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Not providing financial evidence for 8,000? Where? Even years ago I know it was at least 15,000.

Ah, this is one example. Did you read the last sentence? Also I have an OA Visa and not a Non Imm O Extension. I never said anything about this process as the norm.

it's actually a receipt and I have had one stapled to my passport for years.

I checked with a local agent and now the same type of Visa is 38,000.

From what I have heard from a person who has used this kind of service it goes something like this: 1) One lives in Chiang Mai or any province 2) agent obtains a Retirement Visa from an immigration office from another province even though the person has not moved 3) The Agent handles the TM-30 and in many cases will handle the 90 day report as well. I have known this person for many years who has never done a 90 day report. He always says "my agent does everything". He has lived in the same building for as long I have known him. Also, he has not left the county in over a decade. He has always tried to recruit me to the "dark side" and use his agent. I have always declined. This may not be true for all who obtain these types of retirement visas.

Hand him a 30 day notice to wrap up his business and leave. The drama is getting old. “Bad guys out”. So tell him to book his one way flight.

No stayed two nights at both and enjoyed it. I really liked Singapore and the most amazing thing I saw was drivers actually obeying traffic laws. This was after living in the land of smiles for years. I did not feel SIN was a.draconian place. Yes, they have some strict laws but I felt very safe there and it had just everything I could ask for. For KL was a close second to SIN.

BKK and DMK are not that bad. Used to fly out of Kabul, Baghdad and Kuwait City back in the 200’0’s and those earned worst airport ratings everyday.

I think Batman (Adam West) once said “sticks and stones will break my bone but words will not hurt me”.

To get the second year on an OA Visa I have done Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Both were fine. In my case all I had to do was just fly out and fly back in. Both cities were great. Both flights were under 3 hours.

I need to move to another place soon. I am in CNX and I have noticed every place I have looked at now has a Common Area Maintenace fee. In one location the fee was incorporated into the monthly rent and it was 640 Baht. Most of the other places add the fee with the rent. There does not appear to be any logic (TIT) as to how the fee is determined. I have seen monthly fees range from 300 to almost 700 baht per month. Some of these properties do not have a gym or pool and the fee is still added onto the rent. One place has a 500 baht per month common area maintenance fee and tenants are still charged a separate fee use the pool. Is this fee something that is new or has it always been in existence. I have seen this fee at serviced apartments that do not require long term contract and at places where a long term contract is required.

Treaties are like contacts.

Yes, grew up in California and went across San Diego to Tijuana many times. Also got to cross into Piedras Negras from Eagles Pass and got to cross into Juarez from El Paso. Both San Diego and El Paso are reported to be the busiest land border crossings in the world.

International Law? From the UN? Do all countries abide by UN "Laws"?

How one enters a country defines the legal status of the person. If a refugee enters through a port of entry then he or she is not illegal. Therefore, anyone who can be defined as a refugee should be allowed to enter any country and stay as along as they need to? They why do countries need borders and why are passports and visas needed to conduct international travel? Just wondering?

Migrants crossing into the US through the southern border legal immigration? Yes or No?

So the answer is no. If one renounces why can’t theyregain at a later time? IF one leaves S. Korea as child and becomes a citizen of another country then they would not qualify because they left before the age of military service? Also, just because it is now allowed doe not make it reality for many.

The are not hired right away. It takes time. Like getting housing, medical care, food etc. Millions have arrived in the last few years. The flow of new arrivals(mostly thought the southern border and illegal-yes i used that word because it is true) is not sustainable. Just city leaders in Eagle Pass or McCallen TX. I have lived in TX border town(Del Rio). Have you ever lived in a TX border town?

But you have not answered the question so no debate has actually occurred.

So you are a Dual Korean-American citizen? I was born in Busan and grew in Los Angeles County. When I became a naturalized American Citizen my korean Citizenship was renounced.

So those who cross the US Border in Texas and California are not part of legal immigration now. Ok.

I am an old man and have never met a Korean person who has dual citizenship. Joon, how many dual Korean citizens do you know of?

As a former legal immigrant who became a naturalized citizen I would agree immigration (the kind where you get a visa and enter at a port of entry) is beneficial to the US Economy.

Crossing the southern border is legal immigration? These Chinese who fly to a place like Ecuador, hire a guide or a coyote to cross multiple land borders and enter the US in Texas or California are now legal immigrants? At one time I lived in Del Rio Texas(a border town close to Eagle Pass) and know some who still live there and they feel overwhelmed by migrants. To them it is out of control.

This makes me even more confused about how the locals think. They don’t like foreigners who speak fluent Thai and live here a long time. They also don’t like foreigners who can barely understand Thai and have lived here a long time. “Land of Smiles, the longer I stay the more confused I get”.