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Validity of visa free stay will not stop criminals. TAT loves tourists. For Thai people Money=God, a Thai teacher once told me. So keep the 60 days principle, let tourists stay, enjoy and spend money. I think the lobby to return to the 30 days system is also fed by visa-run shops, hotels (jealous of B&B). It is all about the money.

Quote: "If there was anything wrong that causes dissatisfaction, I apologise............"unquote. A diplomatic and false excuse. Because in my opnion his words mean that he himself doubts if there was anything wrong. If he had been honest, then he should have said: "This was absolutely wrong and I apologise......

If you do not know what happened, then I suggest that you keep your big mouth shut instead of making the assumption that she was maybe working in te street. Maybe her parents are also following this article. You have a daughter? Why are you doing this? Maybe you have used street ladies too much yourseld? Or probably affected by reading The Sun or similar dirty tabloid, full of shady accusations?

In my opinion it is 179+ days (so starting from 180 days), that makes you a Thai tax resident.

If you are leaving AFTER 179 days this means you leave on day 180 or later. That automatically makes you a Thai tax resident. You have to be out of Thailand day 179 at the latest.

Reading seems to be difficult for you. Read again: does this ring a bell?: "private estate consultant".

This says more about you than about tthe other person. If our secirity guard smokes a cigarette in our open parking garage, I can smell the poisonous smoke from 15 meters away. Simply stupid to not wear the safety belt during start and landing. Also not very social to put a knee against the seat in front of you, but I guess you wont have a problem with that too.

Agree. In general Dutch tourists behave well. But every country has its pencils, that are not the sharpest.

I had the same experience with an English couple on a flight from Amsterdam to London. I had an aisle seat. I could not move, but he insisted that he wanted to get out of his window seat into the aisle, opening the luggage bin, his bag landing on my head. His wife could not get out because the aisle was full, so she hung half over me. Bloody ignorant pigs everywhere. They were out of the plane not even 1 minute earlier than me.

Times and opinions change. Agree that violence can lead to violence. Daily movies on tv or internet, full of violence, it surely has impact, but most people still know how to behave. But there is a difference between violence and a soft! physical correction, which works like a shock therapy. The risk of being punished, in case of crossing boundaries, can be enough warning. In Europe we have had a significant influx of people from other countries, bringing their own culture. Some of the 2nd and 3rd generation do not behave and show a lot of disrespect towards others. In the countries, where theiir parents came from, the police will use violence, so people behave. In Europe several youngsters swear at police officers, threaten people in the street. I would not object that this riff raff is confronted with real violence from the police. The ones who do not like to listen have to feel.

I condemn hard physical punishment like in this story. But I notice regular disrespect towards teachers. Especially in USA, Europe. Some ideas of dr. Spock, and parents who are not at home due to jobs, resulted in some spoilt children. A well deserved soft slap in the face at the right time can correct this behaviour very quickly and has more impact than 1.000 words. Children need to know their boundaries. In my youth, long time ago, my father used to tell me: if the teacher hits you then you will probably have deserved it. And do not come complaining, otherwise I will give you an extra punishment. But yeah: that was in the old times.

don't try to downplay the situation. there are situations that literally every second counts,

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Life is not getting easier here. I have a retirement visa, to be extended every year, pay fee for extension and pay fee for multiple re-entry permit. Then we have the papers: 90 days report, TM30 in and out report, sometimes having to show up at Immigration in person. Nong Khai Immigration where partner has to pay 200 THB without reason and without bill (you also think what I am thinking?). I have full European health and travel insurance, for which I already pay lots of money. Why should I pay extra for some idiots who "forget" to go abroad without some proper insurance? We travel to family in Laos regularly. So having to pay every time we come back to Thailand? Having to use some website or app to pay the 300 THB. I already use an Excel sheet to check how many days I stay in my European home country, in Thailand and Laos. Because I dont like to stay in Thailand more than 179 days, otherwise I automatically become a Thai tax resident. It is all becoming a bit too much for me. It is not funny any more. It all adds up. Little by little. I feel like a criminal, that is followed constantly. And every step takes time and money, Therefor, after 18 years of spending money in Thailand and owning my condominium here, finally reconsidering my position here in Thailand. Possibly going back to, or moving to, a country, that has a lot less time consuming bureaucracy.

Way back in time we got our salary in envelopes. 100% privacy. Now the banksters know all details. In my bank account they automatically update charts: how much I spend on different things like rent, food, insurance. They even sell this private information to other banks and third parties. Tax office has full power to ask for our private bank details and they share it with other authorities. On an international scale national tax offices exchange our private info with tax offices abroad. So big brothers are watching you everywhere. There is no privacy any more. Authorities and banks working together to eliminate cash. They say it is because of fighting criminality and black money. Not everybody is a criminal! Just an excuse to have full insight in our personal spending. People say: I have nothing to hide. Well, this is the beginning of a kind of China syndrome, where you are fully controlled by the state. And suppose their official servers are hacked? Russia, China, N. Korea (and others) can do it. In my country cash payment is limited to a few thousand EUR. Payments above that limit are illegal. Export of money above 10.000 EUR has to be declared at customs. Including proof of origin (withdrawals). We have become slaves of banks and governments: they can do with us what they want. No competition between banks, every year higher service fees (what service?, less offices, everything online or by phone enjoying long waiting times), interest rates on saving account even lower than inflation. Tax on saving money. Bottom line losing money and purchase power. Personally I withdraw cash from my bank account regularly. Every month, I divide the amount in 4 or 5 portions, that is the cash money that I can spend these weeks; easy and less danger to spend more than planned. And to prevent spoofing/hacking/losing money: the money that I dont need goes to a AAA savings account in a country that gives a better interest rate than the banks in my own country (without exchange risk and including guarantee of paying back if bank goes broke)