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If you cash it here, you may have to wait 1-2 months.
That's after paying a fee that hovers somewhere around 250 baht.
May be less of a hassle to send them back home.
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There are always examples for whatever you want implied.
But what's your point?
Malaysia is a safe country with a good, developing economy and generally very friendly people.
It is a country that is more welcome of tourists and tourism. (Heard of any murdered tourists in Thailand lately? How about ALL the time?)
True, living in an Islamic country is something to adjust to for many of us, but so is living in a Buddhist one.
Now, if only we could import busloads of phuying over, I'd be all set!
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You will have to this from October 1, 2006- The visa runs will not end, but you can only do three for every six months. This is what you have to do: 3 visa runs and go to the Thai Consulate in either Laos, Cambodia, or Malaysia and apply for a tourist visa which gives you two months and one month extension at the immigration office. This will be the new pattern for all you visa runners. You are going to have to spend more money that is all. I wish the Thai Government did not enact this stupid anti-farang regulation.
Investment visas will cease?- I guess Thailand is so rich that it no longer needs foreign investment.
If the purpose is to stop the 'illegal workers', do you really think that they will be dishing out tourist visas from neighboring countries for people who have been here "long enough already"?
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Do you want to make a statement, or make it so that you don't ever have to return to the US again?
Renouncing citizenship from the US is kinda silly, I think. It may come in handy one day.
(The UK is getting to be too much like the US. In the paranoia aspect, it already is)
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Majestic Grand is okay, if you don't mind paper-thin walls.
Good luck at your hotel.. I hear they have a nice buffet breakfast.
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Killing oneself slowly is most often "okay". Drugs, cigarettes, alcohol, pollutants, stress, eating habits, etc.
However, one should not kill oneself too quickly lest others have objections.
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Add me to the list!
Thailand doesn't want me anymore, so I'm seriously considering Malaysia as one of my options.
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Avoid Emporium Suites at all costs.
Their service is worth %@# and they like to do construction at odd hours.
Also, their front desk staff mis-places packages and doesn't generally have good sense. Not to mention they do not seem to respect Thai women (older, younger, whatever)
All of this (and more) reflects on the poor management situation there.
Good location, but it really isn't worth the price.
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I think that really depends on the region.
And the techs at each office know it best. Ji-net in Hua Hin, for example, has a 1:12 ratio. But their office in Bangkok may allow 1:30
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This is getting crazier by the minute, isn't it?
I think my priority now is to sell up everything and go to Malaysia or so. I'm with you on that one!
I don't really like Malaysia that much, but the immigration environment seems to be getting unstable these days.
I was actually considering the investment visa.. I'm sure glad I didn't go with it. It would have been both a waste of time AND money.
Wonder what's next?
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Thai people are generally just very nosey. Lovely people, though.
Just my humble opinion.
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Thanks, Rainman.
But because I travel extensively, a double-entry tourist visa from Penang won't really do me any good.
Such a visa is, of course, good for 2 entries + an extension.
So, that means that if I took that route I would be going to Penang every 2-3 weeks or so and staying 2-3 days to get a tourist visa. That really does not work out for me.
That's why the 30-day visaless stamp was ideal. No hassles.
Come Oct. 1, I'll take your option #2.
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A handful of friends and I are in the same boat as you guys. We visit Thailand much more than 3 times a year and stay for a week at a time and average at least 200K BHT per visit ... we can afford it. Too bad this had to happen but we'll abid by the decision of the country. We talked about visiting other ASEAN countries and I guess now we'll be actually visiting instead of talking about those visits. Good luck to LOS on their decision.
I'm with you on that one.. Thailand's a beautiful country, but I'm crossing it off my list. I'll have to find another country for my long-stay holidays.
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I've used AsiaRooms for about 30 hotel bookings in Asia and have nothing but good things to say about them EXCEPT that they do censor negative reviews.
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Take a look at http://www.google.co.th/search?q=thailand_tax_law_04.pdf
You'll see it says something a bit different
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Completely agree....busines visas, retirement visas, marriage visas are all easily available.
What is so difficult with simply complying with the law.
Good points Gonzo and Jean!!! If you want to stay, just get yourself sorted out legally . . . . .
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Gee, why so much fuss about a tourist visa. A tourist visa can be 60 days. Seems more than enough for a holiday.
And people wanting to stay longer, ask a non immigrant visa.
And if you are here and you are not a tourist, well obvious you did something wrong in planning for a visa.
If you support someone get a 1 year visa. If you work get a business visa and a work permit. No excuses.
Jean, you must understand the loudest protesters are those here who will not admit that they are the ones who want the immigration laws to bend for them. and they offer all kinds of excuses ,,, spending lots of money here, supporting 10 families and 3 buffalo, etc... Those protesters can still stay, but they would have to get the correct visa to stay the way they are entitled to. The law here says they cannot live here forever on a tourist visa. Simple.
There are a multitude of visa types to allow you to stay. If you do not wish to apply for the correct visa, or cannot afford the proper visa , well then in that case don't blame the immigration people for saying you are here illegally.
Thats life all over the world. Complainers don't complain if you do not fit the rules. Use the rules to work for you. In the end it will be better for all.
I, like several other people I know here, am a 'long stay tourist'. Yes, I truly am on holiday.
I have no business in Thailand. I do not work. I am not retired.
I do not support anyone.
I do not wish to marry.
I have been here for a few years. Yes, I spend a lot of money here (as do many others)
I do not believe multiple-entry visas will be a workaround. It seems that they want to make 90 days the limit for tourist visas, also. (Starting with a 90-day limit on the stamps)
There is no visa for me. I do not wish to gussy up some documents and pretend to be sponsored by an employer.
When this takes effect, I plan to leave Thailand and return only for a short visits.
That'll be 5-6mm baht/year loss to the local economy. And I'm not the only one.
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Why should it be free? honestly! tell me ...
What's wrong with say a 2,000 THB year investment for full hosting, domain registration, support, no adds, etc .. my "calc" just told me that is about 5 THB/day ....
please, not too many and too obvious replies ...! it's not even a beer a day!
Setting up the site is a learning experience / experiment. Considering how vast our governments tax revenues are, and their desire to see their nations move into the hi-tech information era, i would have thought they would have set something up of this sort to help their people get going in the right direction. Amateurs could get something slighlty better for free by looking at advertising. For more premium services, 5 baht a day seems very reasonable.
If they really wanted to do something beneficial, they would start with free "hi-tech" education, such as workshops throughout the city on using the internet, e-commerce, etc.
Just throwing up free website hosting won't do much to further the general web education. A lot of people in Thailand have never even used a computer, much less the internet.
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Strange you want to transfer money to 'Asia' but you
still have not decided where !
Putting the cart before the horse !
If you decide on Thailand then you can open a US dollar term deposit
1m 3m 6m 12m etc at any of the big Thai banks.
Naka.
Wire it to the Bank of Asia, of course!
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I've just checked into a hotel with a wickedly slow internet connection. I was at first puzzled because the speed test checked out ok. However, I realized that some of my bookmarks now required the "www" protocol before the domain.
So I changed the DNS and now it connects me to the web much faster.
Try one of the DNS servers at http://iir.ngi.nectec.or.th/zone/AS4750/domaincom/p2.html or just find a new DNS server for your connection.
To change it, see these instructions: http://www.mediacollege.com/computer/network/dns.html
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funny.. there are a couple of web versions of this topic. Flucid and Startup.com
I suppose...
93% keep the best ideas to themselves and never do anything about it
6% do something about it, and fail without working hard enough
.05% actually do something about their ideas, and try try try until they succeed
.02% keel over and die before anything else
And... 0.93%?
BTW: What does "keel over" mean?Roget from Paris says, "...to suffer temporary lack of consciousness"
but the dead part makes it permanent.
The other 0.93 are abducted by aliens from the north of Thailand and never heard from again
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funny.. there are a couple of web versions of this topic. Flucid and Startup.com
I suppose...
93% keep the best ideas to themselves and never do anything about it
6% do something about it, and fail without working hard enough
.05% actually do something about their ideas, and try try try until they succeed
.02% keel over and die before anything else
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Soon we will all be given robes and slippers to change into before going through security.
Our clothes and other items will be shipped with the other cargo while we are going to our destination half-naked.
Seems like the direction this whole charade is going.
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Reminds me of a social incident a few days ago.
I was holding a door open for a mother and her 2 young daughters (foreigners) and when the mother was about to pass through the door I noticed she was giving me the most evil look I've ever received. Really, like she wanted to kill me.
Someone has probably run her over by now.
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I've never had an issue in 2 years wiring money to a Thai person.
Does she really *need* to hold her funds in dollars. What's wrong with Thai baht?
#1 I don't think so. But she must pay tax at the end of the year on any salary she receives in Thailand. However, if she only brings in money she has earned in the previous tax year, no tax is due on these funds. Consult a Thai tax attorney for more info.
#3 most likely, she'll receive it
#4 sounds fishy. I've never heard of that.
(By the way, I think SCB has the best foreign exchange rates out of the major banks here.)
The best way to do it, in my opinion, is to set up an account at HSBC in Hong Kong for her. Wire the money to her account there, which can be received and held in Canadian or US dollars. She can then set up accounts that she wants to wire transfer funds to, such as a bank account in Thailand. (She'll also get a better rate if she sends baht instead of dollars, not doing the currency conversion in Thailand)
Good luck!
edit: also, there is a maximum of $20,000 (USD equiv.) you can wire outside of Thailand before they require additional information, such as source of funds. No problem with splitting up transfers, though. also, no proof of any kind for incoming amounts up to 2 million baht, as far as I know. It's sending money that's more of an issue, not receiving.
I think my priority now is to sell up everything and go to Malaysia or so. 
Malaysia, My Second Home Programme
in Visas and migration to other countries
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I didn't know about those things.. thanks for the info.
However, Malaysia has a 1.8% population growth rate. Which means that the "994,000" number in 1999 would be 1,086,739 in 2004 if kept in proportion with the rest of the population. So, the number has really decreased about 3%.
Regardless, I'm uncomfortable being in a religious country with a religion I don't understand.
Both Malaysia and Thailand has its pros and cons. I do know, however, that both are risky countries to live in, but only Malaysia seems welcoming to foreigners. We've learned from the Thai government that important rules can change with little or no notice (or at least the enforcement of pre-existing ones).
Who would think the Thai government would be pulling a fast one? Oh, wait...