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27 minutes ago, jenny2017 said:

Let's be fair, please. How many Americans live here on a retirement visa without being able to fulfill the requirements? An Income Affidavit is enough to be able to receive a one year visa. How fair is that to other nationals?

 

Agreed.  The OP seemed to insist that his comparison of a developed economy/country to a lesser developed country is somehow more than fair.  Developed countries usually have several advantages; mainly the ability to earn more.

 

27 minutes ago, jenny2017 said:

 And it's not easy for Thais to get to any other country. 

 

Actually, you'd be surprised

 

I know some thai lady who did this with her boyfriend who had a son 1/2 thai 1/2 Turkish.   Booked the tickets and went without any issues.  And both mom and child had Thai passports. 

 

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Posted
3 hours ago, vinegarbase said:

Are you ok that Thai citizens can get a 10 year 6 month tourist visa to the USA yet we get a lousy 2 month visa?

Yes. What average ‘tourist’ needs more than two months (extendable to three) per visit!

 

Thai tourist visas, for ‘tourists’, are cheap, unlimited, and easy to get for US citizens. The same doesn’t apply to Thais going the other way.

 

It’s not a good idea for Turkeys to vote for Christmas.

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Posted
40 minutes ago, jenny2017 said:

Are you ok that Thai citizens can get a 10 year 6 month tourist visa to the USA yet we get a lousy 2 month visa? 

 

Let's be fair, please. How many Americans live here on a retirement visa without being able to fulfill the requirements? An Income Affidavit is enough to be able to receive a one year visa. How fair is that to other nationals?

 

  And it's not easy for Thais to get to any other country. 

I would hazard a guess that the 10 year visas issued are mostly for business reasons.

For holidays, tourist visas, they would most likely be issued to someone who has been several times over a few years and had a 3 or 4 week holiday each time and never stayed longer than the time stated on the application for each holiday.

Posted
55 minutes ago, heybuz said:

I never got a permission letter to buy a motorbike.

Cert from Thai Imm' to verify your address in Thailand. Some places ask for it, some don't.

It's free for 500 baht at some Imm' offices. ????

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A Thai friend of my wife procured a 10year US visa without any hassle but she has a lot of assets. I knew an Aussie that marrid a US woman and he said it was beyond belief how difficult it was to deal with US immigration about a year ago. 

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Considering a us citizen is eligible for a visa exempt upon landing in thailand, and a thai needs a visa to even get on the plane to the us, the whole topic seems to be based an a rather spurious premise.

 

However i do understand where the op is coming from and hereby propse a special Immigrant E - Entitlement Visa for just this situation

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Posted
3 hours ago, overherebc said:

You might be surprised how many Thais have 20,000 dollars,

663,000 baht.

 

You mean compared to the percentage of Americans who qualify for a Thai visa, or visa exempt arrival? 

 

As much of a PITA as it may be for non-traditional American "tourists" to stay in Thailand, I'd rather be an average American looking for a Thai visa than an average Thai looking for an American visa.  No comparison, really. 

 

One can take months, several appointments and a stack of paperwork- all for an uncertain chance of being successful.  The other one involves rocking up to the IO on arrival and handing him a passport with no visa at all.

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My beef about only getting 2 month visa is the following. 

I have money 

Im polite and not an aggressive person. 

I've worked legally in Thailand already helping Thai children learn English.

I'd be happy to do charity work teaching a few hours a week. 

I spend money here to help the Thai economy wheel ticking.

I tip.

I've stayed many times without causing any trouble. 

Am I not the ideal citizen to have in a society?

As I get older I look forward to the retirement plan that is offered,  but the town is staying dirty.  No one is proactive at city hall.

I'm not sure where I'll be actually.most likely back in oz where the stars twinkle away. 

 

 

 

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Posted
2 hours ago, welovethailand said:

How about this? A foriener can buy a car, get a drivers license and most likely work some where in the US.  Here, we have to pay for a "permission letter" just to buy a motorbike. And cannot work? We are suppose to sit around and spend money every day? That gets old.  I have been dealing with the yearly Visa thing for 8 years, and don't forget 3 months visit to Immigration. I never knew anyone in the US who had "to check-in" so often. In fact , no one who I knew ever "checked-in".

I've bought 3 bikes here and not once got a "permission letter" I also work.

Posted
3 hours ago, overherebc said:

I'm guessing business trip ??

Even if not it's not likely that you are going there to find work getting paid cash and staying under the radar doing a job the Chinese don't want to do.

No, not at all, the Chinese can keep their jobs. Retired and purely tourism. Taoist pilgrimage and on a mission to see a 1000 year old Ginkgo tree. 

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14 minutes ago, duanebigsby said:

I've bought 3 bikes here and not once got a "permission letter" I also work.

Having a work permit qualifies you to buy a motorcycle, that's why you didn't need a "permission letter". I had to buy my motorcycle, my land, electric service, etc. in a Thai name ? . At least none of it is in my wife's name, I'm single ? 

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2 minutes ago, DustinHeath said:

Having a work permit qualifies you to buy a motorcycle, that's why you didn't need a "permission letter". I had to buy my motorcycle, my land, electric service, etc. in a Thai name ? . At least none of it is in my wife's name, I'm single ? 

Bought my motorcycles before I ever had a work permit. Paid the money, got the transfer papers from owner, added copy of passport and visa, done.

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34 minutes ago, DustinHeath said:

Having a work permit qualifies you to buy a motorcycle, that's why you didn't need a "permission letter". I had to buy my motorcycle, my land, electric service, etc. in a Thai name ? . At least none of it is in my wife's name, I'm single ? 

Money qualifies you to buy a motorbike.

Getting it registered in your name may, I repeat may, 

require a cert' of residence in 'your' area or it may not.

It's not a case of 'I didn't need one so why do you need one.'

Or I must be special or connected because 'I' didn't need one.

It depends on the office, Imm' for the cert' and the garage if the bike is new and the DLT office you deal with and how the office that day decide to work it. And it might all change the next day.

Unless of course you are a first time, short time stayer in Thailand and then you can tell Imm' and the rest of government officers how it should be done.

 

PS.

My car and my bike are in my name. I don't own land here, why the hell would I want to.

House/land is in my wife's name and why not, she paid for it with her money on a mortgage over 15 years.

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Posted
2 hours ago, drtreelove said:

No, not at all, the Chinese can keep their jobs. Retired and purely tourism. Taoist pilgrimage and on a mission to see a 1000 year old Ginkgo tree. 

You missed the point and the point is that lots of people from less developed countries will try to stay in USA, UK and the EU working for cash illegally. It's very very unlikely the same number of USA, UK and EU citzens would try that in China.

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2 hours ago, DustinHeath said:

Having a work permit qualifies you to buy a motorcycle, that's why you didn't need a "permission letter". I had to buy my motorcycle, my land, electric service, etc. in a Thai name ? . At least none of it is in my wife's name, I'm single ? 

The land isn't in your name for sure.

 

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I think this topic has already run its course after removing some inflammatory posts targeting the OP.

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