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8 hours ago, Happy Grumpy said:

The question is, why is he really here?

 

He was living here as student for the last 2 years.

 

Not here for family reasons.

Not here for (legal) work reasons.

Not here for retirement reasons.

Not here for educational reasons.

 

Is it because he simply wants to live here? 

 

He's got no birthright for that. Get out, you're not welcome. 

 

Is he working here illegally, as a criminal? 

 

 

 

He's a 'tourist', here on holiday, according to his visa. Strange advice to give to a 'tourist'.

I'd drop the first word of your username if I were you.

12 hours ago, Totoandlilly said:

Is it illegal to live in Thailand on those visas? Not everyone are married/old enough to get the retirement visa or dumb enough to pay a tons of money for a elite visa. As long as he is not working illegally,are a criminal etc there shouldn't be a problem, people that spend money should been treated like a criminals, time the Thai immigration starts to require background check from home country and show you have money from that are earned not in Thailand so they can continue live here on whatever visa they want as there are no options for those.

 

One day the might hit the retirees harder and most of you will moan, some if you guys thinks they because you have retirement visa means you are immune to be affected, no you are not.

Don't blame us retirees, it's the Thais that make the rules. We're suffering almost as much as you young beggars.

2 hours ago, RuamRudy said:

I would suggest that comments like yours do a disservice to the vast majority of our forces who are honourable, noble and decent, and equally as outraged at the actions of the few bad apples. 

I'm ex armed forces and can assure you that what happens on active service cannot be judged by a group of civilians away from the theatre of conflict. It's too easy to look at things in the comfort of your armchair, especially by those who've never taken arms in the service of their country. Active duty is lots of boredom broken up with periods of intense action which requires split second decisions which no amount of training can prepare you for. Those who've never served on active duty should refrain from commenting on something they know nothing about. Battle indidents should not be judged by civilian standards, they're chalk and cheese. If anyone asked my advice about volunteering for military service these days, I'd strongly advise them against it. It's difficult enough trying to protect yourself against the enemy without your own people, who you're attempting to protect, trying to stab you in the back.

21 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Thats exactly why some Embassies stopped with the Verification on Income letter.

 

It was impossible for them to be able to accurately verify the income of all requests without a larger team, significant leg work and cost. 

 

Too many people were outright lying on their income claims and the Embassies were unwilling to sign off on a legal document they were unable to verify. 

 

Of course, people blamed the Embassies for their change of policy, however, really its the immigration requirement which is awkward for some to meet and when they can't they unfairly complain at their Embassy for not being willing to verify / notaries their spurious income claim. 

 

Basically, some folk are upset they can't use their Embassy to lie for them. 

"Too many people were outright lying on their income claims and the Embassies were unwilling to sign off on a legal document they were unable to verify."

Grateful for some verifiable examples, or are you just making it up as you go along? I think too many people are tending to make this statement just to make Thai immigration look blameless for some reason. Rose-colopured specs maybe?

19 hours ago, PatOngo said:

What is disturbing is people who think they can retire but can't scrape together 800,000 baht!

That's a very patronising post. Nothing disturbing about it at all. I think most people have no problem getting together the 800k baht, but for various reasons prefer to do the monthly income or marriage visa method and it's perfectly legal according to the immigration rules. In my own case, I don't want to pop off leaving 800k in the bank here. My wife has the house, car and everything else I have in Thailand and she has a good job teaching, so I'd like to have a reasonable sum in the bank at home to leave to my youngest kids in the UK. 

Another scare story put out by the lefty media. As they've been doing for many years, people are putting a few bob away for Xmas by cutting down spending in the months prior to it. Looking at the latest election polls, Brexit has never been more certain. Move along.

On 11/12/2019 at 3:41 PM, richard_smith237 said:

I don't need that test... I know I'd fail. I know the majority of those driving in the UK for the past 20 years would also fail. 

 

The question to ask, is how many Thai drivers would pass ??

 

When generalising Thai drivers are worse than those with more stringent testing process and a more stringent police force - that's just common sense. 

 

British drivers, or drivers or any nation would be as equally poor as Thai drivers if we had equally limited education and testing standards. 

 

 

 

"British drivers, or drivers or any nation would be as equally poor as Thai drivers if we had equally limited education and testing standards."

I respectfully disagree. I think Thai face and stubbornness as well lack of deterrent and enforcement is the problem on the roads. You can't tell me the Thais don't know you're supposed to stop at a red light or you aren't allowed to drive against traffic. It's all about number one and beggar everyone else with Thais.

What astonishes me is that 27% of British people want Corbyn as PM.  Cradle to the grave; red rosette on a pig crowd I suppose. Strange, I read yesterday that the Tories had opened up a lead of 14 points.

I eat rice to fill me up, can't tell a good from a bad one. My wife finds this impossible to believe as all Thais are rice connoisseurs.

UK opposition parties taking a leaf out of the US democrats' "Win by any means" book. We're no doubt in for lots more of their dirty tricks before this elections done and probably afterwards.

Here we go the first "it doesn't just happen in Thailand" post. This is a Thailand forum, not an anywhere else forum. Comparison posts are a pain in the doxy.

6 hours ago, Mike Teavee said:

Hi Sheryl,

 

The article references RTP Order #548/2562 dated September 27th 2019 so would seem to be fairly recent... 

 

To my mind it makes perfect sense to allow people to self-insure by keeping the equivalent money in the bank in lieu of the Insurance, something along the lines of:-

1. Must keep 1,240,000 THB for 2 months prior to extending (800,000 + 400,000 to cover inpatients & 40,000 to cover outpatients)
2. Must keep same 1,240,000 THB for 3 months after extending
3. Must keep 840,000 THB for the remainder of the year (obviously this is the 400,000 you have to keep now + 400,000 Inpatients & 40,000 Outpatients)

... for those using the Income method, must keep 440,000 THB in an account all year round

 

I personally wouldn't have such a low level of "Cover" but it would seem to meet the minimum set by RTP & for those guys who choose (or have to) Self Insure, it sets a baseline to ensure there's always something there if needed

I self insure, but as well as my lump sum I keep in the Thai bank for my extension, I keep the rest of my savings in my UK bank. If I ever need a lump to pay for hospital treatment, I'll bring it from the UK. No need for extra in a Thai bank. For fit over 75s, self insurance is the way to go in my opinion.

25 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

A second referendum is a terrible idea.

 

If Leave win again we are back where we are now (Remainers still not giving losers consent).

If Remain win, it's 1-1 and there is no logical reason why Leavers should accept the result of the second vote when Remainers did not accept the first.

 

It's a very slippery slope when losers of Democratic votes do not accept the result. 

 

Instead of another referendum, we need a General Election to drain the swamp and create a Parliament that actually reflects and represents the UK electorate.

Agreed! The reason it went to the people in the first place was that the Westminster couldn't agree. Once they did that, the people's vote should have been actioned. Now we're back in the same situation as we were before the referendum with a divided parliament. Ignoring democratic polls is a slippery slope, maybe even setting a precedent for future general elections.

They haven't actioned the result of the first vote yet, how can they call for a second? What they mean is, they want referendums until they get a favourable result for them ie remain. The Lib Dems have already said that they won't abide by a leave win in a second referendum. They should follow the democratic tradition by accepting the 2016 result.