MrWorldwide Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 I'd leave ANY place if the wellbeing, future or safety of my family was compromised. And, I can afford to pay the tax in ANY country where these features are provided. I'd cross Sydney off my list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagwan Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 The return of a certain Dubai resident whether in chains or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maccaroni man Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 I have told my wife on more than one occassion that immigration will be my deal breaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonman Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 The return of a certain Dubai resident whether in chains or not. You might as well start packing your bags then as he will return and I doubt in chains. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackr Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Usa invading Thailand... And I will be out... If England & Great Britain & United Kingdom & UK & Britain & U.K. tried to colonize 1/3 of the world again and this time included Thailand, I'd be out. Oh wait. UK expats have invaded and colonized Thailand. Never mind. Guess who has the little willy... Btw, it's the United Kingdom of Great Britain (Eng/Scot/Wal, minus your childish accent on the 'Great', which actually refers to the larger of the both Britains at the time as opposed to any sort of greatness, though indeed to which it would be most apt) and Northern Ireland. But UK will do for the geography-challenged and those with little sense of real history. "What Would It Take To Make You Leave Thailand" Lots of yankydoodles doesn't bother me too much (as long as they <deleted>) but certainly if it gets to the stage of being swamped by folks from Russia/China. I actually think everyone being booted out would be a blessing in disguise (would have no problem going back to be fair), followed by the re-rise of Burma. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokheat Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 i am already making plans to leave, after two hard years trying to start business here it has become an expensive joke, not to mention how expensive it is for work permit, it feels like trying to work with handcuffs on 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 i am already making plans to leave, after two hard years trying to start business here it has become an expensive joke, not to mention how expensive it is for work permit, it feels like trying to work with handcuffs on A WP in Thailand is not expensive in the least... ....you should see the cost of getting WP's and administrative hassles in some of the other countries I have worked in over the years.. The WP process here is pretty straight forward 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblether Posted August 26, 2013 Author Share Posted August 26, 2013 (edited) Sorry to hear that Bangkokheat. I have a friend that feels the same way. This story would seriously have you questioning traveling to Thailand. It's one thing being scammed by tuk tuks and jet ski guys, this is appalling....... http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/663417-drugs-planted-on-australian-couple-in-thailand/ Edited August 26, 2013 by theblether Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MILT Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Usa invading Thailand... And I will be out... Hate to tell you but they have already, but keep this on the down low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MILT Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Better question is, With the rumors of a pending Global financial collapse looming on the horizon where is there to go? Seriously though nothing would make me leave here save dying. Love this place everyday! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyponeros Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 I would leave if: -My dogs die -If I have a child and he is at age to go to school -I lose my job and can't find another one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardholder Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 i am already making plans to leave, after two hard years trying to start business here it has become an expensive joke, not to mention how expensive it is for work permit, it feels like trying to work with handcuffs on Never good to hear of someone throwing the towel in. However, after two years, no one can say you haven't given it a fair crack of the whip. I don't agree about the WP but I can see many other areas of frustration. I would hate to run a 'serious' business in this country but I have (and only ever will) run 'hobby' or lifestyle businesses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NBD Posted August 26, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2013 Not much really. Right opportunity and the right exit from my business here. Hoping to move to Europe in another year or two. I've enjoyed 5 years here, but I was free and single for the first 2. Now I have a kid and a wife, full time job in Bangkok. Thailand is cheap and great for bars, beaches, hotels and restaurants, and you can live well on modest means if this is your life. When you start looking at school fees, decent houses in Bangkok, good quality food, cars and consumer goods Thailand is not cheap and massively lacks variety when compared with Europe. Also, when you're lazing about on the beach or drinking a beer the climate is fine. When you're going to work every day it's a pain in the arse. If not for my business I would go home tomorrow. I still have soft spot for Thailand and would visit regularly, but I don't need to live here. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironhorse10 Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 I agree with @Soutpeel. Civil war. I already have a Plan B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stjohnm Posted August 26, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2013 If the Mrs catches me looking at her Sister-in-Law like that again I'll be lucky to make it as far a the border 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JO1973 Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Usa invading Thailand... And I will be out... If England & Great Britain & United Kingdom & UK & Britain & U.K. tried to colonize 1/3 of the world again and this time included Thailand, I'd be out. Oh wait. UK expats have invaded and colonized Thailand. Never mind. At least we didn't fail to invade Viet Nam The US never invaded Viet Nam. Oh wait, that's right I forgot -- Brit expats aren't required to learn anything about the world. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUAHIN62 Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Only death in my case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post morpho Posted August 26, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2013 I am leaving...next year. Probably Vietnam or Cambodia. Two years living here has been enough for me. Some things I will miss, but many things I will not. LOS is not the same country I first visited in 2002...and most of the changes are for the worst! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeaBiGgiEs Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 When I can no longer sustain my quality of life on my monthly Social Security. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokheat Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 i am already making plans to leave, after two hard years trying to start business here it has become an expensive joke, not to mention how expensive it is for work permit, it feels like trying to work with handcuffs on A WP in Thailand is not expensive in the least... ....you should see the cost of getting WP's and administrative hassles in some of the other countries I have worked in over the years.. The WP process here is pretty straight forward then i must have killed a chinaman and broken a mirror, i got conned by a bangkok visa company, they got me the 3 months initial work permit, to get the balance of the twelve moths they tried to con me out of another 96,000 baht, then tried an accountant inpattaya by recommendation, they stiffed me for 5000 bht, went to a lawyer by recommendation again, they stuffed the paperwork and wanted me to wait in laos until they fixed it all, at that point i gave up. The expense also includes what you have to pay the government every month for ghosts in the least, even then it costs you over 100,000 bht per year for the privilege of working here and and spending your money here. Cambodia may be a developing country and corrupt but it only costs a pittance for a work visa and renewals and you dont have to employ nationals, visa from what a understand so far takes only a few days same as tourist visa there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 All Thai women wearing pants and PC becoming endemic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thaibeachlovers Posted August 26, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2013 (edited) Usa invading Thailand... And I will be out... If England & Great Britain & United Kingdom & UK & Britain & U.K. tried to colonize 1/3 of the world again and this time included Thailand, I'd be out. Oh wait. UK expats have invaded and colonized Thailand. Never mind. At least we didn't fail to invade Viet Nam The US never invaded Viet Nam. Oh wait, that's right I forgot -- Brit expats aren't required to learn anything about the world. Maybe the US didn't "invade" VN, but they supported corrupt governments and killed hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, trying to stop communists taking over ( how did that work out then? ). The Brits at least had the sense to stay out of that fiasco. Pity they didn't have the same sense to stay out of G W's attrocity in Iraq ( WMDs anyone! ). Edited August 26, 2013 by thaibeachlovers 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indyuk Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Money and a lot of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertson468 Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 I do have a soft spot for Thailand (and her indoors who is Thai), but have been toying with the idea of having a go at Myanmar purely from the "new challenge" point of view. We have a very successful house letting business, so are a little bit rooted here, but, for the right price would sell and try waters new. We are open to any outrageously high offers for the houses . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halion Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Usa invading Thailand... And I will be out... If England & Great Britain & United Kingdom & UK & Britain & U.K. tried to colonize 1/3 of the world again and this time included Thailand, I'd be out. Oh wait. UK expats have invaded and colonized Thailand. Never mind. The fact of the mater is somewhat in contra taunt with your hypothesis. If the British Govenment had it's way in 1945 ,Thailand would have been an occupied country and by example of Singapore, Hongkong and Japan it may well have become a far more progressive nation that exists today. It was through intervention from the US that Thailand continued as a soverign nation. In my opinion many of the expats living in Thailand who have the fininacial ability to live above the ground swell of the local environment are here simply for their perception of personal freedom with little or no concern for the stature and status of the country and it's local population. It is a I'm all right Jack mentality. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardholder Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 i am already making plans to leave, after two hard years trying to start business here it has become an expensive joke, not to mention how expensive it is for work permit, it feels like trying to work with handcuffs on A WP in Thailand is not expensive in the least... ....you should see the cost of getting WP's and administrative hassles in some of the other countries I have worked in over the years.. The WP process here is pretty straight forward then i must have killed a chinaman and broken a mirror, i got conned by a bangkok visa company, they got me the 3 months initial work permit, to get the balance of the twelve moths they tried to con me out of another 96,000 baht, then tried an accountant inpattaya by recommendation, they stiffed me for 5000 bht, went to a lawyer by recommendation again, they stuffed the paperwork and wanted me to wait in laos until they fixed it all, at that point i gave up. The expense also includes what you have to pay the government every month for ghosts in the least, even then it costs you over 100,000 bht per year for the privilege of working here and and spending your money here. Cambodia may be a developing country and corrupt but it only costs a pittance for a work visa and renewals and you dont have to employ nationals, visa from what a understand so far takes only a few days same as tourist visa there Cambodia business visa $280. First you need a one month visa ($30) and then extend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogbreath Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 One more karaoke bar opening near my house. I realistically can't afford to leave. I can live here, but not my native country whose corrupt pols looted my retirement nest egg. I truly like living in Thailand for all its perceived faults, but the I have only been here four years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianatlarge Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 My x-wife moving here. Just kidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgs2001uk Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Usa invading Thailand... And I will be out... If England & Great Britain & United Kingdom & UK & Britain & U.K. tried to colonize 1/3 of the world again and this time included Thailand, I'd be out. Oh wait. UK expats have invaded and colonized Thailand. Never mind. The fact of the mater is somewhat in contra taunt with your hypothesis. If the British Govenment had it's way in 1945 ,Thailand would have been an occupied country and by example of Singapore, Hongkong and Japan it may well have become a far more progressive nation that exists today. It was through intervention from the US that Thailand continued as a soverign nation. In my opinion many of the expats living in Thailand who have the fininacial ability to live above the ground swell of the local environment are here simply for their perception of personal freedom with little or no concern for the stature and status of the country and it's local population. It is a I'm all right Jack mentality. In my opinion many of the expats living in Thailand who have the fininacial ability to live above the ground swell of the local environment....................... In my experience, substitute the word expats for Thais, and the rest of your sentence holds true. It is a I'm all right Jack mentality. More of a, not my family not my problem mentality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTIRIOS Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 ...what I would need..... ...to recoup enough of the 10 million baht worth that I have lost in these past 11 years.... ...and get my wife to sign permission to take my daughters....to see the rest of their family.....that they have never seen.... ...but possibly....they never will... ....been living like a refugee...a hostage....unless I want to abandon my daughters....which I don't..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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