SoFarAndNear

14 minutes ago, Thomas Hannah said:

Well,I will run and book a flight before they all go.I think not.the baht is at 43 to the pound.The hotel, cigs ,beer ,women,food, prices.Have all gone expencive to what they used to be.The attitude towards us stinks.They dont cut your nails ,wipe you down with a nice iced flanel.And leave you to enjoy your beer in peace anymore.Ask you for a beer,and you havnt even got yours yet.Young men make you walk around them to get past.Do what they want to you in numbers,because they know nothing will happen to them.Drug you to steal from you.etc etc etc.There is nothing good about thailand anymore.I lived there for 10 years.Not been for more than 2 years now.Think that i will never go back.And so so many of my freinds from there, tell me they think they also, will never go back.They think a thousand baht.That we will forgive them,and come back to be abused.They made there bed,Let them lie in it.

What you describe is not Thailand. This is the red light disctrict.

2 hours ago, SpeakeasyThai said:

Yes it's becoming loathsome this enforced mourning. I purcased a nice colourful dress for my girlfriend recently but she is uptight and worried about the consequences of wearing it as it is not death black. It's an oppressive society when this happens.

Don't talk shit. Me and my GF dress colourful for weeks and I never notice any strange looks...

I am almost sure that eating a cockroach is healthier then drinking this sugar bombs called "Thai Milk Ice Tea" :D

4 hours ago, colinneil said:

That is 1 brain dead farang, posting that on the internet.

He has just made himself a Big target.

He is not brain dead is has just much balls then most farangs in Thailand. And obviously more Thai lanuage skills then 99% of farangs in Thailand.

"Medical Tourism".

Who would ever stay longer then 1 year in Thailand just for "medical reasons". So if you don't have a "medical reason" you won't be able to get the visa?

Ok and even if the shop sells you the bike. Would it be allowed on the road? Can it be insured before registering it?

Hello,

can I buy a motorbike and hand over the residence cert of the immigration a few weeks later? I'v tried this a few years back in Bangkok at Honda Big Wing and it did not work. A friend is telling me that it is possible in Pattaya.

What is true?

A round-trip ticket to most of these countries cost something like 20k - 25k THB. Does this make really any difference if you have to pay 1000THB more or less to come here? I think, NOT.

32 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

There is a perception running through this thread, that the current group of expat retirees are poor, living in poverty and if mama noodles go up by 10 baht, they are finished. 

I think the opposite is the case, most retiree expats are in fact comfortable or very well off.

Look at the threads on Thaivisa, "whats the best new pick up", "whats the best school to send the kids to", "who does the best business class to Europe" etc etc.

 

These are not post from people living on the breadline

You must have missed the "Visa Section" in this forum. There are many who have to to trick the system to stay in Thailand. Not to mention the ten thousands who are still illegal here on overstay. And many many visa agent offer the service of "borrowing" the required amount for a fee like 20.000baht. Pattaya will be a lonely place if you need 3mio baht cash or 100k income to get a Retirement visa. 

53 minutes ago, eeworldwide said:

I suspect a great many things are going to change in terms of visas for Thailand in the coming year.

 

Would it be wishful thinking to hope that they might implement a realistic visa scheme for those who have married thais and have dependants here? Like, oh - every other country in the world?

 

Get rid of the stupid 3 month check in for a start and issue 5 year visas for those married to a thai national with thai dependants.

 

 

 

 

I think the Visa for married or having thai dependants are not that bad but the limits on the thai labor market are outdated. If you have a child in Thailand then it would be at least fair that you can have the possibility to work without the hard foreign labor restrictions.

6 minutes ago, Anthony5 said:

 

Deleting things from the internet?

 

Really, who writes these stories.

I guess they mean that every ISP in Thailand must give full access to the servers in case of unwanted content even without any warrant. What a nightmare BTW and just another step back for Thailand being a Internet Hub. Some people still hope that Thailand would become Asia's leading Internet Hub. http://www.bangkokpost.com/tech/local-news/835036/investment-call-to-become-a-digital-infrastructure-hub

Denied Bail but others who kill cops while speeding and have high fleeing potential are free to go... This is Thai public prosecution logic. 

Wow...a virtual debit card... welcome to 2009.  

And BTW Cashless society is an absolute nightmare. Using Bank issued Cards for everything you buy is like giving a full log of your life to the Bank. No thanks!!

Actually I give a !#*! about Thai Soaps... only annoyed of the scratchy noise of the speakers when the females are yelling... 

If you google this guy it say that he was born in Thailand. Maybe there is more to his story. Maybe family in Thailand.

https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/ฮาเวิร์ด_หวัง

Either Thai or Foreigner, pushing people around like this does not help at all only causing more problems. And in the worst case you push the wrong guy and someone is loosing his life...

Lovely kids these days... 

4 hours ago, Johnniey said:

The main reason they are unhappier as they realize after a few years that the somewhat exotic dark-skinned Issarnite is not in fact desirable anymore.

So true, so true 

So the target group are Lamborghini Drivers?

Model :D :D

Wondering how this plastic puppet looked before her operations and before hours-long make ups....

7 hours ago, lkn said:

Previous research led me to believe that this is not possible.

 

If you want to change the name on the title deed then you must go through the land office, and they’ll want a transfer fee and also that the new owner complies with the law (i.e. show the relevant FET form for the value of the condo).

 

 What would happen in case of a inheritance? The condo owner dies and his last will states that his brother or another foreigner will get his condo. 

Hi,

is it possible that foreign condo owner can transfer his condo property to a family member (also foreigner)? It is not a sale just a transfer from brother to another brother. What would be the fee's for this? And how about the rule that the money for a condo buy has to be transferred from abroad Thailand?

1 hour ago, shariq607 said:

 

 

thanks you can see the jump in ping during the tests on AIS, if you are playing games and your family members are using the connection for their regular purposes, one's connection to the game servers will start experiencing packet loss and high pings thats what i noticed with my AIS fibre and something that does not happen with my cat fiber.

Thats strange. Sure that this was not a wifi issue? Low cost wifi router with two many clients, etc..

Someone can tell me how it is in Bangkok? Will Chaeng Wattana approve a one year extensions even if your child is just living with you on Weekends?

2 minutes ago, elviajero said:

There is no requirement that you live with the child full time, although an office might impose such a requirement.

Ok, definetly requirement in Udon Thani. Photos with me child and mother sitting together in bed room and in front of the house was demanded.