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People seem to think this won't affect non Chinese based on the other thread a week or so back. I'm pretty sure it will

How do you know this? Did they do an autopsy?

At the age of 48 an autopsy is absolutely vital.

This is not the streamlined process it's supposed to be.

Oh I think it is, I'm going to be very surprised if this ends up being less than 500 Baht per person if it's introduced.

But you did provide bank statements. This kind of treatment is nonsense, that immigration officer should be fired for unprofessional behaviour.

Elite visa owners still have to do 90 day reporting, or not and pay the 2000 Baht per year. I have a feeling that not doing the 90 day reports is going to be 'stepped up' like overstay was a few years back.

So what happened with this case?

If you leave the country then the days stop accruing. They only count when you're in the country and don't leave.

I may be wrong but wasn't this supposed to be for airport arrivals only when it was first mentioned?

I don't know about different visa types or what type of visa this guy has but for the Thailand Elite visa they are quite specific on the application forms - if you've been sentenced to more than 1 year in prison for any crime other than negligence then you're not permitted to get the visa. I guess if you've been sentenced to less than 1 year in prison at any point in the past then it's no problem. However, there is no way they can check this as they don't require a 'police report' so you just sign the form which I guess is a legal declaration - I imagine if they later found out you had indeed done a decade or so in prison then they might kick you out and revoke the visa. I wonder if something similar happened here. Is there any similar kind of declaration for retirement or other types of visa?

Well we can start with the lie about the 9 million Baht tax and then assume that they lied about absolutely everything else they said and did.

They're rounding up corrupt immigration officers at every level - do you really think these corrupt officers only dealt with the Chinese? ????

No it won't work, it will fail miserably.

I suspect plenty of 'retirees' are going to be getting a bit 'twitchy' over this crackdown.

They hate that this guy is so popular, I mean really hate it and him and they're out to get him.

I did but I still don't understand why I will never, ever be allowed to buy a single small piece of land which would contain my main residence.

Do you understand that laws can and often are changed? This is why they have parliaments

I didn't realise operating a food shop is not allowed, are there not multiple people on this forum who have mentioned operating 7/11 or Family Mart franchises over the years?

I doubt it - they will all be immune in a couple of weeks if the numbers are true.

What's adequate? Had she picked a slightly different insurance option it may have had the repatriation flight covered but cost a bit more. The real problem here is that 'the kids' have no clue what they need and just buy the cheapest / default offering. When they're buying insurance they're thinking of missed flights and lost luggage. They've probably never heard of a medical repatriation flight either.

Like I said, it's in bad taste. Do you believe he's actually been a secret Nazi for the last 2 decades?

21 years old hey, how old is he now? The aritcle says 40 but he looks a lot older than that, lol Fancy dress in bad taste 20 years ago ????

This is going to be juicy!

I had to do this recently, not for a bank but for much more paranoid Bitcoin exchanges around the world, I completed full 'KYC verification' at about 4 of the largest exchanges in the world and one US based custodian over the course of a couple of days. How? They ask for a proof of address, so I was thinking of certificate of residence and then get it translated followed by potentially notarised for some of them - that's a whole different can of worms here in Thailand, then I thought of something. I went to Kasikorn and updated my address, I moved about 4 or 5 years ago and didn't get around to changing it lol, I asked them to use my new address in English and then print out an English language statement - they did it and that's enough to prove your address, a bank statement from a big Thai bank with an address in English. Also if you already bank with Lloyds I believe you can simply transfer your account to one of the offshore locations, the same type of option may be available with other banks.