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Rolo89

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  1. Thailand is eastern european price with awful air quality, death trap pavements and scams everywhere. Not suprised people are going to countries that represent value.
  2. When was this though? I know people that opened them at the end of 2024 without issues, then it got more difficult but people could still open with agents. But in April 2025 agents aren't even taking money to help open accounts as they can't.
  3. It is uniquely Thai - a visa that allows you to stay long term and be a tax resident. But also makes it very difficult to get banking. In other countries if you have the visa to live for 5 years then banking is not an issue at all. Like a Thai living in the UK for 5 years would have no issues with walking into just about any bank and getting an account, or use one of the many neobanks to sign up online in 5 mins.
  4. Thais can open a UK bank account if they have a visa to reside in the UK for years. Foreigners in Thailand with a 5 year DT visa can't easily. They could last year and earlier in the year with an agent. But right now in April 2025 it's difficult.
  5. I think marriage and retirement visa makes it easier, DTV is basically a tourist visa. They've been burnt with too many dodgy people and are worried about fines.
  6. Tried a dozen branches now (in expat areas), they all say no and try each other. Spoke to an agent a few weeks ago and they said it was possible but would have to travel to Pattaya. Then the next day said their bank (Bangkok bank) in Pattaya was no longer accepting foreigners and they would be back in contact when they were. Heard nothing since. So think even agents can't help at the moment. It used to be possible if you bought an expensive product from the bank, but apparently not anymore.
  7. On the DTV and was planning on paying Thai tax, but since tightening the rules on banking it's impossible to get a bank account until you have a work permit. My DTV allows working for my foreign company remotely in Thailand, but how can they expect me to pay Thai tax if I'm not even allowed to open a bank account?
  8. A shame, leaves the others with more power in the market. Which is what they want and then can increase prices.
  9. I'm more concerned about the safety of the thousands of high rises that are being left to those with vested interests to check if they're safe!
  10. Yes it's very worrying all the buildings they've declared are perfectly safe from a quick check. There could be another earthqake at any time and these already weakened buildings might not fare so well.
  11. It really isn't there could be a stronger, longer earthquake that hits the area at any time. If this happened during monsoon with a high water table the damage done to BKK could be so much worse. Condo sellers would tell you otherwise.
  12. No. There can be a closer, longer and stronger earthquake hit BKK. If this is during monsoon could be really really bad for BKK. The other day was just a taster.
  13. There could be a strong earthquake that levels most of BKK tomorrow with it being built on jelly. Or it could be in 300 years. No one knows.
  14. Admitting 1% of checked buildings are unsafe and could collapse is huge. I wonder how many of the 200 they've deemed at amber risk are actually red and how many of 31'000 safe actually have no structural damage. Private companies would supress disclosing the real state of their buildings.
  15. The assurance is to their shareholders, this has exposed just how risky bangkoks soft soil is from earthquakes over a thousand km away. Lets see how much high rise condos can sell for in the next few months and how much owners have to pay to fix the damage from the minor earthquake this time.
  16. Sends alarm bells ringing. How can they have started on structural repairs from the day of the earthquake? These things need to be invesigated properly and a proper assessment would take place about a week after the event rather than right away.
  17. Many are moving out of their high rises. Don't think this will be forgotten about and moved on from quickly. Lots have woken up to Bangkok is built on jelly and is very suspectable to earquakes far away.
  18. Friends building has 5 out of 6 lifts closed due to damage, but the whole building has been signed off as perfectly safe in rapid time by an unnamed engineer. Said friend is staying away and wont stay in his flat on the 38th floor!
  19. yes the building code since 2007 was supposted to mean there wouldn't be much damage at all with an earthquake like this, it was strengthened in 2021. Only a fool would buy a new condo now without having an independant assesment on the building.
  20. Or the same earthquake 1000km miles away during the monsoon with the soft soil wet could distroy it. Tokyo was always called the city waiting to die, however that can withstand long powerful earthquake. Bangkok could be destroyed by a short one far away.
  21. If even 10% of the buildings with significant damage are high rise condos then that's a huge problem for the Thai economy. They were already too expensive, if they're too expensive and poorly build it will be dire. The next earthquake could be 1 month away or 30 years away. Could cause so much more damage during the monsoon with the soft soil.
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