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They are the middlemen who distribute money from people lucky enough to have access to earn dollars to the unfortunates who don't have the luck to earn dollars.

Compare the rate with Wise. I think they will be competitive. https://www.visa.co.th/en_TH/support/consumer/travel-support/exchange-rate-calculator.html

You can get food from all over the World in Pattaya.

When one has access to much younger women from the impoverished part of the nation being paraded in brothels masquerading as bars, why do you want to bring spouses from your own culture?

Maybe Mrs. is missing the old days.

Any recommended places in Bangkok?

Wealthy Thais can avoid capital gain taxes in the US and in Thailand as well.

What are the recommended dental implant places in Pattaya? Please post personal experiences, including costs per implant. I have a few missing teeth, and I use a flexible denture now. I have large corporate-level US dental insurance, and my teeth are taken care of during my yearly visits. However, insurance does not cover implants and only covers 50% of denture costs.

They don't live in Thailand for more than 6 months, unlike the majority in the forum who could not find a decent living and possibly a bride and had to travel 10,000 miles to live like refugees (year-to-year contract), possibly using a "wify" visa.

The truth hurts, eh?

Who do I believe? A person who had to travel 10,000 miles to live like a refugee in a foreign land, possibly using a "wify" visa, because he could not get a decent living in his home country, or a person who has a great standing in his own society and whose opinions are printed in the news papers? In contrast, desperate foreigners' opinions are only available in this forum. In the condo complex I am in, 50% are Chinese and Russian, and definitely they don't live here on "wify" visas because they could find women to marry from their own country.

Maybe it's good for the rental market. Lots of rental units will be available in Chonburi, driving rental prices down. I believe that when a person with money does not have access (or difficulty) to US stock and real estate markets, Thai real estate becomes attractive. Real estate is for generational wealth building. Many retired Chinese (I see many in Jomtien) I see moving to Thailand also (no data, just personal observation) due to Xi Jinping's policies, maybe.

I saw the Jomtien Post Office packed with Russians, and they are sending clothes and shoes to Russia by post. Maybe it's cheaper now to send from Thailand to Russia than to buy in Russia. I don't understand. Russian markets should be flooded with Chinese goods by now. I'm not sure why that is not happening, and people have to send clothes and shoes from Thailand to Russia.

Yes, it does

It seems you're jealous about that because you could not live a decent life in your home country and had to travel 10,000 miles to live like a refugee, possibly using a "wify" visa, in spite of being able to earn dollars.

Not normal tourist visa holders but perpetual tourists. The IO can do a quick calculation to figure out if you have lived more than 6 months or not

My guess is that by 2005, it (entry denial) would explode for tourist visa holders. They may start asking for tax payments. For other visas, proof of tax payments may be required during renewal time.

Well, the gig of opening brothels masquerading as bars to parade the nation's daughters from the most impoverished parts as brides to attract desperate older people for a comfortable living using "wify" visa has to come to an end.

The lowest and most reliable Pattaya agent charges around 12.5K for non-O retirement renewal without any money in the bank. Kudos for sharing your wealth with unfortunates who don't have access to earn dollars.

Now that they are going to tax people who are staying longer than 180 days, let them open up with a one-year visa.

That's why you have travelled 10,000 miles to live like a refugee in a foreign land, possibly using a "wify" visa; otherwise, I bet, you would have stayed in your home country or in a country that values life.

Only if it is proven. They won't take the words of a desperate foreigner who is unable to live his life in his home country and has had to travel 10,000 miles for a living, possibly using a "wify" visa.

I believe they will start with voluntary disclosure. If you lie, you can be prosecuted. However, I'm not sure when they will do that. For non-Os, it can be during the renewal. For others, it may be when you enter Thailand. They can randomly pick a few hundred every year and do an audit to verify the veracity of voluntary disclosure. I believe you pay taxes when your earnings are more than 7500 baht, excluding health insurance deductions. Married people with children can get many more deductions, including health insurance expenses. At last, it will pay off for "wify" visa holders. Singles are doomed.

Why would they? The contract is between you and your insurance company. Did you purchase "uninsured and underinsured coverage"? If so, the insurance company will pay for that, but then you don't have the excess. If you have excess, it means you pay the excess. Police cannot enforce an insurance contract unless a party breaks it. The police can only suspend the uninsured driver's license, but I am skeptical they will do this unless he has multiple violations.

There will never be a crackdown to stop spreading wealth through agents. Why? Because the bosses know that desperate people who can't seek out a living in their own country and have to travel 10,000 miles to survive in a foreign land like refugees can do that only because they are lucky enough to earn dollars and unfortunates are not lucky enough to earn dollars; hence, they need the "spreading the wealth" system to continue.