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1 hour ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

I pay 8,000 Baht...................a net cost of 6,000 Baht for the convenience of the service that I required.

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

1 hour ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

Are you a fan of stereotypes?

 

My case...I have 800k, I live in the same province as the Immigration office used and I use an agent.

 

Your comment is not true for many people who use an agent to "obtain these types of retirement visas".... note: these type of visas (extensions of stay) are exactly the same as you probably have.

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.  

1 hour ago, biervoormij said:

I don't think you are required to have a TM30 in your passport. I have never had a hotel put one in my passport and the times I have been to immigration myself to get a TM30 they did not staple it into my passport like they do with the 90 day report.

 

Maybe I have been breaking the law and didn't know it.

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

2 hours ago, proton said:

 

Lets say he pays 16k a year in bribes and extension fee, over 10 years that's 160k as opposed to less than 20k doing it legitimately. I know which I prefer.

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. 

4 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Suvarnabhumi isn't that bad, but it was over-capacity when it opened and it is getting worse and worse.

 

They need to sort:

Immigration queues in and out (I use the priority lane as BOI company but it is the biggest concern imo).

Slow baggage delivery to the belts.

Poor maintenance of toilets and other facilities (including some lounges).

Buses to and from gates.

Traffic bottleneck outside the main terminal building.

 

Contrast that with KLIA and SIN who have just implemented auto-gates for foreigners now and Thailand is lagging behind in user experience. 

 

 

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. 

8 hours ago, placeholder said:

No, not from the UN. Basically from treaties.

"Treaties are primary sources of international law. Conventional international law is based on consent of state parties and as such treaties applies only between those consenting parties. In determining treaty application, check to see which state parties have both signed and ratified the treaties"

https://libguides.uclawsf.edu/international-law/treaties#:~:text=Treaties are primary sources of,signed and ratified the treaties

Treaties are like contacts. 

2 hours ago, heybruce said:

Not really on-topic, but obviously some are and some aren't.  Are you aware that large numbers of US and Mexican citizens cross that border on a daily basis legally?

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. 

3 hours ago, ozimoron said:

 

International law explicitly states that refugees entering a country without documentation is not illegal.

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

1 hour ago, ozimoron said:

 

Some are. Some aren't. Refugees are not illegal immigrants.

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?

6 hours ago, heybruce said:

What clear, specific, on-topic question have you asked?

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

6 minutes ago, joonchan said:

 

Once again President 이병박 allowed dual citizenship, for biological males, if they served in the army, and for biological women, if they meet US citizenship requirements.  Don't know how people that renounced citizenship works, that's outside of my expertise.  For example my 여돈생 & 형 renounced her citizenship last year although they became citizens a long time ago they renounced it at the 동사무소 (now called 주민센터) but they could've gotten dual citizenship, but for inheritance purposes the 법무사 recommended renouncing citizenship, don't know why...my sister was upset about it...

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.  

34 minutes ago, placeholder said:

You think those dairies, farms, construction companies, meat packing plants etc are giving those illegal aliens money because they're moved by charitable impulses?

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? 

Just now, heybruce said:

Once again:  Please debate what I post.  Don't invent things I didn't post and debate them. 

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

23 minutes ago, joonchan said:

I’m Korean and grew up in West Hollywood and lived in Korea the last 20 years. 

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. 

3 minutes ago, heybruce said:

Please debate what I post.  Don't invent things I didn't post and debate them. 

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

18 hours ago, joonchan said:

Dude, dual citizenship is allowed, if you're a biological male, if you served in the army, you can have it, eligible biological females have it (the ones that apply for it), so if you're male and over 38 years old you are eligible to apply for it.  That policy went into effect when 이명박 was president.

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? 

1 hour ago, heybruce said:

Let's keep the focus on immigration's benefits to the US economy.  You know, the subject of the topic.

 

Anecdotes of people committing crimes is not the topic.

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.  

2 hours ago, heybruce said:

Legal immigration is not out of control, other than being insufficient to meet demand. 

 

Illegal immigration is a problem, one which could be helped by the kind of bipartisan border control bill passed by the Senate with support from the Border Patrol union.  The on that was shot down by Trump controlled Republicans.

 

Republicans want lots of trouble on the southern border and will not allow anything to be done to fix it.

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. 

1 hour ago, bob smith said:

Over the last few days I have been asked by a few locals what kind of visa I have, given that I can speak Thai and have been here a long time.

 

it left me with quite a weird feeling.

 

What business is it of theirs what visa I am on?

when you see a foreigner in the UK, USA or wherever that can speak English, do you ask them what visa they have?

do you even care?

 

It seems that many Thais don’t like the fact that people can speak their language and stay here long term,

their line of questioning seems to be rather investigative, trying to figure out if one is on overstay.

 

I personally think the Chinafication of Thailand is now almost complete,

there are cctv cameras on every corner and now there are members of the public doing the states work.

 

It is becoming increasingly Orwellian out there.

 

bob.

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”.