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33 minutes ago, BestB said:
They are not forcing anyone out, but expect people to comply with new regulations
That is the same ????
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33 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:What rules have they changed?
Verification of income letter from Embassy - it was the Embassies (3) who stopped this.
Seasoning of funds (800k Retirement) - this has always been the case
If no seasoned funds, proof of income from overseas (>65k baht per month?) - has this changed?
Insurance for Type O retirement Visa application - this is new and can be a show stopper for some who cannot get insurance or have pre-existing conditions, although, there is surely a simply way around this?
The insurance is a new requirement. The possibility that there is maybe a way around this is for me not so important. The knowledge that maybe tomorrow there will be something else without possibility to escape is what matters.
Let's talk about morals. Or lack of it.
Would it be right to send someone home after 20, 30 years, if he cannot prove that he has enough money to stay? Living together with someone you are married to is a basic human right.
Would it be right to send someone home if he doesn't have 400k in the bank? After he lived here for 20 or 30 years, is married, and has children?
It is a violation of human rights.
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4 minutes ago, BestB said:but in all honesty where in the world you can get long term visa without health insurance or sufficient money in the bank to cover your medical bills?
In all countries in the world you will get a passport or permanent residency allowing you to stay when you are married. So nothing to worry about after that.
Thailand is really the exception here.
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3 minutes ago, BestB said:I do not agree with you. Before Thailand was a poor, 3rd world country that wanted pensioners under any circumstances,As Thai economy and wealth grew, along with more and more foreigners with no money, government has changed its attitude and now wants only people who have money.
But is it right to change the rules for people already living in Thailand for a long time?
Some people are staying for a long time, have a family, there life here. And than suddenly they change the rules making it difficult to stay.
Also considering that in other countries they will give you a passport after some years, or at least a permanent residence.
Would it be right to send someone home after 20, 30 years, if he cannot prove that he has enough money to stay? Living together with someone you are married to is a basic human right.
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15 minutes ago, GeorgeCross said:
in other words it will always be thailand first, guests last.
I am wondering if the people responsible oversee the consequences of their decisions.
For example the insurance debacle.
I didn't really delve into it, but I understood that many people were seriously worried. Some of them came to the conclusion that they had to move.
Somehow it was not understood that it is difficult to insure yourself when you are 80 years old.
Various government bodies began to explain the rules in their own way, which made the confusion even greater.
And now it appears that you can simply apply for another visa to bypass the entire hassle.
Had they not been able to oversee this mess before they came up with the idea of requiring insurance?
It seems that people are working there who are not capable.
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24 minutes ago, Phil Conners said:
Ok, that's a bit of a thinking-out-of-the-box solution. So no problem sending SMS to a Thai SIM in farangland then?
My prepaid AIS sim works in Europe. But... When putting the phone on with that simcard in it it can take some time till it works. I think when connecting to a network the roaming part must work (probably it requires some communication between where you are and Thailand), and sometimes this takes some time.
I am using it to receive codes from Krungsri.
I am sure US readers here can tell about their experiences.
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I know that Krungsri also asks for SMS codes for many activities.
You can also keep a Thai mobile number/simcard. You only have to keep the number active. From abroad you can use https://mobiletopup.com/ for that. It costs about $ 0.50 a month. And that money is not gone, you can use the simcard and the balance when visiting Thailand.
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13 hours ago, OZinPattaya said:
Transferwise cannot do a direct debit on your originating bank account if the amount is larger than 15,000 USD (I'm only talking here of American Bank accounts, not sure if this applies to other western countries).
So, if you try to transfer the equivalent of 800k bhat you will have to initiate a wire transfer with your American bank, which means you will incur a wire transfer fee from your originating bank.
In the EU they cannot do direct debits, even not for small amounts.
We can wire the money. And because it is inside the EU we do not have to pay transaction fees for this.
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13 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said:
You really should catch up on latest developments of what's happening in Thailand over the past couple of years...
Which developments? The election?
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2 hours ago, SCOTT FITZGERSLD said:
INTERESTING.
Thanks for your reply.
but than how about if a thai tax resident is doing his trading in a thai bank account?
than any profits will propably be taxed as income , because the bank account
is in thailand.
than, why would anyone use thai bank account to do his trading / investing?
you better keep all your assets and financial trading / investing in banks
outside thailand, and than it will be considered income sourced from outside
thailand, and than wont be taxed in thailand (if not transferred into thailand in the
same calendar year)...??
does not make sense to me....
I believe that the territorial tax system is based on the idea that things are taxed in the country because the country contributed to that profit. If you rent out a house in Thailand and make a profit by doing so than Thailand helped to create that profit. The house is in the country, which need a government to exist. To go to the house you use Thai roads, the house has Thai electricity etc. Without Thailand there would be no house in Thailand and no way to make a profit.
If you have a house in another country and you make a profit then Thailand did not contribute anything. Even if Thailand did not exist you would still have that house and make the same profit. So you will not pay tax.
It seems like an honest system to me. Much more honest than the US tax system that wants their citizens living abroad to pay tax, even if they did not visit the US for years and the US did not contribute anything.
>> does not make sense to me....
It is Thailand. Even if the law says that you have to pay tax it does not mean that people will do it. I heard that only 7% of the people pay tax. There is a reason why banks withhold the tax on interest and transfer that money to the government. This is a recent change. And probably they do this because Thai people were not paying.
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1 hour ago, Orton Rd said:
drops to almost nothing and the signal cuts off a lot on wi fi
Never judge an internet connection on the WIFI. Never.
If you use WIFI you cannot say anything about the quality of your internet connection. WIFI introduces so many problems... Connect your computer with a cable to your modem. If that doesn't work you can make a conclusion.
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17 hours ago, Beggar said:
"Local police contacted immigration who with the help of biometrics technology traced the suspect to Nit Bungalow on Samui"
I guess this sophisticated biometrics technology was a simple picture of this guy since the shop had a video camera.
I am wondering if they have an automatic system for recognizing photos.
This biometrics system sounds so innocent. But I once saw that with face recognition and a camera system they could follow people when walking through a city. They could draw a map of places 1 person visited.
Connect that with the info immigration has with photos and names.
Soon, security personnel and police can follow you on a monitor when you walk on the street with the expiration date of your visa on the screen.
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51 minutes ago, DUNROAMIN said:
Don't forget their herded to any tourist shop that is owned by Chinese. Thailand would not see much money from these people, saw it Australia first hand, and not to mention from my experience they are very rude and pushy.
This youtube video made by a Thai model about Chinese behaviour in lines and toilets has over 2 million views:
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2 hours ago, dallen52 said:What would be interesting to see is the actual length of stay per "Tourist".!!!
C. Tourists normally do 5 or 7 days group tours.
This can explain the empty hotels/streets.
People from Europe will come for 2 or 3 weeks. 5 days is not worth it to travel so far. So you need at least 3 Chinese tourists to replace 1 European tourist.
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11 minutes ago, CLS said:Is shoplifting a reason for arrest?
It is enough for a photo with the 5 police officers involved in solving this crime.
enough for a vinyl board
and the crime is serious enough that they need someone with a microphone and pointer to make a video of it.
Is this xenophobia? Trying to prove how bad foreigners are?
Where I come from they could put you in jail for the night. But probably you will be outside in a couple of hours. And it is certainly not a reason for a press conference
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48 minutes ago, SteveK said:Indians coming in sharing hotel rooms and cans of coke from 7-Eleven
They don't only share hotel rooms and cans of coke. They also try to share other things/services. I once saw the negotiations for that. But it's not allowed to write about that here. Article 17 states: "17) You will not discuss the specifics of prostitution. "
I am curious how it will be in a year from now. If what we see and think is right it will be a disaster for Thailand. Until then everything is based on assumptions.
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21 minutes ago, madmen said:
Is that a law? After the first month I would ask the landlord if we can continue monthly but outside of Air bnb , no point paying them commission. The arrangement is cash in hand for the landlord so cant see anyone knocking that back
Probably you will not be able to register yourself with the authorities. Unless the owner of the Airbnb agrees with this. If you rent long term, and the owner agrees that you will register yourself with that address than it is not really an Airbnb anymore.
You can of course stay a long time in a country without registering yourself. But without registered address you will not officially live there.
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You can also check settings in Google Chrome. Go to settings as shown in the image below, choose Languages, and make sure that English is selected.
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36 minutes ago, Jingthing said:This video gives a contrarian probably more unusual take on that old cliché in that this guy gave up his U.S. citizenship.
It's all about money. And this guy has enough. If you have enough money, there are always solutions.
I often hear here that people just don't have enough money to go back. And that seems scary. Especially because legislation in Thailand changes too often and too quickly. You don't know when it will go wrong.
I must honestly say that the more I read about Thailand and politics, the less I trust the Thai government. It is not a basis on which you can build a future.
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50 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:Wouldn't the figures be easy to calculate, foreign exchange divided by number of tourists..
If there were 10 Bolivians here last month and 10,000 baht of Bolivian currency exchanged last month, they spent on average 1,000 baht each.
Any day/week /month they know how many tourists are here and any day/week/month they know how much money was exchanged at ATMs, currency booths etc.
You assume that foreign currency is only exchanged by tourists. While the majority of people I see in line at exchange offices in BKK are Thai. You also assume that Bolivians exchange Bolivian currency. While it seems more likely to me that they will travel with USD. And what to do with people spending Euro's ?
You can look at ATM withdrawals if they have access to this information. But then you rule out people paying with their cards directly. You don't take into account cash money brought into the country. And you don't take into account accommodation booked from abroad and paid abroad.
Every number is based on a lot of assumptions.
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1 hour ago, elviajero said:I agree. All countries quote revenue based on the numbers of visitors, but I've no idea how they determine the revenue per head.
You ask 100 people from 1 country how much they spent, and assume that all people from that country behaved the same. I don't think there is another way to do this.
You cannot track spending with tax. In Thailand many people do not pay tax. You can look at hotels, but many people do not stay at official hotels. From a lot of money spent n shops it will be difficult to decide if this is from citizens or tourists.
The above method is also not very reliable. Especially not if the baht went up after asking tourists what they spent a couple of years ago. It will also depend on what kind of tourists you ask. If you ask this to tourist staying in the Hilton on Sukhumvit you will get other numbers than when you ask in a cheap unregistered hotel. It is easy to make "mistakes".
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2 hours ago, Just Weird said:What do you base that gem on?
>> Tourist numbers from Europe dropped to 4,698,239 people, down 1.83 per cent
>> the United Kingdom with 719,599, up 0.84 per cent,
I really do not believe that tourists numbers from the UK are going up. Even in Spain these numbers are going down due to poor economic prospects and uncertainty. But instead of going to Spain they decided to go to Thailand?
I cannot support it with numbers. But it seems very unlikely.
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54 minutes ago, saengd said:
"the Thai armed forces serve two main functions: a) internal security: to safeguard ruling class hegemony from challenges by mass movements to expand the democratic space",
See wiki.
Drug cultivation in Thailand is not the issue, drug cultivation and more importantly, drug manufacturing along the borders of neighbouring countries, are. Read this: http://www.thailandtoday.in.th/culture-and-society/elibrary/article/894
And then google Bangkok Post article that talks about 11 drug plants churn out 20 mill. pills per DAY, near Thailands northern border.
>> internal security
That happens only in a military dictatorship.
>> along the borders
That is vague. It is in the neighbouring country, or in Thailand. In both cases this shouldn't be a task for the military. If it is inside of Thailand it is the responsibility of police. If it is in another country than they have no jurisdiction.
I understand in Thailand things are probably different. But this is not how it should be.
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