GeorgeCross

13 hours ago, ozmeldo said:

The Thai arent crying. This is as old as the hills here.

 

Set a dumb farang up with a business

 

Build out the office/resty/pub whatever

 

Sell them durable goods

 

Watch as the business tanks, laughing all the way to the bank.

meanwhile.. set the brother up as the new 'manager'

watch as the business now tanks

clear out the brother and everything else

up the rent whilst waiting for the next mug westerner

repeat the cycle 12 months later

.. yeah, they're proper Warren Buffets over here LOL ..

43 minutes ago, cyberfarang said:

Immigration are also going to start questioning how those on yearly married to a Thai spouse extensions that are under retirement age obtain their incomes.

i've been asked this every year for the last 5 years - (non-o marriage, 400K in bank, hua hin office)

i think it's a standard question on the IO interview already

48 minutes ago, merijn said:

According to the officer the normal 6 months validation period will be honored.

 

Only government pensions are accepted at this stage.

jeez it goes from bad to worse, agents are gonna be dancing in the streets this coming year 

1 hour ago, ChrisY1 said:

Where's the big joke fella when needed.....?

out chasing the hardcore felons..

(shhh, heard a russian missed his 90 day report yesterday.. get the SWAT team out boys)

1 hour ago, mogandave said:

 

If TI wanted to get rid of expats, they could have just changed the rules and made it more difficult to stay. They could have just announced that the letter would no longer be accepted and mandate whatever requirements they saw fit.

I’m guessing they want to get rid of a few deadbeats and or criminals and or people working illegally and or tax evaders.

Maybe both the embassies and TI are full of spiteful morons trying to create problems for everyone, but I doubt very much that is the case.

 

 

my wife used to tell me a story of how her friends would handle unwanted advances from Thai men. in order for him to not 'lose face' they would invite their friends along to dinner dates with him and purposefully order expensive food and drinks. they would repeatedly do this until the hapless guy got the message gave up and moved on to another woman saving embarrassment all round.

knowing this do you think immigration would:

A) change the rules disavowing us completely, or

B) keep raising the bar until we get the message give up?

????

makes me laugh those on here justifying this route

its not the asian way, pilots don't do it & you don't pay 20K+ just to 'fit in with the system'

call it what it is lol

for my 2 penneth, this is way worse than using a system in a way it wasn't supposed to be used. ie: full time living on ed, tourist or voa's - you are paying a bribe for an IO to overlook the seasoning requirement on your application.

i hope to god BJ doesn't take a look at these applications because he is aware it was something mentioned in the case of the indians in udonthani being busted for fake marriages. 

1 hour ago, JLCrab said:

But what about those poor helpless down-to-earth people with wives and families who would not otherwise be able to stay in the Land of Smiles?

they still have the option to go to Savanakhet and get a multiple entry non-o based on their marriage & with no financials. inconvenient especially with the border bounces every 90 days but better than a long flight home alone.

17 minutes ago, simon43 said:

 

Well, if that is what will happen to you and your family, then you need to man up and accept that - 'cos there is absolutely zero chance of any embassy listening and acting on your complaints - zero, nothing, nada...

 

Update:  ... and you would do all the above for the sake of not putting 800,000 baht in a Thai bank account??

if he has it, if not very sad story. i hope it works out

1 hour ago, onera1961 said:

It can be faked easily. Only solution is money in the bank. 65K/month

is that with or without an embassy letter?

23 minutes ago, onera1961 said:

I don't think TI will accept original documentation. It is also easy to fake when people can fake SS card and Passport and bills, The only easy solution is to see the money in the bank. I don't understand why people are reluctant to show 65K in the bank. Do they want the same thing to continue to avoid any disruption in their plan to stay in Thailand?

have immigration confirmed 65K in a bank each month is acceptable now then?

do you have a source you can link please? it would solve a lot of problems for those believing only an embassy letter plus proof is acceptable post 1/1/19

16 hours ago, Thian said:

Thai working in construction? In Thailand they won't do it, for punishment big Joke should force them to work in Thai construction for 5 years.

within reason, anyone will do anything if the price is right

160baht to smash rocks in the sun all day? yeah, not many thais are going to do that LOL

5 minutes ago, Vacuum said:

What's the point when 60 million Thais daily throw their garbage on the roads, beaches etc?

can't be the thais they said they don't go on the beaches

and the people who said 'they' will stall and stall and stall were laughed out of the house..

looks like the plan all along.

the EU is Hotel California after all ????

yeah, yeah, heard it all before when they launched the 'good guys in bad guys out' campaign, 2 years on and i can't think of a single thing that has made my yearly extension any easier.

sorry Thailand i feel its 'all stick no carrot' time again i'm afraid.

just for once it would be nice if they helped the legals out BEFORE the crackdowns.. i won't hold my breath though

(and that goes for all facets of life here not just immigration)

41 minutes ago, Orton Rd said:

Groups hurting Thailand's reputation, would that be immigration officials taking bribes and bashing people, rouge taxi drivers ripping visitors off, the Police of course and those double charging visitors?

no. they would be those talking about it ????

52 minutes ago, overherebc said:

I just can't imagine what IDC looks like nowadays.

15 years ago was 50/70 to a cell. I did see see 1 cell with only 2 expat females in at the time.

probably 65 africans and one token white guy in there looking nervous..

just slap a couple of bitcoin down on the counter and good to go brah