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Well I did it at age 68-75 and yes that is old but the kids give you energy and it can be a heck of a lot of fun if you take an hour or so to prepare before you show up....you have to make a fun game out of it and it takes a while to get the super shy kids to try to speak english as their peers will laugh and hoot at them BUT eventually most of the kids do at least give speaking and trying to understand spoken english a try and the ones i dealt with sure seemed to increase their confidence enough to give it a shot....if you do it will likely learn that you are actually more of an entertainer than a teacher so it does take a bit of work to come up with new fun ideas of getting the kids to respond....any expat that hasn't grasped the idea that sanuk is very important part of Thai learning culture should stay home.

Expand to retired ex pats who volunteer in return for no bs one year visa...basic screening and monitoring to weed out perverts and worthless and let them do part time few days a week..screw up or no show and an email from school principal to immigration and special visa cancelled.. the Thai kids desperately need some teachers that will help them to learn to use the words they know in speaking and listening ...right now they are taught grammar and diagramming sentences which is fine but rarely do they actually practice speaking and listening which native English farangs could and would allow them to practice...i did it and can tell you it works and is also great fun for the teacher and students......

In my long experience with Thai people I have had few if any even semi serious problems. I have found over and over if you are a jai dee farang and don't try and start a bunch of stupid conflicts the Thais that i have encountered will treat you well.....however.... If you get drunk out of your head and turn belligerent yelling and threatening and get your butt kicked don't blame the Thais.

Oh i expect that immigration will get a LOT of tips/bribes from the Ruskies to let them stay....sorta like the cartel sugar or lead offers....bribe u stay, no bribe you go.

Insurance companies are experts in wiggling out of claims as there are always lots of loopholes in the fine print that a gaggle of lawyers wrote and most people never read and don't have their own gaggle of lawyers to go through it all. It's what they do and one reason they make massive profits a lot of which is spent on lobbying politicians to keep them from being more closely regulated and transparent with fine print loopholes.

champion tours soi 13/2... 9 hours total 3500 thb all in....they run a good operation to cambodia...fluent english german thai....go talk to them..operates every day...5 am or so til about 2 or 3 pm

Who knows maybe a jury will somehow avoid all the pressure that will surely follow them along with death threats.bribe attempts, etc and follow the evidence which seems to be bountifully in supply...much of which is in trumps own words, videos and actions.

What's next? Trump if ever goes to trial will be offering big bucks and free cheeseburgers for life if just one juror refuses to convict him.....then he will crow like a rooster that it was all a big witch hunt and all of his actions were totally perfect....and his kool aide coup crew will cheer. Similar to OJ trial that regardless of massive amounts of evidence a couple of jurors had already decided that they would not convict their "hero" of the double murder no matter that there was nothing even approaching reasonable doubt for anyone with an IQ in triple digits or a shred of integrity.

Now that's a hoot....trumpers making fun of biden for occasional gaffes.....Obviously they have never watched or heard any of trumps rambling incoherent rally speeches where he can't follow a train of thought for ten seconds and comes across as a blathering idiot....and i do believe the blathering idiot wants to be POTUS again in spite of being so delusional that he apparently still thinks he actually won the election....and gee tell us again which foot those bone spurs were in that saved you from vietnam? Oh that's right, can't remember....Alzheimer's or lies?

They claimed in court it is just entertainment and no reasonable person would believe them....maybe they should run in a scroll across the screen saying what you are watching is entertainment and no person with an IQ in triple digit person would believe what you see or hear here. .....yet fox continually doesn't say fox entertainment...it says fox "news" with a lot of "fair and balanced" BS promos which implies journalism with at least some minimal standards of integrity....they know full well that their success come from slinging mud, innuendo, pumpimg conspiracy theories, telling outrageous lies, and appealing to their right wing viewer base that wants nothing but dirt and garbage and the more outrageously crazy the better. Fox has done more to promote trump and his gang of batshxxt crazy loons than anyone....of course they knew it was all BS but when it came to do we tell the truth or do we spread the BS they time and again chose to spread the lies, stoke hatred and violence all in the name of fame for themselves and the almighty dollar. Fine patriots that hide behind the flag and stand for nothing that any half way intelligent American would call patriotism. Then when the xxxx hits the fan they all run and hide under their desks.....with their stacks of ill gotten cash.

No deflection at all. The truth.

So the party that elected Marjorie Greene along with Bobart, Gaetz, Santos and other assorted bat shxxt crazy MAGA morons is now concerned that an elected dem might not be up to the job? Laughable.

Maybe mr big should take a look at all the agents who are there every day handing out bribes for special services...or perhaps mr big just wants to make sure that he gets a piece of every bribe. Jomtiem is a huge MESS...from long lines all day everyday, little if any seating to handle the crowds, lots of rude agents yelling at people , poorly written instructions, never ending copies of this and that over and over requiring you to go get yet another copy of whatever they decide is needed....and of course the entire staff shuts down everyday for a nice long lunch break

so all the dodgy visa services that put 800 k in your account make a copy of bank book for immigration then take it out the next day...if u get a visa using these people what happens if your immigration/agent get busted....could your visa be cancelled as you knowingly broke the rules? from what i have observed at jomtiem immigration and listening to expats brag about how their agent did it all for little over $1000 usd "bribe" as well as a few recent crackdowns on immigration corruption it seems risky to me...how hard is it for immigration to ask to see bank book with $$ there as required and blame the applicant if skirted the rules?

thank you for your help

yes but i think the 45 day deal expires end of march

i suspect that some envelopes get passed out to allow it to continue...only if and when some well connected thai condo owners get irritated at it and don't care to have their buildings turned into hotels will it stop....I know of one such building in bangkok where the local owners raised hell. put up sings in all the elevators warning it is illegal and encouraged owners to report any other owners who were still doing it...the juristic was also onboard and very quickly they stopped it....maybe one thing was they said on their signs that also anyone renting short term was subject to arrest and fines (not sure if true) but who wants to stay in a place fearing possible arrest....i wish more buildings would get aggressive like that as hoping the police will do it is likely not gonna work... and of course farang owners /jerks who think it is their road to riches as they could not care less the impact it has....above and beyond the non stop coming and going of people it also increases the cost of condos for buyers and long term renters....why rent your condo out for 15000 baht a month when you can rent it out for 1000 baht a day....sell your condo to an airbnb renter and it is worth a lot more if return is 4 times as much for a daily rental than as a long term home...over the long run it prices a lot of local and long term farangs out of the market...yet a lot of farangs continue to rent illegally and don't care one bit and others see it as a biz opportunity.....i would love to see it all shut down but won't hold my breath...

In fact, the stipulated punishment under The Hotel Act, B.E. 2547 (2004), Section 15 “without a hotel license” is one-year imprisonment and a fine not exceeding 20,000 baht. Plus, a daily fine not to exceed 10,000 baht for as long as the violation continues.

In a nutshell most all condo rentals of less than 30 days are illegal in Thailand unless the condo has a hotel license which very few do....most condo HOA rules also prohibit the short term rentals. Have a little respect for people who either own or rent long term who do not want to live in a hotel environment with people coming and going at all hours, clogging elevators in and out, swimming pool over use, coming home drunk and loud with their ladies of the evening. During covid a lot of condos illegally jumped into looking the other way with short term rentals....but....covid is basically over and many owners are sick of the abuse. It' not just airbnb that enable all these illegal rentals..dproperty managers in the push the illegal rentals and sometimes even the security serves as key dispensers all right in front of the juristic who are supposed to enforce the house rules not encourage illegal rentals.....agoda and booking.com also allow them to list and they know full well it is illegal but they do not care as they want the $$....look for class action lawsuits against some of these platforms at least in usa ....and over time a lot of the thai owners are getting fed up with all the short term rentals and can well start to complain and report violators....especially farangs. If you want to be in the hotel business then buy a hotel whose function is to provide short term accommodations, have a license, pay hotel property and revenue taxes, etc.

yes meant to say extend 30 days..any idea how to book the required appointments? i would prefer viet nam which i assume means saigon...

sorry my mistake...meant to say extend the 60 day tourist visa at immigration for 30 days...thanks

If i get a 60 day tourist visa in 2023 online and then extend it at immigration for 60 days and then i want to do it all again later in 2023 ? To do that i think i would need to leave thailand after the first 90 days....does anyone know if i were to go to vietnam for a few days can i get a second 60 day visa online in saigon or would i go to the thai consulate and would they give me a new 60 day touirst visa? I will be in thailand right at 6 months so am hoping i can just leave for a few days or a week after first six months..probably prefer to go to vietnam but laos or cambodia etc would also be ok if easier. thanks for any advice

I volunteered..(illegal i know) to teach English a few days a week in a rural poor high school for about 6 years....there was zero farang teachers and the Thai teachers mostly taught English grammar etc in Thai..the kids had basically zero experience in actually trying to speak or understand spoken English and other than maybe seeing a few backpackers i was likely the first farang they had ever seen up close much less speak with..... at first they were so shy that it was tough to get them to even say hello....but kids are kids and overtime they got used to me and i figured out how to make it all a fun game and lo and behold some of them would practice on me and for some their english became way way way better as their confidence grew that they could actually speak with a real live farang ...a lot of them do know a lot of English words and even how to diagram sentences as the Thai teachers do basically teach reading writing and grammar....but not speaking... bottom line is i have said over and over it the Thai govt would allow ex pats to volunteer even a few days a week it would be a major boost to the kids speaking abilities......in return give them a no hassle one year visa and stop with all the nonsense of volunteer is illegal...etc. If the ex pat screws it up a simple email from the school and visa revoked....also need to do basic screening to weed out perverts/bible beaters etc...when i was there first year there was always the Thai teacher in room sitting there doing nothing while i got the kids to practice speaking...and i suppose to make sure i was not some weirdo... i was a vip at every event..and there are a lot of them that u are invited to....... and the principal told me that i need not worry as nobody was gonna bother me over volunteer as i was jai dee to do it...did it for 6 years and one of best most fun things i ever did....

another fine example of a so called "christian" ....how about you just tell the truth???..you know so help me god and all that? spineless hypocritical shill that licked trumps boots for four years disregarding the lies, the grift, the porn stars, the grab em by the pssssy, mocking the handicap, using the bible for photo ops, cheating on taxes, and trying to overthrow the government and have your sorry butt hung? ....hey mikey..."what would jesus do?" Go hide behind a gang of lawyers or just man up raise your hand and tell the damn truth...you miserable excuse for a "christian patriot". News flash: You have zero chance of becoming POTUS ever. Donald trump hates you. Your continuing to try and protect him with silly legal games is also very STUPID. Telling the truth is the only hope you have of gaining an ounce of respect from all but the MAGA bunch that also hates your guts.

It takes time for airlines and air ticket sellers to change all their pricing to include an extra tax...and what if you already bought your ticket long ago...what then? The thai cabinet would do well to work all the details out BEFORE making a big announcement and ending up looking like fools. Collecting the $$ is likely the easy part....figuring out how this so called insurance will work is much more complicated to negotiate and explain to people in dozens of languages exactly what the insurance might be, what it might cover, etc etc....my guess is it will all be hidden and somehow the insurance company will get paid a massive amount of $$ and the policies will have more loopholes than swiss cheese meaning little if any will get paid out re tourists...but a lot of it might well end up buying new cars, homes, and more for a select few well connected politicians and insurance execs...