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  1. 5 hours ago, lamyai3 said:

    Is there a written phrase in the act you can highlight which shows in Thai that I as possessor can file as owner? I need something to convince my landlady, she's making problems about the TM30 issue. 

    lol...even my missus is raising her eyebrows at the TM30 "issue"...gee and i thought I was worth more than just a bit of extra paperwork down at the local IO hahahaha....guess I better start walking that ATM again ???? TM

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  2. hmmn, the confusion continues (for this bunny at least!) lol... so any reassurance/clarification welcome ???? (ridicule and sarcasm not hahaha).

     

    As I am reading this thread, the main 'target' of the TM30 are foreigners more or less living long term or permanently in Thailand and NOT short(er) term tourists [I am on an METV and been here for 4 weeks and about to head out to Cambodia]. Hopefully there won't be any issue when I return to Thailand in a few weeks time re-TM30 etc., and i will have a hotel booked in advance (already have a return flight to Oz) + a fistful of $$ lol.

     

    I just asked my hotel reception in BKK about their reporting and they said they don't systematically file daily logs of foreign visitors/tourists but keep them in case the authorities request them.... and, I am guessing this would be usually the case (perhaps not for the larger hotels?) but certainly for smaller resorts in the provinces where I have stayed and where more often than not no I.D is requested possibly/probably cos I am travelling with my Thai partner.  

     

    The catch to the above (if relatively right) is when one (on a tourist visa) stays privately (in my case at my partner's residence)....again, if I am reading the whole TM30 thing correctly, then in these cases one would have to register in 24 hours at this private address. cheers, TM

     

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  3. 4 hours ago, Martyp said:

    I initially offered to do it myself and offered to pay the fine. She wanted to do it herself. After 3 weeks of waiting for an online password she went to CW, filed the TM30 in person, and told me not to worry about the fine. She also sent me a photo of the TM30 receipt. She is a very nice landlord. She sent us a wedding present when I got married in March.

     

    Now that she has an online account I would prefer to have the password and do it myself. I suggested that but she insisted she wants to do it. She is being helpful and responsible. I don’t want to annoy her too much about this. I will see how this works over time and I’m sure we will work out an arrangement. It’s a work in progress but at least I don’t have an uncooperative landlady.

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  4. Yes, also applaud the great work of the OP ???? 

     

    I am still little groggy this Sunday morning lol and if you can indulge in some clarification pls (and my apologies!)

     

    >If you are not a tourist and arrive from abroad, even if articles 37 and 38 talk about 24 hours, they will give >you 7 days to register the TM30. Foreigners have to register TM30 only ONCE (and not tourists) and after, it >is the duty of the Thai landlord. If you leave in Thailand for a while and never registered TM30, you will be >fine as a foreigner. I believe it is between 800 to 2,000 baht.

     

    I am in Thailand on a 6 month METV and ostensibly here as a tourist...does this passage quoted above mean I don't have to worry about TM30 registration at all as presumably the various hotels/resorts would be registering me after check in?

     

    The issue is that I am mostly staying with my partner at her BKK residence and then going away periodically for a couple of nights staying at little resorts which I am not sure if they complete the required TM30 registration or not lol,

     

    thanks again, TM

  5. On 4/10/2019 at 10:40 AM, Tarteso said:

    "asked to me if I had gf or had intention to marry with Thai lady emoji23.png. "

    Undoubtedly ????. But, on a slightly more serious note....more and more I am sensing the Thai GF reason/explanation for regular visits to Thailand (which is the case for me) may not be viewed with much sympathy @ immigration? Thoughts/experiences pls?  I visit to see my partner 4-5 times a year for periods of 10-28 days and have done a couple of hops to Cambodia and back again for another 28 days etc...back to Oz for a couple of months. Haven't had any problems yet, but feeling like it's increasingly only a matter of time ????

     

     

  6. On 3/22/2019 at 12:50 PM, tingtongtourist said:

     

    Firstly they consider him the VE abuser, which now seem a worse crime than even living there many years.

     

    Right or wrong, they obviously assume people avoid to get the real visa for bad reasons.

     

    Because for YEARS they warns people "next time get the real visa"

    (instead of VE and preferable to get from you own country)

     

    And for some reason people dont understand why...

    That when you get the right visa you are screened and vetted from the Thai official consul and that satisfy them of proof of your situation and meet requirements  

     

    Sorry, but really no excuse, we been reading it over and over on here people getting knocked back for VEs

    Yes, all fair enough commentary TTT ???? I guess my "dumb" question is...what type of visa should you apply for if, indeed, your reason for frequent visits to LOS is not tourism per se but, yes, to see your partner (long term)...is there a short stay GF Visa ???? Since being based in Phnom Penh, I have been dropping in more regularly using VE (but not staying fully 30 days)...always have a return ticket and at least BHT20K in cash. BUT, if I was ever questioned I was going to say "yep, visiting and staying with my girl". After reading much on this thread, probably not the best POA lol. 

  7. 4 hours ago, connda said:

    As long as I have no emergency situations, my money should hold out until I die.  In my case, it's not just about having enough money - but it's about leaving my wife with enough funds to continue to live a good, comfortable life after I'm gone to the great beyond.  She already has the house, land, assets to keep her comfortable, and when she passes on it goes to my step son whom I love like my own.

    Immigration, and imho Big Joke himself,  doesn't see it the way someone like I do.  I've been in Thailand for well over a decade, have not left the country in over a decade, I care for a family, and intend for my family to be cared for should I die. 

    My biggest worry is the constant 'moving of the goalposts' by immigration and the Thai government.  Once they make someone like me have problems being able to stay by making the financial regulations simply stupid (and without grand-fathering) - there will be a majority of expats who provide and care for Thai families in the same boat.  I have a Plan B and Plan C, and probably Plan D, none of which include returning to the West.  But if forced out - really, who suffers? 
    Big Jokester - this is directed directly at you.  Your Thai citizens, especially female Thai citizen, will suffer.  I doubt you'll be kicking out the farang wives of Thai males - who by the way, I'm pretty sure I have more money then most of them.  You're not going to target the farang wives of Thai males.  You'll target me, which explicitly means your target my wife and my Thai family.  And you will not care.
    Most of us are not blind - we see it coming.  That's a farang trait - being able to see multiple instance of the future.  So - go ahead.  Keep the pressure on.  When the male foreigners who have been supporting families for a long time, even decades, are pushed out???  Our wives will appeal to you - but they are 'just women' and we are 'just farang' or 'just foreigners.'   Lower than dogs.  Most of us compared to Thais are rich dogs - but still just dogs.  So ignore the exodus.  Just unwanted farangs anyway, right? 

    yes and yes it seems (and I am just a relative "newbie"). Thanks connda for telling it like it really is. Take care.

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  8. 6 hours ago, Weasel100 said:

    Since I moved to Thailand, I have frequently been deceived and misled. Thais have told me bare-faced lies on many occasions and I have been ripped off more times than I care to remember. This lying, deception and misleading is always related to money and it is therefore my conclusion that the very, very great majority of Thais are interested in only three things in life - money, money and money and that they really don't care how they get it, especially from all of us rich falangs. And we are in their eyes all rich and ripe for f*cking over.

     

    Great post above imo. Thanks to all as this has been one of the best threads for a long time. Have been muchly reassured by many of the straightfwd assessments of ex-pat life in Thailand. I am not so much a wannabe "leaver", but a won't-even-be-trying-now.... as far as I can tell Thailand is completely out of control....like some sort of mescaline trip: nothing is as it seems, everything is fluid, the only truth is that everything is a lie.... I had a bit of a three month look (March-May 2018) and the LoS very quickly wiped the smile off this guy's gob. Yes, me and my Thai partner ran into some pretty weird stuff as I have detailed elsewhere on TVF (land squatters, corrupt cops and dodgy lawyers et al), but I just don't think it's a one-off situation...it's the way it is in that strange place. Again, tip my hat to those who can manage the madness, survive and even thrive. 

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  9. as far as i can tell...all depends on what presents....luck of the Thai draw? I am always heartened to hear of those for whom the cards fell right in their re-moval to Thailand. It hasn't quite worked for me yet and so back-to-base to reconfigure. Strange...very strange lol. More the money the better perhaps AND a wise (VERY wise and careful) attitude to what can be possible relative to conditions on the ground.

  10. 19 hours ago, jspill said:

    IMO there's 0% risk if you're only in Thailand 180 days a year, so if you do 3 extended visa exemptions per year, 2 extended single entry tourist visas, or 6 unextended visa exemptions. There's no set limit in law but based on anecdotal reports. Preferrably one of the first two to reduce the number of entries you do.

     

    No set limits on what happens if you push it over 180 days, I'd estimate something like this though:

     

    If it's the first year you've ever been in Thailand, add 10% risk of being pulled aside for questioning for every extra month you're in Thailand on top of 180 days, so about 30% risk if you push it to 9 months, 60% if you're trying to stay close to 365 days, etc. So you stand a good chance of being fine in your first year.

     

    Then for following years, 15% risk per month. So now 60% risk if you push it to 9 months a year in Thailand, 90% if you're trying to stay close to 365 days. So you're starting to get quite a high chance of being questioned from year 2 onwards. 

     

    Now, some of the time you're pulled aside for questioning, you do still get let in. Helps if you can show 20k baht, onward ticket out of Thailand, etc., and say you have a Thai girlfriend, that's a good response. Then they say ok well stop doing these visa runs and marry her to stay permanently, you say ok cool and get let in.

     

    Then you apply for a fresh passport and keep doing what you were doing, or go back to making it 180 days per year for a while, to be on the safe side.

     

    The above estimation is if you're white, if you're black / indian I'd double everything and start from 120 days. So OP had about 20% chance of being pulled aside, he'd been in Thailand 120 days in the last 365 (4 previous visa exempts). Quite unlucky to be pulled aside AND denied. Good to hear he was able to get in the next time short after.

    I owe you at least 3 beers jspill...this is EXACTLY the sort of intel I was hoping for. Muchly appreciative. Also, I can show Mrs. TM and wake her up to the situation that could occur in the very near future (and resultant expenses and even bans). Also thanks to LKV. Anyway a lot to digest and plan for. Happy times in Cambodia OP... bit more expensive than the LOS but a little less stressful and extortionate, cheers, TM

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  11. Sorry for OP on this one! Hope it works out someway in your favour :) So, to the old hands at this "game", what's the state-of-play? I have just started regular entries and exits to stay with my partner in BKK: plan to leave every 28 days or so by air to Cambodia where I have some work...and always ensure that on return to the LOS I have a booked flight on from Thailand (even if it is back to Phnom Penh). I was hoping these sorts of visa runs (maybe a land crossing etc) could be relatively unproblematic but it sounds as if that's no longer the case? cheers, TM

  12. Where is the manual/the script for "How to manage your relationship with a farang"? that these girls operate with? The number of times I hear my GF use phrases that are reported in TVF astounds me: "goodbye, I'm going to sleep forever now". I am now waiting for my newly ex-GF to start aiming for below the belt to punish me for dropping her (even though I have been entirely faithful for the duration of our relationship). Sadly predictable.

  13. My Thai partner and I are considering bringing her son to study in Australia (she gets a guardian visa and we get to spend time together; her son gets to learn English and acclimatize to Oz etc). Now, I think it's a great idea as we start to live as a Family. My dearest, however, reckons there are all sorts of "problems" with this type of study/guardian visa to Australia...but, given we would be bringing money in (buying educational services) I would have thought it should be really plain sailing. Has anyone arranged such a visa (study/guardian) and is it so problematic? Thanks in advance of any responses, T-Man.

  14. don't do it.

    Any reason why tassieman?

    Yes...here's a start (from above)...

    "If you are moving to Thailand as a complete newbie, you are going to be in for some nasty surprises. Ripped off at every opportunity, buying all the wrong stuff, not knowing where you`ve been or where you`re going or in which direction, lost in a wilderness of confusion."

    and, as another friend who lived in the LoS for 12 years explained when I was in the pit of despair/confusion..."abandon all hope ye that enter"...go, but leave all your Western preconceptions/perspectives/expectations etc at the entry gate lol.

    I actually described your situation to my Thai GF who is now staying with me in OZ for 3 months so we can get to know each other better...she said what at least a couple of other posters have said...why burn ALL your bridges??? Check it out first for 6 months? Sounds like you are cashed up enough to hang in Thailand and get a good feel for the place first. And, as MANY have said here and elsewhere...there's a HUGE difference between some fun filled holidays on the beach in Phuket/Koh Samui to committing full time etc.

    Anyway, nothing ventured, nothing gained smile.png MP (good luck!)

    Nestling in amongst your post, is one very very good piece of advice that for reasons that escape me you chose to put 'lol' after.

    Leaving Western preconceptions, perspectives and expectations at the gate is not just something that applies to Thailand, but is essential to do when re-locating anywhere - especially to any country with a significantly different culture than one is accustomed to. The inability of so many to do this is why they end up in, as you put it 'a pit of despair and confusion'.

    If one is constantly comparing their new 'adopted' home with their previous existence, and especially if in a negative way, then they are going to make themselves miserable. They also won't gain much acceptance or respect from the locals who really aren't that interested to hear about how good everything was, or how things are done differently in your home country. That in turn will just lead to an increasing sense of isolation and loneliness and so the circle continues.

    Start with a clean sheet and there's every chance of finding happiness. If that cant be done or achieved then remember, the problem is not Thailand, the problem is one of an individuals inability\unwillingness to adapt.

    Yo Shadychris :). The 'lol' was actually a bit of a chuckle at my own foolishness I 'spose in relation to this and agree with you muchly...having my Thai GF stay with me in OZ has been great as it has allowed a degree of more open discussion about some of the more puzzling aspects of things-Thai...the big one I still have "trouble" with is the Thai inclination to tell a lie to save face/protect another's feelings and if/when exposed, tell a lie to cover the first lie (and so on....) ad infinitum. I see it as bordering (!) on shameless behavior, but.....well...now, I just see my dearest's WHOLE story as a tissue of untruths and I feel much more secure strangely enough lol. cheers, MP

  15. don't do it.

    Any reason why tassieman?

    Yes...here's a start (from above)...

    "If you are moving to Thailand as a complete newbie, you are going to be in for some nasty surprises. Ripped off at every opportunity, buying all the wrong stuff, not knowing where you`ve been or where you`re going or in which direction, lost in a wilderness of confusion."

    and, as another friend who lived in the LoS for 12 years explained when I was in the pit of despair/confusion..."abandon all hope ye that enter"...go, but leave all your Western preconceptions/perspectives/expectations etc at the entry gate lol.

    I actually described your situation to my Thai GF who is now staying with me in OZ for 3 months so we can get to know each other better...she said what at least a couple of other posters have said...why burn ALL your bridges??? Check it out first for 6 months? Sounds like you are cashed up enough to hang in Thailand and get a good feel for the place first. And, as MANY have said here and elsewhere...there's a HUGE difference between some fun filled holidays on the beach in Phuket/Koh Samui to committing full time etc.

    Anyway, nothing ventured, nothing gained :) MP (good luck!)

  16. Dear All, sorry in advance if this topic been covered before. My partner and I are just about to embark on the "mission" of obtaining a spouse visa for her and her 10 year old son for Australia. Very keen to hear any advice/pointers as to how to go about this the BEST way. My partner is presently in Australia on a tourist visa...we are not yet married but intend to soon. Should I adopt her son first to make matters clearer/ many thanks in anticipation.

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