falang07

But in case that US-based company starts hiring Thais or making any business with Thailand, this could be a serious problem for you if caught...

Income not related in any way with Thailand is not subject to income tax in Thailand so why bother. In the past, I have read an interview with the head of some Thai revenue office and he was saying that they were not interested in such "workers", only in people who really work in Thailand.Edited: grammar error

I doubt it, exporting cash out of Thailand is not that easy as bringing it in.

I would buy 99.9% gold, bring it with me to UK and sell there

British retailers wont touch Thai gold with a barge pole.

I suppose there is non-Thai gold sold in Thailand, too (not the 23 carat one, but the pure 24 carat (99,99%) gold). And gold is always gold, Thai or British.

I have used it many times, no problem at all and you even do not have to wait in the queue as the other people waiting for a visa on arrival.

I would buy 99.9% gold, bring it with me to UK and sell there

So it is much better to be young and healthy than old and sick, especially in Thailand.

It must be a very good business to operate a hospital, or anything health-related and farang-oriented, time to get a medical degree

I understand, thanks for the clarification. Address reporting would be no problem since it is free and takes only little time (I suppose).

OK, I think I understand it now: the best way is to try to get a one year multiple entry ED visa from the embassy in my country and then I do not have to extend it every 3 months for 1900 baht, just report my current address (which is free). Am I right?

Please accept my apologies Falang 07. I've just started a new post in the Health Forum with your last posting.

http://www.thaivisa....ment-hospitals/

It will probably generate more replies there - and it's something I am very interested in (a medical self insurer to be).

Good idea, thanks!

Actually, it would be very interesting (at least for me) to hear about experiences expats might have with using these government hospitals for some more serious health problems. I am almost sure that if you are a paying customer with a good health insurance, there will be no queue to wait in, and it would be definitely much cheaper than those 5-star hospitals which might just concentrate too much on the luxury to justify the Hilton-like prices but the actual treatment might be the same, or who knows, even worse.

Does the multi entry visa, which is valid for one year, really require leaving Thailand every 3 months? Is not it sufficient to report at the immigration every 90 days (for free)?

I am sure they can make any attendance record they want otherwise there would not be so many farangs extending the ED visa for a few years already but not able to say many words in Thai

You really should improve your reading comprehension. My condo is owned in my name. The maintenance fee is ten baht per square meter per month. It is a one bedroom and sixty square meters. The fee is actually 600 baht per month.

OK, but living in 60 square meters is not my goal either You could build a very nice house for the price you paid for that small room.

And we could discuss like this forever, now I understand why is it so hard to come to a conclusion in the politics.

OK, so can I be married and own the property (no, not some condo where you pay the rent till you die and do not have any privacy, I need a house) together with my wife?

I agree with you, though, that being old and sick, it is perhaps better to die already

$20 per month in a condo? You live in a 15 square meters room? I have seen a few old condos where I would not like to live and still none of them was less than 20 baht per square meter.

If you drive too fast, you deserve a hefty fine, they teach you in the school that driving fast is dangerous. Or do you think they limit the speed just for fun? We should differentiate between what is appropriate and what is not. Many people die in Thailand just because speeding fines are so cheap in here and many drivers think they are on a racing track.

If you are old and sick 400k or 800k in the bank is peanuts, not enough to keep you alive in here.

like you can not buy the property you live in and it will be in her name

Or if you have a Thai wife, make sure to appoint your mother or someone in the farangland as the beneficiary of this life insurance (and make sure the Thai wife knows it, too), but this could be as well the end of your marriage

And last but not the least, I get a free health care in my home country back in Europe (not the shitty 20 baht free "paracetamol for everything" Thai version). In here, you are free to die

And if you do not have loads of money when you retire, your freedom will virtually evaporate, and you will be deported to your own country. So much for the freedom here in Thailand Some people do not want to see the reality and live in an illusion. Later, when some shit happens, they are surprised. That is why I am worried about what happens when I retire, soihok. I better plan now than just live in an illusion.

Everyone should be worried about retiring, even young people. Anyway, my comment was meant to point out that the freedom of farangs is very limited in Thailand with all the 3-month reporting, uneven rights after marrying, being unable to own a company, having absolutely no right to buy even a small land (100 square meters would be OK for me, and there would be no risk for Thailand that we farangs would buy all the Thai land if they allow us to own at least the land under the structure where we want to retire), etc. Some of you might have the false feeling of freedom in here since you are able to bribe the cops which is quite hard back in Europe/USA (or maybe not that hard, just the rates are quite higher). Otherwise, I do not have the feeling of being any more free in here than in my own country where I can do literally everything I want (except for mating with underage children or doing other illegal activities, which you might be able to do in here if you pay the right price to the right people). We should call things with the right names, Thailand is great for cheap food (i.e. Thai food, western food is way expensive in here), cheap girls and great weather. Freedom is limited for farangs in here. Just simple facts.

Apart from Air Asia, does anyone else fly BKK-PP ?

Looking at a last minute flight there and Air Asia are very expensive.

last minute is always expensive, everywhere

The visa runs bother me also, but still better then living back home because Thailand offers, besides beautiful women, wonderful food etc. one thing we lack back home and that is: Freedom !

In here you contradict yourself a little, mandatory visa runs and freedom in one sentence do not come together very well