mokwit

I think it is more a dislike of their hypocrisy.

From memory, the shareholdings are in his children's names.

This article is just BS leftist propaganda from The Guardian. The Left are the biggest threat to free speech and democracy - you can't have false narratives AND free speech, hence the attack on free speech.

Does this include indirect holdings in Sansiri through his children?

I see it as more the Thai "Zero tolerance"/no tradeoffs - it is better that people have restricted access to opiates, than somebody be able sell their supply on the black market, better that visa applications be onerous rather than somebody who isn't qualified get one - most places it is a trade off between ease of access for legitimate applicants vs number of fraudulent applications let through. In fairness I was given a morphine self dispenser after surgery and offered morphine after another. I am also asked "any pain" on visits - so far none and I plan to be back in the UK and take my chances with the NHS ahead of that.

She has to do it while she can still fill in all the paperwork required. Apparently there is a lot, it's not just rock up and get your Pentobarbital.

Apparently it is not a mainstream thing here. There are one or two specialists but your palliative care is your family. It is much more developed overseas and with liver cancer you may need all the palliative care you can get. There is apparently now a drug that can stop the itching from Bilirubin build up. Maybe Sheryl can weigh in on this.

If you are saying you will be able to do a border run just before the visa expires and then extend in country after the visa has expired, I doubt that. Do we have any other visa type where that is allowed?

Also stopping multi one year O/B from Hull/Birmingham that allowed one year stay with 4 border runs, before that.

Assume he flew there in the official jet.

Note the cunning disguises of the IO's.

It won't be (a 5 year stay). See my posts above. people buy a condo to use it 6 months per year though. Thailand only acts for the benefit of Thailand/the elite. The fact that lots of people want to stay in Thailand only interests them if they tangibly benefit, they are not doing anybody any favours.

I think they want to maximise property developers condo sales. Direct buys from foreigners who will be prepared to buy a condo, and from Thais buying to ST let (IMO ST letting rules will be relaxed not tightened). I am sure the Russians didn't really get 3 month x2 because it gets cold in winter in Russia as stated.

The Thai authorities see it as just a one year extension and think we can just "go back your country". As far as I can tell they just don't care if someone has been here 20 years and now can't meet some new requirement, as evidenced by Hapkarns 400k year 'round/transfer 65k non grandfathered new rule.

Wasn't it specifically the BOI LTR "Wealthy Retiree" visas they said they were going to make changes to?

I'm afraid you will have to clarify what you mean, do you mean someone has 5 years in which to do two entries or one entry followed by an extension, or are you saying over 5 years you can exit extend exit extend continuously until the 5 years is up, or perhaps only once per calendar year? You post is really not clear.

Yep. Collectively retirees and marrieds with 800k/400k requirements are not viewed as contributing enough by the authorities to warrant any kind of appreciation/consideration, so why would 500k nomads get anything special? My take is new retirees will be offered the LTR visa only with its greater terms and control, rather than the current "too easy" extension, it also solves the new law tax issue for retirees - they become exempted. IMO the requirements will actually be REDUCED from the current $80k or /40k/250k - remember they said they were going to make changes - probably more requirements - I think already has home country criminal record check but probably AMLO type proof of source of funds. No doubt there will be some curve ball requirement like a letter from your countries Ambassador stating that you are a stout fellow and the Embassy guarantees your good conduct in Thailand. So where does that leave Non O extensions? IMO grandfathered because it would be too calamatous not to, but also with no shield from the new tax law interpretation/changes, thus incentivising them to switch to the LTR visa. Howls from old geezers being asked to pay tax are not going to meet with sympathy from the Western media so it will be de facto "Grow (into LTR) or go". Rich retirees move to LTR, unwanted poor retirees move to another country. I might make the above a new thread so all see it.

Not sure it said that definitively on the Government official release tin, hence the confusion, but that is how it has been interpreted by some media sources. Yes, my answer did wAnder a bit, but no wOnder, as that is because the visa as described is seemingly contradictory or not really realistic - 5 years to study Thai cuisine? I'll believe that when I see it. Likely there will be terms like prepaying your course and accomodation in advance - "just rock up" long stay visas have not been a thing for quite some time - check out the requirements for 6 month tourist visa from some Consuls. In a way this replaces/allows alternative to the 6 month tourist visa and Ed visa with a new visa, but likely more terms and control.

We will see, I have been dealing with Thai visas for 30 years and watched as they closed off all long stay options/strategies including Non Imm multiple entries. The fact is that the Thai authorities seem very uncomfortable with people, especially young people with no obvious source of income staying here long term - yes we have the Govt recognising people legitimately earn money remotely now, but look how stringent the requirements are for that BOI visa (and all the others for that matter). I reiterate, the devil/disqualifier for many will be the "registered company" requirement plus maybe some others. My guess is that legitimate freelance remote workers may not qualify. Company employee or owner of company of a certain size. If it is just 180 + 180 extension and that is it then I am sure all the budding cooks and Muay Thai fighters will be able too use it, but I am sure you will not be able to just put that in the application and get the visa without further proofs. If you are so sure I will be eating my words then tell us what YOUR interpretation of this is. If you think Elephant Pants in Chaing Mai will be able to use this visa to hang out in Bob Marly themed bars in Chiang Mai for 5 years with extensions and border runs just by posting vids to youtube then I think you are wrong. Again tell us what YOUR interpretation is and thus why I will "eat mu words". if you think I am wrong you must have an idea of what is "right". All the much anticipated longer stay visas announced have turned out to be implemented with onerous terms.

Don't see why they would make it a 5 year valid visa if it was one entry and then one extension and that was it. We don't know if it is one extension per visa or one extension per entry (which would allow back to back with border runs). As I said, I think the devil will be in the detail of the "registered company".

What I found was that the system was not holding that newly entered date after I changed it. After every rejection it would be reset back at the old expiry year. I entered using the dropdown boxes not typing into the web page. Reason given for rejection: Your visa category does not comply with the 90-days notification conditions (tourist).

This is what it says on the 90 day report page on Imms website.

My take. It will be 180 days in any calendar year other than the one year you can extend in country for. I think it is really unlikely that they will give a near continuous stay for 5 years by doing back to back border runs. That has not been the trend. Look at the requirements for other 5 years such as Privilege/elite and OX The "registered company" will be the devil in the detail. I think certain revenue requirements and/or size will be required as per BOI remote worker visa, but likely less stringent. Forget about off the shelf companies. IMO this is not aimed at the Chiang Mai elephant pants digital nomad, but at bona fide company remote workers. That said, a more generous interpretation might be that you can stay 180 days, then extend for another 180 and then leave and come back and extend in the new calendar year and repeat the process for 5 years i.e. extension every 180 days & a Border Bounce every 360 days... as per Siam Legal interpretation.

All of this is directed at people on one year extensions who likely have stable addresses, meanwhile people fly in and stay in an unregistered AirBnB and no one knows where they are. A senior IO said that the reason for TM30/90 day is because it is embarrassing for them if other country's police forces ask them to locate one of their citizens or if someone hasn't posted on Facebook for 48 hours and the family back home assumes the worst and they can't locate them, yet they do nothing about non filing of TM30 by ST let landlords renting to tourists and those fleeing arrest back home.. I got this when I tried to file a couple of weeks back. Your application for "STAYING LONGER THAN 90 DAYS" has been rejected. Your visa category does not comply with the 90-days notification conditions (tourist). I am on Non O 1yr extension. Tried several times and the same every time - took me too far pat the postal dates so i used an [expensive in BKK] agent rather than Que for four hours like last time I couldn't do online. They really don't care about inconveniencing people who are granted extensions ONLY BECAUSE THAILAND PERCEIVES DIRECT FINANCIAL BENEFIT. I see myself as a paying customer, but we are treated like criminals on probation. They are getting more an more @n@l about this for long stayers meanwhile they open up to hordes of short term stayers, some of whom go underground. My condo is full of Indian sub continent people/workers sleeping 4 to a room in sub let apartments so likely no TM30 being filed.

Managed to take time out from playing with his grandchildren then.