or perhaps not so early) graves over concerns about all the injustices inflicted upon their decaying frames by a) Thailand, b) Thainess or c) the rising cost of Viagra...old age neuroses, like FaRTian posts, tend to include grossly excessive repetition and a healthy dollop of tedium...
Majestically enthroned amid the vulgar herd
Might be a good time to go into the health insurance business - special rates for policies canceled after visa approval.
you have lost me TC.with words I was never taught at school,old age neuroses,only a little bit but no mental illness,viagra whats that,tedium only when someone else is driving,excessive repetition that one definitely I do get a lot of gerd owing to my hiatus hernia.
GOOGLE IS MY FREIND.who's yours.
@ headhunter. I think the point TC was making is you have become on the verge of neurotic on some of these changes. Is it a good idea to be aware of potential changes.... (The optimum word being POTENTIAL")...Yes!, Is it healthy to lose your mind over them...No. Its silly and counterproductive. Go live life man. Spend all the money you claim to have in all those different accounts.
As for TVF.......That site should be called the "Bitter End Forum". I'd venture to say that the average age on that site is 70+ and with that comes a large population of men who have very little or nothing to do but sit around in front of a computer 24/7 and read every bit of horseshit news spewed by "Webfact" and other sources. Then starts the endless "Thailand is a fk'd up place" which whips the audience into a frenzy.
where they can join the lengthy queues behind all the ragheads, albanians, syrians, africans, single mums and dossers for council houses, soup, healthcare and financial handouts.but if they have none then it will be a return home.
if, after a life of work, they cant scrape 800,000 baht together to remain in thailand, how on earth will they survive in the UK.
me and mrs.HH.would do the same,but taking a long time to find the perfect place to live here,and me being the age of no return,i have to BITE the bullet and put up with it.
we have a big house,which would be difficult to sell,then again its finding where to go,the wife is a lot more active than me,and she can put up with my whinging.
I hate the words "maybe" and "possibly" since what follows is only opinion. I never listen to or react to opinion since it is not fact. If you like to listen to opinion and perspective, be my guest and worry about things that have not happened yet. Me, I wait for the facts before jumping.
i have now become a member of the daily moan club.i think whats made me like I am,is the grief that has burnt a hole in my heart and has made me into a miserable old man.its almost a yr.since our loss and for me its not getting better but worse.i am sorry but any trust that I had, not counting my wife has gone down the sewer.
Tax, is it your incipient dementia that has dimmed the faculty whereby cognitive ability is aided by the power of creative thought?
The combination route to retiree extensions has been in force for over 20 years during which time many folk have bought property and established roots subsidising indigenous Thai extended families with nary a thought that they could not qualify for their residence. The 800,000 baht is no longer the £12,000 they once saw but has now increased by 65% to £20,000. One is always mindful of exchange fluctuations but the recent Brexit crash has been a blow for many. As I said, they will have to capitalise and return to Blighty. Incidentally, the average pension in the UK is in a range of between £13,500 and £18,600 per annum. The truth of the matter is that for many, retirement in the UK is simply not possible and if divorce strikes in one's 50s then you are probably quite nicely fucked given one's pension will be shared despite living alone.
Illness is again a problem. Insurance policies are no longer viable, hospital costs are prodigious and one's nest egg, already reduced by currency crashes, can be depleted further.
All this is if course mere grist to the mill of life, or rather death to be more realistic, but to only give two months notice after a 20 year regime is truly fucking atrocious.
Thanks for your input, Todd, but I could not see in that Police Order any reference to it being limited to only those who could not obtain embassy verification of income letters? It looks fairly unambiguous to me and clearly states that retirement extensions can only be issued on the basis of income transferred or by a lump sum deposit to be held for six months.
Where is the accompanying information confirming the Order is limited to applicants of the nations whose diplomatic representatives can no longer verify incomes?
That notice was put out weeks ago as soon as those 4 consulates discontinued the income affidavits.
I posted about it here
https://teakdoor.com/thai-visas-and-v...257-using.html (Amendments to Police Order 138/2257 (using monthly income))
Look, the only fukers who give a flying fuk about these new rules are peasants like Stroller and his fookin ilk.
The vast majority of punters have a few buks in the bank and this is fook all in the grand scheme of things innit.
Farang peasants Out and cashed up Coonts In.
one thing that hasnt been debated is,this doesnt involve me as my extension money hasnt been touched,but as the new rules state that now the 800k must NOT be touched for 3months after your retirement extension is granted.yet you will be able to draw down no more than 400k.thus leaving a balance of 400k.NOW are you expected to top it back up to 800k.before your next extension of stay.or are they goner make sure that the 400k.is goner be classed as a deposit for health cover.because thats the figure that was quoted in the proposal.
if so what about them that take the marriage route,for their extension ?they are no different [expats] are they goner be treated the same as us,or will they be classed different. both are classed as long term [1yr.visas] and will be included in the mandatory health cover.myself I am no different,married,but i go the retirement route,but how are they goner work this out.the only way I can see so far is,them that go the marriage route will have to keep 400k.in the bank for the full 12months.
maybe someone with a bigger brain than mine can work this one out.
HH:
Forewarned is prepared. So, follow the old adage “pray for the best but prepare for the worst”. Concerning the specific issue of mandatory health insurance. I do believe it will occur. Hopefully not in the “near” future, but, eventually. Why? Simple, because they can. Insurance company lobbyists will eventually get it pushed through. We can’t do anything to prevent it.
When it occurs, we will comply, we won’t have a choice. If you want to dance you have to pay the piper. I’ve already looked at the added cost to my current expat medical insurance, have to add “outpatient” at USD $150/month. Brings us from @ USD $5k/annum to @ USD $7k/annum. An inconvenient and unnecessary burden. Another Tax.
I can’t allow myself to get “upset” about it as there’s nothing I can do about it. When it is a requirement, I will get it. Or, the minimum required plan to comply. I do expect that when it does become a requirement, “cheaper” plans with greater payout restrictions or conditions will be offered by insurance companies to garner premiums. Competition is a good thing and insurance companies live and die by statistics. They aren’t going to pass up free money and mandatory insurance is free money to them. So Be It.
when you actually read who's involved in this,YES BOWIE it is goner happen,will all of us have to go for a medical check up.or will they take our word for it,with them saying you MISSED OUT having a stiff prk. so the policy is NOT PAYING OUT. how difficult will it be if you are involved in a accident with a non insured person,we all know the farang is always WRONG and NEVER RIGHT.
it would be interesting for someone else like me who is self assured,age in the 70's,a long history eg.open heart surgery,double by-pass,stroke,siezure's and a few other problems for good measure.as the saying goes we WAIT WITH BAITED BREATH.
HH.
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