koolbreez

The local culture that exists everywhere, even in the different sections of Bangkok, is just like how I grew up in small town rural America in the 50s and 60s. Small family owned businesses everywhere, not taken over, and driven out, by major corporations yet. The community takes care of everyone else in the community. There was one dominant religion. This is just like where I grew up, and understand how it all operates at the local level. I won't go into detail in this thread. This is home.

You seem to think you are entitled to stay here long term because you are thinking you can use a loophole in what you think is the law. Any official reference concerning law that this that you find will also say at the discretion of immigration. When they decide you are trying to stay long term as a tourist then you experience exactly what you experienced. Immigration isn't stupid, and this has been going on for over a decade. It's not new. Also, when immigration decides you aren't entering they don't arrest you. You simply are refused entry and go back where you came from to get the correct visa.

Don't believe most of the propaganda about ending recreational use. This is being done to placate a number of complaining countries in this region of the world as Thailand works out all the laws and regulations to govern the industry, and Thailand is researching, and looking at everything. An important factor is the income taxes paid by the industry after one full year. A big thing about Thailand is they will listen to others, but when it comes down to it, and after their own research, Thailand will do exactly what Thailand wants to do.

Because of what happened last time this was done, the last government put the stipulation that the certificates of use could not be sold or transferred, preventing any foreclosure on the land for planting and growing loan default. Being poor they have very limited loan services available, and it takes money to raise a crop. A few major land owning corporations set up loan programs, then after a few years, when they defaulted on the loans, they foreclosed, and sharcropped the land back to them so they could continue to farm, but with a big slice taken out as the fees. This new titling of the agro land, with the right to transfer title is another setup to gain more government land by a few individual corporations, the same way they did it before. The poor farmers will be much worse off.