French mate

4 hours ago, BMW Overlander said:

 

You are right! I was shocked to find out that Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Kosovo, Albania, and Venezuela are allowed 90 days visa-free entry into the Schengen Area. Ridiculous.

Its mostly a matter of reciprocial arrengement.

As french i can go without visa in
Mexico 180 days
Colombia 90 days
Argentina 90 days
Kosovo 90 days
Albania 90 days
Venezuela 90 days


Thailand ? 60 days actualy, was 30 not long ago and could be 30 again tomorow.
If someone is to blame there, its the Thai gouvernement who have no clue of what is a reciprocal agreement and cultivate the anytime ramdom turn around policy.
 

I dont know the situation,  but does she have a Thai mother that could acompagny her?  They probably want to see one Thai parent.

I think its a good idea. Of course in case (of miracle) its would become a law  no one "important" would be sentenced to death. Also its would be surely used to con and make shut-up the most dangerous opposant.

That say the simple idea that a capital punishment exist, its will certainly make think twice a fair number of officials, specialy the one who arent well connected engough and will be prime target for a show of virtue.

If the cable they remove are old copper cable, then its explain why they do it.
Copper price are high and those cable have a market value.

In France case of people  stealing copper cable from public network  have become comon outside of ours city (where the cable are all underground  and not easy to stole)

If they start make game with the same imagination that some of their TV advertising i think Thai folk can really  bring some originality and new ideas to the global game industry.

But if they code their game like  government website and app are.... well too bad 💀

31 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

    That is what this story is about , the fare was a promotional fare with a 50 Baht discount for first time users and the real fare was 52 Baht

Its look fine, but maybe the application dont show to the driver what he will really get.
But since i have learn that its common with food delivery for cash to make the drivers pay if the customer not honor is command...  i would not even be surprised to learn that the company promotion is passed down at the expense of the driver.

I think its because of an update they did when you was out.

I got the same issue and its was because i needed to complete some new fields in the house owner information (i not remember what its was, but that was stupid as add Mr or Miss in front of the name)
Check also the approved adress, but from my deficient memory its was field of the owner who was creating my trouble.

Edit : ho well got beat at it. Finaly my memory wasnt so bad 🙂

2 hours ago, jaideedave said:

Correct Mr Ford, Does he think Somchai will respect his usufruct contract? 555 this may happen sooner than later.

It sure happened to a retired RCMP acquaintance years ago.

He was away and when he came back her Somchai answered the door and not so politely told him to leave asap, which he had no option but comply.

Happens here quite often.

That can happen, i have no doubt about it.

Now if your acqaintance did have an usufruct, and was not willing to lets that offence go he did have option to sue she and reclain the home. Its can be a long and costly process but at the end he will get the home back and she will be asked to pay compensation money. Also during this time when she will start understand the trouble awaiting her, i doubt his ex somchai will sleep well every night.

For the happen quite often, i think you misstake with the case where a farang buy a home for his lady out of love without making any prior legal arrangement. That a very classical story you often heard and im sure its have and will keep happen on a regular basis.

But the same "happing often" with people having an usufruct his very unlikely. The first reason being its uncomon to have an usufrut, even among Thai its uncomon to the point most gouvermenent officer have no clue of what is it.
When i did it in Sri Racha, i got told i was the first farang ever doing that at their office. That also why they was relutent to do it, they wasnt sure its was even legal to add a farang name on a land deed and wanted to check it out first with the upper (that where the brown envelope kicked in, as they wanted us to come back another day while they wait for the anwser).

I highly doubt its have become something that comon in the last 8 years.


 

I did buy a townhouse to my GF (now wife) using a usufruct (life) agreement 8 years ago.

My experience started at the land office where was with an expat lawer who have acompagny me to do the paperwork. The office (sri racha) was relutent to do it, specialy the for life version. At the end a few thousand bahts brown enveloppe and signing a paper all writte in thai saying that i have nothing to do with the money used to buy the home (no comment) make them accept it.

Later,  i find out that most thai havent ever heard about usufruct and have no idea of what its mean. Although from a legal point of view im the one who have autority on who can stay or not in the home (i can decide to rent it and get the money),  at immigration people dont wanted me to complete myself the paper for my TM30, they say its my GF (at that time) who is the home boss and have to do it and my usufruct was something who have to do only with land office (they didnt understand at all what its was, and wasnt interested to do).

Same story happen for get a yellow book, i couldnt get one without her approbal.

Im actually happy in marriage, but if thing would get sour, its likely that my wife could call police to kick me out of the home, while the law say its me only who have this power.
At the time after i was done with buying the home,  my lawyer say me that  one of his customer who did a ussufruct too got he police called by his wife  to kick him out, but on show of the land deed, they offered him to take away his wife :) 
I have no reason to think he make up the story, but in exterme situation i think its would be all up to luck or good relation one of the partie may have with the local police.

Off course if its turn wrong i could seek justice and utimatly after years an lots of bahts spend i may set foot again in the home, but that was never the idea of making an usufruct.
I hope some people will sharing experience with lease contract, is it any better when its come to administration stuff and familly conflit ? 
 

This repport dont look geniune to me.  He combine a real stroke of very bad luck, unlikely event and a great deal of reapeted gullibility to not say stupidity.

- Your bag with your credit card got snached, and you dont think to tell your bank about it? -> stupid
- Fake policeman: this is a very serious offence in France, and doing that in the train where their have camera everywhere for try to collect fine from tourist wont get you far. -> unlikely to have happen like they said if happen at all.
- They park the car a 100 m from a tourist spot and come back from the petrol station ??? was they going to visit the tourist spot or was taking a break in the petrol station who always have is own parking? In both case anyway you never leave your value in a parked car, even less in a place where many people come and go. -> gullibility.

36 minutes ago, Bunny Silverhand said:

These only digital nomads / remote workers that I've ever met in Thailand weren't the Marriott type more like the hostel type or, at best, the condo style. That article doesn't make much sense to me...

 

Another thing that bugs me is the visa issue. What kind of visa would those people be on ? As far as I know those guys are currently on tourist visas or ED visas...

 

I don't know it's weird.

Maybie they mistake digital nomad with remote employed for a big corporate entity who could claim a smart visa? but those dont seem to be many.

I consider myself as a digital nomad, as im freelance, work 100% online and travel every year bettewen France and Thailand.
Im also married with a Thai and 50+ so i dont lack of options for my visa.
But i may be an exception.

1 hour ago, Woof999 said:

I wouldn't mind paying full income tax here if I actually received anything for it.

Exactly this.
In fact its that would only allow me to be able to claim a permanent residency, i will glady pay my tax here.
But if they have no benefit of any kind and only extra paperwork at the horizon, i will just do what its take to not pay any income tax in Thailand.
With my situation (married with a thai, having 3 childs, income from am international company i fully control and a permanent place to stay in France) i have many differents way to not be tax eligible in Thailand, and i doubt they will ever be able to close all the holes i could use for that purpose.

Not everyone have the options and  "tax experience" i got. But from what i see posted if they go just for an imposition without any benefits associated, in the grand scheme they will just lose lot more money that what their tax will bring.
But do they really care ?
 

50 minutes ago, khunjeff said:

I can't speak for France or other countries, but the US has no requirement to "declare" foreign real estate holdings - only bank and financial accounts have to be reported. Any capital gains on sales of overseas property would have to be declared as income, but there is no Federal property tax.

Its exactly the same for France, only your banks, financials accounts and any foreign income.

This of course only if you still a french tax resident (witch offert more variety that Thailand as their is various possibility to be resident there even when living less than 180 day a year. Living more than 180 days without becoming tax resident is also an option as they take in account your main finnancial (where the money come from)  and familly (where they live) interest to decide if you should be considered a tax resident or not).
 

11 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

To be clear...

You are currently married to a Thai?

 

Yes i am
 

8 hours ago, Tod Daniels said:

works fine for me selecting french passport in france
let's me select the "visiting thai family more than 60 days and the multiple entry choice
 

Thank for check it !

 

4 hours ago, sandyf said:

As far as the OP is concerned, if he wanted to try something different he should have created another account. If I remember right the system stores previous answers in respect of an account and that may be part of the problem.

Its a hit !
I created a new account with another browser (to be sure no cookies will be left) and i could use the multi entry  again !

Now i have to pass their fantastic paiement phase who log you out after the paiement is done, but that another subject ????

Thank you all for your anwsers !
 

And i could select it at the date of the 12 august.

Im trying to apply for a multiple entry non-imgrant (O) based on thai familly from France.

"Visiting or staying with applicant's family resided in Thailand (more than 60 days)"

But when i select the mutiple entry the web site say "The ‘Number of Entries’ you selected is currently not available for request."

The point is i could choise the multiple entry  option on the 12 august when i made a try to see the process (i didnt have all the document  need at that moment).

i have try with changing the kind of visa, and also make like if i was a UK resident of Swiss one to see of that was specific to my country / nationality / ambassady, but  i  couldnt select a mutiple entry visa on whatever i tryed.

So im left wondering if i encounter a bug that is only for me, or site related  as the site embassady still say i can ask one, or if something have change in september.
 

Anyone have be able to use their yellow tabien baan in place of the residence certificate ?

Before the 2022 change, Bang Lamung office say its was ok if i also provide the confirmation from the house owner (with a signed copy of the blue tabien baan).
Im actualy out of Thailand, so its hard for me to ask them at this moment, and my licence will expire a month before my return, so i will have to "rush" there when im back.

In the place i live in Sriracha, their have come door to door and offered 1000 bath to my wife and my others neighbors for a vote to the Prayut party.
As spoiled farang wife she say no.
I told her she should have accept and vote for whoever she want after !

13 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

Does anyone ever repay these "loans"?

Its depend, in my thai familly they have 2 cases of those loan made about 20 years ago and who havent be honored.

First case, the man got regular job and paid tax : the governement have come knock his door something like 5 years ago and treat him of take what he have in his name (a car) as compensation. He ended with a deal where he paid back a little every month (from last news he still paying).

Second case, the lady dont have a declared job (she have an unregistred  "at home style" small restaurant) , but she have a house, a car and motorbikes in her name. And nobody have come asking her anything so far.

The resulting theory is : as long you dont paid income tax, you wont be bothered.