anon789561

2 minutes ago, holy cow cm said:

Now that sums it up. I was hoping there were not 2 cringe worthy voices like that. I was about to run for the hills in the other direction. 

mate, he seems like a nice guy. just had a different upbringing

1 minute ago, holy cow cm said:

To the average older foreigner no. But with a better criteria to qualify is more like it. So no, I do not see and do not agree with the Thai governments racist point of view. I actually do know a few people in the government I am considering asking in order to get what I want the same way a Thai would do it. 

that will get you no where as i am sure you know. the rules are clear and for the most part i agree with the thais. ok so a few things i might suggest to change for long term residents without citizenship. 90 day reports. waste of time. once a year check into immo should suffice. photos for extension. 1 at wedding and one in front of the house with the number showing. that should be once a year but it's their gaff so their poxy rules

3 minutes ago, holy cow cm said:

Your prerogative, but the stance for their side is racist and cold blooded like a snake. 

i wouldn't go that far but i understand what you're saying

8 minutes ago, ChiangMaiLightning2143 said:

Is he the guy who got his tree ant nest stolen?

yeah, and he reads TVF and may well comment

8 minutes ago, holy cow cm said:

Oh, so you think the elite wealthy are only entitled to be inline of citizenship? That won't happen either as are excluded. For me it is not the money but the ridiculous hoops. I have Thai kids 17.5 and 15.5 years old with a step daughter I raised for 19 years living HERE with the same woman for 20+ straight years. The other over half dozen years was with another woman.. So I disagree, it is ridiculous impossible Overly Expensive hoop jumping, and set up for the one's employed here. No heart in it at all. Rather racist. No, not to the hand and mouth or ones who just retire here with not so much vested, but to well deserving people.

i understand what you are saying but i have to agree with the thais

Just now, simoh1490 said:

You're confusing the issues - 80,000 baht a month puts that person in the top five percent of workers on salaried income in Thailand. 1,800 GBP may be  driver and service salaries in the UK but certainly not in Thailand!

 

And 1,800 GBP a month is far from the maximum state pension unless it's tripled! So whilst a younger person who is still working can easily afford those numbers, a retiree who has been living here for say fifteen years on fixed income, probably will struggle.

you posted same time as me mate

nope. what is a thai salary? for example i have a thai mate who's a VP at a large international bank here on over quarter million a month, i also have friends working for not much more than 10k a month

most farangs i know in my industry start on a basic of 100,000k a month plus bupa and bonuses etc.

yes, i have a wife and kids and no i don't work here anymore, got business in europe.

and yes i could have got citizenship here the same way my mrs has in the uk. honestly, just couldn't be bothered at the time and now can't as my businesses are in the uk.

doesn't really matter as once i've sold our house in spain there's a good chance we'll be moving to croatia

24 minutes ago, zaphod reborn said:

I can empathize with his plight of not being granted Thai citizenship.  He probably can't meet the ridiculous income requirement (proof of taxes paid on at least THB 80,000/mo of income for 3 years).  If he has community support, and is not a burden on the state, he seems like he would make a stand-up foreigner admitted as a citizen.  Thai bureaucracy is stuck in the 19th century.

ridiculous? no it's not. my mrs has a uk passport and they wanted to know finances. 80,000 is only about 1,800 GBP a  month. 3 years. i mean come on? is that too much to ask. that's driver and service salaries in many countries.

1 hour ago, Chassa said:

to be fair the largest scammers on investments in Thailand have been farangs ripping off farangs for decades.

 

You're joking, Thai women would win that prize hands down.

thai women would win that hands down?

really? don't hang out in girly bars and they won't win hands down.

if you do hang out with such girls in the nana area, chances are you're helping the boiler room guys launder their money

Just now, Justgrazing said:

Sure gullibility is not the exclusive preserve of Thai's but pie in the sky % rates like that would have I suggest most normal sighted people turning the page .. And yea farang will stitch up farang without a second thought but I've heard of few farang able to lasso Thai's like their fellow Thai's can .. This case quite amply underlining the point .. 

It’s good that you wouldn’t be fooled and neither would I. Would my own mother have not a clue about finance or investments and fall victim to a seemingly friendly c*** on a phone? Quite possible if she didn’t have me to warn her away.

sure Thais will be easier to scam Thais the same as farang on farang.

old sales technique is to find familiar ground. You mention to one sales guy you like rugby for example that will go on their notes and their next sales guy to call will also like rugby. Might even change his surname to the same as yours.

these people aren’t gullible IMO, they are just victims of c**** who could have made money legit if they so chose.

no victim blaming from me.

They generally prey on lonely pensioners who are clueless on such matters but they also get plenty of others. 

Maybe check this out on you tube if allowed on TVF

17 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

Jeez' how gullible are these people sometimes .. If they ain't weighing out on some hocus pocus superstition in the mistaken belief that their lives will be enriched then they are buying into cranky schemes like this .. Surely the promise of 1.5% a day should've had the alarm bell ringing no .? But as the saying goes " a fool and their money are easily parted " .. 

I assume you mean all people and not Thais?

to be fair the largest scammers on investments in Thailand have been farangs ripping off farangs for decades.

think boiler room scam? How stupid are all those poor unfortunate farang OAP trusting people from Europe, OZ and US etc for being duped by thieving scum?

Just now, Bastos60 said:

30 days -> 15 days --> 30 days......

UJ will know or someone else but i think they brought it up to 30 once the only 2 land crossings VE per year rule came in

Just now, Bastos60 said:

Wasn't that changed? 

yeah from 15 to 30 ; )

1 minute ago, Nong Khai Man said:

I Am Mate,Yes....

yeah, no need to inform immo of address with ME mate

i'm on my last entry of Non o ME but will do extension from next month as no real plans to travel much in the next year or so although a pAin in the ass it'll be better and cheaper for me to go back on extensions.

if i lived right near a border as you seem to then i'd probably carry on with the ME tbh

3 minutes ago, Nong Khai Man said:

I'm on a Non-Imm " O " ( Marriage Visa ) I Do leave the country every 89th or 90th Day to go Across The Friendship Bridge at Nong-Khai to Renew my Permission to stay but RETURN Within a Couple of hours at most,The Only other time I LEAVE the country is to go to Savanakhet to obtain a NEW Visa this is ONCE Every 12/15 Months,Which means I'm OUT of Country for Approx.30 Hours Max ( 1 Night in Laos ) When I Return to OUR House in Nong Khai I haven't reported to Immigration to fill in another TM 30.....As I Was Told NO Need to do after I got My Yellow Housebook.....But have been told by a Farang Neighbour Friend  I MUST Report EVERYTIME.....Even when I've only done the 2 Hour U-Turn at Nong-Khai.......Thoughts Please ....!!

sounds like your on a non O ME so you don't need to do TM30 anyway

9 minutes ago, Bastos60 said:

What free 30 days?

Enter with a proper visa and relief yourself of all that hassle.

Those 'free' 30 days are always available to you when your visa runs out. Hop on a plane (to any destination)  and return and poof...30 days extra + extension of 15 days, rinse and repeat.

 

I will be doing something similar in the future.....enter on VOA...30 days.....hop on a plane to Philippines for another 30 days there and back to Thailand for another 30 days and after back home and work. 

 

the extension would be 30 days not 15

16 hours ago, EL159 said:

Sorry to raise this, and casting no aspersions towards your (female) friend,  but in fact, there are and have been huge numbers of females from Uzbekistan and similar neighbouring Countries arriving in Thailand as "tourists" but then overstaying and working illegally providing "services".  Try the Grace Hotel late at night, stacked out with women from Uzbekistan hanging out to attract mainly Arabic men, I am told.

 

Perhaps there has been an attempted clampdown and your friend has been caught up in it?

 i knew someone would this bring this up and you did 555

i suspect immo were thinking exactly that

I call a meeting and hardly anyone turns up, like i give a shit

2 hours ago, Naam said:

wrong understanding!

that's helpful. reply to a comment from months ago just to simply say wrong understanding without adding why. cheers for that

if you don't like it go home? original. yawn