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3 hours ago, tominbkk said:

I'm curious, when someone is turned away at immigration, how do they get them back on a plane if they aren't allowed through the immigration gate?

Um, if they were turned away at immigration they never got through the "immigration gate" to begin with right? 

9 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

I always go through the Thai's only counter, one of many privilege's having a Thai wife, in Thailand.......and being a hanhom man 555

I use the diplomatic queue.
MUCH faster, not to mention cheaper. ?

21 hours ago, Nasrullah said:

Carrying a knife to a disco.....Another dill with an inflated ego that covers his small man syndrome.....

The Australian was a jerk. His action was an assault. Unfortunately for him, he picked the wrong person to assault this time. I hope he didn’t die, but hopefully he’s learned to keep his hands to himself. If he has, all the better. 

1 hour ago, overherebc said:

It seems to be quite normal for these guys to have the attitude it's only Thailand, everybody does it coupled with 'it won't happen to me.'

I know quite a few retirees who regularly drink 5 to 10 beers and drive home thinking that if they are stopped by police it will be 500 baht and carry on. It might be in some cases but when/if they kill someone for sure 500 baht won't work. It is entirely possible a bit of jail time and maybe a flight home is heading his way.

I doubt he will survive the amount of jail time he gets in order to catch that flight home. 

I tend to think this is a fake post. However, if you really have the assets you mentioned, you need to stop reading everything here now and hire two lawyers that specialize in family law:

One in the country where you have your citizenship and one in Thailand. They would work out a prenuptial agreement for you. Anything you read online in this forum is likely to be either wrong or not applicable to your situation.

Finally, in the US, it depends on the state so if your citizenship is American your lawyer should be from the state that you plan to live in if you ever go back. 

On 3/30/2018 at 3:50 AM, Orton Rd said:

Their sex tourist customers and local Thais are just as much to blame as the girls, they should all be using protection anyway.

Big difference though. HIV, for example, is quite difficult to catch, so even if there is an accidental breakage, you are still not likely to be infected. Gonorrhea is MUCH easier to catch and can easily spread via a broken condom incident or oral sex. 

On 3/17/2018 at 11:05 PM, Kenny202 said:

I'd understand that if we were in a foreign country... talking about thai, noodle soup and Isaan restaurants mainly. Mind you I think a lot of the food here is rubbish in the city anyway. Everything done to maximize profit. Thai seem happy with a bowl of virtually tasteless watered down soup with noodles and a handful of veg. They flavor it with a host of chemicals and sugar. Best food I've had either Bangkok or the larger country Amphurs

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Sorry, I wasn’t clear. We eat that stuff in Thailand too. 

LOL... it’s mostly lack of experience I think. You’d have the same problem with a country girl in any country.

My gf and I have travelled to every continent and this has never been an issue. She’s as happy with wine and blue cheese or fish tacos as with pad kaprow. When we go to one of the international restaurants (i.e. Banyan Tree) in Bangkok, she never orders Thai food.


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1 minute ago, elviajero said:

I don't know any details of this visa yet, but the reason they have started offering it is to sell Thai insurance company insurance policies. I would guess that your existing policy will not be accepted, and you'll need to take out one of the policies offered by one of the sponsoring insurance companies.

Hope not, but who knows... That would be a new level of corruption... LOL

I currently have a one-year retirement visa and want to change to the new 10-year visa.

1. My one year expires November 11. Can I apply for the 10-year visa this week? Or do I have to wait? (I might not be back in October/November this year.)

2. What do I need to take to the Bangkok immigration office? 

(NOTE: I am actually employed in the US, but I don't have to be at work much, so if some of these questions seem strange, that's why. I'm not really retired--but I am over 50.)

I THINK I need:

1. A notarized statement from the US embassy stating that I have a 100,000+ baht per month income.

2. Proof of insurance. I have an employer-sponsored health insurance plan in the US that provides coverage worldwide without limits including repatriation for medical reasons. I've used it in Bangkok several times. Will that work? How can I document this?
3. Two photos
4. Proof of no criminal record. How do I get this? 
5. Immigration forms that I will receive at the immigration office.
6. Anything else?

1 hour ago, gk10002000 said:

Hard to imagine anybody with a brain willing to dance with heroin

 

You could have just stopped the sentence there and it would have been equally true.

11 hours ago, oldhippy said:

So if a Thai or Farang travels within Thailand, they can not buy beer or liquor?

Another well thought out plan.

 

Who would want to drink alcohol on holiday anyway? LOL

So... what about tourists who don't register and have no quarterly report?
What about people like me with legit visas who do not stay in the country long enough to need a quarterly report?

I also have a feeling that this won't happen. If it does--there is always Philippines and even Indonesia isn't this strict. Duterte isn't executing drunks... so far. 

On 3/2/2017 at 9:42 PM, SoilSpoil said:

 

Anyone earning less than 150.000 baht a year is exempted from paying income tax in Thailand. That's about 60% of the population.

It doesn't matter--in all countries richer people's taxes foot the bill for their fellow citizens that have less. That doesn't giver foreigners the right to benefits anywhere. 

Maybe think of "cheap park admission" like "government benefits" in your country. Citizens get them; non-citizens don't.

On 3/2/2017 at 8:01 PM, robblok said:

They are just far more tolerant than where you are from.

My guess would be American and Trump voter. 

On 1/18/2017 at 11:43 PM, thetruth revealer said:

Retirees dont pay tax but generate income every single month from abroad since they get paid from their Governments. Whats fair about that someone earning his money here may get discounts instead retirees may not?

Considering the monthly amount spent here , taxes seem to be a very small  partial amount compared  to the all these  pensions ....

Because the taxes, in part, pay for the parks.

You are not a taxpayer and you and the people in your country would probably be yelling if the non-taxpayers visiting there were getting free government benefits too.

9 minutes ago, A1Str8 said:

Which part made you suspicious? That he used to be a pilot? Or that he went to jog one day? Or that he fainted? 

(And he has a photo in a pilot's uniform... some people are overly suspicious.)

Honestly, I'm a bit surprised he doesn't have a nice disability package from his pilot's union. They are normally quite generous.

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On 1/13/2017 at 11:54 PM, digibum said:

 

On your first point, how many permanent residents are there in Thailand?  

 

I'm guessing not many and I would be surprised if even one of them is commenting in this thread.  

 

Having a long-term visa, or rolling visas for many years is not the same as permanent residency.  

 

While I agree that if you are on a long-term visa like a retirement visa or have a work permit that you should get the local pricing at national parks, but if they draw the line at permanent residency or even citizenship, that's their prerogative.  

They award a few thousand PRs per year. You are eligible after three years of working and paying taxes on a non-imm visa. I personally know quite a few.

Actually I didn't say that a long term visa should get it. I said people paying local taxes should. Retiree's for example don't pay local taxes and therefore I don't see a reason to give them the discount. 

Of course I agree it is their prerogative. I'm just stating my opinion about what I personally perceive to be fair, nothing more.
 

3 hours ago, Mordacai said:

What's the big deal about foreigners opening businesses and such in Thailand?
Do they not come out our respective countries and start up communities filled with their restaurants and such?

Kind of a complicated answer. 

The basic reason (not sure if you know this, maybe you do) is that Thailand has a list of occupations that are reserved for Thai citizens and one is hawker. Most--but not all--of these occupations are manual labor type jobs and the prohibition is not really there to prevent Westerners from doing this work (and most of us wouldn't want to anyway) but to prevent Burmese, Laotians, Cambodians, etc. from taking Thai jobs. 

9 hours ago, Kerryd said:

All they are going to do is extradite him back to Czechoslovakia ?!?!?!?!

 

Hmmm, a quick search reveals that apparently Thailand has few (if any) laws regarding intentionally spreading HIV to unsuspecting partners. If he'd kept his visa current it seems there's nothing they could do !

Calm down people:
"Czech man who was the subject of an international arrest warrant"
He was wanted internationally. The people he infected may not have been in Thailand. 

Two things:

1. I understand and agree with this when the pricing is at national parks and other places that are supported with tax money as long as the lower price is also offered to permanent residents that are paying tax here. Otherwise, I don't.

2. I understand it when variable (negotiated) pricing is in effect as in the case of street vendors. In this case the objective is to negotiate the most favorable price. If your bargaining skills are not as good, your price will be higher. Same everywhere including car dealerships in the West.

4 minutes ago, Enoon said:

 

Nice bit of old fashioned US parochialism to post a list of US laws and define them as universal.

Yeah, you're right. I realize that.

Its just an example. I looked for the fines for other countries and couldn't find any listed. However when I've had a tail light out in the UK I was generally told to "get that fixed" and sent on my way. If you want to argue the original point, by all means post your country's rules if you can find them. Perhaps I'm not familiar with your terms. 

11 hours ago, Cuchulainn said:

Who writes this stuff for the Peelers? Now a laughing stock with NO respect. Since when was faulty equipment (brakes, headlights and other mechanical defects) not a serious offence?

 

Truly pathetic and laughable

Last I checked faulty equipment isn't a serious offense anywhere. 
http://traffic.findlaw.com/traffic-tickets/mechanical-violations.html

24 minutes ago, Khon Kaen Dave said:

After all,who was it who said,"whats in a name?"

Shakespeare...