New Visa Rules Exclude Everyone Except Sex Tourists, Alcoholics, Drug Addicts, Ravers, Illiterate...

[harrry]

If my daughter never ends like that, I wont be angry, just very very dissapointed.

At least they still have their pants on.

[ggt]

Satire? You had me going there for a bit...entertaining piece...

[MK1]

It would appear that the author of Notthenation is venting his or her spleen.

[Zooheekock]

Thaivisa is not the place for jokes about criminals, sex tourists and illiterate troglodytes.

[Globalist]

Sadly, this is not that far removed from the truth.

Any poorly educated, unemployed over-50 foreigner can come to Thailand and be more than welcome to stay, and if under 50, he can marry a Pattaya bargirl to accomplish the same feat.

Harder for academics, career professionals, and successful enterpreneurs to base themselves in Thailand, if under 50.

It would be good for Thailand in the longer term to do a general overhaul of its visa rules.

Edited May 30, 2014 by Globalist

[kieran2698]

This is a ridiculous thread and I do not find it amusing. Nor should it be part of the email notifications.

Queen Victoria lives............

Was she the last Brit with a brain cell?

[kieran2698]

Thaivisa is not the place for jokes about criminals, sex tourists and illiterate troglodytes.

It was the mention of illiterate troglodytes that brought me here. The Arem tribe do not venture as far as Thailand, they stick to the mountainous forests on the borders of Laos and Vietnam.

[arjunadawn]

Mixed thoughts about this. It's hilarious and brilliantly written, but is this the time and place? Just musing.

[Suradit69]

SATIRE

Very wise to put this at the head of the article, although a larger pulsating font might catch the attention of a greater number of readers, many of whom are probably gloating about finally having an immigrations policy written with them in mind.

Mixed thoughts about this. It's hilarious and brilliantly written, but is this the time and place? Just musing.

Not sure about the timing, but when it comes to making ridiculous observations about Thailand, Thai Visa forums is the acclaimed hub ... although in most cases the "satirist" doesn't appreciate that he's satirizing himself and his fellows.

Edited May 30, 2014 by Suradit69

[rubl]

Yey.... it's April again.

Nice one George.

Foreigners caught reading books on Thai history, or with a blood alcohol level of under 0.1% risked deportation.

I may as well join the queue now

Tjeez man, get real! There's still time to buy a few beers or some lao khao and drink it. In the sticks where you live even at 01:23AM (your posting time) you should be able to get alcohol.

As for the books, well assuming it's in English it doesn't really matter, now does it?

[Ianatlarge]

Best I have heard so far about the coup. Sign me up!

"High value tourists" indeed.

[Jimbolai]

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Renewal of visa at immigration office

You'll have to show the pictures in your smartphone to prove sexual implication with local population and alcohol excess. A photo of you unconscious in your vomit with a naked tattooed prostitute will grant you an IMMEDIATE ONE YEAR EXTENSION VISA.

And a teacher certification.

[harrry]

Thaivisa is not the place for jokes about criminals, sex tourists and illiterate troglodytes.

Thailand should not be the place for Missionaries prostelisation.

[Guest]

SATIRE

Very wise to put this at the head of the article, although a larger pulsating font might catch the attention of a greater number of readers, many of whom are probably gloating about finally having an immigrations policy written with them in mind.

Oh boy..

[Zooheekock]

Missionaries prostelisation.

Indeed.

[joshstiles]

Oh I see.....if the post is labeled "Satire" then it is allowed to be posted on TV......uhm....because it is informative??? helpful??? useful for more than just laughs????

Moderators!!!!!!!!! Are you serious?????????!!!!!!!!!! Just rewrite the rules for posting then.....so we can turn TV into a complete shithole with absolutely no meaningful purpose for existing.

Whatever.............NO MORE INTEGRITY ON TV ANYMORE

HATS OFF TO THE MODERATORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[yastamon]

booking my airline ticket right now and I got a fistful of baht to party with

[Cuchulainn]

..............aid Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal Prajin Juntong, the NCPO’s economic chief and acting head of Immigration............

If you think this is funny, it is NOT.

Oh dear !! A moderator ripping the pish out if the army while us lesser souls are not allowed to at all.

One rule for the mods and one rule for the posters, eh George?

[razer]

Shit! You got me in the first paragraph. I thought it was real until I read on.

[siampolee]

A superb piece of political and journalistic satire, keep it coming.

Definition of Satire

Satire is a technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule. It intends to improve humanity by criticizing its follies and foibles. A writer in a satire uses fictional characters, which stand for real people, to expose and condemn their corruption.

A writer may point a satire toward a person, a country or even the entire world. Usually, a satire is a comical piece of writing which makes fun of an individual or a society to expose its stupidity and shortcomings. In addition, he hopes that those he criticizes will improve their characters by overcoming their weaknesses.

[Thaddeus]

This is a ridiculous thread and I do not find it amusing. Nor should it be part of the email notifications.

Queen Victoria lives............

Was she the last Brit with a brain cell?

She was German.

This is a great time for some good old British bomb shelter humour (with a u) ..... keeps the blood pressure down and stops you going mad. One George in her family was mad, so happy to see that ours isn't.

[DrTuner]

Most excellent, they've excluded the prudes.

[DrTuner]

If I would have written the opening post, the pic would have been of elderly scrubby looking farang men with a questionable visa status, drinking beer in the daytime sitting around a table in front of a mom and pop store in Phuket or Pattaya.

Mom&Pops seem to be a banoork thing, P&P have real beer bars.

[sturdyd]

Har! Nail, meet head.

[KonKorat]

Yahoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[Zooheekock]

..so we can turn TV into a complete shithole with absolutely no meaningful purpose for existing.

I see you're a new arrival.

[wileycoyote]

I'm a troglodyte !

[tubby johnson]

Yippee! ..... I finally qualify for permanent residency!

[joshstiles]

I guess rule number 11 doesn't matter on this site. You can slur, slander, degrade, anyone or group on this site that you want as long as you title it under "SATIRE".....thanks for tip 'Double Standard Moderator"....Root Admin....wow.....ranking.....what an example for the rest of us. Don't bitch when others follow your retarded lead.

[John1thru10]

Right wing hate speech masquerading as humor.

Edited May 30, 2014 by John1thru10