JamieM

Just now, anotheruser said:

 

Well it is rather telling what you can get accused oif bragging about around here. Mention you stayed at a nice resort and people will attack you because they can live for 3 months up in Udon on the same amount.

I knew a guy like that who used to get weird with me for eating at decent restaurants he would eat in rat infested s***holes in the jungle last time I saw him he was yellow and had lost all his weight he died of some kind of parasite in the end.

55 minutes ago, dick dasterdly said:

And also people that you would assume aren't rich - but are actually incredibly wealthy!

Agreed smart people don't flaunt wealth especially somewhere that life is so cheap. I once met a guy in Bangkok who insisted on telling everyone we met he was a millionaire upon first meeting them I haven't seen him for a while I sometimes wonder if he made his backpacking trip around Myanmar Laos and Cambodia.

9 minutes ago, anotheruser said:

 

There are a few around but you won't bump into them here or on the visa forums because they simply don't care, they don't have to. 

Agreed I have come to the conclusion that there are a lot of people who act like they have way more money than they actually do here. Third world millionaires I call them if they had the money the act like they have they would be on the back of a yacht in Monaco :D 

Just now, cheechee said:

Its for elite . Not for English Teachers!   Lots of responsible people make well over $3,000 a month.

I have yet to meet these elite you speak of that earn $3000 a month without working in Thailand? 

Just now, louse1953 said:

I rekon somebody in the govt reads all this and gets their brain farts from us.No wonder they come up with so many crap ideas.

When I saw this I thought finally they have something for the under 50's but no still stuck in limbo get the elite or marry a local. Doesn't make any sense at all!

12 minutes ago, tj916 said:

 

Please don't tell me one of your 'big bikes' is a Harley?

It is isn't it?

Ahh what a vision the elder easy rider with the wind flowing through his solitary hair somewhere in Pattaya :D

Just now, anotheruser said:

 

Breeders always think they are doing the world some sort of favor. 

Yes it's almost like they expect them to roll out the red carpet because they managed to knock a bar girl up.

2 minutes ago, dick dasterdly said:

I'm tired of posts going on about Westerners 'with families'.

 

Single people are likely to spend just as much money (if not more) in local shops and on local services because we have a larger disposable income.

 

If I said that I deserved special consideration because I've adopted soi dogs, would you consider this a good argument?

It's just another way of saying how they deserve to be here more than us as usual. 

Just now, anotheruser said:

 

Yeah they always said if you are under 50 you should be able to be rich enough to afford the Elite visa. I do have a TE visa and now I think I can say if you don't have the money for the newest requirements you should go make more to the over 50 crowd.

 

Now all they have to do is ban guys over 50 from getting married like Cambodia did. Sorry if it sounds spiteful but there wasn't much sympathy when the shoe was on the other foot.

 

It's not spiteful you are within your rights to say that considering how they have been gloating over us for all this time. Karma indeed!

Just now, elviajero said:

Probably because they are talking about a new visa and not changing the existing extension of stay requirements.

Thanks for letting us know capitan did ubon joe just write that somewhere?

Just now, kannot said:

u cant  polish a turd

true haha some of these guys reek of wanting all other farrangs gone I wonder if they are getting tired of the competition? sore little old men.

Just now, free123 said:

if i would be government i would ask a fluent level of thai languagge AND the proove of a job that pays 100000 bhat a month ( the falang work in thailand ) or a oversee pension that pays same ...than i give visa forever .... no speak thai at university level go home to learn it....see u in a year at the home embassy...where u make test before u enter

Why would you do that? so that you would be more attractive when the competition is gone? :D

Just now, Jingthing said:

Perhaps. I've never done that. I used to be a backpacker myself. Good times.

It's nice to hear that you aren't one of the guys that have mocked us. As these people are finding out its the uncertainty that gets to you even if this doesn't come about the uncertainty is not nice.

Just now, Jingthing said:

You're right. It's very vulgar behavior to mock people over income level. Welcome to thaivisa!

The irony is the vulgar people who have been mocking the younger ones in the visa section are the one's that will be affected by this. 

I wonder if this is a reality check for over 50's who are constantly scoffing on at the younger members in visa section? You may not be so holier than us for much longer unless you have 100k a month income and don't fancy marrying a bar girl named ting tong :D

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Hi Ubonjoe, do you know if those of us with a multi entry 60 day tourist visa will still be able to extend for 30 days after the 29th? any advice appreciated