technoronin

Whenever an academic criticizes President Trump I just remember they are an academic. The entire "ivory tower" crowd hates Trump and will say anything to tear him down, It's part of their culture.

Do the bureaucrats have the authority to make this change? Doesn't this change require the legislature to pass legislation? The current instability around a number of issues has made me reconsider moving to Thailand.

Great, Thailand is still trying to recover economically from the scamdemic so they are going to put tens of thousands of people out of work again. This is while the government and the banking sector is working hard to chase farangs out of the country. This sounds like a set up for a Marxist revolution and power grab. Who is going to be this century's Josef Stalin?

I spent 3.5 months there last summer. Having a bank account made it much easier to transfer money, gave me access to "scan to pay" and Bangkok Bank has cardless withdrawals so I didn't have to carry my debit card. There's also the fact that I already had a bank account that was working fine. If you want to accuse me of money laundering, there are the Thai defamation laws. Do you want to run into that kind of criminal trouble? Also, there are countries where I can easily open a bank account, I know someone who has an account in Mexico. It's really handy for taking advantages of exchange rate variations.

Thailand is doing a thorough job of discouraging those of us who want to come spend a few months there. Making my bank account unusable was the last straw.

Have you been asleep? I can't use my bank account anymore which was the final straw. Just this year things have gotten more restrictive and more of a hassle.

So they don't want ordinary middle class guys like me? I was planning on spending a million baht per year or more, but now I'm planning on going elsewhere. Making my bank account unusable was the last straw

Given how anti-foreigner the Thai government has become, it wouldn't surprise me. They are incrementally making it more difficult and more troublesome to visit Thailand. How many people are deciding to visit elsewhere because of all the changes and requiring a vaccine certificate would be a significant disincentive.

Yet another change that makes Thailand more of a hassle for regular tourists. Are they trying to chase tourist traffic to other countries? This is after complaining about tourist numbers being down. I was planning on getting a retirement visa this summer, but maybe I should just look for a different country to retire to. I'm sure I would be welcome in The Philippines.

What's your problem with ham radio? -.-. --.-

That's the Sanctuary of Truth. They require visitor to wear hard hats.

If they want more tourist dollars then why shorten the visa exempt time as well as create the useless TDAC system?

"Plummets"? Last year it was down to around 37:1 THB:USD. This is just anther Trump hating writer. 34.5 is well within normal variation, it's a pity that research is optional in modern journalism.