March 22, 20197 yr 58 minutes ago, malibukid said: my concern is that 800K in the bank could be vulnerable to currency fluctuations. even a 5 baht increase against the dollar and now your 25k$ is worth 22.5K$ USD. correct me if i am wrong. not a good investment. i would gladly pay 15000 up front if the option was available. better deal What I found was that IO was willing to settle for less than what a visa agent charges. Next time you visit you could quitely ask (better to have a Thai with you naturally). My Thai wife asked for the IO's mobile number. We always give tips because she says it is 'the Thai way with officials'. You then have help and advice available if needed.
March 22, 20197 yr Pattaya well that at last explains. And the phone numbers are does that make sense ???semi makes sense. Go to an agency and ask
March 22, 20197 yr 15 hours ago, scubascuba3 said: 23 hours ago, swissie said: For now. Imagine how much capital a "visa-agent" would need to park 400K for every customer in a Bank year round. Even if visa-agency has "somebody" at Immigration, you can't fake Bank-Statements covering the whole year /month by month. A seasoning of the money problem. Spot checks of of the files will reveal if money was in Bank year round. Not sure an Immi-Officer will risk his job, knowing that the funds haven't been in the Bank year round. Knowing "Big joke", there will be some "controlling" once the new rules take hold. (Date-wise). Immigration aren't looking as its been dealt with through an agency, so a non issue - I am not just sucking this out of my thumb. I have a family member working for Immigration. A rotating Task-Force (controlling/internal affairs) is under serious consideration. Spot Checks of files of applicants. If the file should not contain Bank statements (month by month), any issuing Immi-Officer would find himself in a very uncomfortable situation. - Not many Visa-Shops around that could "loan" the 400K year round to all their customers. At any rate, this is Thailand. Over the years, I have found out that it is easier to predict the Stock Market than the future "inner workings" of Thailand. But better to be prepared than surprised later on.
March 22, 20197 yr Popular Post Colombia is starting to look good . Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk
March 22, 20197 yr 11 minutes ago, swissie said: A rotating Task-Force (controlling/internal affairs) is under serious consideration. Doesn't exit then, so nobody would be worried.
March 22, 20197 yr 13 hours ago, Enki said: Then marry and stay on a marriage visa instead of a retirement visa. Can't be so hard. If an Australian goes for marriage visa the government cuts the pension by several thousand a year as they assume the wife has contribution in cash or kind. I believe the pension is restored after a lengthy period. To get a license to marry you must prove you have notified the Aussie government that you will marry a Thai. Very costly.
March 22, 20197 yr - I am not just sucking this out of my thumb. I have a family member working for Immigration. A rotating Task-Force (controlling/internal affairs) is under serious consideration. Spot Checks of files of applicants. If the file should not contain Bank statements (month by month), any issuing Immi-Officer would find himself in a very uncomfortable situation. - Not many Visa-Shops around that could "loan" the 400K year round to all their customers. At any rate, this is Thailand. Over the years, I have found out that it is easier to predict the Stock Market than the future "inner workings" of Thailand. But better to be prepared than surprised later on.If they seriously wanted to stop it just set up an agency and follow the trail. Probably the simplest thing in Thailand to do, they don't want to
March 22, 20197 yr 58 minutes ago, BritManToo said: Doesn't exit then, so nobody would be worried. Can't quite follow. Must be me. Or a cryptic message? ????
March 22, 20197 yr 55 minutes ago, quad66 said: Colombia is starting to look good Bit out the way not cheap but a safe place, I would think more towards Philippines, UK gov pension not frozen, suppose to be as cheap as Thailand.
March 22, 20197 yr 15 hours ago, Enki said: Thailand is half communist. You americans simply don't grasp what communism is about. Not sure what you are grasping.
March 22, 20197 yr 33 minutes ago, Kwasaki said: Bit out the way not cheap but a safe place, I would think more towards Philippines, UK gov pension not frozen, suppose to be as cheap as Thailand. Don't be so sure …. Quote Local Purchasing Power in Medellin is 29.59% higher than in Pattaya https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Thailand&city1=Pattaya&country2=Colombia&city2=Medellin I'm considering another less famous Colombian city 20 to 30 percent CHEAPER than Medellin. Also SAFER than Pattaya. To add the retirement visas there are easy peasy, three years at a time, requiring a pension of about 25K baht a month, yes you read that right, 25k not 65K, with the requirement to import said pension at level of NADA. Cheers.
March 22, 20197 yr Author 10 minutes ago, Jingthing said: Don't be so sure …. https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Thailand&city1=Pattaya&country2=Colombia&city2=Medellin I'm considering another less famous Colombian city 20 to 30 percent CHEAPER than Medellin. Also SAFER than Pattaya. What's the local forum like there? Pendejo.com
March 22, 20197 yr I'm staying in Pattaya. WHY? I don't pay sin sot for now one, save ALL my cash, live dirt cheap, and like thai guys I get free pussy, free beer, and my Thai honey supports me. Unless any of those change I'm staying in Thailand.
March 22, 20197 yr 14 hours ago, malibukid said: Thailand will become a proxy of China. look around. China is exerting it's soft power throughout the world. lending money for infrastructure projects at insane rates. similar to the what the IMF did to poor countries. China will exert an economic hold on Thailand. if and when the U.S. goes to war with China, who's will they choose. the flash point in the future could be over the SCS or Taiwan. this will be interesting. maybe 50 years and a 50/50 chance. the current U.S. China tensions could explain the shift in Thailands view of Westerners The Thailand view of westerners has nothing to do with current China but is based - like the Chinese view on westerners - on the centuries of suppression of asian people. Why don't you read a history book instead of spreading nonsense? Thailand is the Switzerland of ASEAN. Why people proclaim they had a close relationship to China is beyond me. The idea that USA and China goes to war is absurd. USA will never attack a country that has nukes ... plain and simple.
March 23, 20196 yr 11 hours ago, Enki said: The Thailand view of westerners has nothing to do with current China but is based - like the Chinese view on westerners - on the centuries of suppression of asian people. Why don't you read a history book instead of spreading nonsense? Thailand is the Switzerland of ASEAN. Why people proclaim they had a close relationship to China is beyond me. The idea that USA and China goes to war is absurd. USA will never attack a country that has nukes ... plain and simple. China is currently militarizing the South China Sea and is challenging the United States Navy over the Freedom of Navigation Act. building and weaponizing artificial islands that are a concern to other countries in the region, i.e. Vietnam, Japan, Korea, and the Philippines. the Pentagon has contingency plans for such a conflict. it could be limited to conventional weapons and thus non-nuclear and contained to the region. this is causing some concern in Washington.
March 23, 20196 yr 20 minutes ago, malibukid said: it could be limited to conventional weapons and thus non-nuclear and contained to the region. this is causing some concern in Washington. not with me, that means the Chinese would call up the reserves and all those silly wide eyed youngsters in Thermae would be gone.
March 23, 20196 yr On 3/22/2019 at 8:53 AM, Enki said: Then marry and stay on a marriage visa instead of a retirement visa. Can't be so hard. no wife, no car, no condo. just a cat who loves me.
March 23, 20196 yr https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Thailand&city1=Pattaya&country2=Colombia&city2=Medellin I'm considering another less famous Colombian city 20 to 30 percent CHEAPER than Medellin. Also SAFER than Pattaya. To add the retirement visas there are easy peasy, three years at a time, requiring a pension of about 25K baht a month, yes you read that right, 25k not 65K, with the requirement to import said pension at level of NADA. Cheers. I have visited Cartagena, Medellin, Manizales, Cali and Popayan. Would certainly entertain living in Colombia. Very friendly and a surprising number of people speak English.Sent from my BLL-L22 using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app
March 23, 20196 yr I have visited Cartagena, Medellin, Manizales, Cali and Popayan. Would certainly entertain living in Colombia. Very friendly and a surprising number of people speak English.Sent from my BLL-L22 using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile appYeah the more I learn about it the better it seems. From a distance anyway. Yes many people are scared of it which I see as possibly a feature to keep the prices down. Sent from my Lenovo A7020a48 using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app
March 24, 20196 yr 18 hours ago, malibukid said: China is currently militarizing the South China Sea and is challenging the United States Navy over the Freedom of Navigation Act. building and weaponizing artificial islands that are a concern to other countries in the region, i.e. Vietnam, Japan, Korea, and the Philippines. the Pentagon has contingency plans for such a conflict. it could be limited to conventional weapons and thus non-nuclear and contained to the region. this is causing some concern in Washington. It requires two parties not to use nukes. So good luck with your pentagon.
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