Mike Lister

I'm 188 cms. I'm going to use it to replace jogging which is getting harder on my knees and back. Mostly flat, road thru the rice fields, my old jogging route plus around the moobahn, nothing adventurous.

Thank you Bill, I'll take a look.

Any recommendations for helpful/decent shops?

Yes I've seen those, I'm asking which ones people recommend etc.

I want to buy a bike for exercise, (not a stationary machine type and not off road). I'm looking for reasonable quality at a sensible price, I'm in Mae Rim. Where do I go? (Probably not interested in Tesco/Big C etc) TIA

Not if you're not paranoid or a big believer in conspiracy theories it isn't! You could always explain what the new policy shift is and why it has taken place, that might help your argument. Thailand still wants to attract retirees and still wants the foreign sourced income they remit here, now more than ever. They don't however want the criminal and impoverished gamers that come typically come with it, you know, the border runners, the education visa holders who learn Thai or Muay Thai and certainly not the work at home and not pay tax mob. Oh yes, and they don't want the, I have 800k in the bank for a visa crowd who really have to pay an agent to pretend they do. So, let me be ridiculous and deny any change in policy, it's down to you to convince us that's what it is, rather than enforcing existing laws.

There are several spread across the forum, mostly in the Home Country forum for Australia, here's one:

Yes, maybe so. It's just that I've never seen a single instance of that. But I've seen loads of cases where foreigners have purchased condo's in their own name, because it was the only way they could obtain real estate of their own, even though they may have had a Thai partner. Many foreigners balk at the idea of buying houses in their partners name, because of the lack of personal financial security that condo ownership offers. Most Thai wives I've encountered seem to want to buy houses rather than condo's although both have merits and drawbacks.

Farang refers to white Westerner, very few of whom own tailor shops, I imagine.

I was responding to the two posters who talked about them being married and living in the same condo etc. I don't think being married or not changes the outcome in this matter but it seems less likely a husband and wife would buy a unit in her name only in the first place, it seems self defeating.

The OP is not married to his girlfriend, a significant point I also over looked earlier.

There is a difference between showing THB for example in an account balance and actually taking delivery of the currency. THB is traded around the world but not actually for delivery. So if you ask whether the Baht in your THB account is assessable income, my answer is no, unless you actually take delivery of it in Thailand, at that point the currency has been remitted, until then it hasn't.

Cocoa now more expensive than copper, per ton. Maybe a new indicator, Mr Cocoa? https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/705934?utm_source=Newswav&utm_medium=Website

Too messy now, the OP needs to go see a reputable and capable lawyer.

And you proof and confirmation of this is where, in what link? Regarding the second part of what you wrote: sending the purchase funds out of Thailand once the unit is sold, is simple enough. All that is required is the blue tax paid receipt from the Land Office and the banks will transmit those funds, I've done that twice without difficulty.

That comes back to whether Inheritance laws take precedent, which I believe they will, unless the unit is not capable of being transferred into the foreigner owned sector. Increasingly complex.

Legal heirs inherit the property ownership rights of the deceased which, in the case of land, cannot be transferred for more than one year. But in the case of a condominium, can be transferred into the foreign ownership quota.

Thanks. So in both cases, the person becomes a Thai passport holder, ergo, a Thai citizen, which is what I always believed to be the case.

I also am not certain if inheritance law will take precedent over property acquisition law, but I suspect it will.

Can you explain that please?

I live in Chiang Mai, in Thailand. There are approximately 4 million foreigners living in Thailand. Farang is the Thai term for white westerner. 4 mill. minus 300k full time farang expats = 3,700,000 What don't you understand?

Yes, because THB is a restricted currency hence the exchange for delivery purposes is made in Thailand, not overseas.

There's no sale of any sort, the unit is simply reallocated.

Last time on this: Foreigners can become naturalised Thai citizens. The term Permanent Resident is synonymous with Citizen, naturalised or otherwise.

Nonsense. When you walk away from your ten years of renting, you get to kiss 10 x 12 x X baht goodbye. When the condo/house owner walks away from their ten years of ownership, they get their 10 x 12 x X baht back, with interest, plus they lived rent free for rent years.