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5 minutes ago, olfu said:

Bangkok is polluted and I start coughing there after 2 days.

I strongly urge you to see a doctor. 

6 minutes ago, garyk said:

Forced?  Hahaha. Amazing

 oh yeah FORCED !!

Its not illegal

Problem is with the other SEA countries with  more relaxed visas (for now ) is you actually have to live in them

How sad for the desperate that are forced in to that situation. 

2 hours ago, oznomad said:

Retirement in Vietnam? Hold your horses. Things are changing there too.

 

A friend has been there for several years, just renewing his visa annually. This week he was informed by his visa agent that VN immigration are developing a list of people that renew the yearly visa, but dont have a business in Vietnam - and are showing them the door.

 

The time has come for scamming old farts to head back to their home countries . SEA 

is changing fast for the poor pensioners with their poor currency. 

1 hour ago, sunnyboy2018 said:

Plenty of people who did live here. Who could afford to live here have been TOLD they cannot afford to live here by an arbitrary financial dictat and changes in the administration of some rules. My total annual income and spend here is greater than that which is required but is not accepted because it the amount differs from month to month or arrives bi monthly.

But it was all sweet until Your embassy shut you down correct?

7 minutes ago, owenm said:

I thought that a TM28 was to notify of change of address.. Is this an incorrect assumption?? 

no and only needed if you're doing a 90 day report away from home( in my case)

Done this many times as a condo owner when I was away from home and staying in a pattaya hotel . But the last 2 times when doing a 90 day report at Pataya both the girl at the front desk andf the IO specifically said no need for tm28 anymore. 

1 hour ago, from the home of CC said:

IMO what's really being said is " I can't afford to live here anymore" end of story..

+100

best assume its all irelevant unless you live in Phuket. Why doesnt the head of immgration come out and make an annoucement ?

Op get an agent! 15-25k !  Cheaper than paying rent and multiple trips to see tyour your family. Things may not improve for over a decade, you going to stay in Cambodia all that time?

If you dont get an agent then can only assume you want freedom from your family

is there a t28 fine?

26 minutes ago, smedly said:

yes that about sums it up, it is the most ridiculous cluster F I have ever experienced - you want to enjoy a weekend away from your permanent residence you will spend most of that time filling in forms, so you go to Bangkok for one night, you spend all day in traffic trying to find immigration stand in a queue for hours and file a TM28 - then do it all again if you go somewhere else, next you'll need a (deleted)ing work permit for the time you spent completing all of this

post it

Baloon value allows for smaller monthly payments and a large last payment eg car xyz costs 20 k the ballon value could be 7k ( but never more than its trade in value)

The 7k is then payed whern you trade it in and start the whole process again with your next car

The 7k can also be paid in cash to the finance company or the owner could sell the car privatley and pay the 7k that way

On 8/30/2019 at 10:42 AM, simon43 said:

I left 2 weeks ago ????

To Myanmar. I would guess your the only expat that did...it really is a s..hole !

Get it together oz!

1 minute ago, zydeco said:

And someone (not you) may find himself in hot water along with his relatives after a neighbor turns you all in to immigration for the reward money.

What is wrong with you?

1 hour ago, Moti24 said:

f I visit my in-laws in the north east, my f-i-l will have a 160km round trip to the immigration office; he won't be able to do that, so that means I'll have to go.  Before anybody tells me that I can present my TM30 at a local police office, forget it; they don't even know what day it is, half the time.  Then, on return to my home, I'll have another 40km round trip to the immigration office.   It ain't going to happen

Online or post office. I always posted a week or so after tenants arrived for air bnb .Never once got fined. Just date the form the same date when you post it but IIm noticing farang love drama and prefer doing the actual drive to immigration 

3 minutes ago, DEKEM said:

if you put 800k baht in a thai bank,  and you are single, there is a good chance that if you die for whatever reason, all that money is given to the thai government.  and the same scenario holds true for those who have their ss auto-deposit into a thai bank every month for the purpose of satisfying the retirement extension financial requirements.

 

link ?

19 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

the Chinese outspend us all. it is a myth that they don't spend money.

MasterCard proved it when they released stats last year . And still the stupid farang insist they are zero dollar tourist repeating it over and over until it becomes true lol

Before today, a foreigner could get a wp and EB extension for being slef employed;
 
NOW  NO MORE

 
The Labour Ministry yesterday issued a directive banning foreign nationals from working as taxi drivers, street vendors and a handful of other jobs in the informal sector.
Labour Minister Ith Samheng in the directive said foreigners are also banned from working as tuk-tuk drivers, truck drivers, barbers, masseuses, hairdressers, goldsmiths, shoeshiners, traditional instrument sellers, Buddha statue sellers, souvenir sellers and mechanics. Foreigners are also banned from running a small business and being self-employed.
  “A self-employed person refers to those who work and have income without an employer,” Mr Samheng said in the directive.
He said that the Labour Ministry will no longer issue or renew work permits for foreigners working these jobs, and those who failed to comply with the directive could be punished under the Labour Laws.
 

That’s why in bkk these bars can shove their overpriced G!


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1 hour ago, EricTh said:

I don't know why people here are adverse to taking buses.

 

I have taken quite a lot of times and never had any problems with them. Of course, I always take the vip class buses with free snacks and drinks that trains don't offer. It is also quite spacious and less bumpy sleep.

 

 

 

I guess you missed the weekly pics of buses lying on their side with bloodied and dead paseengers. Your playing russian roulette

A train gives you a flat bed and can go for a walk . cant do that on a bus

13 minutes ago, dunroaming said:

The pound drops again as the possibility of a no deal Brexit grows.  Just imagine how it will bomb if it actually happens.  Fortunately I moved my business base to Europe and my trading currency is now the Euro so I am actually benefiting as it falls further.

 

just imagine if you moved it to Thailand. Many of us sold up and took all our money to Thailand whilst the usuall experts were saying never deposit even 1 baht in a thai bank or the SET or condos etc and keep yourt money safe in your home countries

What a bunch of idiots :-)))