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Do you think the insurance companies charge us "farang" price for the health insurance?
Trustpilot in itself being the biggest scam, since you can buy your rating and reviews on Trustpilot -
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King’s College London Faces Backlash Over Handling of Hamas Propaganda Complaint
I’m getting that feeling again that context is everything. The Israel / Palestine conflict is a complex issue, I expect studying the conflict would be presented views and material from all sides of the conflict. Maybe trigger warnings should be provided. -
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King’s College London Faces Backlash Over Handling of Hamas Propaganda Complaint
No, that's not how it works, its illegal to support Hamas terrorists in the UK, the student who complained is not the one who should go to Israel, a pure anti-Semitic slur. -
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DTV visa extension
That's not "abuse." The purpose is to bring in longer-staying people, who have at least 500K savings, which weeds-out poor people, who have close-to-zero savings. Anyone caught begging, stealing, working-illegally, etc should be deported and banned for-cause. The type of visa they used to enter is irrelevant. The 500K funds step reduces the likelihood of that sort of behavior, vs tourist-type entries. Some will undoubtedly financially-wreck themselves with the Thai version of "The stripper really likes me" delusion, and similar - the same as do some retirees, tourists, etc. -
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K bank E-mail with Tax Forms attached ?
That is akin to saying that a landlord is responsible for submitting a TM30. Guess who gets the fine for non-compliance. If I was a bank (and responsible for logging this information) I would just close the account of any awkward b4stard, who didn't respond, and send them a cheque for their balance. -
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Thai gov. to tax (remitted) income from abroad for tax residents starting 2024 - Part II
Not laughing at you or your post CM. A post I made over a year ago sprang to mind when I read your post, and brought a smile to my face. -
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Do you think the insurance companies charge us "farang" price for the health insurance?
Always check Trustpilot for any insurance company recommended, there some scams/get rich quick schemes out there, some brokers push them because they pay outrageous commissions. -
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DTV visa extension
Immigration's job is to honor valid visas - stamping-in the proper "permitted stay," absent a legal-reason to deny entry. This visa is expressly-created for people to stay in Thailand long-term. That said - yes - immigration sometimes do not do this, following their own agenda. As long as they are prepared to use non-corrupt entry points or pay whatever agent-bribe per-entry (possibly "the catch" to come), it won't ruin their lives. If I were using it, I would set-aside 10K Baht/year for "agent re-entry fees" as a safeguard - approximately one-months' aircon-room-and-board here, for a single person. If it isn't needed later - great! It's a 5-year visa - not guaranteed to be available later, so it would be foolish to "count on it" beyond the initial 5 years. That said, there have always been other options; they just cost more in agent-fees. Under-50s have nothing to lose by using the DTV. It's easier than the ongoing ED-Agent method, which continues to facilitate the same "abuse" which the "crackdown" was purported to stop - only increasing the agent-fees immigration collects. Regardless of which visa/extension, the key is for expats to understand how immigration really works - not the fantasy-version of "just follow the rules, and you will be OK." I had to learn this the hard way with experience with marriage-extensions (and the marriage-process, itself).
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