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18 hours ago, DaftToPutRealName said:
Once again, the Thai approach is not as flexible or well thought out as those solutions being offered through blanket "take no action" amnesties offered in other countries with plenty of notice, nor as simple as similar countries like Vietnam which allow you no-hassle up-front payments.
That is simply because they don't want long term foreigners here unless you are absolutely essential.
It is very well thought out, for their wants and needs, not yours or ours.
The message should be crystal clear yet some people are still not getting it.
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I stopped reading at the second paragraph when I saw it was just a fluff piece for this tinpot jackboot regime.
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We keep hearing about these money making schemes but nothing about restructuring, downsizing, satisfying international creditors and how they are going to pay off the THB250 billion debt.
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Visa runs are impossible so it's time for the visa runners to finally return home.
All good things come to an end eventually.
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The great thing about being an authoritarian regime with tinges of fascism is they can blame foreigners for everything, which is exactly what is and what will happen.
Coming out of this crisis one wonders (and worries) just how intolerant, insular and ultimately dangerous it will get.
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19 minutes ago, Happyman567 said:
I think you nailed it Mike. They wrecked a whole economy over 58 deaths Insanity
Who would have come if they didn't close the borders?
Many countries have travel bans and most people would not be travelling anyway at the height of a global pandemic.
Insanity would have been just acting as normal and not doing anything.
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1 hour ago, JusticeGB said:
Why does the Government destroy the tourism industry when daily road deaths of around 60 people exceed the total deaths from covid19 over 6 months of 58 people and at least an extra 400 suicides. The latter figure will sadly increase as more people will lose their jobs over the coming months.
Because if they didn't close the borders there probably would have been a massive outbreak as we have seen in the UK and USA and the economy would have been down 50% or more and not just the 20% due to the devastation of the tourism sector.
There's a bigger picture.
In comparison to countries in the West, Thailand has handled the crisis surprisingly well.
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30 minutes ago, xerostar said:
Sweden Close to Victory Over Virus;
Never Had A Lockdown or Mask Mandate
But this "government" knows better - They don't care about the people.
It's all about the power and personal gain.
Only 58 deaths from this virus is a victory.
29 minutes ago, Kaopad999 said:Why on earth has this government don't provided social security for those people who have lost their businesses and jobs due to Covid is beyond me!!
There is social security for those that pay income taxes. Don't pay income taxes you don't get it.
Same same your country.
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12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:The United States does not support any individual or political party; we support the democratic process and the rule of law.
When it suits.
They support dictatorial and murderous regimes too, as evidenced throughout their short history.
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You can just imagine how desperate they were to find any foreigners positive to fit with the new jackboot fascist narrative.
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Stupid is as stupid does.
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4 hours ago, Bender Rodriguez said:
make it legal & tax it
in the meantime, the police NEVER know about real gambling dens
except when they forgot to pay the monthly brown envelope
Lol the Police run them mate.
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17 hours ago, Nout said:
The drug laws in this country are some of the most cruel, corrupt and arbitrary of anywhere in the world. Its very important that when tourism starts that young people and their parents know of the dangers of Thailand and choose a better place to go with fear.
And yet a convicted heroin trafficker sits in a deputy ministry in government.
Nowhere in the World is more hypocritical.
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2 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:
True, I never thought about the extension, actually forgot about it. I was thinking more about those that worked 6 months out of the Country then returned for 6 months. I always had to go to immigration pay the 1900 baht extend another 30 days, then at the end of those 30 days, do a border cross into Vientiane, shop and then return for another 60 day entry and then at the end of that time I would either fly back to work or extend for another 30 and then leave.
If you pay Thai income taxes, which would be likely 25 to 30% then I don't see why not.
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13 hours ago, The Barmbeker said:
But they have done such a stellar job with this!
How....
I hate to say "I told you so", but...
If you work in the tourist trade this is the last thing you need to happen.
Borders closed and lockdown imminent.
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12 hours ago, aussienam said:I wish that the Prime Minister would please allow retirees back. We are not tourists. Tourists come at their own leisure and convenience. As expat retirees we are desperate. 6 months stranded abroad. Still paying rent in Thailand and abroad. Sleepless nights filled with anxiety and losing hope. compassion is needed. Please expand ASQ facilities and help us get back.
Your mistake is still thinking you are to be treated different in some way from a tourist because of the class of visa you are on.
You are only a temporary visitor for purposes other than tourism, don't pay taxes and have absolutely no rights here.
The sooner people waken up to their own predicament in Thailand the better.
It was always a gamble 'retiring' here and it looks like it has been a losing bet for many.
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9 hours ago, sapson said:
A seventy year old man in Nakhon Nowhere sitting in the rice paddies on overstay and a task force is mobilized, BMWs, mob handed cameraman etc.....to bring the heinous criminal to justice......
Yet idiocy and total negligence likely to cause death or serious injury is mai pen rai.
This should tell you everything you need to know about this country and its inhabitants.
And educated people still want to pile money into this place and skirt around laws to 'live' here.
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The 30 year veteran expat cynic in me thinks they were trying to steal the mine, a profitable business, from a foreign entity.
Prove me wrong.
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19 hours ago, DirtyHarry55 said:
This is the sort of bunkum that the bangers on here used to try to rationalise the coup.
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15 hours ago, anterian said:
Anyone doing business with a West African needs to tread very carefully.
The Chinese have done exceptionally well in West Africa.
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2 hours ago, Enoon said:Same bloke who sold them the bomb detectors managed to source the technology for them.
He's still in jail in the UK.
How many Thais were investigated for that debacle? None.
How many people were arrested and jailed on the basis of evidence gained from these fake bomb detectors
Many that benefited from those deals are now in government. Yet we were meant to believe (by many on here) that the coup would clean up corruption? ????
File this tourism idea under another unworkable desperate straw-clutch and let's move on.
Amusing to see the desperation growing now, the results of this are going to be EPIC!
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4 hours ago, samsensam said:
Then they’d be clear to roam around the island for their third week. After 3 weeks on the island the visitors would be free to travel to other parts of Thailand.
how are they going to know which tourists are which? which tourists have been in thailand for more than 3 weeks? which foreigners are tourists and which foreigners are long term residents, retirees, employees? will they have police checks all over the country continually stopping and checking foreigners? it's a mad plan.
They have facial recognition for all foreigners now.
Immigration have cars and pick-ups with the cameras mounted on the roof that are constantly tracking all non-Thais when they are driving around.
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6 hours ago, LEKPHUKET said:
Hijacking is going on, when will thais take the streets to stop this incapable government? The last 15 years they came out for much smaller issues.
Not only thais are hijacked also many foreigners in and outside Thailand.
Like it or not, this government has done a very good job of handling the COVID crisis.
The yellow shirts only came out in numbers fifteen years ago after a massive propaganda campaign against the then PM by Sonthi's media empire and payments to attend rallies.
After the precedent was set, the red shirts had Thaksin paying them to be shipped down from up North.
As there is now no paymaster I doubt there will be anything other than the students out on the streets.
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They are running out of foreigners to arrest and scapegoat now.
17 minutes ago, colinneil said:What a load of c++p, Haz mat suits, clowns in riot gear, what for?
Oops silly me it was to arrest a very dangerous criminal.
Do these clowns not understand how bloody stupid their antics are?
Most stupid people do not realise they are stupid, for if they did, it would make them fairly smart.
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Don’t risk an overstay: Foreigners in Thailand urged to renew ‘visas’ BEFORE 26 Sept
in Thailand News Headlines
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Good luck to anyone trying to cling on with those types of visas.
Immigration sees right through these schemes and it only takes one officer to take a disliking and the rug gets pulled from under you.
I would say if you are not here properly and legally with the correct visa then it is time to consider returning home.
In fact I would extend that advice to everyone not doing 90-day reporting or on PR.