jacko45k

Did you wake up in Los Angeles rather than Udon Thani perhaps?

They rarely do... not much up for sale in those areas. It is a minefield doing business here but cashed up folks keep landing!

Why not bring pollution caused by illegal burnings into it too as you did elsewhere.

What has that got to do with it?

They are all over the place.... got some under the Hwy 36/ Sukhumvit flyover near me.... where they got all the stuff they have from heaven knows.

Probable and maybes... had he not been overly beaten I suspect he would not have died either.

Take it a step back... does a person have the right to prosecute, convict and exact punishment on a trespasser? Sufficient force to protect ones property and family is no argument. This was some drugged up fool stealing leaves from your garden... like the local kids scrumping apples!

He did not refuse medical help. I read he refused forced feeding. Sufficient force to evict him from the property was all that was required, grievous bodily harm was not needed. Handing out the right to kill every kid who climbs your wall to get their ball back is taking it too far. Looks like a great anti-weed argument this thread!

Not at all.... if anything they ensure folks who do try to live here are financially sound... needing regular income, a bank balance or some investment into the country. It seems wiser than the situations we see in Western Europe now.

They must be Visa categories where crooks are not expected!

He went to hospital... how on earth is that refusing treatment? He refused to be fed by a tube. He was being beaten as he attempted to crawl away... excessive violence is what it sounds like.

Moreso than Sky.... where any dim woman can get a job?

Well the PM most certainly cannot!

If a local climbed my wall, and was taking mangoes off my tree, I just don't expect I would get off free for hacking him to death with a hatchet!

Very concerning.....

Not sure where you live, but if you have the required 800k sitting pretty, a retirement extension should be about 10,000 (as it is in Pattaya), and a free 90 report included. You would have to get your bank letter yourself.

But jeez it is slow. I lost interest after 3-4 hours. I had a multi non-Imm-O, so also did trips out. Off to Singapore, Bali, Penang, PP etc......

In Jomtien, one hands your passport in outside.... it comes back to the desk a little later....online even easier!

Well one reason, I just did that yesterday!. ..... And because immigration make a lot of good money out of this. You heard of the analogy don't kill the goose! But cheapskates avoiding doing their Extensions or not having the right Visa... go get them! Those cheating with nonsense ED Visas... go get them! Those not having the 800k...(not me by the way), they pay an agent, immigration get a payment, someone signs off on it. Is it really illegal.?.. I am told not. An overstayer, blatantly illegal!

About time too.... but presumably a change of address would need to be reported via TM30 system promptly?

Well fine, so what are you proposing, Thailand becomes the haven for the world's poor?

If they have money, then a legitimate way of living here is open to them. A pension, old enough for marriage or retirement extension! Younger but have rental income or wealthy, try an Elite Visa or get married. It isn't about Thai government officials legitimately owning a particular brand of car. What is important to you is not what governs Thailand's efforts, you, like me, are simply a guest, not some superior foreign advisor! I would welcome some longer term alternative to my annual renewal, I fear for those getting too infirmed to achieve this, but it is far from difficult. Pointing at other issues is distraction....

If one stays in the kingdom over 90 days one has to report, what Visa do you believe makes this unnecessary?

So the experiences you quoted are rather dated. I assure you online is quick and easy now... people complaining about having to do 90 day reports would take issue about lifting their foot for a step!

Possibly never were!