ryandb

DTV is a proper visa.... I already have a bank here anyway but what exactly is your issue with digital nomads getting a bank anyways?

I don't think anyone applied for a DTV just for a Thai bank account, I certainly didn't.

Non story, there are no Thai prostitutes I've been informed of this many times. Vietnamese just offering a service Thai's have never provided.

you got evidence he's doing it out of love for Elephants? Bet you fall for the I'm different from other bar girls lines too

It's a great way to scam money from good hearted people donating, like most animal charities/sanctuaries these days, massive villa on the beach in Phuket is a testament of this

I left school in the 2000s and grew up on a council estate. I know quite a few women from my high school who have never had a job, and the same goes for their parents. My mum was a single parent. She worked full-time from the moment I started school, and before that, she worked part-time while I was in nursery. Yes, we received child benefits top-ups and lived in subsidised social housing, but I was still raised seeing someone get up and go to work every day. That made a difference.

Not saying this isn't true to a degree but single mothers on welfare in the west have been jumping on OF at a massive rate, lots of people are greedy and want more. Welfare generally becomes the family business, pump out kids every few years to ensure the money keeps flowing and you don't have to interview at the benefits office. Where is Thailand going to get this money from? It seems like barely anyone pays taxes over here, so join the mass debt spiral of the west by being in huge deficits every year? Now you could say the government could do more to enforce that Fathers pay their way if they leave

This is what I don't get, like fly into the EU, at least if you are caught you'll get a nice cell, an education and meals etc

Then Thailand would jail her, dealing with the court case, the British Embassy, etc. It would be easier to let them get caught on arrival. If I was in charge it's what I'd do, nice export deal.

Also she was a former air hostess for TUI, the phrasing makes it sound like she was a British Air (ways) hostess, she's still British but a former air hostess

The generation of women brought up on Instagram is doing anything to keep up with the Kardashians. Onlyfans and escorting aren't covering the lifestyle for 99.5% of them, so drug smuggling is the latest profession. So dumb

what are you on about, I'm talking about the original owner does not receive the land back it gets gobbled up by the state

There was a report around the start of the year that they were reworking the 99 year lease bill to have the land transferred to the government/land registry department (not sure the official language which was used) who then issue the lease (or something like that) then reverts to the state at the end of the lease, this was privately owned land. It was long term land grab language.

As someone who would like a 99-year lease (I'm under 40) over a 30, I love the sound of it, but the previous rumour that the owner(well, descendant of the owner) doesn't receive the land back, and it goes to the state, is terrible. Land grabs, no way I would participate in that.

Tourist visa I understand, you are physically going to apply for something which already needed this (last time I was on a 60+30 TV I had to show 60k baht at Georgetown), visa on arrival free entry is dumb, after booking a 14 days all-inclusive in Phuket who's going to want to print out 3 months of bank statements to show at the airport....