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  1. 1 hour ago, brianthainess said:

    He can on a marriage extension, and get a work permit, but that would be very limited, especially if she has no plans to work.

    But 99% not in Nakhon Nowhere, where her family comes from. Maybe he can work as an English Teacher for 20k THB in the local school, but that’s it 😂 If he would be smart enough being able to work remote online with a decent income , they surely would already have moved to Thailand long ago.

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  2. 10 minutes ago, RethairedJarhead said:

    It’s as if you know them and what is best for their life…🤫

    I don’t know them, but I’m still in my 30s and have been living in Thailand for 9 years. So yeah , I think i know what is possible for a “younger” expat with that amount of money and what is rather romantic day-dreaming.

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  3. 7 minutes ago, misterphil said:

    It clearly says "Our new dream home in Thailand, valued at £43,000, is currently under construction.”

     

    So they still have over ฿7 mil left to invest. 

    So what ? Still not enough, as she wants to move back to Thailand. That means that she will have a long distance marriage from now on or her husband moves with her. We both know that option 2 is not very probable, as that money isn’t enough, if there is no “real income”

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  4. At least it’s a minor change in the right direction. I always use the E Gates in Malaysia and Singapore and it’s such a smooth experience. 
     

    Sure Thailand has more tourist arrivals, but you can’t keep the stone age immigration system forever.

     

    I still don’t like the new government, still they are miles ahead of the Prayut era and try to innovate.

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  5. On 10/11/2023 at 2:20 PM, gaucan said:

    u think anyone care about your life here? rofl, and your wife just waits until u die and she inherit fully that house u bought on her name. duh, naive at your age..
    tik tok bro tik tok ????

    Guess she’ll wait quiet long to inherit this non-existent house, as we are both the same age.

     

    I actually pity you a lot, as you are obviously living in a world where all Thai women seem just to be poor gold diggers????

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  6. 4 hours ago, Lacessit said:

    I can't see how this affects me. My pension is paid into an Australian financial institution. I transfer funds periodically to Thailand via WISE.

    Unless the Thai government is going to start taxing ALL transfers from foreign countries into Thailand, which would be an administrative nightmare.

    It won’t! I’m not doubting that they implement it this time, but they will just go after the big guys.

     

    They won’t ever have the resources to go after everyone.

  7. 7 hours ago, fdimike said:

    We are guests in this country and I believe we should act that way.  None of us can vote here and I think it's very inappropriate to comment one way or the other in the politics of our host country..  JMHO

    Not everyone here is old & retired!!

     

    Many of us are working expats with Thai wifes, kids etc. 

     

    while I am technically a guest I do have the right to discuss politics and have a clear opinion about what’s going on in Thailand. And Thailand would/ will be a better country without egocentric, military dinosaurs. A better country to raise kids & a better country for the family in law of westerners.

     

    easy to come up with such a comment, if you don’t face hurdles like for example the non-existent pension system in Thailand which makes you fully dependent on your kids or you simply have to work until you die.

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  8. Pita has balls of steel and that’s great! They learned from the mistakes Thanathorn made last time with Move Forward.

     

    You simple can’t discuss rational with those dinosaurs in charge. His strategy won’t change Thailand completely in one month or more one year, but will be fundamental for the future.

     

    and for everyone thinking the next coup is around the corner. Things have changed within the last 10 years. The young generation wants a modern Thailand, isn’t afraid to fight for that, they are educated and can’t be manipulated to the extent the older generation has been in the past.

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