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13 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Just for comparison purposes, I was looking back at my notes for the same kind of visit to BKK CW Immigration last year

thanks for the report!

but seriously you take notes?!

some of you guys really get into this visa stuff ????

3 minutes ago, Henrik Andersen said:

Funny and strange story but my problem is 

They closed my icecream shop too I love sit eating ice cream there

 

ah jeez heaven forbid you won't be able to get your 99 in the morning 

10 minutes ago, SABloke said:

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news: AirBNB has been illegal for a long time already. But so has driving on the sidewalks, driving against traffic, running through red lights, driving on the hard shoulder, buying alcohol on religious holidays, buying alcohol near educational institutions, paying bribes, accepting bribes, and the list goes on and on.

 

The point is: Whether something is illegal is of no consequence in Thailand - if the RTP isn't enforcing a law, you basically have permission to do it. The fact that you assumed that AirBNB was legal (due to the thousands of publicly available rentals in Thailand) proves the point nicely. 

airbnb is not illegal, short term lets are, airbnb does longer lets too but it is up to the user to set minimum days stay (and obviously abuse thai laws if they feel inclined)

anyways looks like all this is mute anyway the 'hotel' in question is still taking bookings so i assume they were doing nothing wrong 

carry on nothing to see here

by stable they mean not getting any worse i presume.

doesn't mean the situation is good just crap again this year

1 hour ago, vogie said:

And when the police are not interested, and you will not believe this.....most people don't send a recording of it to the Guardian.

 

'most people' don't have the next prime minister living next door!!

i certainly would lol

41 minutes ago, Kohkah said:

The difficulty is to separate the quality visitors, tourists, pensioners and immigrants from the crap.

Right now it feels more like their difficulty is seperating the quality visitors and tourists from the pensioners, immigrants and crap ????

21 hours ago, evadgib said:

Hmmm, a disgruntled neighbour known to have put a professionally produced poster on BJ's car that said something like "I'd rather have BJ as a neighbour than a Prime minister" (seen elsewhere this morning) and who alledgedly went as far as to turn this into Fred and Rose?

 

I suspect Joe Public will see this for what it is; A desperate attempt by remain that only usually works in UK's draconian family courts.

you do know the other guy (Hunt) is a brexiteer too? in fact he was quotes yesterday as saying:

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Hunt used the hustings to harden his position on no-deal saying he would “100%” leave the EU at the end of October with no deal if he believed the EU was not willing to compromise.

thats the same policy stance as Boris.. Negotiate or No Deal

so, are you actually saying there is a remainer plot to get Boris ruled out so the other brexiter can force a no deal too?

do you realize how idiotic that sounds??!

maybe Hunt will throw his toys out of his pram next and we'll have no leader ????‍♀️

i'd say Boris is doing his best to throw this, without ruining his career, because he doesn't want the poison chalice. either that or he really is a buffoon lol

he's doing a theresa may and throwing this on purpose

reality has set in & he doesn't want it

another politician looking after number 1 rather than doing his duty

2 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Authorities are also reportedly planning amendments of the Hotel Act to bring room-sharing platforms like Airbnb under a legislative framework. Currently the act allows accommodation offerings with less than four rooms to operate without a hotel licence.

so smaller properties have 90 days to comply with regulations that haven't even been amended yet?

????

maybe try payoneer a lot of freelancers use that now instead of paypal

maybe your employer would consider an account with them

22 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

Yuan against Baht has been relatively stable since being fully convertible 6-7 years ago. 

err its down 22% in 2 years. how is that stable?

30 minutes ago, Denim said:

Excellent news. What a great time to quit Thailand , liquidate assets here and take them back home.

 

Coming in got 75 ...... Taking back

home only have to pay 30.

haha yeah - time to cash in some of my thai assets as well. cha-ching!

8 hours ago, patinchis said:

I can’t even get to the end of the form online without it saying access denied or freezing despite numerous attempts....I’m wanting to apply for a new O-A.....I hope it’s just the bedding in period of the website....but what will people do who can’t operate or get their online applications done?.......


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do they not have beta-testers in thailand?

1 hour ago, yogi100 said:

Thanks Joe.

 

I'm retired and I only want to come to Pattaya two or three times a year and stay for 2 or 3 months each time.

 

Any suggestions?

 

It's unbelievable what they want us to do to spend a bit time and often a considerable amount of money in their country. I usually spend 4 - 5,000 GBPs (150K - 190K baht in the three months that I'm there. That's not including the Thai Airways flight.

 

Many blokes spend more than that.

 

I remember when they used to welcome us with open arms.

ah but you see we are now competing with mass tourism and these 'new tourists' spend approximately 50,000 baht per person (according to the figures released yesterday) but unlike you and me they'll go home after a few days so while we are gobbling up all the resources for our 3 month stays they can cram 20 or 30 of them through in the same time frame.

all of the upside, none of the mongering. 

game over.

good article on the damage being done to european cities by airbnb

tl/dr:

• in some cities more than half of available rentals are now airbnb
• rental rates for long terms rising by as much as 40%
• housing stock being depleted for residents
• 60K listings in paris alone

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jun/20/ten-cities-ask-eu-for-help-to-fight-airbnb-expansion

same or similar starting to happen here in hua hin for sure

i thought chiang mai was now the peak of efficiency now and no more 4/6am queueing?

reverting back to the bad old days?

48 minutes ago, Okis said:

That sum will probally be higher in the future

hard to see it rising much higher otherwise the monthly requirement would need to rise as well and lets face it its already at the upper end of even the western scale for pensions unless you are a gov worker, doctor, etc

1 minute ago, somtumwrong said:

In my country in the Schengen area, once you marry your family is protected. My embassy wanted 1234 things to be verified before giving Thai gf a short visa. After being with her for multiple years and then marrying, she gets no questions asked, does not need to pay any visa fee as she is married, and gets a multiple year visa without questions asked. She can move to my country by just going with me to the police station and saying she stays here with me.

 

If you are married in Thailand for 1,5,10 or 15 years, you still have to play their little timewasting immigration game. I think our system is much more friendly, don't you?

i do!

by the way which is your country?