Celsius

Who? Thai Elite and Farang?

Now why do some people get so triggered when you announce that you will be leaving their precious Thailand? Like when you buy crypto and you decide to sell for a bit of profit people call you all kind of names, I mean who are they going to sell the "luxury" condo they bought 5 years ago that now looks like Gaza strip? Maybe just like crypto, Thailand is based on a greater fool theory?

Oh, no

It took almost 2 years to get her a PR status with the help of a lawyer.

Livin' the dream, tossin' the salad

Please do try to make sense.

He averages 1 post a day, you average 10. You literally joined 2 months ago and he is bored posting all day ????

Don't forget to bore the forum with a batman meme and yet another picture of barely legal ladies that are not even Thai

Hate to go this route, but.... bignok - joined March 11. Over 9000 posts. 43 posts a day on average ???? Enjoying Thailand?

This is not about money. If it was I would have been whinging and whining long time ago about the price of national parks and the inevitable increases of English breakfast in Pattaya. I think you are enjoying putting this down on me being broke hence that is why I am leaving. And you seem to care so much because you are one of the most active poster on this thread. Enjoying the attention!

Actually I am complaining about the possibility to have to do a tax return.... even if I have to pay zero tax in Thailand. There will be million things that can go wrong including every office having their own interpretation..... just like with visa extensions. Who wants to deal with this?

You don't live in Thailand. You are a guest. Unless you have a PR. Do you?

Next assignment - Shrimp buffet

Username checks out

Well, a lot of Thais are going there too and love it. My immigration lawyer who did a PR for my wife is making a killing arranging student visas. I also have a Serbian citizenship, so I could stay there too. Life does not need to end after Thailand. I do want to stay here. I like it, but I will not deal with more bureaucracy and zero rights.

You bought an Elite Visa to do a geo-arbitrage in a country that will soon make you file tax returns? I am sure the nice Thai Elite visa staff helped you open a bank account too? Did someone on Thailand expat forum give you this priceless advice?

2 luggage tags a pin, USB drive and a fake credit card for 600,000 baht. And you still have to do annual renewals and 90 day reports on this glorified tourist visa. Did you know Platinum Amex is $695? Please explain to me how you win?

I am not from UK, I have nothing to do with UK and I am definitely not going back to UK LOL

Soon you'll be paying tax on money transfers to buy MG How f up is that?

So, I am whinging and whining. It's a forum. Not to mention there is some serious incentive for clickbait posts. Or so I heard

Take Yai to Burger King

Yawn

Back in 2013 after visiting Thailand twice in 2002 and 2006 I decided to give it a shot and move permanently. I came as a tourist, went back and forth from Vientiane and KL for a year (a lot of fun). After that I applied for a 1 year Thai language study visa which was ridiculously easy to obtain and so cheap (16,000b plus 1900b for every 3 month extension). in 2015 I got married and got my marriage extension. Despite that I still loved visiting other countries.... Malaysia, Laos, Japan.... so living on a tourist visa would have not bothered me one bit. However, during that time there were a lot of old grumpy men on this forum whining and whinging about backpackers and how Thailand should crack down on them.... and they did eventually. To me this animosity towards younger generation of travelers was really stupid as I knew the more "rules and regulations" would be coming soon. I remember in 2018 and 2019 while travelling there would always be some old guy in front of me being questioned by immigration about his frequent visits to Thailand. Meantime the covid happened so all this was put on hold. So, what old people wanted old people got. Enjoy doing your tax returns while doing your 90 day reports, begging for visa extensions while having zero rights in this country. I'll be out of here by April.