JohnFlory

8 hours ago, CNXexpat said:

All the places where the cases are increasing and are on a high level?! These countries will be the last one on Thailand´s list.

 

Well, if you go in normal times in the Hilton or Siam@Siam hotels (and other expensive ones) you will see many of Chinese there. They come to famous Pattaya, look the Walking Street (like many tourists visit the red light district in by example Amsterdam without leaving money) and go to the islands. 

Perhaps the Uyghers from the North West of China could come. They probably don't have Covid in the concentration camps.

Oh just <deleted> already. This is all BS until it isn't.

I am not holding my breathe. I have a legal marraige to a Thai and we have been apart since February. As I am not retired, I am only with my wife in our condo in Thailand three or four months each year (she is sometimes with me outside of Thailand) so no visa other than 60 day tourist visa. Additionally, I hold a US passport, but have not been in the US since July 2019. Since Covid-19 started, I have only been in Thailand and South Korea (where I am now). I look forward to the clear and concise rules that are soon to be issued by the Thai authorities!

As a US passport holder who works in South Korea, I am wondering if, when foreigners are permitted entry again, I will be allowed back. I have not been in the United States since July 2019. I doubt there will be coherent policy statement. 

3 minutes ago, faraday said:

Somebody who thinks he knows everything about Thai people: But doesn't.

 

I don't know if that is directed to me, but I certainly don't know everything about Thai people nor did I ever claim to.

5 minutes ago, dayward1 said:

What does your name and anyone being able to read English have to do with it? I think we all contribute to Thai society by spending our money here and frequenting their businesses.

 

Oh no! Do you know who I am? OMG!! I must change my ID stat!   ????

OK...not sure what you're going on about. I never said anything about people not contributing.

2 hours ago, Olmate said:

I think the Thais working in Korea did not just “run away and get factory jobs”. All set up for them prior. And probably did border runs the same as many on here do.As they are Thai they must be allowed back in regardless.

First of all, and I am in Korea now, there is no "border run" here as the only land border is with North Korea. Second, yes, some factory jobs are set up prior to arriving, but the tour group runaway is very common. My Thai wife is warned whenever she passes through immigration at Incheon airport. Immigration Officers flat out say Thai Tour Groups often have this occur. 

23 hours ago, saengd said:

Credit card companies usually have the customers address, it would be highly unusual that they didn't, even in Thailand. I suspect you're looking at things from an avoidance perspective, I'm looking at the issue of what most normal people might have.

I doubt that illegal Thai workers in Korea have credit cards in either Thailand or Korea. 

The funny thing is that most, though I am sure not all, of these Thais did the same thing in Korea. They arrive with tour groups and then run away to get factory jobs and stay well past their 90 days. These are people that all immigration officers should view skeptically.

After my two months in Thailand where my wife and I have our home, I just returned to South Korea where I work. Normally when getting off the plane I use the "Smart Immigration Pass" that Korean citizens and residents are both eligible to use. I was directed this time to go to an immigration counter, even though I should my "Smart Pass" sticker, while Koreans on the same flight were still permitted to use the pass and just swiped their passports. I asked the IO if a non-Korean was more likely than a Korean to have the virus. She looked at me confused so I just smiled and said "never mind". Fear makes countries do some illogical things.

https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/expats/thai-immigration-scraps-tm28-reporting-requirements

I did the process (registering the maariage) in Thailand a year and a half ago. My Thai wife and I were married 17 years ago in the US. I am writing strictly from memory so I hope I get it all right,

I understand you are not in Thailand so things may be a little different. I went to the US Embassy in Bangkok and got an affidavit stating that we were married in the US. I showed them our marraige license with the appostile (sp?). I also, and I don't know why, had to have my US passport "certified" at the US Embassy (I think for the amphur. I had been told to do this). I then went to a company in Thailand that translated my documents and sent them to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Got everything back in less than a week. My wife and I then went to the amphur and had of US marraige registered in Thailand.

I've no problem with Thailand enforcing their immigration laws and have no sympathy for chronic overstayers. My question is, what happens if you are not an overstayer, but are not carrying your passport (I guess that is against the law) or a copy. Are you hauled off to police headquarters for enhanced interrogation?

5 hours ago, Just Weird said:

That's bizarre.  How does opening a Thai bank account for an American give that Thai bank "access to the US market"? 

 

Do you really think that Thailand and Thai banks do not have access to the US market and that a few foreigners having accounts here would ever change that?

The issue is, if they do take US deposits, but don't comply with US reporting requirements for US depositors, they could be blocked from operating in the US.

Thanks for the info!

I work in Asia and am legally married and registered at the amphur to a Thai woman (16 years married). We own a condo, in my wife's name, in Pattaya. I am only in Thailand three or four months each year and so am usually here on a 30 visa waiver or 60 day tourist visa that I obtain outside of Thailand. Does anyone know if any bank would allow me alone to open an account or, even better, get a joint account with my wife? Also, due to America's (I am US citizen) irritating bank reporting regulations, do banks in Thailand turn away U.S. depositors? In the future I'll be wanting to obtain a marraige visa, but not for a number of years. Thanks!

7 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

It’s not fact and it’s a bigoted and racially charged view. 
 

You are wrong to single out the Chinese eating exotic food. China not the only country to eat exotic creatures. If you imply that eating is cause of the disease; you dead wrong as droppings and association rather than eating have been medically proven to be the causes. 
 

Again wrong to claim flu variations come from China. MERS originated from Middle East. Normal flu is just as dangerous. In US between the months of Oct - Nov, 910-2,400 people died from flu and 16,000-29,000 people hospitalized according to CDC reports. 
 

China is perhaps the only country in the world that can ordered a lockdown of a province of 11 million people by a single order. They are just as concern with the disease severity as the whole world. Many global health organizations including WHO are involved in stopping the spread. You can’t lie with such large exposure coverage by the world. 

Not getting into the rest, but this is a good quote from the above:  "China is perhaps the only country in the world that can ordered a lockdown of a province of 11 million people by a single order." I am sure the Uyghers and Falun Gong members appreciate this fact.

6 minutes ago, zydeco said:

Cough. Cough. Let's hope that this is not newbie JohnFlory's first and last post.

Don't worry. Feeling fine. The wife just passed out though.