Do you ever feel like a prisoner in Thailand?

[bob smith]

90 day reports,

arduos visa extensions,

immigration home checks,

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fear mongering on the evening news about so called 'bad foreigners',

 

and now there are rumors of immigration spot checks happening at random.

 

don't believe me?

take a look for yourself!

 

 

The line between Thailand & China is becoming increasingly blurred as each day passes..

 

bob.

Edited July 4 by Rimmer
inflammatory text removed

[IvorBiggun2]

Quote

Do you ever feel like a prisoner in Thailand?

No, but I do feel not wanted.

[stoner]

what's the shortest sentence in the english language ............. i am. 

 

what's the longest........... i do. 

[bob smith]

Just now, IvorBiggun2 said:

No, but I do feel not wanted.

what makes you feel not wanted mate?

 

bob.

[Celsius]

Oh no, he mentioned the tax filings for extensions.

 

[susanlea]

2 minutes ago, bob smith said:

what makes you feel not wanted mate?

 

bob.

Go then. Stop whinging.

[bob smith]

Just now, susanlea said:

Go then. Stop whinging.

as (soon to be) tax paying residents it is our right to whinge!

 

NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!

 

signed

bob smith

[susanlea]

Drink 10 beers a day. Make you happy.

[RSD1]

13 minutes ago, bob smith said:

Do you ever feel like a prisoner in Thailand?

Only when I am reading another one of your posts trolling for Thailand negativity. 

[mokwit]

He doesn't say what he means by inspections. Does he mean come 'round your house (maybe out of the blue)? If it means increased document scrutiny/requirements he doesn't say, other than to mention bank records.

 

 

Edited July 4 by mokwit

[bob smith]

1 minute ago, RSD1 said:

Only when I am reading another one of your posts trolling for Thailand negativity. 

If the truth is negative then so be it!

 

the truth is the truth, positive or negative it is what it is.

 

bob.

[HugoFastor]

Looks like Roberta is on the tins early today. 

[IvorBiggun2]

3 minutes ago, bob smith said:

what makes you feel not wanted mate?

The way Thailand treats us regarding immigration issues. Also they discriminate against farang males married to a Thai female. Whereas a Thai male married to a female farang does not have to show money to stay here.

[ChaiyaTH]

I don't feel like a prisoner but it's more like i feel like an illegal in the country, not knowing every next time will be approved or a new drama. It never gives me comfort to really be here, I also never really buy much stuff for that reason, knowing I might need to leave it behind one day anyway.

This even I am fully aware, I could always bribe my way back in, or bribe my way for an extension, even then, when it is nearly due again, I feel like that 2-3 months. It's a <deleted>ty feeling, specially once one lived here for more than a decade already. In my case since I was a teenager.

 

This while I contribute more than 20 Thais do on average, but it will never be rewarded with PR etc.

Edited July 4 by ChaiyaTH

[mokwit]

I feel like I am living in a police state. TM30, TM47, stopped in the street by IOs, daily news of rounding up of foreigners. Spot unannounced home visits will be the last straw.

 

It wasn't me who let in half the third world and now finds they don't want to go back.

Edited July 4 by mokwit

[bob smith]

13 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

I don't feel like a prisoner but it's more like i feel like an illegal in the country, not knowing every next time will be approved or a new drama. It never gives me comfort to really be here, I also never really buy much stuff for that reason, knowing I might need to leave it behind one day anyway.

This even I am fully aware, I could always bribe my way back in, or bribe my way for an extension, even then, when it is nearly due again, I feel like that 2-3 months. It's a <deleted>ty feeling, specially once one lived here for more than a decade already. In my case since I was a teenager.

 

This while I contribute more than 20 Thais do on average, but it will never be rewarded with PR etc.

good post.

 

I feel you mate!

 

thanks for your input.

 

bob.

[bob smith]

1 minute ago, mokwit said:

I feel like I am living in a police state. TM30, TM47, stopped in the street by IOs, daily news of rounding up of foreigners.

 

It wasn't me who let in half the third world and now finds they don't want to go back.

you are spot on mate.

 

police state it certainly seems to be.

 

bob.

[bob smith]

20 minutes ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

The way Thailand treats us regarding immigration issues. Also they discriminate against farang males married to a Thai female. Whereas a Thai male married to a female farang does not have to show money to stay here.

it's getting worse every year.

 

No light at the end of the tunnel can be seen from where I'm sitting!

 

bob.

[susanlea]

3 minutes ago, bob smith said:

it's getting worse every year.

 

No light at the end of the tunnel can be seen from where I'm sitting!

 

bob.

1 positive topic then back to the endless whinging. 

[RSD1]

2 minutes ago, bob smith said:

it's getting worse every year.

 

No light at the end of the tunnel can be seen from where I'm sitting!

 

bob.

Sounds terribly bleak. Better get out now while you still can and don't ever look in the rear view mirror. 

[SAFETY FIRST]

44 minutes ago, bob smith said:

arduos visa extensions,

immigration home checks,

snooping locals on every corner

Bob, we are all worried about you.

You are paranoid, you are worried about nothing. 

 

Sadly, we have many weak people here that may start to believe you, you never stop. 

 

Maybe, avoid the bar today mate, go get some help, therapy is waiting for you. 

 

 

 

Edited July 4 by SAFETY FIRST

[Fat is a type of crazy]

3 minutes ago, bob smith said:

it's getting worse every year.

 

No light at the end of the tunnel can be seen from where I'm sitting!

 

bob.

Has anything changed or got worse in your actual life except the odd surly waiter or something. Maybe don't read the news. 

[bob smith]

Just now, SAFETY FIRST said:

Bob, we are all worried about you. You are paranoid, you are worried about nothing. 

 

Sadly, we have many weak people here that may start to believe you, you never stop. 

 

Maybe, avoid the bar today, go get some help, therapy is waiting for you. 

 

 

 

sadly there is no cure for delusion! 

 

I choose truth every day, be that positive or negative.

 

bob.

[RSD1]

7 minutes ago, mokwit said:

TM30, TM47, stopped in the street by IOs, daily news of rounding up of foreigners.

Been like that since the nineties. Nothing new. You knew what you signed up for so no need to moan about it. 

[susanlea]

Just now, bob smith said:

sadly there is no cure for delusion! 

 

I choose truth every day, be that positive or negative.

 

bob.

Try lying instead. Works in politics.

[RSD1]

This topic is such rubbish. Thailand bashing. Should be locked. 

[bob smith]

12 minutes ago, RSD1 said:

Been like that since the nineties. Nothing new. You knew what you signed up for so no need to moan about it. 

That's the thing!

 

Many didn't know what they signed up for.

 

They don't advertise that kind of thing in the holiday brochure after all....

 

bob.

Edited July 4 by bob smith

[bob smith]

Just now, RSD1 said:

This topic is such rubbish. Thailand bashing. Should be locked. 

don't like it then don't comment on it!

 

don't know how many times I've said that.

 

seems you just can't help yourself though?

 

bob.

[mokwit]

4 minutes ago, RSD1 said:

Been like that since the nineties. Nothing new. You knew what you signed up for so no need to moan about it. 

Nope. TM47 wasn't enforced in the nineties ( I was here then, were you?), neither was TM30. TM30 enforcement dates to a few years ago, TM47 rather longer than that. I didn't sign up for this because it wasn't a thing when I arrived. There was no talk of "hunting down" foreigners, either.

 

Street level Thai people have never been friendlier.

Edited July 4 by mokwit

[ChaiyaTH]

6 minutes ago, RSD1 said:

Been like that since the nineties. Nothing new. You knew what you signed up for so no need to moan about it. 

Eh no, i did not know what I signed up for at all when I moved here. I expected a certain degree of decency and solutions, long-term, specially as I contribute and employ. The visa was never a issue before too and nobody really did the 90 days at all, it was more a choice. Same for TM30.

 

How long do you even live here to talk like this? Seems like only a few years.

Edited July 4 by ChaiyaTH