falang07

Of course he needs to be in Thailand, or can you practice Thai in Germany? You learn by reading signs by the road, in the shops, speaking with the merchants, girls in the bars, etc. Stop whining, topic closed!

BTW, these Step Up Time Deposit Accounts with gradually increasing interest rates seem to be the newest marketing trick of Thai banks, I am sure many Thais with basic school education only will be easily fooled by it

what would prevent you withdrawing the money, and putting back as "new"?

jellyfish is a seasonal thing and a real jellyfish free swimming is available only in the swimming pool

Why should there be any change? ED visa is a very positive thing for the Thai economy, students pay the fee for the courses, accommodation, 1900 Baht every three month at the immigration, spend their money for food, entertainment, etc. Why on Earth would Thailand even consider cancelling ED visa?

Since it is impossible to wire money out of Thailand that you have not before wired in, it is clear why he wanted to "export" these gold bars. Remember to keep those foreign exchange forms if remitting bigger amounts to Thailand and expect to take it out of Thailand in the future otherwise smuggling gold will be your only option, too.

e.g. http://www.contractortaxation.com/Thailand/Umbrella-Company-Thailand

Basically, an Umbrella Company acts as your full-time employer, even though you maintain your independence as a contractor. They collect and filter payments from your clients, filtering out the necessary social security and fees. You send them your timesheets, and they send you payments.

Because they act as your “employer,’ they can sponsor you and provide a single work permit for multiple contracts.

https://www.google.com/search?q=thailand+umbrella+companies

OK, I was too quick:

http://www.scb.co.th/stocks/media/ratesfees/deposit-en-57-70.pdf

Fixed Rising rate 15 Months

SCB fixed deposit at 4% for 15 months

You're right to pursue it.

Close friend of my wife got lymphoma and chemo and care cost about 1 1/2 million baht....in fact they sent her to private hospitals paid by govt.

Sadly unsuccessful in her case.

It is really sad that in today's world the big pharma is selling these killer chemicals as a "cure" and puts this hefty price tag on them. Chemotherapy causes cancer in healthy humans and animals so the treatment is based on the absurd expectation that the patient's body does not get killed before the cancer does. You are better of if you can not afford such "great" medical care.

even 60 years would do for most of us

well, once it crosses the psychological barrier of 30 Baht, I doubt it will stop at 1 Baht per liter only

Indeed, this is what I was thinking about, after a few years the ID cards will be expired. Therefore, it is necessary to renew the share transfer certificates just before the ID card expires, or simply fire that transfer and change the shareholder, if he/she would not agree to renew it.

If the company is legit (i.e. trading and active), this is perfectly safe and OK since any company has the right to have its own premises. If it is just a sleeping company created just to buy the house, there could be problems in theory. But I doubt it will happen unless you have a large beachfront plot in Phuket.

there are many umbrella companies that provide this service

if it would not be required, anyone willing to buy a condo would simply make a "temporary" work permit to avoid it.

If the condo is to be bought under the foreign quota, you need to remit foreign currency from abroad and exchange to THB or exchange THB to any foreign currency and back to THB to fulfill the law requirements (the later can be done at any bank or preferable exchange where you lose less on the exchange spread).

There is a huge oversupply of condos in Thailand and many more new are coming every day. That is why rent is cheap and you need to rent it out for a few decades before you even get back the money + inflation which in many cases never happens.

Do you know that VoIP programs can emulate any phone number? Seems like not so safe at all if it just compares the phone number. Real security systems employ SMS + code.

if you have the money, you can get permanent residency quite easily - http://www.boi.go.th/english/download/law_regulations/50/Por1_2544.pdf

I have never heard of such a thing, after all, you pay for the course so it is your problem if you learn something or no.

How can one sue for loss of view? if someone else owns the land in front of it, it is their right to take the space and build even higher, and those who live in VT7 have no right whatsoever for the view either. In case the building is not beachfront, you must expect that sooner or later someone can build something in front of it..