Mike Teavee

1 hour ago, emptypockets said:

There is no restriction on land border crossings for a visa holder.

I know that, we're talking about once the METV has expired & coming back over a land border using Visa Exempt(s).

1 hour ago, Matzzon said:

Note: Another thing that might bite a digital nomad in their big butts is the taxman. Here there is a clear rule that the one that stays more than 180 days in Thailand during a calendar year, also have to pay taxes on any kind of incomes/profit made during that year. (Here I know that there are special treaty between Thailand and some countries that in some parts override that clause) However, that is easy to get around. Everyone can get a TIN-number at their local Revenue Office, and just have the knowldge of how much it regards as well as pay the tax due.

Small (but important) correction, you'll only be taxed on money earned this year that's brought into the country, so if you are bringing in monies earned in the previous calendar year, they're not liable for Tax.

E.G. if on 1st January you brought in all of the money you needed for the year, then doesn't matter how much you earn outside of Thailand during the year, it's not taxable. 

12 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Assuming the person just does a border run rather than spend time in another country, a 60 day entry (2300 baht from Pattaya) is more cost effective than 30 day extension (1900 baht)

True, but he did say that he wanted to minimize the amount of time he had to spend out of the country as he is doing remote work for Clients (which I'm assuming nets him more than the 500 THB difference ???? )

I think the point is, to use the METV however you like, then just before it expires come back, get another 60 day stamp and extend this for another 30 days and so get an extra 3 months (less a day or 2).

I'm more curious as to people's thoughts on whether you'd be able to do a couple of land border runs after the (nearly) 9 months on the METV, as this would give you another 4 months (2 x 30 day VE, each extended for 30 days) or possibly even 8 months if it was timed correctly 

1 hour ago, Escaflowne said:

Or can I ask for METV from Vietnam too ?

You can only get an METV from a country where you're legally resident (typically your own country)

Re: Thailand, you're entitled to 2 (no more, no less) Land Border entries per calendar year so you can always get an extra 4 months (2 x 30 days each extended by 30 days) out of this.

Da Nang is a lovely place, thinking of heading back there for a couple of weeks myself early next year, 1 thing to keep in mind is you're only allowed one 14 day Visa Exempt* entry into Vietnam then you need to spend a minimum of 30 days out of the country before you can get another one... Really easy to get 3 month Visas though & possibly a 1 year one for Business purposes  

*NB If you're going to Phu Quoc, the VE is for 30 days... 

Edit: Re: Visa for Vietnam,  It's $38 to get the "Invitation" letter, you then pick-up and pay for the "Stamping" of the Visa when you arrive, $25 for SIngle Entry & $50 for Multi Entry....

So 3 months ME will cost US$88 (approx 2,700 THB or 80 Euros)

Some useful information here https://www.evisa.com.vn/news-on-visa-vietnam/item/782-how-much-does-it-cost-to-get-vietnam-visa-on-arrival-totally 

5 hours ago, Escaflowne said:

I guess Vietnam is becoming the new Thailand, as the company I talked with are setting up shop there. At first, I was set on Thailand because I experienced it but Vietnam looks very cool too, I'm worried it's not as safe as Thailand though.

Vietnam is every bit as safe as Thailand (if not a little safer) & has some wonderful places to visit from HCMC(Saigon) which though, not as cosmopolitan as Bangkok, has everything you might need (except GoGo bars ????)... to the beautiful (IMHO) Halong bay & a whole coastline of nice beaches.  It does lack islands (though I believe Phu Quoc is nice), but if I wanted islands, I'd go to Philippines. 

I'm assuming you're French (on the basis you said you were back in France) obviously Vietnam has a long French history & you can still see/feel the French influence, Vietnamese Baguettes are much better though ????

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

In your example 1-5, the METV is only 6 months from when issued, so to get the max just before it expires you do a border run to get 60 days then a further extension. Your example doesn't quite add up, remember trips out of Thailand count towards that 6 months.

 

i was doing 60+60+60+60+30 just border runs for subsequent 60s

You've lost me a little as in my example the OP would plan his 3rd trip to come back just before the 6 month mark.

You've just swapped the 1st 2x 30 day extensions for an extra border hop (60 day stamp)

Maths is (more or less) the same (Obviously I'm approximating as I have no idea whether the OP would do a same day turnaround or spend a couple of weeks elsewhere) just assumed it was taken as read that the 3rd entry needs to occur before the METV expiry date.

On 12/10/2019 at 3:28 PM, spidermike007 said:

Yes, agree. It was a vote for social anarchy. Anti corporate ranting. A topic close to my heart. Phoenix was unforgettable. The last 40 minutes or so, was incredible. Loved it. Want to see it again as soon as a good copy is out there. 

^{Agree it's one of those movies that I wished I went to the Cinema & watched it big screen, but I made that mistake with John Wick 3 (Gold Class in Singapore is s$80 (1,760 THB) for the 2 of you, then you order food & wine on top!) & the movie was rubbish....} 

^{Have sworn that I won't pay to watch JW4 when it comes out (unless it's really good, then I'll watch it again at the cinema ???? )} 

21 minutes ago, dcnx said:

Absolute nonsense. It’s a terrible investment and waste of money that leaves you right back where you started when you’re finished.

 

Desperate people do desperate things. The elite is a desperate move.

The guy is 30 so a 20 year Elite would leave him at 50/51 and eligible (under current rules) for a Non-O 

But I completely agree with the other posters who said that 3.5 weeks is not enough time in country to make a 1Million THB / 20 year investment 

I wonder if the following would work... Let's say the OP comes into Thailand in Jan on an METV and does...

1. 60 Days, followed by a 30 day extension 
2. Trip to another country, come back 
3. 60 Days, followed by a 30 day extension 
4. Trip to another country, come back 
5. 60 Days, followed by a 30 day extension 

... Now 9 months in (September), next steps would be...

1. Land Trip to another country (Trip 1 in 2020), come back get 30 day exempt
2. extend for 30 days 
3. Land Trip to another country (Trip 2 in 2020), come back get 30 day exempt
4. extend for 30 days

... Now in 2021 so the 2 x Land Border runs clock resets & (technically) can repeat the previous 4 steps again to get another 4 months, all in 17 months in-country (give or take a few border bounces) hopefully enough to confirm whether the Elite Visa is worth doing or not

No idea whether the above would work or not, but on paper it's (technically) perfect possible... 

6 hours ago, JHolmesJr said:

This is really expensive....I pay around $60 for a year.....there are about 700 channels...I only watch maybe 5 or 6 regularly.

Which Service do you currently use?

4 hours ago, jack7106 said:

Titanium, movie box plus, movie HD, live net TV., free flix HQ, megaBox, popcorn, etc

Please give your information on any other great free procuring android movie/TV apps????????‍♂️????????????

I thought Titanium was called Typhoo nowadays & another good one is Morph (used to be Morpheus), both are for watching Movies/Series already aired (i.e. not Live TV/Sports etc...)

For Live TV/Sports, I use Venom, which costs 2,500 THB (per year) a few other options... 

    VENOM     2500 Baht

    LIMITLESS 3000 BAHT

    DELUXE    2000 BAHT

    TNT TV LX   2500 Baht

    TMN TV       1500 Baht

I think it's against Forum rules to post the email address of where you can get these from, am sure a search of a certain Pattaya Forum will lead you to the provider, if not PM me.

They also sell fully loaded Android Boxes & provide access to a forum with the latest software which is how I ended up with Typhoo & Morph

15 hours ago, Crossy said:

 

Yup. Barclays closed my account with little notice because I "appeared" to be in Thailand.

 

Have had no problems keeping my Barclays current account, atm/credit cards & Stockbrokers account with Barclays despite them knowing that I moved to Singapore in 2008 (they should know, they were the ones who moved me here).

On 12/7/2019 at 5:00 PM, sipi said:

42, 48 and 52.

I'll try again at 58, 60 and 65.

Very similar here... 

40 and was climbing the walls after a few weeks as I wasn't mentally prepared to go from 12-14 hrs per day (6 or 7 days a week) to nothing so set up my own 1 man IT consultancy firm & did OK for a couple of years before returning to the Bank that I'd spent 20 years working for (1 grade drop, 1x 20% higher salary) as they offered me my dream job (travelling the world, setting up new data centers, contact centers, development centers even built a new bank from scratch in Pakistan & Indonesia) eventually moving me permanently to Singapore

48, I was offered the choice of taking redundancy or moving to India, UK or South Africa... No brainer, took the redundancy & spent 15 months travelling around Australasia before a mate asked me to come help on a 2 year project at another bank back in Singapore. 

53, I'd finished the project & had hung around for another 18 months but wasn't enjoying the work so decided to retire for the 3rd & (hopefully) final time (So far so good, but then again Today's my first official day of retirement :)) 

FWIW I put 51-55 down in the survey as I feel this is the final time & the others were just practice runs...

21 hours ago, Chazar said:

Here comes the bride 

 

Love Bottom(s)... Such a shame Rik Mayall was taken from us at such an early age (Big fan of Young Ones & Filthy Rich & Catflap also)

Can I just give one more plug for Drag me to Hell 

Every Thai/Filipina girl i've met loves horror movies (first watched this one in a cinema in Cebu)... 

Can guarantee hugs all night after watching it ???? 

On 12/1/2019 at 2:31 PM, Will27 said:

Thought this one was really good.

 

Kemper On Kemper: How The FBI Invented Serial Killer Profiling

 

Summary: FBI Special Agent John Douglas and FBI consultant Ann Burgess from the FBI Behavioral Science Unit discuss how interviewing Ed Kemper in prison helped the team innovate ways to investigate serial killers.

 

 

 

 

This looks fascinating and I tried to find it on my normal streaming apps (Morph & Typhoon) but cannot find, can anybody recommend a streaming site (pls don't post the link, against forum rules) where I can watch it (I can't download as I watch on a Chromebook that has very little storage 

Apologies if it's already been mentioned (No matter how many times I post in this thread it doesn't show up on my "Content Posted" threads)  but stumbled across a BBC Drama called Hard Sun...  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6402362/ 

Quite enjoyed it... worth a watch ???? 

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On 12/2/2019 at 12:35 AM, Oliver Holzerfilled said:

Been to and through Jaco 5 or 6 times.  My take is it is a party/monger destination.  But its been 4 or 5 years since I was last there maybe things have changed.

Pizza place reminds me of one in Cebu (Near IT Park) which is basically like a Subway where you go along picking your base, sauce, meat, veggies etc... to make it exactly how you want it.

Far too dangerous (for the waistline) to live anywhere near a place like that!

17 minutes ago, mauGR1 said:

Good post, thanks.

I agree with all of it, but why then define yourself agnostic ?

Actually, i had to ask myself if i am agnostic too, but then i'd guess that i'm a believer.

 

I always thought I was Agnostic as my understanding was that an Agnostic is somebody who's accepted that they'd never know the truth about "God"... I got corrected and told that I was a "Negative" Atheist... 

1 hour ago, mauGR1 said:

No worries mate, tbh i was more surprised than offended, and pls accept my apologies if my words did upset you.

As for the topic, i believe we are given infinite chances to evolve into better beings, so i don't buy the "eternal damnation" thing at all.

I also don't see being gay as a "sin", while killing, raping, stealing i see as not good behaviour.

I also don't think that the Bible is all nonsense, our innate common sense should make us able to discriminate between the real news and the fake ones.

 

Couldn't agree more... 

22 minutes ago, mauGR1 said:

Yes, i am open minded about everything, and i appreciate politeness in an open debate.

No need for insults, thanks, have a nice day too ????

Thanks & I apologise if I insulted you, I tend to be over protective to my baby brother (He's just turned 50 for God's sake.... probably not the best expression to use on this thread ???? )

Have a great day sir... 

12 minutes ago, mauGR1 said:

Yep, and commenting with sad little faces on other people's posts, without saying anything pertinent to the topic.

It does say something about you and your culture

I've made my comments, you know my opinion & I feel I've been very polite up to the point where somebody tells me my brother is going to hell because he's gay.... Can I ask what you would do if that was your brother? Or your son (Had to live through it with my father who's an ex-rugby league player, made his living by being "a man")

You know nothing about me or my culture so please don't try to comment on it

As I've said, I've been very polite in my replies here (save getting a little riled about the "Gay" convo), I've appreciated your replies on this thread & for what it's worth I think we're in agreement (There's something there but it's not in the "Book"... favourite scene from a movie is Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy where the opening scene is something like they find the 1st page of the bible & All persons within are fictional)

Peace Out my friend, have a blessed Sunday ????

2 minutes ago, mauGR1 said:

As expected, you have nothing to say except insults.

Yeah right... I'm the one throwing insults... 

14 minutes ago, CMNightRider said:

The Roman Catholic Church is basically unbiblical and is not a good example of what is in the Bible.  As far as your comment about having pity on me, save all that for your brother and any of your friends who are into man love.  

 

Instead of wasting your time viewing videos of people who don't believe the Bible is the word of God, and those who reject Jesus as their savior, just read the King James Version of the Bible written in plain English.  It takes the average reader with a sixth grade education about 72 hours to read the Bible.  It may take you a little longer but will be worth your time.  

 

In addition, it might be a good idea to take an English writting course. 

Sorry... as an aside, care to pick up on my English literacy (Have A levels in Lang & Litt),,, 

Don't open the flood gates of the grammar police

Edit... OK I typed Though instead of those.... Sue me...