foxzami

thais  have to  vbe  the  worst drivers in the  world. They take  no notice of  driving laws  overtake  with their motorbikes  each side of  your  vehicle  speed  at  dnagerous levels  Fail  to  stop  at pedestrian  crossings  whch in other  countries  drrivers  will lose  their licence  instantly.  The  number of  deaths on  the roads  says it all  showing  the  irresponible  and reckless  way  they drive  and  value  life

On 10/20/2019 at 10:46 AM, johnmcc6 said:

Did you show letter from center link or get some other letter. If other letter  how did you get it?

On 10/20/2019 at 10:46 AM, johnmcc6 said:

Did you show letter from center link or get some other letter. If other letter  how did you get it?

its amazing  how  quick they  can  change the  rules  to  suit  when it  has  become  evident  the thai tourist  industry is  now  being  hit  where it  hurts  from  the  decrease in  chinese tourists. Thay  had  been  pandering to  the  chinese  whilst increasingly making  thin gs  harder  for  other  expats,  especially  when it comes  to  new  rules  and regulations on  visas. maybe  they still might wake  up  that  the  expat  on extended  visas in general  already put  a large amount of money  all  up into  the thai economy  . but  that wasnt  enough they are  now  having  to depositlarge  amounts of  cash into  thai  banks  and have half  it sit there for  not  being  able  to access it. and  that amount of THB400000  is not  small  change to  many  people  throughout  the  world. now  lets  wait  and  see  what happens to  Thai  economy  relying on tourists  dollars  when  the ever  closing downturn in  world economies  really starts  to hit

Unfortunate situation if course. Yet it seems there is far more concern and media coverage when the victim us a Thai national.There have been numerous expats fall to their deaths from Pattaya over recent years yet there never seems to be any real investigations into these incidents.The authorities usually saying they are all accidents or suicides Never any suspicious  circumstance seems never to be I question when an expat hurtles

from a high rise balcony

This  situation  happens all the  time and  has  been  just  another scam  carried out  by  Thais  for  decades  now.the laws in Thailand  also make this practice  easy  for deceitful Thais  to  carry out   because of the ruling  that if  a foreigner buys land or house or  both he or  she must be in partnership  with a Thai national   and  even if  that Thai person does nort  contribute one baht to  the purchase  they  are automatically  owner of 51% of  the property. Welcome  to  Liarland  lAND OF  SCAMS. a SMILE  TO  YOUR  FACE  BUT  BEWARE OF  THE DAGGER  THEY  HOLD BEHIND  THEIR  BACK

this is an endemic part of  the major percentage of the Thai population.I  have  found  that they cheat on money matters not  just with foreigners the targets  but  with  their own friends  or  any vulnerable  Thai where they see a chance to ripp them off.The saying i heard years  back about Thais  real  nature I observe on a regular  basis .  It  goes...  With the Thais its whats yours is mine  but what mine is mine

I remember  when the Asian crash occurred when Thailand  was almost begging  for  westerners  to come to live  here of  course  bringing  their money  with them  as  the Thai baht  plunged  to very low  levels.Now in 2019 the Thai baht is  fairly  strong and  with  tourism still  among  the  strongest revenue   raiser for  the Kingdom  the powers  that be seem now to  have  decided  to introduce measures making it much more  difficult for foreigners  who havemade a decison to make Thailand their retirement home.For many years  previous Retirement visa  holders were only to provide proof of having a income from outside Thailand of THB800,000 per annumn Those on  the said visa seemed happy with that and it seemed to have run smoothly for well over  the last decade. Now  the  current change regarding the THB800,000 annual income rules  looks  and  feels like  some sort of  deliberate  attack on Retirement  visa holders to make obtaining  or retaining the visa much  more  difficult  financially and when  one looks  at  the rules to this  change  can  resemble a form of  extortion  and  bordering on being an act of racism. I am not  trying to be an alarmist but  the situation is now this. Gone is  the renewal option of proving  a person has a annual income of THB800000 or for those who could  top up  their Thai Bank accounts  to  that  amount shortly  before  renewing  retirement visas . Instead Foreigners  are now under  the  new rules  that state perons who apply  for a retirement visa must  either show that they have  been banking THB65000 per month into a Thai Bank account;or have THB800000 in a Thai Bank account 3 months before  renewal or applying for the visa  and that amount must stay the same for 2 months  after the visa  has   been approved. The rest of  the year the visa holder can only withdraw 50% of  that money which  means  ANY FOREIGNER ON RETIREMENT VISA  must keep at a minimun THB400000 in a Thai Bank account. This is  their moiney no one elses  yet they are not alllowed  to withdraw it from  a bank and use their own savings as they desire. hence  the Thai Banks  have all these accounts  with THB400000 in  their for 7 months of  the year guaranteed and THB800000  in these accounts  for  the other 5 months. Even if  Retirement visa  holders  may own condos in Thailand  outright valued  much more  than THB800000 the immmigration dept  will not  consider  that as  PART  of a persons financial  standing even though it can prove  by living in your own home  fully paid  for that a  person  does not need to raise money  ffor rental purposes.   Imagine if  the same rules  were applied to Thai nationals  living and  working overseas  say USA  that would force a Thai National to have USD25000 in a USA Bank for  7 months of the year and  the rest of the year only allowed  to access half of  what is  their own money around USD12500  The  reality is  many American people  do not have  that sort of  sAVINGS LEVELS  GOING ON IN THEIR  ACCOUNTS AS AS  MANY OTHER COUNTRIES  Im  sure  the screams of  its a form of  exortion  etc  would be heard from  the Thai  people if this was done  to them  OS.  Sorry it just seems to me  that this new ruling is  another way of  extorting money  from foreigners  and  at the same  time making the Thai  Banks look  more profitable

Wristbands for  foreigners!!  See how  their  tourist  numbers  go if  this  goes  ahead. A similar Nazi Party   tactic  to make public people  under scrutiny  wear id in public