cjinchiangrai

As they say in the old country, AMF!

I wonder if round 2 with the RTP will be as exciting? It will be easier to repo the car after he is in jail.

On 8/12/2023 at 2:43 PM, Taboo2 said:

When I see the news on snakes, I am amazed at how humans survived in this part of the world back in the day.  Two hundred years ago, there were probably hundreds or thousands of these bad boys around villages at night and daytime.  How did they survive?  

Two hundred years ago the Thai's had huge knives on their backs. That snake would be BBQ for the village. Pass the Lao Khao.

9 hours ago, ballpoint said:

Given which recent president was born there, I'm surprised Trump even acknowledges Hawaii is part of the US.

It is amazing that he knew it at all. I would have bet Chump would have written them off as foreigners like Puerto Rico.

Wouldn't they verify your ID at the local police station?

I would think so, they took mine in Spain recently. Didn't even look at the IDP.

4 hours ago, RafPinto said:

It's not loading.
I tried on my phone and laptop. Can't reach this site.

Wanted to print my last TM47

Not loading for me either, even if I go dig out the link on the website. Oh well, I will be in the city next week anyway. It is only a ten minute stop.

On 8/10/2023 at 5:00 PM, jaywalker2 said:

I believe Thai Visa allows you to use any Thai bank

They do for legal visas. Apparently not for agent extensions though. 

Not a chance. Refused service for the benefit of the driver is on him. Plus, a baht bus driver gets paid on delivery, not pickup.

8 minutes ago, Jonathan Swift said:

You're only racist if you cast aspersions and assign negative connotations generally and randomly toward isolated individuals of an ethnic group, because they belong to that group. Just because you've had bad experiences in China does not in and of itself justify malignant racism. then you've added another problem on top of the original one. I've seen racism against Blacks in the US rationalized similarly all of my 66 years, and it's ugly. Meanwhile I've run into more misbehaving British louts and blighters lately than any other group, with various other ethnicities also guilty, and very few Chinese by comparison. Granted, that's because of Covid, but fact nonetheless, and I'm not going to tar and feather any group because of it.

I lived in China many years and never had a problem. Everyone was very nice.

7 minutes ago, TigerandDog said:

get rid of the Non-O completely, and if the reason for being here long term is either retirement or marriage make them O-A ONLY. That way a police check must be done in home country when applying.

The O and O-A serve different purposes. 

24 minutes ago, mokwit said:

So that makes them deadbeats? Everyone below your financial level is a "deadbeat"? Take care that they don't up things to the level where you are a "deadbeat", despite your vast wealth. I assume you have no problem with Bt3m in a Thai bank, coz my guess is that is what is coming - or the monthly income requirements/$500k/$250k investment of the LTR visas.

 

I could, but don't want to put $250k or even Bt3m in a Thai bank and some don't want to put Bt400k in a Thai bank.

Yes, they are deadbeats. The O visa is a preliminary step to an extension. If you do not extend, you are not holding up your end of the deal. Wait nine months and try again if you like. This is the reason that some offices are requiring the 800k up front.

Just now, mokwit said:

Don't get where you are coming from from this - if you mean extension of Non O it is for one year, if you mean 3 month non O I don't get what you mean unless you mean anyone on a Multi O can't afford the 400k - but don't they have to show proof of that to get multi O?

The people that make visa runs 4 times a year to get a new 90 day O and never put up the money.

4 hours ago, mokwit said:

 

All kinds of new visa classes have been offered (by TE BoI MOFA), all but the Elite have onerous requirements such as criminal record checks. The OX aimed at high GDP per capita country applicants requires you to take the time and money to have a blood test to show you don't have Elephantiasis, leprosy and TB. these are very rare in these countries and you are far more likely to catch them here.

FYI, the Elite people do the criminal check as part of the approval process. That is a key reason that it can take months to approve. They could treat O's the same if you want to wait.

If you want to eliminate deadbeats, limit O applications to one a year.

Eliminating the use of agents is going to be a bigger problem. It is a system that was not created by the applicants.

2 hours ago, Ratman said:

Why does Thailand let people in the country from Nigeria..as you read about crime in Thailand..Nigeria always comes up

 

And how is that different from the Russian mobsters, Indian touts or British hooligans? Making generalities is a slippery cliff. Maybe it is time for the BIB to be processing the overstay lists from immigration for all nationalities. Maybe it is time to limit O visas to one per year?

Sometimes whiskey and ice do not mix.

Paragraphs help. Your text is a disorganized mess. Is there a question in there?

Koh Chang is boring and isolated, the boy would probably prefer Hua Hin where he could be a little more independent,

For beaches, the Phuket/Krabi area wins easily. Plenty of beach villas south of Patong. For euro-feel Koh Samui also has many small villas available but the food is bland.