MalcolmB

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Heinecke

Do you have a link?

Bottom line here is most people on this forum are helpful. we are all in this together, one day I will become a long termer and can either be 1. someone who helps other newcomers, blend into thai society, respecting their ways and manners no becoming good friends with the lovely Thai people 2. Be a whiney bitch giving fake information out on forums because I have nothing better to do. Telling people you can not learn Thai, you can not buy a house, you can not buy a business, you can not become a citizen etc etc on and on i think I will go with 1. And a big thank you to all the other 1.s out there.

That is interesting. i have met quite a few people over the past two weeks who are doing it, some of who have been doing it for 20+ years without a problem. i fully intend to set it up legally through lawyers. Some people tell me I need four thai shareholders, some tell me only two, and some say only one. I have Thais who I can use, my girlfriend and her family members. The lawyers set it up in a way that I still control it everything. Thousands of people do it every year. it seems a lot of people living here long term are very successful and others are scared to do anything. i am still relatively young, have money to invest and I am not going to put in a bank getting low interest. https://www.siam-legal.com/Business-in-Thailand/thailand-limited-company.php

Yeah you are right.

The mighty USA and allies were in Afghanistan for 20 years and lost. it is hard invading countries. The US would be better off just shooting Putin like they did to Osama Bin Laden. i have been thinking about doing myself.

Thanks. so really simple and cheap. Benefits are very good and I can not see any disadvantages that would affect me. It has given me more motivation to learn thai quickly. Less to prove to if I am married so I will apply after the big day.

Thanks for your time writing that.

Shotgun? Before the wedding?

I have enough money to fast track what is needed.

Ok, I will check him out. Thank you.

What law would I be breaking?

One is woke. the other is real.

I think Brits punching elderly locals in the face might be more responsible for inciting racial tensions. Similar incident three days ago.

They were probably trying to kill him for stealing their motorbike.

I think that finding out your wife was sleeping around and you had paid to support the child of the other guy for many years would be a frustrating situation to be in. unfortunate for the chubby beautician though.

While the police tried to extort as much as they could to make it all go away.

Yes I am doing that. กขฃคฅฆงจฉ so far. It is a lot easier than I thought it would be.

Sounds difficult but not impossible. Could take a while. I really wanted to do it before buying the villas. Maybe I will use the thai company way and transfer them over to my own name from the company when I get my citizenship. if anyway knows of an agent who can do it I would appreciate the contact. Maybe they could speed the process up a bit. I don’t mind paying a bit extra to the right people.

Thinking last night about getting a Thai citizenship. Benefits would be I could buy investment properties in my own name and would not need to deal with immigration which seems a bit of a hassle here to be honest. eg I needed to pay an agent to open a bank account last week and it took a lot of time. All that wouldn’t be necessary if I was a citizen. i would buy pool villas to rent to tourists Airbnb because the returns are higher and get a maid to clean them which will be cheap in Thailand. Long term rentals don’t appeal, returns seem low. I assume this would disqualify me getting free healthcare in the UK? but I am about to get some health insurance in Thailand anyway so will not need it. I have heard the hospitals here are much better here, more like a five star hotel with no waiting times? How about my pension? Will I still get it? Won’t need it if I have investment properties but it would still be handy. what other advantages and disadvantages are there? I am learning Thai language and will marry a Thai lady within the next year and move upcountry. I can’t see myself ever leaving Thailand to live anywhere else. Any thoughts appreciated.

My father brought me up. My mother died when I was five.

Just another example of a frustrated angry Brit whose father abandoned him and then watched his mother bring other men into the house. He isn’t too bright. And I know he would hate my Thai girlfriend who isn’t white enough. So I will be happy to see him locked up again.

It is a very helpful forum for someone like me who is new here. If you can not find something you can just ask and get helpful information. Glad I found it, especially for the visa stuff. Just a few weirdos with some sort of chip on their shoulder. Who are probably the ones causing all the trouble with their attitude. Easy to spot the ones with issues.

That may well be true but us Brits make up less than 10% of the total number of tourists here and seem to making up 90% of these unsavory incidents sadly. There is not even a close second.