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11 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Yep, it's pretty bad at the moment.

Sitting at home (12Km from the centre) trying not to cough.

The Govt will spray the air with molasses from crop spraying planes to clear the pollution. Leave now before you come to a sticky end.

The reductions just show how much profit they had been making. Resale value is about to go through the floor. They do not make anything that interests me anyway, so no sale.

10 minutes ago, baansgr said:

but it won't happen

We would all be most grateful if you educate us on how you know this? Is your name Prayuth by chance?

A Thai lawyer told me that this year the Govt will be going after those who use companies with nominees to own property.

I thought TM30 had gone quiet and died a death... RIP! At my last visit to Immigration they did not seem much interested. Can anyone confirm?

The Thai Hotel industry is trying to stamp out AirBnB operations on the basis that renting out for less than a month requires a hotel licence.

If running this type of business on a Retirement Visa you may wish to remain under the radar for both the above points.

You are going to get a myriad of answers on here depending on individual experiences with Immigration Officers, who vary greatly in their interpretation of the rules.

The question is, does she really want to work for a facility that fleeced her? There must be other places she could work? And exactly who does she pay it to?

Not sure about the teaching profession, but certainly Thai Police have to buy their promotions. Which brings me to another point; is it worth it if she is not getting a promotion?

This sort of thing also occurs anywhere where there is corruption. The whole country runs on it.

Age? I have a formula:- When they get to forty, trade em in for two twenties.

Well, I was a car salesman, what do you expect? When the body work starts to go and she needs expensive servicing, trade her in.

Women are like cars and will always cost you money, but you love her so you don't care about the cost. Man has been paying ever since.

On 2/16/2020 at 5:30 AM, ThaiBunny said:

As an undergraduate I spent some vacations in a monastery.

You were in a monastery and ended up here? That sure is some loss of faith!

Curious that Condos charge the standard Govt rate. Yet Apartments charge far more.

3 hours ago, natway09 said:

The Chinese will not be happy until there is no species left on this planet except them

Post of the day. Sadly true. By then the planet will be unlivable as the water and air will have turned to poison.... hey, never mind, the Chinese will have a fist full of money as they die.

4 hours ago, Encid said:

We have a long transition in front of us and we are focused on supporting our customers and our Dealers through this change. The doors do not close tomorrow. In fact, your local Dealership remains in operation and any existing bookings and agreements remain in place.

Sure.... just watch how fast those dealerships switch brand

4 hours ago, RandolphGB said:

The Chinese are not exactly renowned for car manufacturing 

Neither are GM. How is it they got to be the world's largest manufacturer making <deleted>

57 minutes ago, Beggar said:

Where is it?  P L E A S E  send me the number! 

Why, do you want to Root her Canal?

10 hours ago, lopburi3 said:

Being number 35 in the 90 day report queue and about 30 minutes as opens at 0830.  Only about half the number in queue this time as 90 days ago. 

Alright so long as number 34 did not have the virus.

17 hours ago, Lancashirelad said:

You do not "push up" the roof. You cut out all the damaged section and weld in a repair section which in the case will be the whole rear half of the roof. 

Nope

On 2/14/2020 at 10:28 PM, gk10002000 said:

I think it is repairable but roofs can be tough.  It is hard to push the roof up without proper hydraulic extensions which a good repair shop should have.  You need to be careful what you are pushing against, and it is easy to deform or damage the car floor or whatever they are going to push up against unless you prepare and brace properly, lay some 2x4s or metal all across the floor pans to push up against, etc.  My faith in such Thai thoroughness and advance planning is low.   On the other side it is hard to pull up and shape the roof with dent pullers, slappers, etc.  Thai labor may be cheap enough for them to say the repair cost does not exceed the car value, in which case they will only authorize to repair it.  The door and window "joints" will probably never look or work quite as good as new unless the body repair shop is very very good.  Lots of bondo and they can make the roof look smooth cosmetically.    It is not a 2 1/2 month job, but definitely not a two day job either. 

 

   A couple of days to bend and straighten, tack weld where needed. Door jam and hinges are probably a bit out of whack and those can be a pain to get straight as new again.  Order the replacement glass, assuming the window risers and electrics are OK.  Line up and fine tune the door jam, window gaskets, etc.  Roof interior, roof liner will need work, and maybe a little electrical work for dome light and what not.  Then lots of bodywork, then re paint the entire roof, and for color matching probably the entire car.  Oil can nature of the roof can be tricky.

 

It will take some teamwork i.e. more than one person working to pop up and straighten and align things.

And Nope Again!

Proper way is swap entire roof panel. Front and rear windows and headlining come out. Detach roof where it was originally spot welded to the A, B and C posts and window frames. Left rear door will need frame straightening or new door, the rest of it will probably line up ok.

Straightening out the existing roof would be a Thai bodge.

There is an installation service cuz Farang cannot get a work permit to put up wallpaper. Restricted occupation and all that.

You want wallpaper in this humidity? How long before it rots?

Never ceases to amaze me how some still try to live like a Farang here.

Jesus, they will want carpet next.... which gets full of bugs, need you ask.

9 minutes ago, CNXexpat said:

All the last 20 or 30 postings have to do exactly what with Vietnam?

Quite a lot actually! Situation is similar in Vietnam. Plus there are few proper property records and the Commy Govt does as it pleases.

You do have a point though, this thread is supposed to be about Vietnam! You just can't get good moderators like you used to!

No law on number of people, but the Thais have tried to ban Airbnb as it is taking business away from regular hotels, so you may have some recourse that way. I believe they are supposed to have a hotel licence if stays are less than one month.

How about small land entry points, do they have fingerprint check?

99 years.... sounds fishy to me. Most of us don't live that long! get a Thai lawyer to appeal on compassionate grounds as you support the Thai wife n kid? Or bring her to your country.

If all else fails, there are those who simply walk in across the Cambodian border and have been here ever since without a Visa. Not recommended but when desperate......

7 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I always thought it was the labour department looking for illegal foreign workers?

Don't they write the blacklist details in your passport?

 

Story seems unlikely.

Agreed..... Story seems unlikely. I never heard of immigration getting involved with work permits either???

If true, he can change his name by Deed Poll (or have a solicitor do it), then get a new passport in his new name. Assuming they have not scanned your fingerprints?