Liverpool Lou

There's no chance of that, you really need to read the article and the link again.

You won't find any journalists on this forum!

I didn't.

You're talking in a technical way that's over my head. Do you suggest I go ahead and import with Fedex and list a $500 value or something like that as "costume jewelry"? Or, should I list a higher value and pay only 7%? That percentage would make it worthwhile to import. What do you suggest, please? No, I don't. If you declare a $500 valuation that is the limit of your FedEx insurance if the package gets lost. If the items are undervalued on the FedEx documents and Thai Customs decides to examine your shipment, you will be assessed for the real value, as determined by Customs and may be fined for trying to avoid duty by under-declaring the value so substantially. Your package may also sail through with no issues. That decision is yours. You need to find out the duty rating for the specific items and you can do that by calling the Customs Dept call centre. A declared value of $500 will still attract duty if the item is subject to assessment. This site is usually accurate, https://www.simplyduty.com/import-calculator/, and it suggests that "gold jewellery" and "diamond jewellery" is zero-rated for import duty so only VAT would be applied on the valuation, plus insurance and shipping cost.

If a courier company is used, as he suggests, import duty and VAT will automatically be assessed, as is normal practice, it is not "fraught with risks that it will be flagged"! The only tax will be 7% VAT on CIF value, so you're suggesting that the import duty will be rated at what by the courier company? To make it "not worthwhile" any import duty and VAT would have to exceed the value of the jewellery, wouldn't it?

I suggested you do a GOOGLE search and see the 1.2 million bt. shows up on more sites than just the L.A. Consulate. Now you know. So do the current, actual requirements and the first few Google results referred only to the correct, current IB requirements! Now you know. By the way, what does it matter when it's clear that the IB requirements have not changed?

He stated ..... "as far I had a Covid-19 extentions visas every two months" He means that he has been obtaining covid extensions. He won't have a current visa. Ok, to the OP, what "visa" were you on?

Would you be comforted to know that he wasn't the only one arrested?!

That doesn't give them immunity from arrest for being involved in criminal offences! If there are extenuating circumstances that got them inadvertently involved, the court, or the prosecutor's office will sort that out.

Quite disappointed, though not entirely surprised, that you seem to think that he was the only one arrested.

He wasn't the only one arrested. Should 13-year olds' be immune from prosecution?

Do you think that 13-year olds have, or should have, immunity from prosecution for criminal offences? Talk about opening the floodgates! Same thing would happen anywhere else for human trafficking offences. Just because a child is initially arrested doesn't mean that he will remain in police custody.

What visa are you on?

It is a jail!

Why would you do that and risk bringing IB attention to yourself if you're going to be on overstay?

Why would anyone leave their visa enquiries until 3 days before expiration?

"20k THB reward for people who report law breaking motorcyclists" That's not true, it's a very misleading title. What the article actually reported is... "...Those who reported could also have a chance to win a prize of up to 20,000 baht every month. Prizes will be offered to clip owners to win up to 20,000 baht. About 10 prizes will be given away every month, totaling 50,000 baht,”

It's the small wheel on your mouse. Or a typo.

"Are Thai Retirement Visa Requirements Changing" No.

Quite right, he specifically says that he doesn't know, neither do his Thai colleagues, they haven't been advised of any changes and that this isn't official at the time of the video. "As of now they have not changed". He also states that overseas consulates can set their own visa requirements without them being official requirements.

You're suggesting that a Google search only comes up with that financial requirement? It doesn't.

"He suggests having 1.2 million in the bank rather than the present 800,000 baht". No, he does not suggest that! He specifically stated that he does not know about any changes and it is not an official Immigration Bureau change at the time of the video. "With the banks only guaranteeing 1m baht I think this unlikely". Why? Are you suggesting that no one in Thailand will keep than B1m in their accounts in future?

Quite right, he specifically says that he doesn't know, neither do his Thai colleagues, they haven't been advised of any changes and that this isn't official at the time of the video. "As of now they have not changed". He also states that overseas consulates can set their own visa requirements without them being official requirements.

That poultry [sic] data sound tasty.

And the Thai junta running the country at the time were such nice and friendly people who would never harm any living thing. Sarcasm mode off, for those who didn't understand. I wasn't commenting on the Thai government of the time, I was responding to a poster about Guevara's reprehensible qualities, that's all. Sarcasm mode off, in case you can't understand.