DUS

Hello,

I have been living in a condo here in Bangkok for almost a year now but the rental agreement was based on a mutual agreement between my Thai landlady (living in Europe) and myself. I know her personally, so written arrangements were not really needed at the time. Since I will change my visa type soon, the 90 days reporting will be on my to do list in the not too distant future. I was told that a formal rental agreement would be beneficial or even needed when visiting Chaeng Wattana in connection with the 90 days report. Now, I want to make this as simple as possible for both the landlady and myself and wondered where I could find a simple 2 - x page contract that I could use and just update with my current address, the rent agreed etc. I´ve found a 14 page bi-lingial TH/UK  sample contract on the web and could use that one but 14 pages sounds a bit excessive and I´d prefer to maybe have a short 2 pager (if possible).

Any help will be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

DUS

For me as someone under the age of 50 TE  is a boon 

But that is of course something u knew alreaday  .... 

Kind of yes ...

Where are you a "resident for tax purposes"? 

I think people cannot give you a firm answer to your questions if we don´t know more about your nationality and where you live (for how long etc).

15 hours ago, anotheruser said:

Wouldn't worry about it too much. The first time you save a bit of money because you went when you wanted and not when you were forced to will be a satisfying feeling. It is a bit of money to pay for all at once but it starts to come back in benefits with in the first year. 

 

 

Thanks! 

TE emailed me back this morning to confirm that they've received my application and that they forwarded it to immigration for their approval. So far so good ... 

I would like to add one aspect of non-ed visas and their extensions: CW here in Bangkok very often only extends by 60 days each time which in combination with the 90 days reports means that you will have the pleasure of visiting immigration very often and more often than not twice within 30 days. That´s something that put me off from applying for the non-ed even though I would have had access to it.

Supply and demand? 

9 minutes ago, midas said:

I have just been reading a thread in which long time TV member “ Mobi “ is saying goodbye to Thailand after 15 years and I am astonished at how many other long-time members have posted contributions in that thread  admitting they and their friends are also leaving.    

I think Thailand is losing its appeal to many people. Just as an example if you read the two expat forums they have in Cambodia you don’t read even half the weird stuff that you do on this forum.  

That´s true, you do read quite a bit about long-timers leaving LoS. But at the same time you cannot avoid reading "Hey, I am coming to TH soon" threads almost daily on TV either. But a few posts on TV certainly aren´t conclusive enough to say whether that means net immigration or net emigration from Thailand.

As for the Cambodia forums: given that Cambodia has significantly fewer expats than TH I am not sure that it is a meaningful comparison. Maybe it is, but I just don´t see it that way. 

That said, that´s probably a topic for a separate thread and not for the TE thread.

8 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Good for you. BTW residency cert is 300 baht at immigration. Thai driving licence around 500 baht, both are a doddle, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

I have the feeling Flustered´s focus isn´t really on getting everything as cheaply but on as conveniently as possible.

Nonetheless, it is good to hear your first hand experience on getting the cert as well as the license. So I give your comment a "LIKE" thumbs up ....

1 minute ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

erm... if the Elite Program had been closed down in June, 2011 what are we discussing in this thread?

 

 

It wasn´t really ... ;-)))

3 minutes ago, JackThompson said:

I am not going to go on a google-search / research project of this board to prove it.  If you haven't seen it, you haven't been paying attention. 

Ok.... fair enough. I just discard your excuse for the "bashers" then.....  

10 minutes ago, midas said:

But again I repeat what I said before. I'm not intending to directly compare the two cards but what I am saying is I still got the benefit of living full-time

Apart from being forced to do the "visa runs" every 90 days and the fact that many, many people are not able to obtain the APEC card, yes, paying 2.000Baht a year is certainly cheaper than 100k. I guess, if I were entitled to the APEC card, I would certainly consider it. Unfortunately, I am a citizen of a country that isn´t a member. 

7 minutes ago, JackThompson said:

The negativity exists, because promoters of this visa tend to fear-monger in other threads - literally celebrating when someone living here on other visas suffers - and predicting doom/gloom and ripping people away from the people and place they care about - to try to scare people into buying it.  Stop doing that, and no one will care that some other option exists.

That´s interesting! Can you link to a few examples of that happening, please! I´d really appreciate that! Thank you!

1 minute ago, Flustered said:

I don't see why all the negativity with this visa.I can only think it is sour grapes.

 

(...)

 

The more visas the merrier.

Couldn´t agree more! Well said!

1 minute ago, midas said:

I don't see how this organisation can justify its charges.

Well, 4k+ members so far have considered the charges to be fair value for them. So, I guess, that´s why TE will continue to market their membership levels at those prices. 

So the APEC card is not an option for many people and even less comparable to  TE and the 5 year visa it represents.

6 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

The APEC card only allows 90 day entries.

You must be from a country that is a member of APEC and be working for a company there to get the card.

APEC member economies fully participating in the scheme include Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, China, Hong Kong (China), Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, and Viet Nam. Canada and the United States are transitional members of the scheme.

29 minutes ago, midas said:

I had no idea there were still losses of 830 million baht hanging over this organisation.  

 

Now it makes sense why some in these threads seem so overly anxious to defend or promote the " benefits ".

Well, for me there is only ONE benefit that really counts... the 5 year visa in my passport. 

Well, assuming all reported figures are correct then I think it is quite an encouraging trend from the operator´s perspective (and also for the current and future members), imho.

But, yes, these numbers are a far cry away from the original lofty projections. :-) 

http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/tourism-and-transport/1245963/elite-card-reports-improved-performance