AloisAmrein

Amazing Thailand. Welcome to brutality.

What would George Orwell say?

30 minutes ago, ujayujay said:

So you still living here

No, thanks. Too boring and too dangerous.

5 hours ago, recycler said:

My wife was told yesterday by a police man at a roadblock in Chaiyaphum that I was not allowed to drive at all in Thailand due to a recent new law. My wife was driving at the time, so no fine, but it could have been 40,000 Baht according to the police man advising my wife not to let me drive. Not bad for me at the start of a 500 km trip back home ;-)

 

Could this have anything to do with the getting tough?

Are you a resident or a tourist? If you have the international driving licence, the Thai police cannot prohibit you to drive because this licence is valid also in Thailand.

One more. Thailand is NOT a safe country.

Now I am retired. Before I worked everywhere as digital nomad, when I was travelling, for companies in my home country. I never had any problem because nobody knew it. The Thai government lives in a world from yesterday when it wants to prohibit working on the Internet for companies abroad. They simply cannot control it.

3 minutes ago, jethro69 said:

They think they are, on their terms. No space for negociation.

5 hours ago, balo said:

 

The labour department again, do you have an official source about  how the labour department feels about digital nomads ?

 

Again , my business in Europe is none of their business.  I can leave Thailand tomorrow and travel the world with my laptop , still online , still "working" .  That's what digital nomads do . If Thailand wants to be a part of the modern world they have to accept that we exist and are not stealing jobs from anyone INSIDE Thailand. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jethro69, you are absolutely right. Digital nomads work everywhere where they are, mostly for companies in their home country. And they never ever will ask a government if they allow this. I worked always on my travels and I never asked a government for a work permit. I worked for companies in my home country, so this has not to care the country where I spend money as a tourist.

59 minutes ago, LannaGuy said:

Somkiat Baiadul, an officer at the work permit division of the Phuket Department of Employment

Answered on Thursday, November 25, 2010 | 03:56 PM

Doing business online is considered a type of work, so foreigners are required to have a work permit to do so.

 

Pol Col Panuwat Ruamrak, Superintendent of Phuket Immigration

If we find out that a foreigner is doing business online without a work permit, we will arrest them and take legal action through the court.

Edited 57 minutes ago by LannaGuy

Valid for residents only, not for tourists.

14 hours ago, pepi2005 said:

wrong assumption. If you're working in Thailand, you have to obey Thai laws.

Yes, your assumption is wrong. Thai authorithies have no right to prohibit me working for my home company, when  I am on a holiday in Thailand. Thai laws are not valid outside Thailand.

36 minutes ago, pepi2005 said:

wrong assumption. If you're working in Thailand, you have to obey Thai laws.

You are wrong. When I work for a foreign company while I am as a tourist in Thailand this not has to interest the Thai junta. Or you believe they can prohibit me to fulfill my work contract which is alone between me and my employers or customers, all not in Thailand.

On 16.4.2017 at 10:39 AM, lemonjelly said:

I'd sugar on down to Malaysia, 90 days visa at land border, apply for new PP by post from there.... that's what I did a few years ago... worth checking to see if it's still possible 

Not possible, Malaysia requires validity of passport for 6 months when entering the country.

9 hours ago, Slavomir said:

Bad news for digital nomads?

No, when I work for a company abroad, this not has to interest Thai authorithies.

The slaughtering on Thai roads continues. Every day 71 dead by traffic accidents. Only Nigeria ist more dangerous. Government unable or unwilling to improve the situation. Last year more than 26'000 road fatalities (not counting the injured, only the dead) in Thailand, numbers increasing every year.

I have been to Thailand many times, the first time in 1976. I know the whole country from the deep south up to Mae Sai and Nong Khai. I lived several times for a short time in Thailand, the longest stay was 6 months, for testing how is daily life, when you stay and live in Thailand, not as a tourist. My conclusion: definitely not my place, it becomes quite boring after several months, and I don't like places like Pattaya or Phuket. I prefer to remain in Switzerland, which offers a very high standard of living, with lots of possibilities to spend the freetime. Even my Thai wife says that living in Switzerland is much better than in Thailand, and income about 30 times higher. So no reason to move to Thailand. Thailand's TAT and immigration think they own a paradise, but it isn't one. And they do all to chase away the farang residents, with always changing laws about immigration and high prices for socalled permits. So we go to Thailand and neighbouring countries when it is winter in Europe. Europe has much more to offer then Thailand.

Just another form of money making. Why pay such huge amounts for a residency permit in a a country with poor infrastructure?

5 hours ago, fruitman said:

Are those any good? The ones from cambodia taste like burning hay.

 

They also have beer Lao which is good.

Yes, good quality. Better then the local brands in Thailand.

Beer Lao is the best beer in whole South-East Asia.

On 28.3.2017 at 2:28 AM, fruitman said:

The price is not 30% cheaper but MUCH more.

 

Cigarettes in the no-man's-land between cambodia and thailand costed 130 baht for a carton of 10 packs.

 

Fake alcohol also was much cheaper there.

 

I don't want to drink that stuff,  one can get blind from it. If thai bars sell it als the real thing they deserve a severe punishment for it...Making people blind is worth some years in jail imo.

The same in Laos, a box of 10 packs of local cigarettes is available for 40'000 kip = less than 5 US$.

I guess they want to eliminate unwelcome competition from abroad. As long as they can blame farangs they do not have to blame Thais, the usual game in Thailand. Just look at the Ko Tao murdering.

Once a Schengen visa is given, people can travel freely in all Schengen countries, even if not member of the EU, for ex. Switzerland, as long as the visa is valid.

There is a simple solution: boycott National Parks in Thailand.

Long quieues, and then stupid questions about hotel booking. Thai immigration does everything to keep away wealthy tourists. As I see they do not want quality tourists, the prefer the bad guys.

On 21.2.2017 at 11:34 PM, AlexRich said:

Never had this issue - I simply don't go. All foreigners should do likewise if they want to see 'farang price' stopped.

I do exactly the same. Just boycott them, so they will have to learn a lesson. Btw, good advertising for TAT and Thailand...

3 hours ago, Destiny1990 said:

Chinese like to gamble.

Casinos would really pull in these highrollers

it seems that you do not know that gambling in casinos is prohibited in Thailand. Gambling for money is prohibited, not only in bars or restaurants , but also privately. That's why casinos in Cambodia and Laos near the Thai border are flourishing.