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55 minutes ago, candide said:

The point is that you asked me to provide sources showing that Trump claimed the 2016 election was fraudulent, and I provided them.

Trump made that claim, Hillary didn't make that claim. That's fact.

That would be convicted felon Trump.

16 hours ago, george said:

Even wikipedia has the 60 day change

They probably all just copied the same news article, which apparently got it wrong.

24 minutes ago, candide said:

Fact. It's Trump who claimed the 2016 election was rigged, not Hillary. She never claimed the count was not right. Trump did! 😀

 

Think critically! Lol!

 

Edit. 

The only thing Trump competent at was show business. He wasted his heritage on his other businesses. 

Are you talking about convicted felon Trump?

5 minutes ago, candide said:

Are you taking seriously what I wrote  really! 😀

I think you need to get your sarcasm detector checked.

2 hours ago, candide said:

The deep state is so powerful that it convinced Trump to commit crimes! 😀

That is just what the lame street media wants you to believe. 

2 hours ago, candide said:

I accept all court decisions and all certified election results. Do you?

No no see it's obviously a conspiracy by the deep state....or something.

3 minutes ago, dddave said:

Though the OPs problem was apparently  solved, I'll post this anyway.  A rental was cutting out and stalling randomly.  Turned out the kickstand kill switch that turns the bike off when the stand is extended was defective and road bumps would actuate it.

That could definitely be a tricky one to figure out.

"The video will not be shared in this article as it may offend sensitive viewers."

So let me get this straight, someone willingly went on the internet and instead of clicking on their usual pornhub link or something else much worse, clicked on this headline through their own free will. Naturally the website feels the need to protect these oh so sensitive delicate flower internet people from being offended and running for the fainting couch?

3 minutes ago, Roo Island said:

Musk is a total nutter. A horrible person

He is a shoe in for the sequel to "The Smartest Guys in the Room". 

13 minutes ago, Mike Teavee said:

If it worked like existing multi re-entry visas then you could:-

1. Enter Thailand
2. Day 179 leave Thailand do a border bounce 
3. Day 179 re-enter Thailand
4. Day 358 leave Thailand do a border bounce
5. Day 358 re-enter Thailand
6. Keep repeating until the day before the 5 years expires, do a border bounce & get another 180 days so the Visa would be good for approx. 5.5 years.

Honestly cannot see this being how it works as you've just killed off the Thailand Elite 5 year visa (the other perks are worth nowhere near 900K).

 

I would think that it would be more like a a Single Use Visa with multiple re-entries during the span of the permission to stay. I.E.

1. Enter Thailand get 180 days
2. Day 30, Take a 3 day trip out of Thailand, come back & be stamped in for 147 days (180 - 30 days already in country - 3 days away)
3. 60 days later take another 3 day trip, come back & be stamped in for 84 days (Total of 90 days in Thailand - 6 days outside) 
4. 30 days later take another 3 day trip, come back & be stamped in for 51 days
5. 30 days later take another 3 day trip, come back & be stamped in for 21 days

... Extend (once) & repeat...

 

Which effectively means you'd be getting a new visa every year & doing an extension every 6 months, not great but feels better than what <50s singles need to do today. 

  

If it is done like a multi-entry e-visa, you would have to show airport immigration your visa printout, which would have the expiry date(s) on it.  As long as the visa is still valid they would stamp you in for 180 days each time.  It's still not clear to me how the payments every 180 days would work.  You would most likely need to go into immigration to do that so you would need to make sure you are in the country before the expiry of each 180-day period.

11 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

It actually is higher humidity in the Philippines, being on the coast. Thailand- 68-72%, Philippines-72-82%

There are no coasts in Thailand? 🤔 

31 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Depending on what part of the Philippines your in.

Duamagette,Palawan ,Boracay ,Cebu are the nicest in my opinion

The PI is not as humid as Thailand.  Cebu temperatures stay about the same year round.  Not too much rain during rainy season compared to a lot of other places.  I don't have much interest in the other places you mentioned.  Dramaguette has lots of power problems and that's a deal breaker for me.  And then there is all the expat drama there.  Doesn't sound like the kind of expats I want to be around.

59 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

It's a dump for those who cannot afford to live in Thailand.

Besides booze, just about everything else is more expensive than Thailand.

On 5/30/2024 at 1:44 AM, bob smith said:

anyone else had enough of all the silly games here?

 

i've got a sack full of cash in the safe that's just collecting dust.

 

never been to the Phils but by god them women look amazing.

friendly too!

and good english levels.

 

temptation is very high at the minute.

 

anyone else feeling the same way?

 

bob.

I decided to give the PI a go this winter.  Partly because of the tax and visa hassles,  but also because I got hassled on re-entry last time for the first time in 20 years, despite following all the rules.  Didn't make me feel very welcome.  The horrible air pollution I experienced last trip is another reason.   We shall see how it goes in 2025 after the dust settles, and depending on what I think of my stay in the PI this winter, but it looks like Thailand has lost my winter business for 2024.

3 minutes ago, Maestro said:

 

I have seen no indication in the currently available information that wanting to spend the winter months in Thailand does by itself qualify a foreigner for the DTV.

I was wondering about that.  They say for work AND tourism but they don't say for work OR tourism.  If I can't use it just as a tourist then that would count me out. 

12 minutes ago, Maestro said:

 

It does say that the DTV is a multi-entry visa.

It doesn't specifically imply multi-entry within the 180 day period with no strings attached and no fees.  I don't think the non-O retirement visa is multi-entry unless you pay extra for that option or fill out a form and pay a fee each time you exit the country.

22 minutes ago, blorg said:

 

It is multi-entry.

https://thailand.prd.go.th/en/content/category/detail/id/48/iid/293120
https://www.mfa.go.th/en/content/presscon300524-2?page=5d5bd3da15e39c306002aaf9&menu=5d5bd3dd15e39c306002ab1d

I don't see anything in there that indicates it is multi-entry with no strings attached.  For example, when you get a retirement visa, you have to either pay more for multi-entry ability, or fill out some form and pay a fee on each exit, otherwise I think you have to renew it again when you re-enter.

I don't know why people keep calling this DTA.  Is that what they call it in the UK? In Canada we just call it a tax treaty or reciprocal tax treaty.  At least that is what the Canada Revenue Agency calls it.  These three letter acronyms some of us are not familiar with, depending on what country you are from, cause confusion at a time when there is already too much confusion.

As someone just reading that document for the first time, right away I was confused by the use of TRD and DTA all throughout the document.  I know it is obvious to the author and most people reading it,  but it wasn't to me at first and probably a lot of other people visiting this thread for the first time.  Yes, I eventually found the spots in the document where it defines them.  Even though TRD is explained in the first couple paragraphs it was kind of buried so I didn't see it at first.  Took me a little while to find it since I tend to read documents like this out of order, looking for the most relevant parts and various key words at first.

I would suggest running a FIND/REPLACE and change all those three letter acronyms to their full meaning or use both throughout instead of starting with three letter acronyms from the very beginning.  Don't just assume someone is going to read top to bottom, start to finish, word for word, rather than quickly try scan sections for key words or read it out of order.  Another point is that I am not sure if DTA is the universal description.  I have always understood it as just a tax treaty, or double tax treaty, or reciprocal tax treaty (RTT).  Yet another reason three-letter acronyms are not always a good idea.

What if we want to leave the country and come back in?  It doesn't say anything about this being a multi-entry so sounds like we would get dinged for another 10k if we did that.  

Will regular tourists and retirees be able to get that new 180day visa?  What if we want to leave the country and come back in?  I am guessing that is not a multi-entry and therefore not cost-effective for that?

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