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16 hours ago, Anythingleft? said:

Specifically what extra immigration paperwork and regs?

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1 hour ago, emptypockets said:

So really you leave 400k in the bank. Why is health insurance an issue?  Are you on an OA visa? 

So not much has changed in reality in 13 years,  just a requirement to keep a little cash in the bank. 

This has been done to death in multiple other threads. 

It's really being another reason/ excuse to knock Thailand when in reality the changes are minimal. 

You asked :-  "Please list ( and be realistic)  of the hoops you are jumping through that you weren't 13 years ago." 

I've just given you a couple of recent examples as an answer, but instead of acknowledging that, you come up with more questions, and an offhand comment that "not much has changed in reality in 13 years" 

And yes, this has been done to death in multiple other threads so why are you still asking questions?

P.S. The changes are only minimal when they don't affect you - I would guess that you don't have to pay more than 2500 British pounds a year for health insurance.

9 minutes ago, emptypockets said:

Yes you may ask. 

My point is you knock Thailand, the people and their culture (isn't there a forum rule about this) at seemingly every opportunity - not just you but the majority of posters. 

I cannot fathom why you are still here.

Please list ( and be realistic)  of the hoops you are jumping through that you weren't 13 years ago. 

Why don't you sell up and take the Mrs with you? Can't be that bad can it? 

800,000 baht in the bank for 6 months instead of 3 months  and 400,000 permanently for starters, mandatory health insurance for seconds, and there's a few more where they came from - they are just the recent ones!

 Another member of the "if you don't like it go home" brigade!

YAWN!

"He (Prayuth) came to power in a coup, then comes in and completely changes the rules and conditions that allows him to stay on and transform himself into a prime minister candidate," said Chonlanan Srikaew of the opposition Pheu Thai party."

Perfect summing up of the situation!

"Patong taxi, tuk-tuk drivers asked to stop cheating, beating tourists"

Thais should realise that the "beating of tourists" would immediately lead to arrest, loss of licence and possible imprisonment in any civilised country.

If the driver has a complaint against a passenger, call the police and let them sort it out.

Sorry - I forgot - that would mean ........................................ (fill in your own blanks!) 

1 hour ago, Fred white said:

No there can't be a democracy in any military you have to obay the legal orders from those above you but civilians are not in the military they're not supposed to have to follow Lock step their leaders. Civilians are supposed to be able to do what they want within the law

And is it a symptom of democracy to declare it illegal and threaten prosecution of any that criticise the Government?

1 hour ago, BestB said:

And I hope he grows some balls so if he decides to help again he will fight back and at least go down swinging not waing or begging .

 

what he did was the right thing to do and most of you should learn from it, sadly he could not hold his own.

 

as for 3 punks, let them come across some else with more balls and they might be taught lesson themselves 

"And I hope he grows some balls so if he decides to help again he will fight back and at least go down swinging not waing or begging."

Nonsense - in the next paragraph you say he did the right thing, and "most of you should learn from it" Learn what exactly?

The only things to be learned here are stay out of confrontations between Thais - don't interfere as all parties will turn on you. and secondly, the only thing that the 3 punks will learn is from 6 other punks!

3 hours ago, Essex Reject said:

Fair play to the guy. Better to live like a lion than a mouse even if there can be consequences.

Wonder if he has regrets now he is in a hospital bed? 

"Application provider of Immigration Bureau - According to section 38 of the 1979 immigration act, "House owners, heads of household, landlords or managers of hotels who accommodate foreign nationals on a temporary basis who stay in the kingdom legally, must notify the local immigration authorities within 24 hours from the time of arrival of the foreign national via Mobile Application"

What about the illegal ones?

10 hours ago, crazygreg44 said:

"The Atlanta native said she was not angry with Thai immigration - the family just couldn't keep their mother here when the rules changed"

 

 . . .the Thai Immigration rules never changed.

 

It was the U.S. Embassy that stopped issueing "Income Affidavits" for the 86,000 THB she paid monthly for her Mum's care home. Actually the Embassy had in the meantime lied on her behalf - the payments were in no way any "income" of her Mum. She even mentioned this hard fact in her first statement, but this got snowed under in all the following comments.  

 

Personally I had wished for a solution offered by an Immigration Boss, because they are entitled to be lenient with some individual cases, and that sadly never happened

The Thai Immigration rules DID change! Prior to "Big Joke"'s appointment the requirement was a Proof of Income letter from your Embassy OR 800,000 baht deposited in a Thai bank and left untouched for 3 months prior to the date of application for a visa/extension. Then Immigration insisted that the Proof of Income letter was verified (they didn't ask for that before) and then they changed the rules by stating that the 800,000 baht requirement not only had to be in for 3 months BEFORE the extension -  it had to be left in the bank untouched for  a FURTHER 3 months AFTER the extension, and then only 400,000 baht could be taken out - the remaining 400,000 baht to be left in there permanently. (There is also the 65,000 baht a month deposited in a Thai bank for 12 months prior to the application option, and in the case of being married to a Thai national the above requirements are reduced by app 50%))

 "But this got snowed under in all the following comments"             

"A build up of trash by drains in Soi Wat Bun Samphan was inhibiting fast drainage."

The drains should be charged for damaging Thailand's image! Naughty drains

5 hours ago, bluesofa said:

So the 'app' that the DLT promoted prematurely months ago will not be accepted at all:

"Pheeraphon Thawornsupcharoen of the DLT. "Thais will not need to carry a license any more. Just show your smart phone"." [quoted from the news article below]

 

Initially the police said it wasn't yet an option, as the law had not yet to changed to allow for this.

Now, we're on to 'double-speak' from the police saying it's 'not an option'.

 

 

Just another instance of somebody showing that they are more important than somebody else!

6 hours ago, petedk said:

Oh, I can see what's coming next.

 

 

We can no longer carry photos of our passports and must have the real thing on us.

I would rather pay a fine for not carrying my "real thing" than run the risk of losing it or having it stolen and have all the hassle and expense of getting it replaced ( and probably have to pay for a replacement visa!)

Nice of everybody to rush to the guy's assistance! As a previous poster said, at least the motor cyclist didn't "leg it", but his primary concern was for his bike, and the noodle shop owner just gawked at the poor chap lying on the ground.

9 hours ago, darksidedog said:

TAT doesn't expect people to have the intelligence to do the calculations. I honestly believe half the world could get wiped out and visitor numbers would still rise.

I'm actually surprised - no, VERY surprised that the following statement is attributed to "the tourism ministry" :-

"Visitors from China, Thailand’s biggest source of tourists, dropped 8.89% in April from a year earlier after falling 1.87% in March."

Better keep looking after the farang expats for a little bit longer then!

20 hours ago, DrTuner said:

These are the "packaged" expats that come for a few years max from other countries to execute some job that can't be locally sourced. Multinationals mostly, you need to be in one and up the corporate ladder before you can dream of being sent out with full package.

But -  but - but - I thought "farangs" were dumb?

"Thailand also offers access to excellent health care, provided at world-class private hospitals by internationally trained doctors. But you need to be able to afford it."

As is obvious from another post on TV where at one of these "world class private hospitals" someone was charged 30,000 baht for diarrhoea! And that is by no means an isolated incident - these hospital scams are a regular occurrence and seem to target the walking (or stretcher borne) ATMS that are called "farangs" in this country.

11 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Well I have heard of a couple, one was admitted and treated, both he and the hospital thinking he had good insurance. Sadly the insurance company didn't agree and the bill was sizeable.

I have certainly heard of cases where people were treated and allowed to accrue substantial bills, even checked but owing money, quite a bit of signing required. Not everyone used to keep chunks of money in the Thai bank.... (although we do now!)

I just wonder how big is this issues, most cases publicized seem to be tourist accidents. 

"most cases publicized seem to be tourist accidents."

Nail - head! 

2 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Er - isn't it supposed to be a holiday? Do liquor sellers here get annual leave? Probably not; however, 6 days mandated annual leave is not over-generous. I suspect the reason Thailand has so many public holidays is an example of Thainess in operation. Sorry, drifting a bit off topic.

 

Er - Is the holiday not on Monday in lieu of today?

4 hours ago, madmen said:

Yeah right never met a drinker who switched off when having a good time. Its always the alcoholics who try to hard to justify their drinking.

Alcoholics usually try to cover up their drinking, and I enjoy a few drinks but know when I've had enough, or my wife lets me know! ????

So you are wrong on both counts, but carry on thinking that way if it turns you on to have a go at drinkers and alcoholics - you probably hate smokers too!

44 minutes ago, nupersoodles said:

A common enough sight around the likes of Soi 6 or Sukhumvit, but it makes my heart sink to learn filth like this are appearing in, comparatively, backwater parts like Udon. 
 

I'm not familiar with Udon, but was thinking of giving it a whirl later this summer. Hopefully this was just an isolated incident.

Well as it happened in November last year, he's probably been "isolated" already!

12 hours ago, Mango Bob said:

RPI too young to die.   I wonder if the new insurance rules had anything to do with it?

Presume you mean RIP? If so I agree with you, and as his age is not known, one could say that anyone is too young to die in these circumstances.