falang07

Unless you use a visa agent, of course

OK, so these resorts were worn out already judging by the looks of it so now the army disassembles them for free so they can renew them later on, good work!

also, I wonder where the toilet pipes ended in these resorts built directly in the sea

So a young cow is around 20 thousand baht?

OK, http://www.mfa.go.th/main/en/services/123/15388-Non-Immigrant-Visa-%22B%22-%28for-Business-and.html

If investing not less than 10 million Baht, he or she will be granted a 2 year permit.

Same as you can buy a car, motorcycle or anything else (except for the land, for which no type of visa will help you anyway :-)).

And of course you can buy condo on tourist visa without absolutely any problem.

The 10 million baht investment visa was discontinued, no such thing exists any more.

Not that dangerous if you sit in a car and take pictures from an open window

OK, so to sum it up, if I do not plan selling the house in the future (which I do not, even though still not a big issue), it should be pretty safe and easy if bought in a company name.

How big? Seems quite small from outside.

Also, I can not help it but why in the hell is a blurred background considered a high quality professional photography? Is this some new standard to save the memory for those pixels by blurring them out? Strange, if you ask me

I hope you have a work permit, too, since we are not supposed to do anything else in here than spend the money earned abroad and taking professional pictures is a work you take from the Thais who have it reserved just for themselves

I went once, and the bus went only till the border. After about 2 hours waiting in there, a minivan finally came but on the way to Pattaya it was picking up new Thai passengers all along the way so it took quite long. I can not recommend this, but it was almost 2 years ago.

And is this safe? I would say some safety protocols were bypassed...

I suppose the Thai shareholders will have to pay tax on the profit gained from selling of their shares.

Thanks for the insights, seems like the Thai company way is the way to go for me, too. I would use real shareholders and 49% of preferential shares. Anything goes wrong (yes, I trust the wife today (well, for 100% I trust only myself, and even that only sometimes subject to alcohol level in the blood, etc. :-), but what if she dies before me? I do trust her family less than 50%, unfortunately...), it can be sold and I would still get at least 49% (I suppose that a secret agreement can be arranged than I would get the full amount, too). So it is much better than nothing if bought in the wife's name.

Well, buying in her name with me being the guarantor does not make any sense. First of all, I do not want to pay a double price for the house (that is what comes out of a mortgage over several decades). Secondly, if I would serve as the guarantor, I would be liable to pay even if things go wrong so it does not provide me any protection at all.

Anyway, if I setup my company, isn't it "up to me" if I give shares to anyone I want? What is supposed to be illegal with this approach? I could even donate my shares to anyone, e.g. some good Thai monks. I think this would hold in any international court.

As we already know, the only way to buy a house with land is in a Thai company name which requires a few (2 or 3?) Thai nominees (which is supposed to be illegal but I do not get it how on Earth could this be done without them, in some legal way, if the wife gets 12,000 THB per month and the house costs a few millions).

So my 1st question is simple. In case the law says nominees are illegal, what is the legal way? And my 2nd question: in case the government "finds out (I am not sure if one can find out something that is a generally well known fact)" about these "illegal" nominees, what can they do about it? My guess is a small fine? Thanks for any insight into this issue.

How can the squatters prove they stay there for more than 10 years, in case they want the claim the ownership?

OK, let me modify the OP's question: Is there anything that can be done with the Yellow Book that is impossible without it? I do not know about anything, am I right?

OK, there are very slight advantages, but nothing major, i.e. the same can be always achieved even without the yellow book with just a little additional effort (like visiting the immigration for address confirmation, takes only a few minutes).

DudleyPunt, how does it aid putting a bike or car in your own name? If I have a tourist visa, I must go to the immigration same as you, pay the same fee, just you show the yellow book and I show the rental agreement, no difference at all.

This forum is full of misleading information, and it is really hard to get to real facts.

EDIT: OK, maybe you do not need to go to the immigration Anyway, not a huge difference, how often do we buy a car

And guzzi850m2, free entry to the military beach in Bang Saray? Only in your dreams

all this you can get on any visa, even tourist ones (I had a Thai drivers license on tourist visa and paid Thai fee in the national parks), so I do not see any advantage in there.

I was informed by my lawyer a husband and wife can not have a contract but a man and his girlfriend can. Doesn't make sense but hey This Is Thailand.

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This means it is much better not to get married, but rather stay together as a boyfriend and a girlfriend with a contract. I have a strong feeling that the Thai laws should really be adapted to the 21. century standards and support the family life with equal rights.