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On 7/18/2019 at 10:28 AM, murraynz said:

when/if i buy, i would be 72yrs old excellent health...

At that age I would not be buying anything. It would just make winding up your estate a mess for those who inherit it. 

20 minutes ago, Thomas J said:

I agree with you but perhaps someone else has had a similar experience and can share the steps they took.  Also, yes I am asking if someone knows a competent, trustworthy attorney and not someone who will just rip you off. 

You are going to need to speak to a lawyer about that as they should give you a reason to make an appeal. The information she gave verbally might not match the information in the documents you handed in. Normally someone goes with to the interview. Misunderstandings are very easy. Below is a list of the most common issues in Thailand for visa denials. Good luck with the appeal process!

https://gam-legalalliance.com/services/immigration/us-visa-denial/

Took a friend there once with a UK denial visa which they gave the same excuse. Came out that she had overstayed a UK visa before which she never told my friend about. They might be able to find out the real reason. 

The US will support anyone or anything as long as it can get its way!

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"The US not only helped to create conditions that brought Cambodia's Khmer Rouge to power in 1975, but actively supported the genocidal force, politically and financially. By January 1980, the US was secretly funding Pol Pot's exiled forces on the Thai border.

3 minutes ago, Thaifriends said:

You mean to say pig eat pig at buffet? 

Who cares who stay away. These quality tourust does not own Thailand to decide who will visit or who dont. Main reason to stay away is they dont have enough to spend compared to Asians. 

Then why are you complaining about Westerners not arriving? 

Sometimes I laugh at these things but it becomes less funny when there are children involved. They would have to be pretty big by now and this will be a bit stressful for them to live without their father for the next 10 years after he gets blacklisted or not at all if it is permanent. I am sure he cannot take his wife back without holding a job but he should be able to take their children with if they have British passports. Either way the family is going to get split. 

Ja I know about should have and could have blah blah blah.... still a bit sad.

16 hours ago, JackThompson said:

So, it's a "positive" that Thai kids/parents  with foreign parents/spouses won't be able to see them any more?  And when the foreigner has to pay to live somewhere else, and cannot support two residences, so the Thai family suffers? 

Thanks for the long rant. I fully agree with you. 

On 7/17/2019 at 4:06 AM, webfact said:

No foreigners will help to effect changes and restore democracy in Thailand

We are all a bit busy filling in our forms to be bothered with democracy in Thailand. Who here in Thailand and being (temporary) in the Kingdom has that type of vested interest in the place? Tomorrow they will change their minds and want stool samples not older than 2 hours to extend our visas. Nobody really cares as nobody is here permanently and for that matter Thailand has no oil or resources anyone wants. 

As for Thanathorn I have one question. Your government treats foreigners like crap so why should any foreigner here or abroad, government or individuals care about your issues when you dont give a crap about ours? Life is a two way street and you should know better.

On 7/9/2019 at 1:26 PM, Pumpuynarak said:

That last paragraph is pretty sad. I an curious if other expats in Thailand who are married to a Thai national also get their wife's knickers in a knot about all these changes and the possibility of leaving the country in the end. As can be seen on this website how many people do have the money but the silliness of the system is causing so many people grief and anxiety. 

3 minutes ago, keemapoot said:

it's a pretty clear case of premeditated dog assault and battery. 

You mean premeditated animal cruelty?

4 minutes ago, keemapoot said:

 Had he acted in the heat of the moment as his dog was 

A man in heat as well as the dog is usually something for the police. ???? 

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can we convert this tourist visa to non imm -O visa

Yes it takes 30 days at Immigration to have it done though (tourist visa to non-o). It uses a similar process to the link. I am not sure about changing an ED to a Non-O though. 

Convert Tourist Visa

7 hours ago, natway09 said:

Beware if you are on a spouse visa.

They have already advised that they will be upping the physical visits to be rid of the scammers who have never even met their wives

If they did it once then what is the point of doing it again? Its just a reminder that they dont want you in Thailand. If we had to do this to Thais' in our home countries they would sue the government .... oh wait they would have citizenship by then. No foreigner I had met over the years wants citizenship in Thailand but something like an Alien Permanent Resident Card after 5 years like Taiwan would make more sense and be more useful for all including immigration. Looking back now, I should have gotten off in Taipei and not Bangkok if I wanted to live in Asia. 

Good interview!

I almost get the idea that whenever there is something on social media that makes foreigners looks good Thai immigration comes after them. I recall the guy who made Thai videos on Youtube that they came after as well for animal cruelty which was in the end a nothing burger. When that failed they came after him for making money online. As I said before there is a anti Western sentiment from the Thai government. 

Lets not forget that massive cave rescue where most of the divers were foreigners who volunteered to save those kids in the cave. All we heard was it was Thai divers until one of the documentaries showed the divers board in their video and more than 80% of the cave divers had been foreigners. All trying to help and in the end solved the problem. 

The only time a foreigner in Thailand is suppose to make the news is when they are up to no good. Much like the monthly deportations where is most cases the vast majority of people arrested are Cambodians or Burmese but that is not what pulls the headlines or photo-shots.

Then you look on this forum and you can swear that some are government trolls trying to jump on foreigners as well with their brown nosing skill sets that foreigners are evil and dont want to follow rules. A man pushes a cart down the road with his wife which I think is cute and puts us all in a positive light that we do not see ourselves above that of Thai people but as fellow humans. Still we will have the brown noses having a go at other foreigners when they dont even know the full story.  

Tells me more about the farang losers club than about Thai people themselves or for that matter for loyalty that you can get from Thai women. 

7 hours ago, OzFlyer said:

I suspect she is in a bit of a pickle with loans. I have no idea how many loans she is paying every month and to who.

I think you lost control and fell for the liberal idea that we are all equal which we are not. You should have treated her like a daughter from day one and saved you all this mess. Thai women run amok very easily like untrimmed weeds when you dont draw a line in the sand early. Too many expats loose their crap in Thailand as they treat it like home - its not and will never be. 

11 hours ago, webfact said:

The incoming government should undertake measures to stimulate spending among low-income earners under the welfare card policy and inject an additional Bt100 billion into the economy in the second half, say economists from Kungthai Bank’s Global Business Development and Strategy Group.

 

People are broke! 

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With a debt mountain of 12.17 trillion baht ($372 billion) at the end of March, the equivalent of 77.6 percent of gross domestic product, Thai households are among the biggest borrowers in Asia and they are finding it increasingly difficult to keep up with payments.

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Non-performing mortgages, defined as those that have not been serviced in more than three months, were 3.39 percent of total home loans at the end of the second quarter, the highest level since the end of the global financial crisis in 2009.

 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-economy-debt/as-debt-levels-rise-more-thais-struggle-to-keep-up-idUSKCN1LF0CQ

17 hours ago, lannarebirth said:

A Thai doctor friend of mine, super smart, as a rule, super nice, unless talking about Red Shirts, Thaksin or Thanathorn. Barely a sentence escapes his lips that does not describe the followers of these people as low bred animals and congenital idiots. It's a major chasm and not just in Thailand. You see it everywhere where some segment of the population prospers and the rest is left behind.

I have heard that before during my second year in Thailand when we got invited to a hi-so event that my wife was invited too. Mainly accountants and the corporate clients at year end celebrations. I recall the guys who sat at our table and when the women went off to the loo there were just the three of us and what came out of their mouths I thought snobbish beyond belief. It went down the line of "low bred animals and congenital idiots" but more in detail.

Then again in my own home country I recall the exact same thing at parties.  So its not Thai specific but more of a money view. One year at our party at home I asked how about a nuke war and there was a silence and then the reply --- why the hell not, cut the dirty plebs down to size. The one thing that crosses race, nationality or creed is money. 

11 hours ago, PremiumLane said:

And all this would happen if you stay at hotels too.

 

Airbnb also causes rents to go up, landlords to kick tenants out so they can rent short-term, pushes working class people out of neighbourhoods and doesn't address real housing needs in big cities. 

Nope. The money goes directly to families instead of hotels. The spending occurs mainly around hotels instead of directly into small family business that are not in the normal tourist routes. The good thing about Airbnb is spreading the money out further from the central tourist districts only. As times goes on you will see more developments further out from the normal tourist routes developing other areas as well. 

4 hours ago, usmike said:

I contacted my Thailand Bank (Bangkok Bank, Jomtien) and they provided the nice card showing the swift code and routing number, all very clear, and they explained the FFT code (Foreign Funds Transfer) that will show next to each transfer.

Its your fault as you did it the wrong way. You dont send it to Jomtien Branch you have to send the money to Bangkok Bank New York Branch with your Bangkok Bank account number in Thailand. Its simple as you can even do it with Paypal.  You get the money the next day. You sent it to Jomtein Branch so now they will look for a corresponding bank in Thailand which might not be Bangkok Bank. 

I cant find his name on Interpol -- anyone else?

https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-Red-Notices

https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-Yellow-Notices

14 minutes ago, justin case said:

I wonder who has access to these numbers ?  does immigration sell stuff like this ?

It should be available for free in a normal country. I would think they would release it in Thailand as well if you asked. 

Maybe that is just the company and not FCO?

https://www.british-consulate.org/fco-british-assistance-abroad.html