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13 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Bit silly statement ! Plain and simple, if your wife wont go out and work - even as a gate guard for 12,000 baht a month to help out in the time the exchange rate is bad - then you married the wrong one. They are the stupid ones - not those with wives who marry and WILL help out. I have many friends with Thai wives who work to help out - great really having time to yourself and her having some money to spend. I've had many bargirls in my time - like most of us - but I married a school teacher - someone who has worked all their life and I can rely on. Bar girls are for fun - not great for marriage - and yes, I know some are different, but not many will go out and look for work after marriage. 

You wife probably needs to work to keep the Thai geeza she has on the side. Don’t be an Ostrich all your life, they all have one.

You can’t have 2 current visas in your passport at one time. When they issue your SETV. Your retirement visa will be void.

2 hours ago, reargunnerph3 said:

If you never overstay, if you have the funds, if your not a criminal and you visit to have fun and enjoy yourself why should there be a limit? Thai Immigration seem to think that anyone who visits Thailand too much ie more than 6 time a year, must be doing something illegal. Third world thinking.

Third world thinking don’t promote them, they are definitely 6th world thinkers

No such animal as a hassle free border bounce, just get on with it.

They don’t want Falangs there, they’re the biggest racist little shits on the planet. And the hoteliers, restaurant and bar owners wonder why they have been deserted. Sooner the country collapses the better reap what you sow.

Can sum up this topic in 4 words. They’re thick as shit.

Its like lending someone money who repays you only to borrow it again sometime later. It’s never yours to spend in reality  they’ve got you by the short and curlies until you depart this 6th world country or you turn your toes up. Wise up

Whinging about a tenner, no wonder expats are frowned upon in Thailand. Spenders are what they are looking for.

15 hours ago, edwardandtubs said:

A new passport won't necessarily help as your passports will be linked and your previous entries will be visible on the system. So you'll need to get an SETV each time you come here. What's the big deal?

The big deal is he doesn’t want to spend any money, Thailand is full of them.

4 hours ago, jessebkk1 said:

It's amazing how a barely developing country with an economy less than a third of the state of California where over 50% of the population is surviving on less than $2 per day can be so arrogant with their visa regulations.

 

   If you are running a company who's yearly gross turnover is between 2 to 3 million Baht in Bangkok they'd try to frustrate/refuse your visa renewal, or even refuse issuing it in the first place. Tens of thousands of small companies have closed since 2015 because the CEO's non b visa was refused. While some of you might be quick to say that it was those who were just using non-b's for the purpose of staying in thailand, I know a pakistani who owned a gold shop in Bangkok with 19 thai employess, he had a thai wife, thai kids and grand kids, they all came with him to immigration and his visa renewal was denied because hadnt paid the monthly insurance for 1 Thai staff. So I think the visa refusals were racially motivated and xenophobic. At the immigration there I saw one of those young female officers throw the passport of an elder japanese applicant at his chest and the passport fell to floor. That was really sad to see.

 

  Even if you successfully get the non-b, a renewal guarantee is very difficult. Since three years, they will not renew your visa if you missed a monthly insurance payment for 1 thai staff. It's a really tricky requirement as a lot thais just cant seem to stay long on a job and could leave you with issues when renewing,

 

  They inspect the premises multiple times before and after the visa is issued, last year I had the immigration officer ask my staffs for their phone numbers and their parents phone numbers, in the end the guy ask my accountant to give him tea money for no reason - i did pay it.

 

 It's difficult/stressful to start a company in many parts of the world and get visas from it, however in most places after a couple of years, your company will get you a residence and citizenship which makes it all worth it. In thailand, you will be doing this forever with no guarantee of visas or anything else. So are forced to employ 4 thais and pay their salary and never miss a monthly payment for their insurance. that's about 55k Baht per month, add your rent and light bill and you're at about 70K per month, add account fees for visa renewals and you're looking atleast 1 Million Baht per year. If you're barely breaking even, you're stuck with this monthly bill for life with no possibility of escape. Let that sink in.

 

  I'll advice you get a "trustworthy" thai partner, get an ed visa and roll with the punches, that will save you atleast 700k per year. Goodluck!

You’re forgetting that Thai people are superior beings, well in their minds at least. Thailand is a much superior nation than California due to the fact that practically no one has ever received an education 

 6 month METV. 60 days on arrival extent at immigration 30 days. Visa run on re- enter 60 days. extend again 30 days  another visa run just before visa expires 60 days on re-enter equal 9 months. But a pain.

I see the dodgy retirement visas are still available, at the right price especially around Pattaya. I wonder how much longer this will go on.

National police database don’t make me laugh, they’ve only just discovered Morse Code.

I’ll give you 800,000 baht cash next week for your condo, and chance being done.????

On 3/16/2019 at 10:23 AM, Tanoshi said:

You can own a house, you cannot own land.

So the house is only worth the pittance most Falangs pay to have them built if they’re lucky

Sell your condo ???????????? you’ve got more chance of a tax rebate. Thousands of condos

they can’t give away on agents books.

Bet he won’t be selling the 4x4 he swans around in. Another cap in hander for the U.K. NHS to pick up. Go to fund my arse

21 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

Well, 65 is pretty much the normal retirement age for social security.

Not sure where you are getting 55....

Also, for many of us the Thai system remains simple and inexpensive. Minimal changes for those of us that have previously always qualified and followed the rules/law.

Could careless about the Cambodia Visa system the country is a low level third world mess.

 

Cambodia a low level third world mess, and Thailand isn’t don’t make me laugh. What shithole do you come from

About time they sorted the whole visa nightmare out, but one must remember you are dealing with the most uneducated race on the planet.

What a load of mumbo jumbo, I’ll stick to 6 months about with the U.K. they can stick their silly retirement requirements up their collective dirt boxes. 

On 2/16/2019 at 7:27 PM, faraday said:

It earns interest, so not sfa.

Agents will be finished in 6 months time.

4 hours ago, alex8912 said:

There is no such requirement of showing proof of a state pension for an METV. Most people are NOT retired who get it. You usually have to show a letter saying you are employed ( but since you are not, the embassy or consulate in your home country told you proof of pension was ok) and you need to show about the equivalent of $7000 USD and ticket out of Thailand and some accomodation here ( I just have shown a two week hotel reservation that I cancel because my plans change before I arrive). A few other things like a pic and application are required.  Some consulates have different requirements so always check. 

I also think you are NOT getting 90 days upon arrival with an METV. You are getting 60 days but you are extending that entry by 30 days and going to immigration and paying another 1,900 baht for extension. 

So a lot of your information is wrong. 

Spot on correct, couldn’t have put it better myself he didn’t know what he was talking about.

6 hours ago, bert bloggs said:

in that case many are going to be turning up at airports in their home countrys ,with nowhere to live and in dire straights , the Daily Mail will love it in the UK .

Who gives a toss, that’s what comes of burning your bridges 

1 hour ago, fredge45 said:

So simple, so obvious, but why can't folks get their heads around this and see the light.  Been doing this for 16+ years now with never a hassle,  If you don't have the cash then shame on you for not planning your retirement a long time ago.

Hope you’ve planned for your retirement correctly, with good health insurance. Because you may become an age when no one will insure you and if YOU don’t have the cash you can be wiped out in a couple of months. But being the braggard you are you will probably scurry back to your home country to sponge of them.

Glad I’m not and never will be involved in this crap, 6 months UK 6 months Land of Scams purely to escape the British winter, wouldn’t put 10 baht in a Thai bank if they don’t want me here plenty of other countries where the sun ???? shines.