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9 minutes ago, Steiner said:

I once worked in restaurant inspections in the UK, I only ever chained one restaurant's doors on the spot.
Now I work in property and I visit a lot of restaurants when they are working, I've never been in a Bkk restaurant that would come close to passing health standards and the vast majority I would chain the doors immediately if I was working in that job here.

Proper storage temperatures, separating uncooked and cooked foods from each other and things like fresh cream and cut fruit, or using different chopping boards for raw meat and salads is practically unheard of.

 

The sheer volume of dishes that are washed in small basins or sinks of cold water and get a minimal rinse (dipped in another small sink or basin of cold greasy soapy water) before being placed in the 'clean' pile is incredible.
I don't eat street food, there is simply no way to guarantee the hygiene of it, and although I know I probably won't get sick, its a hygiene choice for me. And most of it tastes disgusting, dried for hours over a few coals and basted with a perennially topped up and stored in the heat marinade, I'll pass.

 

The amount of putrid food in Tesco and Big C is incredible, I see staff replenishing rows of chicken when there are bloated packets of yellow to green chicken sitting there, it's just that inane laziness and 'not thinking too much' mentality.

Walking through any of the big supermarkets, although Big C is the worst, there is often an area where you can smell rotting meat.

Then again we do live in a 3rd world country...

i bet you have never seen a day dot here LOL

the furthest anyone goes in regards to food inspections

is they print HACCP on the packet (without even knowing what it means)

food inspections in Thailand

funniest thing i heard all year

why are you getting married, or why do you want too ?

what benefits are there ?

if there are none, then why marry someone when its obvious your miles apart

at least LIVE WITH EACH OTHER FIRST for at least a few years

have you met ALL her family ?

have you met them enough to make a firm opinion about them ?

just from reading your post, it sounds like you are in la la land (no offense)

she changes job preventing her to visit you

you want something all romantic.............

sounds like you need to be a bit more seasoned here mate

and you at least need to be here living with her for at least of couple of years

or she needs to be living with you in your home for a good while

otherwise you may soon learn a bit about about some thai culture

20 hours ago, Hutch68 said:

So we may need a trump victory. I'd vote for him he's got spunk and his wife's a bit of a looker.
Up Donnie Darko!


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mate remember i said this, and then if you decide not to do this

you can reflect on your actions in 3-4 months, and say why didnt i listen

Firstly right now, use your GBP to acquire Bitcoin (PM me if you need help)

second, apply for a Xapo card (xapo.com)

now depending what you think about future, you can order a USD or GBP xapo card

(personally if using in Thailand i would advise you get a USD card due to exchange rates)

if you have a family member back home, you could order 2 xapo cards 1 in USD and 1 in GBP

(your xapo card will need to be delivered to a UK address, you will also need a utility bill to verify to remove limits)

wait until March when you need the money

then use your xapo card to spend your bitcoin, which by then should have increased in value

(i would estimate at least 20% from todays value of  720USD/570GBP/25200THB)

the increase in bitcoin value will easily cover any fees or costs associated with this method

On 05/11/2016 at 9:50 AM, Fairynuff said:

When I looked at opening a foreign currency account the charges were so high there seemed to be little benefit in having the account (Krungsi bank)

i have an FCD account with Krugsri

2.5% to deposit funds

not really high if the exchange rate changes by more than 10%

(you also pay 1% fee, if you want to withdraw GBP in cash, if you withdraw in Thai baht they also give you a slightly better rate than what is stated)

This is interesting. It looks as if foreigners will be excluded though.

http://pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/227086/sole-foreigners-barred-running-business-thailand/

is that story serious...................?

it does have false info, stating UK companies must be registered by a single person is dribble

and i doubt it in US and DE too

yes they allow individuals to register

but does not mean only an individual can register

i could see the logic if they were just allowing individuals to register a limited company etc.

but stating only an individual can register is just idiotic

it means less companies would be registered not more

as people wont risk their money if they can have their name on the paper

and for freigners it would mean putting 100% in wifes name lol, or some random

can really see that working out

where do these people buy their coffee ?

I've just got my multiple non-o based on marriage from Savannaket (27/03/16) and it's the same process as always. However 2 interesting things occurred during my latest trip.

First, when leaving for my trip I couldn't find my photos ... Didn't seem to mind as I remembered a ramshackle hut next to the Thai embassy in Laos that could knock me up a couple of passport photos. BIG mistake! I exited Thailand and arrived at the Laos border (on the bus across the friendship bridge) only to need a photo for my Laos entry visa. I didnt have one. My mind pictured me having to reboard the bus, re-enter Thailand find a Kodak shop, return to Laos and try to get to the embassy before 11am. Massive panic for about 15 minutes before I sheepishly approached the immigration officer and explained my situation. No problem he took a photocopy of my passport instead. panic over.

Arrive at the embassy and head to the ramshackle hut to get some photos. (It's now opposite the embassy instead of next to it) and the owner started helping me fill out my form. He then asked me if I wanted a 'same day visa' and that he could 'help'. Unfortunately I had already booked and paid for a room in Savannaket for the night so I politely declined. I didn't enquirer as to how much his 'help' would cost but I would have certainly been interested as there is nothing to do in Savannaket except get drunk and wait for your visa.

Anyway everything worked out ok, visa is fine. Good luck in the Land of Smiles

good to hear that they can help you get same day service (even though i literally booked my hotel)

but i will see how much they want for same day service next week

i dont mind paying for hotel for just a few hours if it means i can get back a day earlier

Also it I illegal in all countries for you to give your pas to some else or for then o hold your passport, especially if it is an employer, this is called human slavery, you may want to think about contacting an anti human slavery or trafficking group for help

Go see a lawyer and Sue the school, this will cost you money and take time. Go to Laos or Cambodia for a year, or go home, change name, get we passport, when you com back find a new school to work at as the school seems to have caused all your problems, and Yeh they will only care about covering the in own backsides, an probably do not care one bit about what happens to you.

If you can earn some money on your online business but not enough for all the expenses with travel and visas , right now Thailand is not the best country to stay in . Try Cambodia where you will get a 1 year business visa ,(no questions asked) for around $250 .

he does not have an online business as such, he wants to deal with customers offline, doing web design, basically knocking up websites for local businesses, which would not class as an online business in thailand, and he would need set up shop here to operate that way.

Now that the army are in charge of stamping out corruption.. Here in chiang Mai you can just go an buy yourself a 1 year ED visa for self defense.. No one dare care about attendance and your red carpeted through immigration as its military handers.. 32k baht.. easy..

However the fact that you have already realized its illegal to work online and dont care and think an ED visa is 'too hard' because it involves classes.. Puts you squarely in the people who this is designed to keep out.

It is NOT illegal to work online, if you work online only, and none of your business is done offline or using thai banks.

To work online you must only do work when at a PC, meaning you could work from anywhere, this is perfectly fine and legal to do in thailand as it would be impossible to anything about people that work from a phone or laptop.

but this guy wants to sell websites to people offline, which is illegal and is not an online business.

Seems the oldies who are working at Phuket immigration as foreign volunteers are working on retirement visas, not volunteering visas as you've pointed out in the below post with your friend as an example. Immigration doesn't seem to care if people work illegally....at least in Phuket it seems they don't

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/911026-do-busy-immigration-offices-use-foreigners-or-thai-interns-to-check-documents-answer-questions/#entry10663996

Those volunteers actually get paid as well, much as i dont care about others situations, what you going to do, report them to the people that pay them and are in charge of such issues lol

we should all just be greatful immigration now have these expats there, as some are very helpful

(not to be confused with expats working as tourist police)

reading above you had funds sent to a thai bank account

i would not worry so much

as no refunds in Asia lol

and nobody can empty your account with bank details no,

but they can setup direct debits with just your details which will take money from your account (but these are easily reversed)

there are other things you can do with peoples bank account but you also need a few other details, but i am not posting such info here.

really there is no way he can reverse the payment,

however, he can later inform his bank that you scammed him and sent him an empty box

this would mean your bank account is part of fraudelant scam

in turn the bank then freezes your account to investigate

(i had this happen very recently through a misunderstanding)

you will then be forced to sort it out with who made complaint

or bank will reverse payment and then invesitage your account completely before unfreezing

If i was you, i would first not give out bank details, if using bank then use pingit or paym, so you only provide your mobile number

but

best choice is tell them pay with paypal (also open to scams)

or get them pay with bitcoin so it cannot be reversed

(there is bitcoin ATM in BKK for you to get cash)

otherwise get the guy to take a selfie holding up his ID

with a note stating he is buying something from you

and when sending take photos of item being packed and sent (even video if value is great)

i would also worry how many other details this person could find out about you

but do watch out incase they pull the old nigerian cheque scam

they send payment by cheque

it shows in account

you send goods

cheque later bounces and funds are removed from your account

parcel is already in the air and delivered next day and nothing you can do about it

I would just buy a condo in a prime location in Bangkok for 3 million baht and live on the rentals, if the location is good enough you can easily get 25k per month. And live on that for as long as you want. But you have to live in a cheap room yourself 5-7000k , no problems if you live alone.

For a 3 Million Condo I not believe you will have a return of 25'000 per month.

Then you have to think, that you normally not will have renters 12 months a year, except you will have a longterm renter, and this one will ask for reduction because you can have a save rental income over several months.

Then you have to pay monthly maintenance fee.. which will deduct your rental income and sometimes have to replace some things. so even less rental income at the end.

I think if you lucky you can count with 15'000 baht per month. then deduct your cheap 7'000 baht rent.. so you would have left 8'000 baht for living......

More rental potential in UK for sure....

More rental potential in UK for sure....

Finally the penny drops, I have 5 of them.

NO WAY, would I ever consider selling them and investing the money here

3 million baht condo, if lucky can maybe get 15,000 per month, if lucky, unless its rented to some farang mug.

where did you get your figures from ?

most condos, bought off plan guarantee a higher rental return than that

condo's you are looking at more like 10% return each year if buying a new condo,

not an old one that has passed through 10 ferangs hands already.

Please do post any links you have for a condo worth 3m, being rented for 15k/month

(a house i could understand as many houses are overpriced now due to land value)

survive, maybe 10 years

live, 5 years

live in Thailand, 1-2 years

In pattaya, 1-2 months lol

obviously the first two i would move

it all depends how you live, age, comforts, habits, addictions, medications

i used to be able to "live" here on 20,000 a month

but now no chance, its more like 60k a month bare minimum to pay bills and eat

and i got no habits, dont drink or smoke etc. and that does not include buying clothes or nice days out

Photoshop

buy a plane ticket, then cancel it

buy a bus ticket

if you think any type of visa is expensive or a hassle to use,

then you will have difficulty staying here

visa's are expensive and a hassle

easiest and cheapest option you have is marry your GF

then go to laos for visa, you get 12 month visa for 3 months a timeyo

u can get 15 months out of it, but you will need to do a border run or leave every 90 days.

This way you wont need funds in bank.

As for your "online" business, they way you explained it, does not sound like it qualifies for an online business,

as you state you will deal with clients offline, this will cause problems here and i dont think you have done your research correctly.

If you had a website offering web design online only then you would be ok

but if you meet people in person here, and i assume accept cash or payment offline,

this will not be in the same class as a completely online business, where all payments go through a foreign bank,

and taxes would be paid in your home country (or wherever bank account is located)

so you would be working ILLEGALLY

(from how little you have researched visa's it would be safe to assume you have not researched this enough or contacted amd paid a lwayer for advice)

but for visa's

you dont want a tourist visa because you dont want to travel (like a tourist would) and you thinks it would be expensive

(although you think getting a dodgy work permit may be cheaper lol)

you dont want a business visa/work permit beacuse you would have to set up a legal business

You dont want an education visa because you would have to be educated

You dont want an elite (do what you want) visa because you must pay for it (this is basically what you want but you want for free/cheap lol)

You dont want a marriage visa because................. (she will take you for everything, or she will run when hearing you say visa's are expensive lol)

you simply cannot have it both ways

welcome to Thailand

and welcome to the club

you pay money, you get hassle and headaches, then you pay some more, then you take a week away and relax,

then come back and do it all over again.

Living in Thailand is not cheap so be prepared to pay.

Let me see if I got this straight. First Thai Immigration freely publishes farang addresses passport numbers, etc on the web. NOW they want bank info so they can publish that as well? What planet are these people from?

exactly, the details they are now asking for can easily be used to steal your identity,

you may find in a years time a lot of ferangs have maxed out a few credit cards they never knew they had.