On 6/20/2020 at 12:55 PM, cardinalblue said:

I thought ones with Thai family members will be given an exception to enter following strict protocol 

They can't fly in on pigeons..

On 6/22/2020 at 9:13 AM, Trillian said:

Up until a couple of years ago less than 4% of the population paid taxes via a PAYE system, today the tax net has been expanded and the number is about 11%, the remainder pay tax based on a tax return. The Thai Revenue is actively seeking to expand their net which is probably what is being referred to.

Do you know a lot of Thai people with an income of over 25,000Thb/month? Up to that amount Thai Nationals are exempt of Taxes.... 

On 6/22/2020 at 2:49 PM, laocowboy2 said:

Unfortunately I am stuck in a country with no Thai embassy or consulate

Just outta curiosity (ignorance), where would that be?

5 hours ago, jomtienisgood said:

Do you know a lot of Thai people with an income of over 25,000Thb/month? Up to that amount Thai Nationals are exempt of Taxes.... 

Incorrect!

 

Taxable income starts at 190,000 per year, that's 15,833 per month and is the 5% band.

 

Here's the tax tables.

 

https://sherrings.com/personal-tax-deductions-allowances-thailand.html

https://www.rd.go.th/publish/6045.0.html

Edited June 24, 20206 yr by Trillian

6 hours ago, jomtienisgood said:

Do you know a lot of Thai people with an income of over 25,000Thb/month? Up to that amount Thai Nationals are exempt of Taxes.... 

How many? Just about everyone where I work, anyone who works in a five star or greater hotel and receives service charge, anyone in Bangkok running a business, and so on.

It is a moving target for sure, depending what country you are from. Colombia has listed Sept. as the first international flights. But, with the second wave here in the US who know's when we will be able to travel again.  

To garyk:

 

Second wave?  It still is the first wave.  Opened up to soon and people still not physical distancing and wearing face masks.

 

You wanna see another spike up, wait 2 weeks after the July 4th celebration all over the US.

18 minutes ago, marvin1950 said:

To garyk:

 

Second wave?  It still is the first wave.  Opened up to soon and people still not physical distancing and wearing face masks.

 

You wanna see another spike up, wait 2 weeks after the July 4th celebration all over the US.

Ok Karen .

34, 720 new corona cases today in the USA, that's just in 1 day. Second wave? First is just starting.

On 6/20/2020 at 8:00 AM, spiekerjozef said:

They can come, there are just no flights.

A boat perhaps...

on a slow boat to china?

On 6/22/2020 at 3:38 AM, rott said:

So you and NanLaew are saying that people other than repatriated Thais are being allowed in. Interesting. 

 

Possibly this explains why, in Pattaya, I keep seeing extremely pale skinned people who do not look as though they have been here for over 3 months. Not very many but I do keep seeing them. 

albinos?

1 hour ago, marvin1950 said:

To garyk:

 

Second wave?  It still is the first wave.  Opened up to soon and people still not physical distancing and wearing face masks.

 

You wanna see another spike up, wait 2 weeks after the July 4th celebration all over the US.

It is already blowing up again in some areas of the US due to the failure of people to social distance, go to bars and not wear masks.  The State of Oregon has made it mandatory for masks.  But I also just read that two arrivals to Hong Kong from the Philippines were allowed to fly on Cathay and they were positive for Covid.  One tested positive the day before the flight and the other took medication to reduce the fever she had.  Go figure.  It will be very interesting for travel from here on out.  Put everyone in a Tyvex suit with mask and face shield and gloves, just not possible.

36 minutes ago, Ron jeremy said:

34, 720 new corona cases today in the USA, that's just in 1 day. Second wave? First is just starting.

Are you not sequestered in a cell with no bail for ....lol

On 6/21/2020 at 9:22 AM, bbi1 said:

That will be a lesson for people who left their families during a deadly worldwide virus situation to never do something stupid like that again. Also, not to setup their home in Thailand and move to a different country where they can get back into then next time there's a similar situation via repatriation flights.

 

Pure speculation. We don't know for sure about 'guys' outside and each ones situation, do we.  If any are genuinely stuck, they had plenty of time to come back when it was obvious that the borders were going to be closed at some point, so why didn't they?? And please don't list a load of weak excuses, if they were that worried they would have come back, end of story.

 

You hit the nail on the head. Plenty of time for those guys who really cared to return to their families.

Always some big mouth know-it-all on here... Who can look back in time and say “oh you should have “ but really has no clew of what each affected person situation was or is; all he’s really good at is sitting behind a keyboard and and saying how smart he thinks he is.

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17 hours ago, Trillian said:

How many? Just about everyone where I work, anyone who works in a five star or greater hotel and receives service charge, anyone in Bangkok running a business, and so on.

What I said was not pejorative, but apparently you could not grasp this...

And do you think you represent a big majority of Thai Nationals????? 

On 6/20/2020 at 7:21 PM, Peterphuket said:

The problem is: just in HK you don't get any stamp anymore in your pp.

How you can prove you come from there?

 

You know when the immigration takes your passport and scan it, the computer shows exactly where you've been

6 minutes ago, acenase said:

 

You know when the immigration takes your passport and scan it, the computer shows exactly where you've been

I think you are incorrect for that to happen all the  immigration systems worldwide would need to be connected to each other

When mmigration takes your passport and scan's it, they check if you are wanted,blacklisted denied entry on the computer databases that Thai immigration has access to

1 hour ago, acenase said:

 

You know when the immigration takes your passport and scan it, the computer shows exactly where you've been

I'm not so sure about that, when it is true what you say, than the arrival-card is no longer needed.

2 hours ago, acenase said:

 

You know when the immigration takes your passport and scan it, the computer shows exactly where you've been

Of course they do.

They also know if you've been a troublemaker in a country and have been kicked out, have a criminal record, and many other things.  They check this along with your declaration card.  

More people get refused entry to countries than people tend to want to think.  Airline agents aren't responsible if you cannot meet entry qualifications such as being a criminal (having a criminal record), etc.  If they haven't checked that you have a flight out, as an example in Thailand, or don't meet the requirements such as staying longer than your tourist visa will allow then the airline is responsible.  After that, it's up to immigration to toss you in detention while you work out the lovely details of your imminent departure.  Again, all noted on your passport.  

 

10 hours ago, kingdong said:

albinos?

I heard there is a herd of albino lady-boys in Pattaya.  It's the stuff of legends.

Please try to photograph this herd and document it.  BBC would love to do a documentary on this thought to be extinct herd.  

20 hours ago, Blumpie said:

I heard there is a herd of albino lady-boys in Pattaya.  It's the stuff of legends.

Please try to photograph this herd and document it.  BBC would love to do a documentary on this thought to be extinct herd.  

Never been here Urban Legend. In all these years I've seen 1.

20 hours ago, Blumpie said:

Of course they do.

They also know if you've been a troublemaker in a country and have been kicked out, have a criminal record, and many other things.  They check this along with your declaration card.  

More people get refused entry to countries than people tend to want to think.  Airline agents aren't responsible if you cannot meet entry qualifications such as being a criminal (having a criminal record), etc.  If they haven't checked that you have a flight out, as an example in Thailand, or don't meet the requirements such as staying longer than your tourist visa will allow then the airline is responsible.  After that, it's up to immigration to toss you in detention while you work out the lovely details of your imminent departure.  Again, all noted on your passport.  

 

 

The various Immigration forces around the world do not have bilateral information sharing agreement. 

Any request to share information comes from Interpol through a formal request. 

 

Every arrival and departure to and from Thailand through the Airports is logged in an Immigration Database, even if we use a different passport - key information is linked to our ‘profile’.

Immigration can see our travel history in and out of Thailand for the past 10 years (approximate). 

 

Land boarders are not yet on this system (I’m not sure if this has changed recently).

 

 

Immigration officials have no digital record of our travel to and from countries outside of Thailand.