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Fortunately, aside from the "Thai are best" thinking, the government here does not seem to have any real bias. While foreigners will be used by the media and government when convenient, that is, as they say, just politics. I feel like the government recognizes the value of expats, and generally does a decent job of accommodating us. What confuses foreigners the most at the start is the convoluted nature of immigration here. But once you understand the driving forces behind this convolution, you will also understand that immigration will fight tooth and nail to prevent such a a valuable industry from being squeezed. So, confusion and frustration is guaranteed, but it seems unlikely that Thailand would choose a direction that results in a mass exodus of expats.

Girlfriend bites me like that all the time. She calls it a "love bite". So far no need for stitches.

Aren't foreign couples allowed to register an existing marriage here? I thought that was possible.

They fixed it before the year 1457.

Husband: Honey, I won the lottery! Pack your bags! Wife: Wow! That incredible! Where are we going? Husband: I am staying here. Pack your bags and get lost.

I do not think you will have any problems with two entries. This is not uncommon, and it not the type of travel that immigration is concerned about. They are concerned about border runs used to stay long term. It is very common for travelers to enter Thailand 2 or 3 times as they travel about SEA. Also, the fact that you will spend more than 1 day in Vietnam is an indication that you are not border running for a long stay in Thailand.

Indeed! And how many terawatts of electricity is consumed by the giant TVs spewing ads all over BKK like Blade Runner BKK.

The best solution is to put up screens or nets or the equivalent. My maid put out large coke bottles filled with water, but it seemed to make no difference. (supposedly, something about the light interacting with the bottles was supposed to help - didn't). Neighbors invested in some sort of "nails for your feet" strips of nails that the pigeons seemed to navigate just fine. I finally found these long thin spikey wires on a piece of plastic that you tape down. Those worked great, but make the space you placed them utterly unusable. I ended up putting up a net to keep them out and it was the only thing that really worked.

1) I am not sure. 2) Your dividends will look like income, thus requiring income tax be paid. 3) In the US, the IRS complained when my salary was more than 50% below the industry average. Here, I am not sure if they have any such thresholds. And, if the dividends are taxed like income, it does not matter. BUT, the government will have issues with workers not registered and not paying into social security. 4) I suspect the issue you are going to have is having a company that has no salaries and yet produces an income. Again, dividends are normal and I believe can be any size, but the government is going to be more interested in any attempts to dodge social security contributions, which you might appear to be doing. It sounds as if you have outside work that generates revenue, and you are trying to "wrap" a Thai company "around that" income for some reason that escapes me. I suspect you will find there is no real advantage to doing that, and a lot of costs and pitfalls.

My KPlus app allows me to register my debit/credit cards, then I can set limits on each of them within the app. Single purchase, as well as daily limits. I can also limit the amount that can be transferred from my account, as well as ATM withdrawals.

And they got a lesson in optics. How to manipulate them.

He is still insisting that it was for personal use.

It is similar to other markets like these. Many exchanges were taking in crypto and loaning it for a return. The loans became loans on top of loans. In other words - Counter-party Risk. As soon as one link in the chain breaks, it cascades, with people simply not returning capital (or, in this case, crypto). As exchanges began to get the equivalent of "bank runs", they would need to lock up the capital to prevent insolvency. This has to propagate through until all counter-party failures are completed, then it can reset, rebuild, repeat. Not the fault of crypto, per se, but of exchanges replicating the issues created by any trade involving a counter-party, and banking on ever higher values to sustain the leverage. Those with coins in their own wallets did not get screwed, other than watching the price of BTC, et.al., plummet from the highs. This is why old-timers, such as myself, like gold. There is no counter-party risk, if you have physical gold in your possession.

Thailand can be cheap or expensive. Depends on your preferences. I could easily live in BKK on 40K per month and be quite content. I could easily live in BKK on 300K per month and still want more.

He will need a better tailor to step up to that.

Agents, in general, are 100% legal. Some agents are exceptionally good at what they do. That said, some do provide services that are questionable. For myself, having to renew a work permit, then an extension based on that work permit (the extension requiring nearly 100 pages of documentation, all in Thai), there is no way on earth I would renew without an agent.

There is no such thing as "a kind of independent WP for foreigners" What you are confusing is that some years ago, the rules were "relaxed" on work permits to allow someone with a work permit to work at multiple locations, or even in some cases, multiple jobs. However, the work permit itself did not change. In other words, you still need to have a work permit based on the existing requirements - working for a company that issues the WP. For example, I have a work permit issued to me by my company to work as a software developer / manager. Once I have that work permit, I can then work another job that is not listed on the work permit. However, you do still need to have the employer who issued the WP approve that additional work. In other words, the employer who issues the WP must be aware of and approve the additional work.

Maybe you are from the US (Georgia is in your name, but maybe that is the Georgia next to Eastern Europe). I am from Michigan. When I first came to Thailand in 2002, the experience was mind blowing. Dropping acid would be the only thing I can think of that affected me more. You may not find yourself, but I believe it will help you move in that direction. Book the trip, plan a two or three month stay. Do Bangkok, an island, then maybe some time in Isaan. I would not try to move around too much. It will just waste time and energy. Settle into a location. Absorb it. The almost overwhelming sensation of being in such a foreign place is incredible. It has real value.

It is what kept him going. Myself, if it weren't for caffeine, I would be in a coma.

The green card is of little consequence, since no one will be checking that. If you can book the plane ticket with the name in her passport, you should be fine. The airlines and immigration are only interested in her passport. Then, upon arrival, you can get a new passport issued with her new last name.

This may sound crazy, but another possible solution is to fix your marriage. If that is not in the realm of possibilities, it does sound as if your wife could be quite reasonable - in other words, it is not a "hot" break up with a lot of hard feelings. If neither of you has a pressing need to be single, you could agree to leave the status quo for a year, maybe two, to give you time to sort out your life.