EvilDrSomkid

Forgot to update.

 

Went on June 2nd to obtain result. Got another year with no comments made.

So far, so good.

Maybe I was paranoid. We'll see end of this month when I go to renew WP.

On 5/10/2021 at 4:45 PM, chakeeoyen said:

What exactly was wrong/missing with your application? In the end did they accept it? If so, I'd say you're in the clear. I did this last year and I'm about to do it again based on income. I'm not looking forward to it in the slightest.

Number of Thai employees. It was no issue last year. They did accept the application.

20 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

No matter whether you are right or wrong, that IO should show some respect and mind her manners when speaking to you, if she showed that attitude to me, I would retaliate in the same manner she showed me.

What I am saying here is not just talk, I have proved that on two occasions so far. Don't be afraid to stick up for yourself, but also, never be abusive to them.

Although a small minority of IOs can have a hostile attitude towards people, I don't think any of them will actually be abusive towards anyone.

It was false politeness she showed. Luckily she was not the one who directly handled our case, but she was walking around in the morning looking at everybody's paperwork.

She uses a shrill and penetrating voice that is just slightly louder than necessary. She does not speak like to her colleagues.

10 hours ago, OJAS said:

 

Have you considered the possibility of applying for permanent residency status and/or Thai citizenship in the longer term?

 

Well, yeah. I have seriously thought about applying for citizenship. My country finally allows dual citizenship. But if they reject my 10th application, I have a snowballs chance for that. I have read about the process for citizenship. They ask any question they want, come and dig into the smallest detail. Getting an extension of stay is a cakewalk compared to that. Besides that, my wife is so angry she is about to go nuclear on them. Told her to chill, but you know. I'm not chill about it this time either.

 

Like I said, this year is not like before. Oh, your business went down the drain? We don't care. I understand they have to follow orders, but come on. All those tourist people that got stuck because of lockdowns? They got lots of understanding. Us that have been here for a long time and done all they can to be legal? Nah. Go and die.

 

To answer some of the questions.

 

Yes, I have used income from work permit for the last 8 years. They have always accepted it in the past.

We never had enough in savings to meet the 400k in bank option. I know that is way easier.

Had to sink all savings into our company to stay afloat and keep the WP active. We are in the events business. So, since early 2020, nothing.

I can't find anything clear about if the form is being used at cheang wattana. Is it? Doing my extension of stay next week.

I thought the DSI did this task?

New sea routes to boost tourism planned

The private sector plans to introduce catamaran ferries to transport both passengers and vehicles.

The ship can travel up to 82 kilometres an hour and can accommodate up to 450 passengers and 33 cars.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/new-sea-routes-to-boost-tourism-planned

-- Thai PBS 2015-04-17

WHAT? 82kmh? In Thailand? With a ship?

From what the people in the video say, he either has a gun or they believe he has a gun.

While reading this, I can hear the racing bikes screaming. You have to catch the little buggers first.

Saw this on Jalopnik yesterday. I LOLled. I think there will be a market for it here. All the rich guys who have a Vigo, will want this.

Might actually take some market share from well to do Vigo owners. If MB TH assemble here or import it, might go for 2.5mill.

It sure will put all the Thai-Chinese HiSo Big hair women's noses in a twist.

I'm not so sure - the VW Amarok has been on sale for almost 1.5 years in TH. Sales are so small they don't even report them.... If there was a market for 2M Baht pickups, you'd think the Amarok would have picked up at least a few buyers?

The Amarok was buttugly and overpriced. The MB PU will be overpriced as well, but it is an MB.

Besides all that, discouraging ethanol use because oil prices now are low is silly. Maybe subsidizing E85 is not a good idea, but these low petrol prices will not last. For a country like Thailand, which mostly imports its oil, has massive air pollution from vehicles, has loads of arable land for sugarcane production, E85 is a very good fuel.

In the future, E98 might be a very viable fuel here. Modern fuel systems are good at using this. Of course, methods of production must be refined further. Burning off stubble is stupid and unsustainable.

The funny thing about all those sales girls for the whitening clinics is that most of them are not white. And those lily white CU girls don't need this junk. They're whiter than I am! And I am Scandinavian...

They don't make ethanol out of corn anymore. They use sugarcane and cassava.

Saw this on Jalopnik yesterday. I LOLled. I think there will be a market for it here. All the rich guys who have a Vigo, will want this.

Might actually take some market share from well to do Vigo owners. If MB TH assemble here or import it, might go for 2.5mill.

It sure will put all the Thai-Chinese HiSo Big hair women's noses in a twist.

If it is in Malaysia, then it is here in Thailand!

Yes, it is for sure. My wife's has recently recovered from it and a massage lady that came to our place has it now and is dying. Will have to check up asap

In our case, maybe 5000 baht a year tax. Hmm. Might be manageable.

There will be a very lucrative business in "low" valuations.

edit: If your place is worth 2mil, you pay 500 baht a year. Boohoo. So expensive.

So, everybody up in arms about this, but very little actual numbers or facts. Only that the tax will apply to "houses" or "properties" worth above 1million.

Q1: What is the tax rate?

Q2: Is it progressive?

Q2: Who will assay the property/house value?

Forgive me for being cynical, but I think the rich land owners will find "loop holes" to avoid this tax.

Like they do on their Lambos and Porsches.

edit:

The proposed structure for residential land is:

- first million baht excluded

- second and third million baht taxed at 0.05% of evaluation

- beyond three million taxed at 0.1%.

Q1 and 2 answered, but where does this wisdom come from?

When I went to report at CW on the 18th, I asked when the system would be operational. "Mai roo khaa"

So, wait and see.

I just tried to use the page via IE.

Got to fill in my info, filled in the captha thing, pressed submit, got that Thai Immi message, pressed ok and I am back on the form fill page again. Cannot go past step 1.

I am due the 20th. Should I wait for the online report page to work or go to CW?

Channel 3, a powerhouse of white skinned Thai who look down on anybody from outside the Bangkok white elite. What a surprise...

There was TV show a while ago called "Powa Dam". Not sure if it still on or if it ran on Ch.3, but that show did the same.

Stereotyped non-ivory skinned people as stupid and backward.

My wife just noticed that turning on white lights chased them away. Orange light or warm white attracted them. The little black flies are called malaeng wii khon. You need to wash all your shower drains thoroughly and regularly take out the garbage.

Anybody else notice that there are a lot more mozzies now in the dry season?

I have closed all the drain inspection hatches and the septic tank breather pipes, but still they come. Hundreds of them. As soon as it gets dark, they are all over our dogs.

We have two incense trays and put mozzie cream on them, but still little relief. I read something about they are coming from the street drains.

Anybody have any ideas?

So they are going to copy the Singapore system

A massive opportunity for corruption, I would say.