Ok, remember 9/11 and watch "Dupont Lajoie".
Must admit that there was I time where I was also peed off with Arabs; when I had to work on the inventory of hardware and ordinance they had left behind in the Sinai.
I agree, whatever my/your current performance is, these numbers are ridiculously low. And what is their definition of a a sex act? When I was 15 I was J..k..g off 4 or 5 times a day, does that count?
I have the feeling that Mr. @Kwasakithinks this is smart comment but sadly it is plain dumb and is a weak attempt of ignoring the reality. Anyone single, who had a middle class lifestyle back home, will need that sort of money to keep his standard of living. What is the rent for a good 70/80 sqm condo in Silom? A barely decent bottle of wine costs 700 Baht. The near free good quality healthcare is now an expensive private hospital, and so on..
Yep, I was a total dumbass then, spent a lot of my time reading writers of the 19th century... I didn't even have TV, was reading the Washington Post, 2 or 3 days late, but was worth getting it flown in.
I don't think it would. But I am of the opinion that they should enforce a 4 month stay in the home country every couple of years. A way to ensure that these visas are truly "Non resident".
Not if they if they keep going the way of the LTR visa; the pension doesn't have to be paid into a Thai bank while the health insurance doesn't have to be in Thai either. The whole paperwork can be in English and processed online. Can be done from home in less than a couple of hours.