enlguy

On 11/5/2018 at 5:44 AM, bannork said:

Just another stupid Western girl who can't handle her drink.

How does her bring Western matter?  Racist much? 

This had actually been happening a lot lately.  I was denied entry for not having enough money, even though I had over $100 in cash and three credit cards.  They are money grubbing <deleted>, plain and simple.  Find somewhere else to go that will be more grateful for you.  I watched them try to extort someone with a Thai wife at immigration for $15,000 USD, and he said it happens every time he returns from visiting family back home. I'm not hating on all Thai people, but as a country, the policies (or the way they're being interpreted as of late) are extremely intolerant and exploitative. I will not even transfer planes in that country anymore. They want to kill tourism when it accounts for as much of their GDP as it does, let them have at it. Everything will change again when they realize they've <deleted> themselves. 

I should keep my mouth shut, maybe, but my two cents...  Thailand is pretty uncaring and corrupt and don't seem to care much for any interests other than their own.  In the news this week - turning away an NGO aid ship trying to help refugees (the Thais are apparently systematically murdering the refugees, to boot).  No cop in Thailand is going to give a <deleted> about this shit, especially if it involves tourists.  Just how it is here, it would seem.  Big reason I'm cutting my trip here way short.  It won't be until tourism dies out that they'll ask what the hell they've done to themselves, but too many degenerates still pour into the island for cheap hookers.  This place is going to hell in a hand basket.  Spoken by someone who's been visiting over the course of 30 years.  It wasn't always like this.  

I've done fair amount of reading on the topic, so I hope I'm not redundant in any way by posing these questions here.   I will be traveling to Cambodia at the end of this month.  I would like to get a long-term visa, and the idea is to set myself up to live and work there.  I plan on getting the E regular visa at the airport, and then finding an agency (any recommendations for who to use are welcome) to submit for the EG visa.  That buys me six months.   However, I am aware that things can sometimes be arranged for an EB if you can find a willing expat or local business owner.  I am also aware of the crackdowns on work permits.   SO, that leaves me with the following questions - looking for input:

How simple might it be, and where might I look, for someone willing to effectively vouch for me as a business associate in the hopes of obtaining and EB visa?  And on that note, would this involve a work permit, typically, or was this a plan that only worked before they started cracking down?  If the work permit is a whole separate matter, how likely am I to find local employment (I will be in Siem Reap, and do have a strong background in hospitality, as well as other fields) that would offer a work permit (I have a U.S. passport)?  

And maybe you can add at the end, based on your input, whether you think I'm best going for the EG visa, and then looking to convert that to the EB once things get moving, or if I should find someone to sponsor my attempt at the EB and go straight for that?  I would suppose there is no harm in doing the EG and converting to EB, so that is my safe bet, but if I can go right for the EB, maybe that's best?  And on that note, am I more likely to gain employment there with one visa over the other, or is that just a totally separate matter?  Would either visa make a difference as to likelihood of obtaining a work permit?  

Thank you for the help!