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49 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

My baht salary is looking better by the day!

Why if you are using it in Thailand?

prices will eventually increase for all local goods and products that are made using any kind of imported goods.

it’s not good for you either unless your prized Thai salary is enough to make overseas investments.

How many tm30’s do the Norwegians have to fill in?

...just one...

..every time anyone breathes..?

6 hours ago, daveAustin said:

That was its intended purpose, to sow growing discontent + they're trying to keep tabs on the bad boys remember . I would keep your heads down, chaps. 

Exactly, I have s feeling this would simply be used as an opportunity to say ‘do as we say and get in line.’

its a military dictatorship we are dealing with remember, best buddies with other world dictators.

28 minutes ago, bigginhill said:

This is purely a theory question, just for the sake of it... 

Is the director sso payments a no go just for farang?

Secondly, an employee who finishes work after 1yr and younger than 60 can opt in to the sso voluntary payments, thai and farang. Should they continue to become a company director, could they continue to pay voluntary sso? 

Not suggesting for you, but curious if someone knows the answers.

After 2009 I would guess they dont allow you to be in the social fund when you become an owner/director of a company even if you were in it before. But if you keep paying who would know?

Race or nationality has nothing to do with it. At that point they expect you to pay for your own extortionate insurance.

19 hours ago, Moonlover said:

 

You have read correctly. Madam Moon and I were married in Bangkok 5 years ago. But we were able to get a KOR 2 from an Amphur in a small town in rural Issan.

 

It's a simple process that only took about 30 mins. (and 400 THB)

 

Good luck with the re-app @maybefitz

Mine was 20 baht also

Life is so worthless here

3 hours ago, Prince77 said:

Being a shareholder and director here since 2005 I presume that I am still applicable to the benefits of social security. I have a social security card (never used) and still pay-in every month, further I received a statement indicating my retirement schedule once I am applicable.

 

One poster mentioned earlier that there was a change of this act in 2009: everybody who paid-into social security before 2009 is still applicable - those starting to pay-in after 2009 are not applicable.

 

That doesn't help those of us who registered a business working as a director after 2009.

A little late..? 

19 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

Expect that number to dwindle down to oblivion and soon forgotten. The police don’t seem to have any success in convicting any bombers except in the Deep South. The 2016 bombings in 5 locations that resulted in fatalities have all but forgotten with no one convicted. The Erawan bombers are still in court with no sentencing for next couple of years. As usual the police will have scores of suspects picked up at random to give the image of top notch efficient police work. They will soon be released for lack of evidence. Always the case. 

12 bombers..

..why do you say only 9 bombers..

its only 5 bombers...

2 bombers...

gone

...what, where, when..?

solved

next!

????

As a side note here’s an interesting link it shows Chinese visitors are many many many more than visitors from other countries..

almost like a commercial invasion..?

http://www.atta.or.th/?p=4019

17 hours ago, soalbundy said:

There have been no government warnings about the bombings but they are in the Western press reports.

The reports must be hidden as I wasn’t able to find them, or hear anything about it on Thai tv news, that all went quiet real quick?

7 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Jeez' talk about flogging a dead horse .. Do they have no shame .. 

When you say ‘they’ let’s be clear it is not the view or opinion of all THAI people and only of those stinking of pure greed who are trying to sell this vessel for financial gain.

Stand

47 minutes ago, bigginhill said:

Re an old thread of yours, is it feasible to transfer the company to the family members, making your wife the director, and you become an employee. Pay the social fund for a year, so that then you can opt to stay on it when the company is closed/transferred. 

May help you with the social fund and your wife with the mortgage. 

I have no idea if financially if it makes sense.

I did think around those lines and although legal on paper it might be seen as trying to manipulate the system?

My Wife would also lose her social fund eligibility as director and owner so not really feasible.

For other reasons I wouldn’t want to involve her family to that extent to make them sole owners for a year either.

I like your way of thinking through the possibilities though.

Trump is loving the fact China might end up looking like the big bully here.

Im not a Trump fan but im not a China fan either...

The freedom of the hong kong people are being used as political pawns.

Im on a Non O extension with a Thai spouse and I have a Thai company registered since 2014, fully accounted for and audited every year and I have a work permit linked to this company.

My wife is an employee along with a couple of other family and friends who are employees however the business previously had me exporting and managing marketing projects although now Im not doing this and I cant see the benefits of paying for the maintenance anymore.

Im not working here any longer other than answering my phone once a week/or month to check on my overseas businesses and investments and most of my time that I spend at my home office desk these days is reading the news and posting on ThaiVisa. 

The only downside will be handing in my work permit that I needed to show once when I registered my drivers licence and my wife will need to find a new employer. Although if she doesn't find one I'm wondering if this would be detrimental to her renewing her mortgage deal in a few years time and if we decide for her to apply for a UK settlement visa any time in the future? 

Keeping the company solely for these reasons and not needing a work permit doesn't seem practical for me now although if it helps I would keep it operating. 

Also if anyone is interested in acquiring the company at no charge to support a work permit I am willing to show audited accounts and for us to meet with my accountant to transfer the details. it is a very straight forward business that is shown in the audited accounts. It would save me the cost of closing it and save you the cost of setting one up. PM me if interested.

its not for good listening is it. 

Sihanoukville is now little China ???????? 

it it wouldn’t be half as bad if the Chinese were taught manners and respect, they walk in front of you as if you don’t exist. 

And what is the purpose of this survey?

tm30 is an additional pain so it might pursued me not to goto mother in laws.

For transfers it’s s no brainier to use an alternative like TransferWise, WorldRemit or something else.

5 hours ago, BestB said:

Once again goes to show that Thailand just like most other countries should screen people prior to letting them in, instead of chasing them once they are already in.

biometric scanners are now installed.

Are you that guy who just got arrested for disturbing the piece whilst yielding a machete and then with a jet ski..?

If not a troll, stick it out the skies will turn blue at some point.

Did they submit a tm30, 90 day report, visa renewal and funds in the bank? How about a work permit and 51% owned by non foreigners?

Paranoid police patrol?

????

On 8/2/2019 at 3:04 AM, pegman said:

It also had an empire where the sun never set. That was then and this is now. The U.K. is screwed whether you want to whistle by the graveyard or not. One thing that will never, ever change is the arrogance of the English. "We're English, we'll just hoodwink the Wops, Frogs & Kreuts."

From reading history books the so called empire was a financial burden on the uk not a cash cow, wasn’t it?