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18 minutes ago, armadillo215 said:I don't know. Maybe I'm wrong but what I hear is someone looking at the bigger picture. These changes in immigration are only a beginning I am sure. Much more to come and the thinning of we foreigners is a goal...Although there will be many whom will adamantly and voice-fully disagree with me, and by the way include all knowing insults, this is what I hear from the poster...
Some times we tend to forget that Thailand is a nationalist country with a population that has not been exposed to the politically correct dogma we in the West have been subjected to since the end of WW2.
Try coming to Thailand penniless and with your hand out and claiming to be entitled to the same treatment that Thais get. Your feet won't touch. They now seem to be barely tolerating us if and while we've actually got money.
It's hard for some to accept that we falangs are regarded as second class citizens and always will be in a country in which we are simply paying guests and nothing more.
In the early 1970s I worked in Jersey in the Channel Islands and if you were from the mainland and became destitute you were deported there and then, no ifs, ands nor buts. They stuck you on the Ferry that sailed from St Helier to Weymouth and that was your lot. But we accepted it and considered it fair.
We're not immigrants in the Land of Scowls and will never be treated in the same way we treat such people in the West particularly in the UK, Sweden and most of Western Europe.
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23 hours ago, wmlc said:
This is just a troll post to get people riled up. Why would the op be married to a Thai and be on a retirement extension. I’m thinking they are not legally married but just had the ceremony. We don’t care if you leave or not so why post this none sense?
What none sense?
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8 hours ago, Don Mega said:Yes, seriously.
If you are not willing to meet the requirements then don't.....up to you, but don't come whinging about it.
He is not whinging he is making a valid point as he sees it.
You're the only whinger.
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6 minutes ago, tonray said:
Taken out of context I would have thought they were Holday drink offerings at Starbucks
Going by the post I quoted it's a clear implication that they are cities or possibly towns in Peru rather than whatever a Holday drink offering at Starbucks might be.
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49 minutes ago, Momofarang said:
If you don't have family here, just go and live in Peru. Arequipa and Cusco, have ten times more to offer than any Thai city.
You advise people to "just go and live in Peru". Peru is literally on the other side of the world.
Few of us will even have heard of Arequipa nor Cusco. What exactly do they have to offer that Thai cities do not.
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Just now, BestB said:Not really, if you look at all the reports the ones getting turned away are actually young people who claim to have holiday but actually living in thailand for long periods of time ????
My friend was a 59 year old retired plumber. He's been grilled by immigration twice. It's made him consider other destinations.
It makes you wonder how many other people get pulled in that we do not hear about, not everyone reads the Thai Visa Forum.
4 minutes ago, Don Mega said:if they are retired why don't they sort out the appropriate visa ?
I used to get the O ME visa based on retirement. it's no longer available.
OA requires you to take out an expensive Thai health insurance policy that we do not want.
It's early days yet but it's plain that the Thai Govt do not want falang retirees staying in their country for long periods without having to do a fair bit of hoop jumping. And many of us are not prepared to do that and will holiday or retire elsewhere. Truth be known it'll probably be doing many of us a favour.
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35 minutes ago, CNXexpat said:BS! What has changed for tourists? Europeans still get their 30 days tourist visa on arrival.
The complications arise when they want to spend more than 30 days in Thailand. Many do especially retirees who want to avoid our harsh winters.
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7 minutes ago, possum1931 said:I think you know what I mean.
I have honestly never met a straight girl in Pattaya but to be fair I've never really wanted to. I've never had much luck with women and I don't expect things to change at my time of life wherever I might be.
I even met a lass who worked in a 7/11 but it turned out she was looking for 3,000 baht for a short time.
When she realised I was not up for it at those prices she took herself off down to Insomnia at 2 am to find someone who was.
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27 minutes ago, possum1931 said:I was not really referring to anyone dating working girls. if that is not what you meant then I apologise. but dating an ordinary Thai girl perhaps with the intention of seeing how you get on and hoping to take things further, as far as appearance goes, you should not turn up in shorts, or bearing too much flesh.
In 35 years of visiting Pattaya, the last 20 of which have been on a regular basis I've never met one girl who was not 'working'.
A couple of my friends have met girls through dating sites only to discover that they're also 'working girls'.
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2 hours ago, possum1931 said:
Is he not a Reggae "music" singer from the sixties?
He could be a member of the Infamous Nash Crime Family from North London.
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3 hours ago, possum1931 said:
Maybe a lot of the older farang should do more about their appearance, slimming down a bit and not covering themselves in tattoos, also be more mindful about what they wear when dating Thai girls.
If they were do as you suggest they might not have to come to Pattaya to get their wicked way with women. The same goes for a lot of the younger falangs who have to travel half way around the world to meet attractive young women.
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It's natural for all people to help any victim anywhere.
A falang got knocked off his M/C the other day at the notorious Hellfire Crossing AKA Crash Corner where Soi Diana meets Soi Bhukaow in Pattaya.
Myself and a M/C taxi driver lifted his M/C out of the way while two other M/C taxi drivers helped him to his feet and helped him on to a chair while he recovered from the shock.
It was the natural thing to do in the situation and no one would have expected any thanks for doing what was the proper and decent thing.
He was elderly and a bit shaken up but apart from a few scratches did not seem to have been seriously injured. It reminded me never to hire, borrow or ride a motor bike in the LOS.
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5 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:
Prayuth said 4 years ago that the red light image on Thailand would be changed....hence the "family resort" comments....seems to be working!
But not quite in the way he expected it to.
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6 hours ago, Fancyzancy said:
Any discounts on hotel rooms ? NO!!!
They should start there.
As well as the pretties shouldn't turn down older Farang. Were the bread and butter!!!
They certainly were. Not any more.
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1 hour ago, sunnyboy2018 said:
If Scotland left the UK it could take up to 14 years for the Europeans to accept them! Aye! And the wee bampots wantnto keep stirling! The scotch wont get another referendum.
Stirling is bang in the centre of Scotland. No matter what happens the Jocks are extremely unlikely to let Stirling become separated from the rest of the Scotland.
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13 minutes ago, RuamRudy said:
If all that was true, why is the UK government so against Scotland leaving the Union? Surely, in these constrained times it would be sensible to jettison such a net drain on the exchequer, especially such an ungrateful one?
Possibly its out of a sense of loyalty and gratitude.
A very high proportion of Scottish servicemen gave their lives for Britain in both world wars. For example in one Scottish mining village eight of their sons went off to fight in the Great War. Only one came back.
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5 hours ago, RuamRudy said:
So because one of Colin's parents is Scottish, he can say with certainty that Nicola Sturgeon "dont give a rats a++e about Scotland or Scottish people. She just wants to be boss, and dragging Scotland down is of no concern to her"? I would love to hear how you came to that conclusion.
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Now before i get attacked for my comment, i am half Scottish, half English.
You said,
"I would love to hear how you came to that conclusion."
I said
"Possibly because one of his parents is English and the other one is Scottish"
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42 minutes ago, RuamRudy said:
On what evidence to you make this claim?
Possibly because one of his parents is English and the other one is Scottish?
It's quite obvious really.
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1 hour ago, Saint Nick said:
Citation!
Needed!
I recognize "an Arab" - obviously you don't, because people from Morocco are North - African and not Arabs!
Oh, right! Because every Moroccan who comes here for healthcare or as a tourist will just naturally become violent and burn down stuff !
Nothing wrong with that absolutely fact based opinion!
...and even if the Chinese Emperor would agree with you: I don't care and you are wrong!
"Oh, right! Because every Moroccan who comes here for healthcare or as a tourist will just naturally become violent and burn down stuff !"
Is that not being rather prejudiced towards the people of Morocco?
OK they may not have quite the best reputation when it comes to civilised behaviour but I'm sure they're not as bad as you paint them.
The Thais would not tolerate such antics anyway.
And you probably would not agree with me if I told you there is no Chinese Emperor. However I can assure you that you'd be wrong.
From Wikipedia....................
"There is no current emperor of China. The last emperor of China was Puyi of the Qing Dynasty who abdicated the throne in 1912."
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45 minutes ago, prb said:
Yeah... but Vietnam is not Thailand.
I've heard long term expats retirees talking during hours about how bad Thailand has become and how good Cambodia, Philippines, Vietnam are..
But years after years they are still here...
All of them? And for how much longer? It won't just happen overnight!
We all know Vietnam is not Thailand but it's proving to be a favourable alternative for the newly retired and long term visitors. And who can blame them.
These immigration issues, the associated financial requirements and the health insurance racket have only been introduced recently. The O ME visa based on retirement was only phased out this year! They are no longer available. Give it time for the brown stuff to hit the fan.
It takes time for people to up sticks and move on especially when they're often elderly and have bought houses or condos which they are going to have difficulty selling. And then there are those who have started families and may have been in the LOS for decades.
They can't just say "Sod this, I'm off, get me a taxi to the airport". Life is not quite like that for many people. Some have nowhere to go and insufficient money to do anything else.
The title of this topic would indicate that the Immigration Chief might be realising that he's made a mistake by introducing all these unnecessarily authoritarian and harsh measures. Some expats are obviously hoping he'll do an about turn.
Not many men will be happy supporting a family who live in a country that he's been forced to leave or kicked out of. I for one wouldn't do it. Let Prayuth and his flunkies feed and keep them.
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1 hour ago, josephbloggs said:
Wow, touched a nerve there did we?
Thanks for your incredible rudeness but I am neither married to a bar lady nor do I live in Isaan or have any family there. Can't stand Chang. And I live and work in Bangkok if that even matters to anything (it doesn't). And I only asked a simple, non offensive question, so why the unpleasantness?
Anyway you didn't answer the question and just went on the attack which tells me all I need to know.
Nobody arriving here for a normal holiday gets turned away or interrogated.One of my friends did and I don't know that many people who holiday in the LOS any more. There must be many others who we don't get to hear about. Only a tiny percentage of visitors read or post on Thai Visa.
Most of my old pals have stopped coming anyway but that's because of the journey, their age, health, the expense and sadly sometimes their death.
As others hear about these latest issues they're hardly going to spend 20 hours or more and lots of money travelling to a place where they're not welcome nor wanted.
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2 hours ago, josephbloggs said:
And how long had your friend spent here previously? You seemed to have left that bit of information out.
He's been holidaying in the LOS for years on Visa exempt 30 day holidays, occasionally as often as 4 or 5 times a year. Then he goes back to the UK until he wants to have another holiday just like thousands of other Westerners do. And when he gets to Thailand he spends lots of money. Is that a problem?
What has my leaving anything out got to do with it. Surely if you owned a hotel or a business that catered for tourists you'd want more punters like him not less of them. You'd welcome holiday makers like him with open arms.
Try asking some Thai people who rely on us for their livelihood exactly what they think of Prayuth and his flunkies with their attempts to limit the time and money we can spend in their country.
Ask any Thai when did they last see an Indian or Chinese spend 1,000 baht in a day let alone the 20,000 a day the government tourism wallahs are crowing about.
It's high season now and most attractions are going to be busy but in a few weeks time when the two, three and four week wonders go home it will be as dead as it was just a few short weeks ago.
Those who want to spend more time in Thailand are going to be put off by the complications and rigmarole involved when getting the necessary visa. They'll go elsewhere instead, some are already talking about how cheap and relaxed Vietnam is.
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5 hours ago, sanemax said:
Whats the difference between a White Working class , Black Working class and Asian working class ?
Their colour and features, sometimes their language, often their accent, where their loyalties lie and the fact that they choose to associate with those from their own communities while exhibiting a reluctance to blend in with those from other communities.
It's why there are now racially divided ghettos in the UK and Europe just like there are in the USA.
It's the same in Thailand. The only real integration you see in places like Pattaya are instances where some Westerner with a bit of money teams up with a much younger woman who would not give him the time of day back in his own country. Having been one of those Westerners I'm quite prepared to admit it.
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2 hours ago, khunken said:
Corbyn may not be a mechanic (which I didn't claim anyway) but he is intelligent (far more than Boris) and as you probably well know, Orwell's comparison is not to be taken literally but alludes to a working class leader having more all-round ability than a privileged toff with few brains.
Yes, I know that Orwell hated Stalinism but you fail to point out that he was a socialist supporter which the current Labour party is advocating. Your typecasting some Labourites as Stalinists is a scaremongering tactic from both right-wingers and centrists that does not hold water.
There are a few nationalisation features in the Labour manifesto that are OTT but overall they've got it right.
The only area that Corbyn has failed to be clear on is his Brexit stance, which is correct IMO on a confirmatory referendum but wrong on any attempt to re-negotiate the agreement.
Ken, Jeremy took Diane Abbott as his bed mate. He readily admits to it.
Even though her black and immigrant constituents have elected her as their MP for over 30 years it just portrays your Jeremy as a political opportunist.
What has he to offer the white British working class who his labour Party have betrayed since he and they firmly appeared on the political scene in the 1950s, 1960s & 1970s.
They (the WWC) are no longer so typically apathetic. They are going to vote this time. Wait and see.
Customers in Pattaya’s famous bars and nightclubs down a whopping 40%
in Pattaya News
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I've been out two nights running in Pattaya. There were plenty of punters in the places I went to.
The first night (Saturday) was to the Made In Thailand complex and it was heaving. Then the Bamboo near Walking St and there was hardly a seat to be had. Then to the Billabong in LKM and that was packed as were a couple of GGBs I also visited.
The second night (Sunday) last night I visited a few GGBs in LKM they were much busier than they have been recently. Crystals was absolutely jam packed. I could not get a seat in Scooters and the Billabong was rammed as usual.
It looked like High Season along with the two week wonders have arrived.