AlfHuy Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 49 minutes ago, colinneil said: Were you down shore street at the time of your arrest????????????? That's banned a long time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meeseeks Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 minute ago, foreverlomsak said: Course you can't your farang, not Thai. I think the poster is Indian, not a farang. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomtienisgood Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 12 minutes ago, seancbk said: If you are in your 30's and don't want to marry a Thai there are very few ways to stay long term in Thailand. That is why several people I know paid 500K for a 5 year TE visa. And then complain and moan about everything while they are here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfHuy Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 17 minutes ago, khunPer said: And how do you stay long-time in Land-of-Smiles if you are under 50 years old, and not married to a Thai? Know your local police head General. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meeseeks Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 9 minutes ago, seancbk said: If you are in your 30's and don't want to marry a Thai there are very few ways to stay long term in Thailand. That is why several people I know paid 500K for a 5 year TE visa. If you are working, own a business, are a student, are studying Buddhism, studying the Thai language, to name but a few. Plenty of ways to stay legally without the Elite Visa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomtienisgood Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 4 minutes ago, AlfHuy said: Know your local police head General. Or play Rambo in the jungle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfHuy Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said: If you are working, own a business, are a student, are studying Buddhism, studying the Thai language, to name but a few. Plenty of ways to stay legally without the Elite Visa. Applied at university of life. 5 years degree to get a Msc in "applied techniques in bum bum" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomtienisgood Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 4 minutes ago, AlfHuy said: Applied at university of life. 5 years degree to get a Msc in "applied techniques in bum bum" Ramkamhaeng??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nout Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 (edited) 17 hours ago, pixelaoffy said: Naive stupidity to pay up to 2 million baht and expect to be treated respectfully by Thailand ... I mean cmon you're farang Not all foreigners have persecution complexes. Edited January 27, 2021 by Nout 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post richard_smith237 Posted January 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2021 13 minutes ago, seancbk said: If you are in your 30's and don't want to marry a Thai there are very few ways to stay long term in Thailand. That is why several people I know paid 500K for a 5 year TE visa. If you’re retired & living in a studio apartment, your savings are locked in the 800k seasoned account & your are an avid follower of the ‘hit n run restaurant review’ so you know where yo get your 69 baht breakfasts.... ..... then it’s completely understandable that these guys have no idea how a 30year old can afford the Elite visa... just sayin’ !! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunPer Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 32 minutes ago, WineOh said: Get a job! Sorry, but not all can get a job, or wish to work in Land-of-Smiles; and some just wish to enjoy the life, and have already worked enough "job" to afford it...???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post billd766 Posted January 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2021 5 hours ago, herwin1234 said: That must be terrible, living in another country (i assume...) and feeling so unwelcome and despised day after day... Maybe time to go back? I have been living here full time since 2009 and before that I was based here and working offshore for 10 years before that. During that period of time and when I worked here but UK based I have never unwelcomed or despised at all. And no I have found Thailand a good place to live with good food, if somewhat spicy and I have always enjoyed being with Thai people. That my be because I live in rural Kamphaeng Phet where the pace of life is slower and more relaxed. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jeffr2 Posted January 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2021 9 minutes ago, billd766 said: I have been living here full time since 2009 and before that I was based here and working offshore for 10 years before that. During that period of time and when I worked here but UK based I have never unwelcomed or despised at all. And no I have found Thailand a good place to live with good food, if somewhat spicy and I have always enjoyed being with Thai people. That my be because I live in rural Kamphaeng Phet where the pace of life is slower and more relaxed. I don't want to be negative, but I've been here off and on since around 2000. Full time since 2009. I've felt unwelcomed and despised many times. Let's be honest. The rich Thais don't want us here. Just want our money. The girls are happy, because we have money, but the many Thai guys don't like us. I've got countless stories about this. And not, I'm not a jerk and didn't instigate anything. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieAus Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 5 hours ago, richard_smith237 said: Agreed..... Give retirees 10 year visas - why not ? Give Spouses 10 year visas - why not ? Give tourists 6 month Visas, even 1 year visas - why not? The only reason is the government are fearful people may ‘work here illegally’... but they will anyway when the circumnavigate existing rules and obtain ‘other visa’... Anyone here long term spends money here long term. Thats surely an advantage to Thailand. Surely the same applies in any country you visit you have to spend money to eat, you need somewhere to live all of which benefit the country. With my Australian passport I can visit over 180 countries without the need for a visa, I doubt however that they will let me stay indefinitely. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 3 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said: I don't want to be negative, but I've been here off and on since around 2000. Full time since 2009. I've felt unwelcomed and despised many times. Let's be honest. The rich Thais don't want us here. Just want our money. The girls are happy, because we have money, but the many Thai guys don't like us. I've got countless stories about this. And not, I'm not a jerk and didn't instigate anything. Whereabouts do you live? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 52 minutes ago, seancbk said: If you are in your 30's and don't want to marry a Thai there are very few ways to stay long term in Thailand. That is why several people I know paid 500K for a 5 year TE visa. Guys I know pay approx 20k a year Bent immigration officers, through agents. That's 100k for 5 years. Others I know get a job. Rich guys at that age don't want to stay here all the time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 9 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said: I don't want to be negative, but I've been here off and on since around 2000. Full time since 2009. I've felt unwelcomed and despised many times. Let's be honest. The rich Thais don't want us here. Just want our money. The girls are happy, because we have money, but the many Thai guys don't like us. I've got countless stories about this. And not, I'm not a jerk and didn't instigate anything. Pattaya? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 5 hours ago, richard_smith237 said: Agreed..... Give retirees 10 year visas - why not ? Give Spouses 10 year visas - why not ? Give tourists 6 month Visas, even 1 year visas - why not? The only reason is the government are fearful people may ‘work here illegally’... but they will anyway when the circumnavigate existing rules and obtain ‘other visa’... Anyone here long term spends money here long term. Thats surely an advantage to Thailand. But these soldiers and the unelected "PM" do not have the brains or education to see that, they should all be making plans to entice tourists, expats, retirees etc to come to Thailand with these type of visas when the quarantine stops. I do not agree that it is just the fear of people working illegally that makes the "government"s attitude to tourists etc hostile. All they would need to do is jail, heavily fine, then deport them, with their employers heavily fined and jailed, but they can't have that, because it would stop the flow of brown envelopes, and a lot of these employers are probably well connected people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dart12 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 17 hours ago, WineOh said: I wouldn't even dream of applying. My YEARLY extensions cost 1,900 baht. Tell me exactly what is worth 1 million baht for practically the same visa???? Is it the glass of warm champagne and the limo at the airport? ???? Gimme a cold beer and a grab taxi any day of the week bud! what visa is that if its' ok to ask? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasThBKK Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 7 minutes ago, Dart12 said: what visa is that if its' ok to ask? yearly extension on all visas costs 1900 THB including elite visa, thus making his comment utterly useless. Like many of the other comments here. Must be hard to understand for some that the TE visa is very cheap for many who earn their money offshore and save a multiple of the amount spent on the visa because they live here for various reasons (taxes, RE prices, food prices...)... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 6 hours ago, richard_smith237 said: Agreed..... Give retirees 10 year visas - why not ? Give Spouses 10 year visas - why not ? Give tourists 6 month Visas, even 1 year visas - why not? The only reason is the government are fearful people may ‘work here illegally’... but they will anyway when the circumnavigate existing rules and obtain ‘other visa’... Anyone here long term spends money here long term. Thats surely an advantage to Thailand. Of course it is, but this unelected "PM" and his crew are not interested in Thailand and it's people, or any advantages, they are only interested in themselves. They have no electorate to answer to, they can just do anything they like. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunpa Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 NOTHING new about this at all!!! All Elite Visa holders have to extend every year, if they do not leave Thailand. It has ALWAYS been like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastendanto Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 You'd think they had far more internal serious issues to concern themselves with....then again maybe not 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kg1947 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 O M G ..... After the cash change hands -- this is next ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 2 hours ago, colinneil said: Were you down shore street at the time of your arrest????????????? Sorry mate, as a fellow Scot, and much as I like and mostly agree with your posts, I have to say that IMO any guy who walks about the streets, shops, and restaurants without a shirt on should be arrested, even just a simmet is OK, but not completely shirtless. For non Scots, a simmet is a vest. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 hour ago, khunPer said: And how do you stay long-time in Land-of-Smiles if you are under 50 years old, and not married to a Thai? You easily could when I first came to stay here in 2005. A visa run to the border every 90 days and sorted. A nice pleasant day out. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meeseeks Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 11 minutes ago, possum1931 said: You easily could when I first came to stay here in 2005. A visa run to the border every 90 days and sorted. A nice pleasant day out. Never needed border runs when I first got here, your passport went to the border or consulate while you remained in Thailand, sipping a cold one and with not a care in the World. All that went out the window under Thaksin's first administration. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said: Never needed border runs when I first got here, your passport went to the border or consulate while you remained in Thailand, sipping a cold one and with not a care in the World. All that went out the window under Thaksin's first administration. Yes I know, but I was on a work permit for a few years as an English teacher, after I stopped teaching I did border runs with my visa based on marriage. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradmeister Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 OH. PLEASE ... . EVERYBODY IS WARNED ABOUT OVERSTAY, as if thats some "magical wand," waved over us, to change our minds from being extorted financially by the system, to some type of monetary punishment for being tardy....another scam. If the government is not happy about the Indians going off the reservation: I suggest they go look for them. I can easily believe there are thousands if not tens of thousands of people living in Thailand illegally. Not our problem. That's what Immigration Police are suppose to do, not us. Don't make it, Tax paying residents' problems or penalize us. Whenever I demand a superior officer at an office... or the upstairs 6th floor Hiarchy (Chang Wattana) some subordinate officer, issues out a preprinted TM whatever, (that warns of overstay" and expects me to sign it, as if its mandatory not obligatory. "Its the law" they sternly say, as if its written in stone and will never be changed, modified, enforced or voided at any moment. YEAH, IS THAT RIGHT? THEN SHOW ME A COPY OF THE LAW, instead of stating what you believe to be your personal interpretation of the law. By the way officer. Whats your name, and who's your boss? Where are they located? I'll have it translated within 24 hours....thank you very much for your help. [Thats only if they don't runaway and hide from you, and in the process, tag someone else to help themselves] Please.... So all the B. S. people bought into with " Thai Elite Visas", its just that: B.S. Sometimes you have to question Authority. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NoshowJones Posted January 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Jeffr2 said: I don't want to be negative, but I've been here off and on since around 2000. Full time since 2009. I've felt unwelcomed and despised many times. Let's be honest. The rich Thais don't want us here. Just want our money. The girls are happy, because we have money, but the many Thai guys don't like us. I've got countless stories about this. And not, I'm not a jerk and didn't instigate anything. I have never had a problem with Thai people apart from pulling them up for jumping in a queue in front of me. If you stay sober, mind your own business, and always be friendly, you won't have a problem. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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