Anybody know about retirement visa foreign ministry stamp?

[Guest buckeroo2]

The last I read on this forum, the need for a stamp from the Thai Foreign Ministry in order to renew a Thai retirement visa was cancelled. Has anyone renewed or applied for a new Thai retirement visa recently that can confirm this stamp is no longer required? I am coming to Thialnd in a few weeks and I would like to come straight to Pattaya unless I need this stamp in which case I will layover in BKK to tale care of this matter. Thanks guys.

[Gaybutton]

You do not need the stamp. The decision to require it was done away with. You can come directly to Pattaya.

[Guest Geezer]

I renewed my one year retirement extension in Pattaya a month ago. No intercourse with Bangkok was necessary.

[Gaybutton]

No intercourse with Bangkok was necessary.

 

Considering how much intercourse is available in Pattaya, I'm hardly surprised. Was any contumely with Bangkok necessary?

[Guest wowpow]

For those of us less erudite than the combatants above:

 

Contumely

 

One might think of a marriage of Con = to deceive and Tunmely = tumescent means a false penis? No it means

 

noun

1. insulting display of contempt in words or actions; contemptuous or humiliating treatment.

2. a humiliating insult.

 

 

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Intercourse does not mean what one eats between the starter and the pudding it means:

 

in·ter·course /ˈɪntərˌkɔrs, -ˌkoʊrs/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[in-ter-kawrs, -kohrs] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–noun

1. dealings or communication between individuals, groups, countries, etc.

2. interchange of thoughts, feelings, etc.

3. sexual relations or a sexual coupling, esp. coitus.

 

 

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Cancelling the stamp requirement was seemingly at the request of several Embassies. Even so it is the only decision that I have heard of from Immigration this year that I welcome.