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Get a second account. Problem solvedHi summit, your suggestion looks good. The only worry I have is would immigration accept a Thai bank statement showing money going in then not long afterwards going back out ?-
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If my income took a hit and I was forced to live in nahkon nowhere my thai would be good, you have no choice really but can at least use it daily
but fail to learn the language
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Surely you jest. Democracy is all but gone. Try Google regarding the grim political and human rights outlookActually it is, at least the guy in Cambodia knows what he's doing...
And then there is the harsh reality of placing yourself in a True 3rd world muck!
I'm guessing you live there Already so the rose glasses are on
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Never been 15k. I go every year to view talay and always get 10k a month no lease, just a few months 35 to 45 sqmNah. Folks considering that should go for the 8K Baht / mo 22nd floor 45sqm in Jomtien with view of the ocean/islands (a 10-baht ride gets you to Pattaya). There are plenty of those condos on offer now, thanks to immigration removing so many renters - though were 15K/mo or so, just a few years ago.
Combine that with eating out every night at beachfront area restaurants (including tip), a 1-hr massage every few days (250 Baht incl/tip), see new movies at the theater and do some shopping with your GF - and still spend about 30K/mo.
If you need to do Tourist-Visa Trips and extensions, add about 4K/mo (VIP-buses or Flights and no fan-room slumming), and a new passport every 2 yrs.
Health Ins (AXA Group via Pattaya Expats Club): 20K to 35K / yr. for under 60. 34K to 57K / yr for up to 70 (renewable up to age 75).
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The only constant is thailand is changing /devloping. Who would be totally surprised if next MONTH If a thai visa headline will read AGENTS bannedagents bend the rules - this is just another one to bend, too much money being made these agents and their official handlers in the IO
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Plan A was the embassy letterAs plan B seems to be 'panic' what the hell is plan C?
Plan B was the agent
Plan C is the new panic-
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Visa agents will be eventually outlawed. Maybe within a year or two, maybe soonerThe forms i was given yesterday are new forms, not the same as last year.
The older forms did not say in person unless disabled.
Before you start arguing, i have copies of both old and new, and they are different.
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Are you talking the new union pay cc or the visa debit card
Did you double check with your bank that the visa card is cleared for international transactions? Hard to believe the card doesn't work at any ATMS at all in the UK.-
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1 hour ago, Oziex1 said:So long as it is all in front of the cameras I suspect it is just a token display to keep the press and a few easily convinced folk that something is being done.
I am not convinced that this is the end of corruption in this area.
We all know who his boss is!
Do nothing and your corrupt
Do something and your still corrupt
Loooong way to go but it's a first and at least a start
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It goes deeper. So many expats struggling here are chronic alcohilcs and obviously very depressed so the suicide rates speak for them selves.So this is news. The result of a poll amongst the most negative miserable bunch of people in the country shows that most of them expect things in Thailand will get worse. No shock there.
A sample size of 360 old duffers.
Seriously any poll on Thaivisa is hardly going to say Thailand is going to be amazing when the majority of posters absolutely hate living here, look down on Thais, and basically hate their lives.
Why is this even a news article? It's quite ridiculous.
I see a pattern where posters sound so desperate and then they stop posting followed by a announcement in the news section
Why is it so hard to walk away from LOS ? Why does it so often end in suicide..-
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People choosing thailand because pineapples are cheaper and sweeter. How sad is that!Price? You are kidding, yes? I can buy a kg of mangos ( in season ) for a quarter of the price it would cost for a single mango in Oz. North of Chiang Rai, again in season, I can buy 4 kg of pineapples for the same cost as a single pineapple in Oz. And the pineapples are far sweeter. Are we on the same planet?
So many desperates here broke and busted and justify it for the most ridiculous reasons.
You admit you don't have health insurance but as long as those mangoes are cheaper than oz.. It's all good [emoji23]-
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A lot of sexpats married their short term BG and moved away from Pattaya to up country or took them to the west and all of sudden they despise all OTHER "Low life" sexpats.
"I think life may be better for me in Thailand once they throw out the low life sexpats."
What made you come to the LOS for originally. You surely knew what to expect and that the sexpats as you call 'em are there to stay. It's what Thailand is famous for and why it's so popular.
Of course there are those who don't want or are unable to have sex and become resentful TIT-
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What's wrong with Tesco? At least one 3rd cheaper than villa farang rip off. Fresher food as wellKhlong Toei's wet market is pretty disgusting. My wife went twice but just can't anymore because of the smell. From now on, it's Villa Market even though it's 3-5 times more expansive. Our health is worth it.-
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The price of boom boom over there kind of kills the kiwi fruit advantage [emoji16]You are in the wrong. Have you tried buying avocados lately. 30 Baht a piece... I can get 3 for 1$ CAD in Montreal. Kiwis are 25 Baht a piece here, I get 6 for 1$ CAD.-
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I doubt all 90% are married home owners or on business visas.Well yeah of course but what does that prove? Moving country can be very hard especially for people invested here.Sent from my Lenovo A7020a48 using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app
THE overwhelming number of posts on TV all say they don't own anything here and have a suitcase [emoji161] by the door ready to bolt. Problem is bolt where? All of Asia is tightening visa rules
You know very well that most are just having a bitch.
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I have a friend in my condo block A 2 minute walk from Asoke bts sell 3 studio rooms to one person for a very tidy profit.90% of posters will still be stuck here with a property trying to make ends meet dreaming of getting out.ive got a friend who's currently trying to sell his house for 1/2 price with very little interest.
Problem with expats here is they buy the cheapest available room in Chang Mai or the dark side Pattaya in terrible locations
Here is a tip
LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION!!-
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You either paid to much or your pricing is unrealistic.My mrs knows we would be off to Vietnam in the blink of an eye if I could sell my property but in this so called booming economy it's going to take 5-10 years for that to happen.3 years ago I sold a house in the uk privately in 10 minutes to the first person I mentioned it to for 4x the price I paid for it.i will be lucky to recover 75% of this one in 8 years from now.
Meet the market and it's true value and you won't have to wait 10 days let alone 10 years-
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90% of posters on this thread will still be here at next year's poll saying.. I'm thinking about going to Cambodia [emoji16]
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I knew those chemical spraying drones would whisk it all away!
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On Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 11:13 AM, Joe Mcseismic said:
Because you can't "rent" a heart. Been with mine now 22 years.
Besides, I don't want to look ultra-pathetic, playing the field as an old man.
You need educating. It's playing the field as a dirty old man wich is by far the best type of old man to be assuming there is sufficient blood flow.
2 type of old men here. The sexually active and those that despise them
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A thai woman asking a farang to ask on a western forum who is anti junta?Wife just asked a relevant question, she'll vote but is looking for the most anti-Junta candidates to vote for, who'd that be?
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What does that tell you?All I can say (to the point of boredom) is: And the Thais go on taking it all! -
Most bigger chemist's.
For better or worse? Expats think Thailand is going down the pan, poll
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