https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around ThailandenI really enjoyed this one mate.Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:59:34 +0000Then simply go with the monthly income method to meet the financials. You're transferring money in from somewhere for expenses, (or should be) so not exactly rocket science to follow the simple requirements, and cheaper than and agent, if saving cost is the reason. If you can't show funds in bank, or a monthly income, that's all a bit telling, and very suspect, that you are doing something illegal, or against the rules, law. Why the requirements are in place. Being broke is an issue, but generating income illegally or against the rules is also an issue.Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:57:51 +0000Maybe this will make this repellent practice less hard to swallow: British-Pakistani researchers say 84% of grooming gang members are Asian: "It's very important we talk about it" The report’s co-author, Haras Rafiq, is from Rochdale, where 19 British-Pakistani men were jailed between 2012 and 2015 after a grooming ring thought to have abused at least 47 girls was uncovered. Mr Rafiq told Sky News: “I’m from the heart of where one of the biggest high-profile cases has happened over the last few years, and I’m saying it’s very important that we do talk about it because the problem won’t go away. “We didn’t want there to be a pattern of people from our ethnic demographic carrying out these attacks. But unfortunately we were proven wrong.” “British white men they tend to work individually. They tend to work online where they groom and they are the majority of perpetrators. “When it comes to Asian men or Pakistani men they tend to do it in groups.” https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/quilliam-grooming-gangs-report-asian-abuse-rotherham-rochdale-newcastle-a8101941.htmlMon, 22 Jun 2026 00:57:43 +0000Interesting thread and I like that it is looking at the diet side of health and not exercise. I too am starting to pay attention to a few nutrients that I have ignored in the past but for the most part eat a high carb, protein, fruit ( bananas mostly), and not enough vegies meals. I enjoy Thai food but when at restaurants the mix of nutrients is not to my liking so the wife cooks my one main meal a day which is lunch and it is huge. I find it odd how many at the health clubs I used to go to looked terrible. They were carrying too much fat and to complicate their metabolic health, they were adding excess muscle. Not a healthy mix and would have been better focussing on what they were consuming and taking a few mile walk every evening. Just eat about what you burn and weigh yourself every morning. Do 20 minutes of weight lifting or push ups, pullups, etc every few days and take walks. Stop worrying about nutrients or whatever until you figure out how to this consistently. Not fun or a fad health plan but really the only thing that works for poor health.Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:56:36 +0000The 90 day report is only what you tell them, not necessarily the truth.Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:56:23 +0000A University sponsored ED visa, yes, it's possible. Informal school ED visa (language school, Muay Thai), very very difficult. Most people report not being able to do it for the last year or so.Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:55:23 +0000You just have to have a relatively small amount of money in the bank. 800k for retirement, 400k for marriage visa. These are like low end English teacher annual incomes and they haven't increased the figures at all in......how long? They have to have some requirements. Jeez. You can even show monthly income, if you are unable to save. What is it, like, 60k and 40k for each of those visa types? I am not a big Thai lover. In fact, I have a healthy amount of distain for them and their culture - so i aint just licking their asses - but I think their immigration is alright. Better than Western countries and the mess they are in.Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:55:15 +0000That's what the TM28 used to be for, but most immigration offices have stopped using it. Now the TM30 represents that.Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:54:29 +0000Yeah, I liked the old Thailand. Cops knocking off work and closing police station at midnight. The old Xzyte nightclub 80 baht beers soi 6 Pattaya immigration soi 8 Less traffic and less aggressive nasty, rude foreigners on Pattaya roads Land office in Suksubai The old Harley/Eden bar Champagne agogo afternoon openings Not as many whinging, whining foreigners complaining about everythingMon, 22 Jun 2026 00:54:21 +0000MunchiesMon, 22 Jun 2026 00:53:16 +0000Only speaking for myself and what I would do . . . Once I changed my residence, I'd show up at Immigration before my next 90 Day Report, tell them of the change and ask for something to verify that I've been there to report the change.Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:53:15 +0000No Rocky get out of tourist areas and its not that expensive. My haircuts are 120B, includes a shave, so 150B with the tip. Amazon coffee everywhere is less than 70B, a local coffee shop cheaper still.Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:50:53 +0000Skirting the financial requirements does not necessarily mean one is broke, but has just much better ways to make this amount profitable than wasting it at less than 1% yearly interest rate.Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:49:25 +0000Not crazy, but very irritated when I read or hear the word Impact. What happened to Effect and Affect? When was the last time we heard those words used?☹️Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:46:59 +0000I like the old stuff. Rustic gyms. Mom and pop diners. 3rd class trains. Wooden bungalows. Bamboo beach front seating in a restaurant. A 50 baht haircut. 10 baht ferry ride. Will this be lost in future? A haircut in Bangkok is now 300 baht. Modern train station. Cafes with 150 baht coffees. 500 baht modern gyms. New school ain't cool.Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:46:35 +0000StonedMon, 22 Jun 2026 00:46:26 +0000Patong Theatre of Operations, 20 June, 1700 hours: Two unidentified foreign operatives executed an unscheduled field evacuation on a civilian storefront, triggering immediate complaints from local command and a full‑scale morale collapse among nearby traders In what analysts are calling a “Category‑1 Biological Release,” one trooper apparently suffered catastrophic gastrointestinal system failure and initiated an emergency squat‑and‑drop manoeuvre against a display unit. Her battle buddy provided overwatch before both withdrew from the AO, leaving the shop owner to conduct post‑incident decontamination. Locals now await clarification on whether higher command intends to launch identification efforts, tighten tourist discipline protocols, or simply file this under “collateral damage in a high‑traffic zone.”Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:45:31 +0000The first thing they would do is talk to Thai neighbours and ask if they knew you and do you actually live at the address (they require Thai witnesses to confirm that you live there)Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:42:58 +0000YaBaMon, 22 Jun 2026 00:41:01 +0000Thanks for the heads-up @Will27 . I don't usually watch documentaries, but Gang War Bandidos looks like it might be worth a look.Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:39:51 +0000White lefties are 80% of the media.Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:39:16 +0000Even cleaning your own apartment? How about picking up a piece of litter on the street? Or helping someone change a flat tire on the side of a road? Edit: And just imagine if they started banging up tourists for recording YouTubes... That's work, too.Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:37:51 +0000The official rule is that if she legally leaves the house to you, it is yours, the land office can sell it after 12 months and retain 5% of the selling price, you receive 95% of the selling price, if you haven't transferred it to a Thai or Thai majority company in that 12 month time frame. Note the word can, not will.Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:35:25 +0000If not using an agent just for convenience, but to skirt the financial requirements, then Hell Yea, as you shouldn't be here to begin with. You're a financial accident waiting to happen. Probably can't afford heatlh insurance either, and just a matter of time before you stiff a hospital bill. IO are compassionate enough to overlook a minor oops, if having a good track record. Nobody is getting throw out, permanently, if at all, for minor paperwork oops at immigrations. I remember my banking paperwork wasn't correct once, and IO asked if I could deposit 400k in bank ASAP. Yes, so he gave me a 30 day extension on my non - 0 for marriage, along with 30 day for consideration, (when I returned) so seasoned for close enough to 2 months, and sent it off for approval after boss lady / head IO approved. They're not heartless folks most paint them to be. Repeated oops in the same office may not get the same compassion, or complaining before they have a chance to 'help you' Yea, he could have easily said 'denied', gave my 7 days to scoot over the border and start over again.Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:31:15 +0000@Yagoda , buddy, I´ve been missing you. You and your "entertaining" view of the world. You got so quiet in that "war in Israel" sub forum. Are you so desperate defending your opinion about Muslims being the bad guys while Christians and Israelis are the true role models for Philanthropy, Humanitarianism, Altruism, Generosity, Beneficence and Compassion, that you have to go back 1400 years to smear a prophet with false accusations and even bring a dictator into your bill of indictment who had absolutely nothing in common with him? Muslims invading the west? Have you been hibernating the last 30 years or so when the West was bringing freedom, peace and democracy to their countries? Let me give you a quick update: Major wars and conflicts since 2000 have caused millions of deaths, with post-9/11 US-involved wars alone accounting for an estimated 4.5–4.7 million direct and indirect deaths in countries like Iraq, Afghanistan, and Yemen, Libya, Syria. Not to mention the total chaos we left after the end of those wars, with destroyed infrastructure, medical systems and governments. Just to name 2 and the cool names we gave our massacres, sorry, operations there: Iraq: Operation Iraqi Freedom (originally called Iraqi liberation until they found out, that the people were actually quite free already) Operation Inherent Resolve (go find the weapons of mass destruction, we know, they don`t have.) Operation New Dawn (imagine their faces once they realized that their actions directly led to the dawn (creation) of ISIL) Afganistan: Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Freedom's Sentinel With all these freedom operations those countries must be freedom havens by now, right? Now where exactly are Muslims invading the west, as you write? Seriously, if BMs decide to be islamophobe, that´s entirely their decision and I can respect that but please, at least cut the BS trying to victimize yourself. Just ask yourself what they did to us and compare that with what we did to them in our lifetime and then tell me again about that Muslim invasion. Nobody in his right mind would leave his family and home behind to travel Thousands of miles on dangerous paths to live illegally in another country - except his family and his home have been taken from him. We did that.Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:30:57 +0000