ThomasThBKK

1 minute ago, Jeffr2 said:

You own a crystal ball...doubt it.

No i just went to school.

May 2021 vaccination plans to begin, they bought only doses for half the population so far.

Ergo it will take more than a year from now to reach a treshold to allow traveling again, get over it. 

That treshold is at around 70% of population vaccinated with AstraZenecca or over 90% with the sinovac <deleted>. 

4 minutes ago, Mutt Daeng said:

Just beat me to it mate.

It's needed for work permit holders afaik, i would assume this also applies to work permit holders mostly.

I don't have a WP but reading this sounds like it it's the case: 

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Something to keep in mind. This is not a one-time thing. Medical examinations in connection with work permits need to be obtained on a fairly frequent basis AKA usually at least every year. Sometimes there are certain types of visas, for example things like the Smart Visa, and certain types of visa under the BOI where a work permit visa can be issued for 2 years or even longer, presumably. But as of the time of this filming most folks are probably going to be on the one-year extension with the one-year visa, or the one-year work permit with the one-year visa extension, and those who are on such documents need to go ahead and get their work permit renewed every year and as part of the renewal process is getting another one of these medical exams. So this is something that those who have work permits in Thailand will become quite accustomed to because it will be something that has to be routinely obtained and maintained in the future.

Src: https://www.legal.co.th/resources/corporate-and-tax-advisory/thailand-corporate-law/medical-examination-requirements-thai-work-permits/

I assume they just add a covid test to the other tests they also do but won't bother retirees, pe visa etc with this. 

Logic in all of this? Not much... all speculation from my side, they are prolly scared of burmese workers with covid but can't just make a law for burmese only. 

21 hours ago, KhaoYai said:

I used Kvik Kitchens from Bangkok. Their prices were quite good compared with other Thai companies and their service was great at all stages - they even fitted and fully connected a sink that I didn't buy from them and didn't ask them to fit. There are several stores throughout Thailand - I used the Thonglor branch. They offer a full design and fit service and were happy to fit the kitchen at my home in Khao Yai/Pak Chong.

 

https://www.kvik.co.th/

 

 

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I just had a look at their website. It seems they offer hundreds of options. Lots of inspiration - even if you don't buy from them.

I also have a kvik kitchen, also from thong lor branch.

They are competent and good at what they do.

They had a 30% covid discount on everything except appliances earlier this year, not sure if they still do but might be worth haggling. 

They seem to have a 25% discount right now - just checked.

He's selling overprice junk to poor/middle class people (digital nomads and co) who think they can safe money his way.

No one with 100 mio cares about him or his opinion, they just hire an immigration lawyer, live where you want, or just travel around - whatever, you don't need him. 

People with 100 mio in liquid assets have family offices with secretaries and inhouse lawyers, or are close to big lawfirms who do this as a favor. 

Wouldn't give af about his opinion, or anyone elses - life where you are happy, even if thats a muslim craphole where u can't bang around - but his reason to pitch malaysia is that he apparently has a salesoffice there: 

Lots of <deleted> you can find about him if u google... wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole...

1 hour ago, Tanoshi said:

The AstraZeneca vaccine is under $4 per dose. (120 baht)

Europe/UK pay 2 EUR for the same dose.

23 minutes ago, The Man Who Sold the World said:

 

Well there armchair foreign thai attorney jackdd, I thank you for your professional legal opinion. Now, If you will just provide me with a copy of your Thai Legal License I will give your opinion all of the attention it deserves. ???? 

He is correct, but the usufruct does not need to be between u and your wife.

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Contracts in a Thai marriage

'Any agreement concluded between husband and wife during marriage may be avoided by either of them at any time during marriage or within one year from the day of dissolution of marriage; provided that the right of third persons acting in good faith is not affected thereby'.

https://www.samuiforsale.com/family-law/thai-marriage-and-contracts-between-husband-and-wife.html#:~:text=Contracts in a Thai marriage&text='Any agreement concluded between husband,faith is not affected thereby'.

5 hours ago, jackdd said:

If you are married already a usufruct is worthless.

The best solution is to let her buy the house in her name with a mortage, and you can help to pay the monthly rates like you would pay rent somewhere else.

Not if the usufruct is done between the NOW LAND owner and you.

The only thing useless is a usufruct between YOU and YOUR WIFE, as contracts between married couples are meaningless.

But a contract between an unrelated third party landowner and you will survive a divorce.

Another useful tool besides the usufruct is a superficies (right to own buildings). 

32 minutes ago, dcnx said:

Considering private hospitals just got the green light to buy their own vaccines, you don’t need a crystal ball. Just common sense.

They can't.

Not a single vaccine is approved yet. 

It's obviously stupid not to offer vaccines to everyone living here, paid of course. Doesn't even make sense to discuss this. 

Thailand however is far far far back in the vaccine pipeline now as they didn't do <deleted>. 

With only a few hundred million USD they could have vaccinated the majority of the population (astra zenecca prices), that is far less than economic damages caused by a week of lockdown imho.

13 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

i think they may have also asked about intended use. i just said "living expenses" and they were fine with that but for 30 million they might expect something more.

investment always works, the bank itself does not care but they have to fill out the form and transmit it to the central bank.

1 hour ago, herwin1234 said:

it completely baffles me why the Thai governement targets and favors well to do expats mostly from other Asian regions and some from farang country who want to invest and do business, over the sexpats and pensioners. According to some ppl belonging to these last focus groups, their pension euro and bargirl money is what keeps Thailand economically afloat.

Confused. lol.

But they don't, that's why all these offers are <deleted>.

Can just buy a passport in real countries including the US as an investor; Or the Spanish/PT/greek golden visa, or the malaysian m2h visa or the proper long term singapore visas - this is just bs marketing for condo developers tho.

Maybe interesting for people fleeing HK but many of them could get a proper british citizenship, no idea who is even the target market for these <deleted> campains, if i want an elite visa i just buy the 1 mio 20 year one, if i want a new condo i just buy it and apply for the investment visa, there's nothing interesting coming with this visa here.

40 minutes ago, DavisH said:

I wonder how that will work. WP's are normally attached to a particualar job. Unknowlingly, maybe the TAT intends to employ said foreigners to work full time as their spokespeople for 15K a month????

Changed years ago, you only have to notify the gov that u changed jobs.

Still no clue how this would work in this case... 

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

How many does that happen to?

 

Provided one has the correct visa it's unlikely one would be refused entry just on frequency.

Keyword "correct visa"....

never saw it happen to retirement, marriage, child support, work or elite/pe visa holders... If it happens then to people on visa exempt or sketchy ED visas in 99% of cases.

21 minutes ago, luckyluke said:

Politics, it is all about giving the base the illusion that something is done for them.

If the base is happy,

this will affect their vote.

But in fact this fishing thing is economical insignificant in the all package.

Yes the UK fishing industry, or at large the whole european fishing industry is really so irrelevant - it's like 0.1% of gdp or less.....

The real reason the UK fishing industry is so rekt is that when Brussels gave grants out in the 1980s to fishing communities they had to be matched by the governments - the british government didn't do <deleted> and left them to die, unlike all other european countries. 

Britain is truly the Thailand of Europe, it's always the others, whiny little <deleted> while acting like every other populist lying <deleted>. 

11 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

If they were working without a work permit then fair do's.... caught and kicked out.

If that is the case then one hopes the school director gets done too, a two way street.

“For example, a foreigner to work without a work permit can incur a fine from B600,000 up to B1 million and from three to 10 years in prison, or both, for each foreign worker deceived,” he said.

This is rubbish, the laws have been relaxed years ago. 

No prison sentence possible for this, in case of the foreigner, but the school director could go to jail - but won't, because this is all just to rip off dumb farrangs anyway. 

Fine for the foreigners:

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The foreigner faces a fine ranging from THB 5,000 to THB 50,000.

Fine for the school:

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The employer faces a fine ranging from THB 10,000 to THB 100,000 per foreigner.Employers who are repeat offenders face imprisonment for up to one year, or a fine ranging from THB 50,000 to THB 200,000, or both. Such employers will also be blacklisted and not allowed to hire foreign employees for three years from the date of the final court judgement.

Of course we all know they won't rip off the school. 

Source: https://www.tilleke.com/sites/default/files/IC - May 2018 - Relaxation of Work Permit Requirements in Thailand.pdf

7 hours ago, MRToMRT said:

But are they digital nomads Thomas?

 

They were business people who had Thai companies and partnerships no? Or contractors who worked for them?

 

 

I may be wrong, I am thinking about this and I don't really know what a digital nomad is, how is it separate from other things? I guess just as they probably stereotype me as retiree being some old poor codger in a singlet, drinking chang from a can outside a 7 eleven in patts with a naughty on my arm and complaining about the cost of everything and telling everyone that it was tougher in my day. I am probably, worsly,  sterotyping them as all as someone who bought a camera and ticket to Thailand with a plan to change the world by becoming a Youtuber and calling that a profession.

 

What is a digital nomad?

 

 

yeah if you take it literal you are totally right, they are simply startups, freelancer, self employed workers, remote workers... digital nomad is pretty much just a marketing term these days. However there's no visa for these types available that makes sense. BOI approvals are very limited and the investment is too much for normal people, there's also tons of sectors blocked where you aren't able to get a BOI anymore (like hotels business). 

If they would just get rid of the foreigner business rules that you can't own a simple limited company as a sole majority shareholder and that you have to hire random thais to get a work permit, that would already fix all these issues.

As long as the limited pays enough taxes, why does it matter if there's a majority thai shareholder...

Most startups go where it's easy to setup, and that isn't Thailand.

Setting up my Singapore or UAE (DUBAI) company was cheaper than the same would have been in Thailand - and so much more legitimate... 

In Dubai an FDIC approved company costs 12k per year (office fees) but then again this doesn't sound like little extra cost - but it comes with a temporary residence that can turn into a permanent residency, you are the full owner etc.