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  1. The locals in Phuket seems to dislike "bag farang guys" – so to the locals here on Samui...
  2. Rubber trees. Tree for paper is also an option. It takes seven years before you can cut rubber; you might need to co-work with some experienced cutters doing the work; the share is often 40/60 or 50/50. Wood for paper, the trees can be financed by the paper manufacturer. Prices for land can be very different – you, cannot own land as foreigner, so it needs to be a Thai spouse or partner, or through a Thai company limited – and also depends of how good the land is for other purposes, like growing rice. When I bought land the price was around 10k-20k baht for low grade and low title deed rice land; and 40k baht for nor sor 4 (Chanote) title prime rice land per rai (1,600 square meters). Today the same kind of land is traded for around 70k baht and 100k baht per rai. Be aware of title deeds. Some are kind of ownership – for example nor sor 3 variants – and can be upgraded to full ownership (i.e., nor sor 4). Other title deeds can be agricultural land given to be held by families and not sold – even it's widely traded – these titles are not registered by a land office. However, at the moment the agricultural land titles can begin to be upgraded to nor sor 4 (Chanote) title. As an investment, you shall calculate it well, before you do it. Agricultural land gives a low average percentage in outcome (or dividend) of the investment. The gain is the expected increase in land value when it once get sold.
  3. Lucky guy, my girlfriend is only 32 year younger than me. We are not equal, it's very individual how relationships work and age difference in same. If the older part is young in mind – and perhaps also keeps a healthy body – it can work well; I'm talking from experience, however with a few less years the the mentioned poster. For me, it has so far worked well 20 year now... However, my lovely girlfriend is getting older; so, perhaps it's time to restart with a new young model...
  4. To my knowledge, part of the permission for an extension of stay is to keep the deposit as requested; i.e. 800k baht 3 month after permission of extended stay, and not under 400k baht the remaining period until two month before next application, where you need to top up to 800k baht again. Getting below the mandatory levels means that your present extension of stay terminates, and your friend will need to restart with a new non-immigrant O-visa.
  5. According to all threads here I've seen in ASEAN NOW and other forums about the subject, return or onward ticket is not checked by Thai immigration. It's the airline flying you to Thailand that checks it, and if you don't have the ticket, you will not be allowed to board the airplane. So, you'll not end up in BKK without a ticket, and nobody seems to care checking it there.
  6. Gold is very important for Thais, especially Thai ladies. It's safe to buy gold from the many gold stores that normally have red front and lots of shining gold on display. The gold is 23.9 carat and sold per weight. It's also used for investment/savings, where you can show your savings at the same time; more serious physical gold investment would be in gold bars, which some of the gold shops also sells, but they are not as good to make face with. The weight measure is "baht", which is 15.244 gram or the original weight of 768 rice grains. It's the same weight as money-baht originally was, but the money has been devalued, so you today needs more than 30,000 money-baht to get one "real" baht...
  7. April 12th, KAAZE, Sound Club If you are into Top-100 DJs and prepared to pay the ticket price, then Swedish KAAZE (Dance/Electronic, Russian Dance) is visting Sound Club Friday 12th April – you might get wet on you way to the club, it's the night before Songkran – I found a link to Youtube for one of latest releases HERE, and a link to his live performance last September at Ravolution Festival in Vietnam HERE. His Instagram-profile is HERE.
  8. Yes, you need to register and then login. Your TIN (registered Tax Identification Number) is your username, password you choose yourself.
  9. Buy a cheap budget flight ticket that you can afford to throw away; for example the short distance from Hat Yai to Kuala Lumpur, it's very cheap on certain week days. Another possibility might be "Onward Ticket", which is a reservation system for next to nothing in cost, but I have not reference if it's accepted; perhaps some other forum members have experience.
  10. You shall make the tax return form online, not download...
  11. It's better to get an e-visa from home, a single entry Tourist Visa gives you 60 days of stay upon entry. When entering on visa exempt you'll need a return ticket or onward ticket within 30 days from arrival date; extension of stay in Thailand will cost you 1,900 baht, to be compared with an e-visa cost.
  12. +1 – if you exit an extension of stay without a re-entry permit you loose your extension of stay, and need to restart the procedure for a new extension, often beginning with a (new) visa.
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