Does anyone know the reasoning behind the new rule from 1st March???? No guessing please

Edited May 30, 20197 yr by metisdead
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To stop agents.

 

You may well of added. NO answers please.

Because any answer would be a guess.

2 minutes ago, yodsak said:

To stop agents.

 

He said no guessing so since you ignored that, one could just as easily say to PROMOTE agents. 

Just now, DrJack54 said:

You may well of added. NO answers please.

Because any answer would be a guess.

Exactly. 

Just now, yodsak said:

To stop agents.

 

Ok?

10 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

You may well of added. NO answers please.

Because any answer would be a guess.

OP, in other words, there was never an official explanation, and no "journalist" reporting on the story ever showed enough initiative to ask.

So your guess is as likely to be right as anybody else.

Edited May 30, 20197 yr by MikeN

Just now, MikeN said:

In other words, there was never an official explanation, and no "journalist" reporting on the story ever showed enough initiative to ask.

 

8 minutes ago, Graviton said:

Ok?

 

8 minutes ago, Graviton said:

Ok just thinking, if to stop agents is correct a lot will be leaving meaning many many many?

 

As I doubt that senior immigration officers and government policy makers are TV forum members, your request for no guesses is an impossibility. We are all guessing.  

3 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

As I doubt that senior immigration officers and government policy makers are TV forum members, your request for no guesses is an impossibility. We are all guessing.  

Agreed so why no official statement, it's not unreasonable to raise the question.

1 minute ago, Graviton said:

Agreed so why no official statement, it's not unreasonable to raise the question.

Not at all unreasonable to question it, just impossible to provide a definitive answer. 

20 minutes ago, MikeN said:

OP, in other words, there was never an official explanation, and no "journalist" reporting on the story ever showed enough initiative to ask.

So your guess is as likely to be right as anybody else.

Good point about journalists....

3 minutes ago, Graviton said:

Good point about journalists....

Can you help.....Thaivisa you explained well the health insurance issue....

Many guys ask why they did this, or do that. Its not fair, people will be leaving etc. 

But the bottom line is that they make the rules (for whatever reason..its still their rules). So we must live with and adapt to them.

 

4 minutes ago, thainet said:

Many guys ask why they did this, or do that. Its not fair, people will be leaving etc. 

But the bottom line is that they make the rules (for whatever reason..its still their rules). So we must live with and adapt to them.

 

What and not ask why?

Because they could, but obviously gave it little thought but then TIT

2 minutes ago, Thailand said:

Because they could, but obviously gave it little thought but then TIT

Some guys will have to leave which is sad......

True , but they don't care.

18 minutes ago, thainet said:

Many guys ask why they did this, or do that. Its not fair, people will be leaving etc. 

But the bottom line is that they make the rules (for whatever reason..its still their rules). So we must live with and adapt to them.

 

....OR NOT!!!  We have the option to leave as well.  

18 minutes ago, Graviton said:

What and not ask why?

Ask the head of the immigration police. he should be able to answer you.

10 minutes ago, emptypockets said:

Ask the head of the immigration police. he should be able to answer you.

If you don't know why don't you ask...

 

 

Could it be as simple as no mandatory health but keep 400k for emergency treatment? It's the same amount for insurance plus you don't need 40k for outpatient as you have that too...... Self insurance...

1 hour ago, Graviton said:

Does anyone know the reasoning behind the new rule from 1st March???? No guessing please

To make it harder for applicants/agents/IO’s to submit fraudulent applications.

Just now, elviajero said:

To make it harder for applicants/agents/IO’s to submit fraudulent applications.

Ok, then some people will be leaving I suppose.....

9 minutes ago, Graviton said:

Could it be as simple as no mandatory health but keep 400k for emergency treatment? It's the same amount for insurance plus you don't need 40k for outpatient as you have that too...... Self insurance...

That is a perfectly logical and common sense thought process; and there lies the inherent problem nobody in Thailand is capable of that or implementing it.

its rational tho, just follow the money,

if i have leverage to force people to lend me money

at 1% interest, i would enforce it and make bank.

after that, i merely have to find the sweet spot

how many i can force at how high amount of money, before they leave.

think profit, think capitalism, think thai

Edited May 30, 20197 yr by brokenbone

1 hour ago, elviajero said:

To make it harder for applicants/agents/IO’s to submit fraudulent applications.

Not at all.

Agents are the life blood of the system.

10's of millions of baht spread throughout RTP.

Immigration encourages agent use and the prices have gone up double or triple now.

It is easier, faster, and more efficient for them to process. And much more money for them.

Agents are and will never be banned..

Edited May 30, 20197 yr by bkk6060

1 hour ago, Graviton said:

Could it be as simple as no mandatory health but keep 400k for emergency treatment? It's the same amount for insurance plus you don't need 40k for outpatient as you have that too...... Self insurance...

 

Except that the moment you spend it for that you no longer qualify for your extension of stay.

 

(And of course 400k is ridiculously low for medical cover here. But TI apparently does not know that...or else just settled for what local insurance companies wanted to offer).

 

 

Duplicate 

Edited May 30, 20197 yr by Toany
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43 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

Not at all.

Agents are the life blood of the system.

10's of millions of baht spread throughout RTP.

Immigration encourages agent use and the prices have gone up double or triple now.

It is easier, faster, and more efficient for them to process. And much more money for them.

Agents are and will never be banned..

Same price in Pattaya, are you saying now that at your IO, an agent would charge 30 or 45k for a retirement extension