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Just talked to my friend last night
..asked about penalty for weed. He wanted to come here for 2-3 months. Decided on Cambodia because of the drug laws.
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On 3/8/2019 at 8:19 PM, BestB said:
Traffic road blocks is one thing, immigration hunts is what i do not agree with.
With traffic stop shake downs, to be honest i do not have a problem at all.
In all honesty and fairness, how many times per day do you break traffic rules one way or another?
I know i do a dozen times per day, ranging from illegal uturns, to illegal parking, speeding and few other things.
If and when i get pulled over and shaken down for 500-1000 baht, i do not mind paying at all even more so when i was caught doing something illegal.
Back in the West, you park 2 cm more than allowed away from the curb and you get a huge fine, you park too close to the corner and you get a fine, you park 1 min later than the meter and you get a fine, you speed and camera gets you, you run yellow light and you pay the fine.
So, its really not a bad deal to be able to get away with most traffic infringements but get caught on occasion ????
I dont mind either for the aboved mentioned...but I do mind getting fined for not being thai and not for breaking the driving laws.
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So these people have stopped traveling in boats for sight seeing??? They have just gone off and are seeing other places and the same thing is happening there. What is the condtion of James Bond Island???
They mentioned sharks have come back...the first day of the tour boats come back and they are gone. Shouldnt be used as a bar of success as they will flee as soon as their enviroment is altered.
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1 hour ago, JackThompson said:
If you invest 10M Baht in the limited-options allowed for it, I see no reason you could not get investment-based extensions of stay.
Trying to find a laywer to push it through....some never heard of it and those that have dont handle this visa. Those that do handle it say it goes through sometimes...sometimes not. Crazy!
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On 4/9/2019 at 12:23 PM, Donaldo said:
It looks to me as you are part of the problem that causes everybody to be under increased scrutiny. I think that Thai laws regarding foreigners are very biased and racist, but you don't need to give them more ammunition to justify the ridiculous rules in place.
Part of the problem in what way? I obtained SETV from embassy/consulates as provided by them...followed all writtens rules in obtaining and renewing them. Overstays were were the only infractions I committed and they were less than 90 days which would have been a required Thailand ban. Looking at the laws there are no limits on SETVs...
I have ask several lawyers about the investment visa. They said sometimes they get it sometimes they dont...and there was as no rhyme or reason for being denied it. The required documents are laid out...but change based on the individual IO who sits at the desk that day.
To be placing people under more scrutiny if I followed the rules they provided...?
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Please god...if there is one...make him go through what I had to do this week / month to get back in....take him to the "risky tourist" desk...behind the tinted glass doors...and then be interview like a criminal...and then be told to supply all the documents and almost still not be let in...I guess I drank my lucky tea for breakfast. Seriously the worst few experiences in the past 2 weeks in the 12 years of coming here...well I guess living...but actually a super long off and on holiday. I dont work here as they suspect I do I think or be told I stay to long to many times on not correct visa...please tell me which one suits my style here. I almost bought the elite visa just to put all this behind me but I already dropped enough cash here...no reason to throw good money after bad.
Provided bank statements and cash when asked. I tried and was told to provide more documentation for an investment visa (yea...dont bust my balls on that, stupid me). All paperwork for a 2.5B investment visa on the immigration act was provided..now need bankbooks of a development company that doesnt exist anymore...and when asked I asked the former owner looked at me like I was nuts...what large company has those? According to law nothing is stated for needing it, just bank transfer paperwork, which I had. Denied being able to LEAVE Thailand by land...forced to return to the airport to leave. Denied a SETV last week. I have a glutony of multiple other countries for work...not exactly other vacation destinations so quite obvious my place of employmemt. Past 3 years worked once for a few months...so over 1 year in thailand 2 times...but cant get my retirement visa or investment visa...so...long holiday for me as a none retiree.
I really hope things go well for him over there...and things can calm down here. Enough venting...trying to recover from the van ride back...have a good day...because I definitely have not had a good few days myself.
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On 4/9/2019 at 12:23 PM, Donaldo said:
It looks to me as you are part of the problem that causes everybody to be under increased scrutiny. I think that Thai laws regarding foreigners are very biased and racist, but you don't need to give them more ammunition to justify the ridiculous rules in place.
Besides the overstays in my 8.5 year old passport where I was coming and going from work 3 or 4 times a year I got all the correct visas for my intentions of being here. I do condsider myself as living here now...what visa matches my circumstances. I work outside the country for 3-4 months at a time and return for 28-35 days. I will be going back to work in the next year or so. I actually didnt expect to be here this long on this trip. So my last SETV worked for me and I didnt expect to be here to be this long. I tried to get another SETV But was denied. I dont own a business or work. I am not a teacher or volunteer...not over 50. And as I am on holiday I dont want to attend classes 4 times a week for 2 hours a day every week...not my idea of relaxing on my holiday as I have a set place to be at a certain time 4 days a week.
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On 4/9/2019 at 8:20 AM, LukKrueng said:
I don't think it's about you work here or not. I think it's about you staying here on a tourist visa and you are not a tourist.
What is the definition of a tourist? If it 30/60 days....than at 31/61 days what is a person considered...living here or? Just wondering as there is nothing in the thai legal paperwork/laws. There are many people that own homes here and travel back and forth several times a year. They are under 50...don't work or own a business and dont attend a thai language school. What would they be considered.
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On 10/21/2018 at 10:33 AM, poanoi said:
you can buy ED visa, or if you are above 50, a retirement extension
I never understood this. If he was marked as not enough money or they think he is working....an education visa just says he goes to school...and by no way shows how he is paying for the school or his daily activities and living expenses. It is just making it more difficult for him to do the same thing he is doing therd currently...and forcing or turning many people to rethink where they decide to live andspend their money.
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Myself and 2 others 2 weeks ago were not allowed to leave the border crossing with Poi Pet. We had overstays...mine was 10 or so days. The others not sure. Not saying this happens everywhere...but they told us we had to go to don mueang to leave Thailand. I have never heard of it before. I have heard the Aran/Poi Pet is the worst. Just forwarding what happened to me 2 weeks ago. I would say give yourself 2 days extra incase they turn you around...doubt it will happen...but this happened to me, same as the two others in that line. Funny...none of the cambodians in the overstay line were told to go back through don mueang airport.
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11 hours ago, tlandtday said:No surprise looks like you have been pushing the envelope and someone decided to push back.
Looking at all the Thai laws I did have overstays. But under 90 days so not a jailable/deported offense...as I turned myself in as I left the country. However, this envelope doesn't have any clear rules. Looking at the Immigration Act I should be allowed to receive a SETV/METV. I will reread them again. When the IO said I should get the correct visa....which one do I qualify for? I dont work or own a business, I dont teach or volunteer, I dont want to attend classes 4 times a week. The closest I would come to and qualify for is a retirement visa, but I am not over 50.
I assume they think I work here. But how would an education visa prove I dont work here. Under the premise of me having to buy food and pay for rent...how would an education visa be different than a METV. The education visa just shows I attend classes with no insight as to how my daily expenses are paid.
Not arguing with you...just trying to figure out the logic behind the idea an ED Visa proves I dont work...it just shows I paid for a visa to learn Thai and nothing about how I pay my day to day expenses. Same as a S/METV. Do they think a student at an ED Visa school is studying 24/7 and not doing tourist things. Why not just cut the BS out of it and say this guy has some money to waste here...let him do it a little more easily.
After this month and the scare of not being able to get back in to retrive all my worldly possessions and over 10m baht in condos I am seriously rethinking about retiring or visiting here in the future. Could you imagine investing in a 4O1k or stock to maybe have it taken away or frozen due to a random person on the stock exchange having a bad day or reading the rules a certain way they feel like that day and have a large portion or all of your retirement gone or inexcessable? That's the current atmosphere as I am going through many of the forums on here. People denied retirement visas after 10 years...entire lives, families, marriages, property in the balance of being lost due to some random person at a desk that day. Who would recommend a person to live or settle down when everything can be taken away on an applicatiin to renew a visa. Might as well play russian roulette...I guess there is a new country name that can be added to that game.
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I have a new passport days away. Going to Vientiane and meeting up with a visa company I have used in the past. I know they keep it on the computer....but hopefully the sight of my non-abused looking passport helps the situation. That old one was quite rough looking. It just looked sketchy with 50+ pages with up to 3 or 4 stamps on it.
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Had a "denied without prejudice" in blue for my SETV. So correct on the Embassy denying too. I have been reading back post now and heard many people have been denied this year from the Phnom Penh embassy.
I have to look into that for the work permit on the condos. I could in theory not even be in Thailand as they are rented out. They are rented through the buildings management company. I dont "work" but have to ask laywers about filing taxes this year to be in compliance.
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Last week as I tried to leave Thailand to go on a few week journey around Cambodia to end up in Phnom Penh and get a new SETV I was told I had to leave through Don Mueang as I had 5 days overstay in my passport. Now, looking at my passport I am no angel in that deparment. Numerous SETV and overstays. My passport is almost 9 years old and it looks like a backpacker on crack travel log. I work outside of Thailand and the first 6 years is just in and outs on 30 day visas...as I only stayed for 28 days. I was working 3 months and here for 1. With that said I have had some long stays inbetween jobs. 9 months a few years ago with all the correct setv. I do have an 85 day overstay as the company said...ooo...in a week or 2. It was more cost effective...so I thought at the time...and no headache of jumping on the death van to laos...to just do a massive overstay. I get paid well and hate/dread 10 hours in a mini van one way praying I dont die. I do have a few 5 day over stays here and there as work extended to 35 days instead of the the 28.
When I got to the Poi Pet/Aran immigration crossing there was an American (I think) infront of me with his thai gf. They were talking for a while with the woman at the overstay booth, as I was 5 days over so that was the line I had to go in. After 5 minutes he just turned around and went back to the Thailand side. Thinking to myself...sucks to be him. I have never had issues coming, going or getting a visa. I handed my passport over and she just flipped through all the pages...numerous times. There are 50 some pages filled with Thai (tourist/4-5 SETV/overstays, Cambodian, Iraq, Somalia and an african country. All but the Cambodian and Thai are long term work visas...as nobody in their right mind goes there for vacations. She said something to me in thai...What do you do in thailand. I played semi dumb and said please say again I dont speak thai that well (thinking that is the test to see if you work there). In a ruff tone she says you live there long time why not know thai. I told her I dont go to language school but will try and get education visa next time as am staying another year. She told me to go wait at a desk. Nevvverr a good sign. I talked...Im guessing the manger/next level up IO lady. She looked through my passport and asked what I do there. I told her nothing...I dont work there. I produced bank statement from my US bank with over 2 million baht in it and 3 chanotes. I showed her my visas for the countries I work in. In the past 2.5 years I have worked 4 months. So 1 year there straight...4 months work...and now almost another year. All on SETV. I said if I was 50 I would apply for a retirement visa. I actually qualify for the investment visa. But had issues trying to get that last year..but that is a whole other 3 page thread on here...insane on how it changes of what you need depending on who you talk to at immigration...if the person you talk to that day even knows it exist...which after 5 different desk they didnt.
Back to the story at hand. The lady said I need the right visa when I come back. I told here ok...what is that one. A non o B visa. I told her I dont work and showed her the bank statements again. I have 3 condos that make me money to live there so spending money and living money not an issue at all. She asked how long I would be in Cambodia. I said 2 to 3 weeks and fly back in. She said if I leave through that border crossing I wont be allowed back in. I had 1 visa run in Jan to cambodia via minivan. I asked why is that...to many border runs. I told her I will fly back in. She said the reason I cant leave through Aran border was my overstay. I have to pay it at Don Mueang. Anyway...had to go to Don Mueang.
As I was walking out a russian guy was going in the overstay line. I told him what happened to me and wished him good luck and left. I sat down at a restaurant just outside to grab a bite and look for a way to Don Mueang. As I was sitting there I see him go past in a tuk tuk...guessing he got denied too.
Crazy...I couldnt even LEAVE Thailand.
As I get to Don Mueang I pay my overstay and talked to the nice IM lady in the office. I told her my story and she said I could have left through there. She mentioned they have a lot of problems there like this.
I asked where can I find the official rules incase something like this happens again...exact word...Even I dont know. WOWWW
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U.S. embassy in Thailand rejects citizens' appeal for vaccines
in Thailand News
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It's a real title per US Embassy standards.....the person in charge of the embassy per the title of Ambassador but not given the offfical ambassadorship role as of yet....or something close to that...