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    Land purchase through Thai spouse forbidden: Land Dept

    By Suttisan, Created on: 28/05/2009, Last updated on: 02/10/2016

    » -- Land purchase through Thai spouse forbidden: Land Dept The director general of the Land Department has reiterated that foreigners using Thai nominees to buy land anywhere in the country will have their land title deeds revoked if caught – even if the nominee in question is a lawfully wedded...

    • mike williams commented : a beautiful place without the traffic chaos and poor driving associated with Thailand and the police are not corruptable there are signs on their patrol cars warning people that they will be arrested if they try. Its old British colonial at its best and most people speak English, I thoughly enjoyed it and am taking my Thai wife and daughter for a holiday there in 2 months time.

    • GerBo commented : ush each other from the road (traffic without any law) etc etc. I laugh every day when I see how they live and what kind of respect they have for others property (read cars etc.) I write already in a earlier stage that when I really invest after our pension (me and my spouse) we both say goodbye to Thailand and will live in Malaysia, which we visit regularly on the search for a nice house. Cuz it's so damn easy for us to buy there and have it on my name or both names. Legaly so good arranged as well, so for us it's no big deal this Thailand. We have a house but will sell it after we reach our pension.

    • 186 replies, 1,555,754 views

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    Rude immigration staff

    By ChiefSealth, Created on: 27/04/2009, Last updated on: 19/08/2010

    » Is it just me or have you also notice how rude and disgruntled the Thai immigration staff seems to be at BKK? I thought it was just a fluke my first visit but now I've experienced very unfriendly and rude staff multiple times entering and exiting Thailand. And before anyone asks all of my forms and...

    • bkpforummod commented : ill ok. if you never join the traffic, you'll never experience a traffic accident, ok? [b:wkjr1eum]True, traveling a lot gives one experience. Having press cred is - in most cases - fantastic. Being American is also quite helpful (no disrespect to anyone else - there are plenty of other countries throughout the world who generally share similar travel capabilities). But true, and noted with a nod to you sir.[/b:wkjr1eum] we also understand that you have NOT been with your 'cohort' but you were told about that incident afterwards. as a journalist you know the value of testimony by those involved. at least he admitted several mistakes: [b:wkjr1eum]Also true, but many obvious, verifiable elements (his late return, lack of a girlfriend in tow, and a dated entry in his passport allowing him re-entry and a re-entry permit at the END of his holiday for example), make it certainly plausible. While he is a seasoned storyteller, ('journalist"), I beleive few elements were 'over' embellished. But I do agree, for example, there is no way he could have lost his cool and still have gotten the special treatment he did to restore his re-entry. Reading your response actually make me re-think it a bit and while his experience did suck -and that is what this thread is about regarding immigration - he actually got lucky as heck and got special treatment from immigration in that they issued him a re-entry after he screwed up and left on a single (might be the press thing again). [/b:wkjr1eum] 1. if one leaves a country, his single entry visa is void if he doesn't apply for a re-entry-permit before. so don't! [b:wkjr1eum]Oh, essentially answered above. Agreed totally.[/b:wkjr1eum] 2. no country in this world has any obligation to accept every visitor. a visa is a protection against being rejected. [b:wkjr1eum]Understood and agreed, I made no arguement that they should have to have admitted her. Still sucks.[/b:wkjr1eum] 3. we don't know a 30 day tourist visa, the single-entry tv is 60 days. 30 days are visa-exemptions for certain countries. [b:wkjr1eum]Hmpf...? You sure? We are all of the notion that it is 30 days arriving by flight and 15 days overland. But I will admit that you need to be constant follower of visa regulations these days...[/b:wkjr1eum] 4. we don't understand why getting a correct visa should last more than 4 days in the worst case. although we know that the things you reported may happen, we believe it takes two & there are just a few exceptions. we'd really love to travel freely, but we understand countries who do not allow this because of bad experience. [b:wkjr1eum]Agree with the latter bit, as to the first sentence, I will explain. To get that precious Non-imm-M visa you have to jump through amazing hoops. The [foreign media] company needs to provide a plethora of documents. The applicant needs to provide an equal amount of work history documents, education certs, etc... I admit since he and the company had done this already it would be a little quicker, but it still takes 2-3 days. And then you need to drop this, along with photos, photocopies, applications to the Thai consulate of wherever country you are in along with you passport (maybe you get to keep it and just go back with it, but I could swear they keep it). All those papers are sent to Thailand to MOFA who check it out and tell the consulate 'okay'. In like 2-3 days time you get to go back and get your passport with a initial 90-day Non-imm-M Visa, with the assumption that you will show up for the mandantory interview at MOFA... If at least a week hasn't gone by at this point I would be impressed. Then you got travel, expenses, scheduling a meeting/interview with MOFA, getting your press card (PR Dept), beating your way through the masses at the 'One Stop Shop' for visa and WP... Minimum of 7 days, so maybe I was being overly 'drastic' but that still sucks...[/b:wkjr1eum] I guess that's it, good comments Scy. BFM -

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    Re: Farangs Barred From Buying Thai Land

    By pachangamac042, Created on: 27/05/2009, Last updated on: 22/12/2015

    » [quote="Papadragon":19d1c84s] [b:19d1c84s]Foreigners cannot use a Thai spouse as a nominee to buy property in Thailand, however. “If the Thai spouse has enough money to buy the house that is fine, but if the Thai has no money and uses money given to him or her by a foreigner to acquire...

    • OSKIWI commented : d to do business, so more air traffic, more money for AOT, more money for THAI airways, more revenue and taxes again. SO the corporate tax you have given away for 10 years, is nothing, its tiny compared to the money and taxes and development it would bring to the country. Add this to allowing foreign ownership and you have the start of a booming economy and country, plus if there is any corruption in Thailand, then those people too will be making more, so everyone is happy. Go on Thailand do it! Be the power house economy and country that you can be...

    • 46 replies, 336,066 views

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    An interesting journey and revealing facts.

    By Ian, Created on: 05/06/2009, Last updated on: 05/06/2009

    » Yesterday I flew back to England, it gave me an interesting insight into the changes affecting Thailand and the world in general. I had been booked to fly back by Gulf Air but two day before my flight I received an urgent email from my booking agent, "contact the Gulf Bangkok office there has...

    • 4 replies, 9,247 views

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    Mercedes killer Honda girl Red Bull heir

    By terry, Created on: 30/01/2009, Last updated on: 03/03/2015

    » Well, sometimes the rich and famous due get locked up. http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews ... rs-in-jail

    • fast eddy commented : /daughter didn't constitute a traffic violation! I can accept your stance to support Mu Ham as your working background and training is based on and around such people - you have to try to garner something positive from such an evil act However, while you opine that he and his parents are wracked with guilt and grief for all the harm Mu Ham caused it wasn't long before he rammed another bus full of passengers with his Merc Are you beginning to get the picture/ And guess what? He's still not in jail/a mental institution or a straight jacket So, the upshot is Mo, enjoy your new life and leave behind your old predudices/certainties as you are in a whole new world. Enjoy it as much as you can, help people along the way and they will help you in return or others further down the line will give you a lift/opportunity. Most of all, be very careful when around young rich kids as you never know when they will kick-off and the law will not protect you in these cases. This is Thailand Cheers Fast Eddy

    • modsquad commented : is Mercedes-Benz car in heavy traffic. The case caused much public outrage. In 2009, the Phra Khanong provincial court sentenced Kanpitak to 10 years and a month in jail, rejecting the claim made by his family that he could not control himself as he suffered from mental problems. The court blamed Kanpitak's upbringing and said the parents had contributed to his bad conduct. The Appeals Court ruling was read out in the Phra Khanong provincial court on Tuesday. The judges ruled the defendant’s appeal to be “partially convincing”. The court said that during the act of committing murder, the defendant was being irresponsible and was unable to control himself because he had a mental illness. The court decided to reduce Kanpitak's jail term. It initially reduced the prison sentence to three years, and then further reduced it by a third to two years on the grounds that the defendant had paid compensation that satisfied the injured parties and family of the deceased, and that the plaintiffs did not want to file civil and criminal cases against him. The judges said the conclusion about the defendant's mental state while committing the crime had been drawn after they discussed the issue with Kanpitak’s physician and other medical experts including psychologists, social workers, clinical psychologists and nurses. The meeting concluded the defendant was mentally ill and had suffered from seizures since he was a child. He suffered a bipolar disorder which affected his ability to control himself when he was angry. Therefore the defendant’s actions were involuntarily. As a result, the penalty on the premeditated murder conviction should be reduced, the court said. On the assault charge, Kanpitak was sentenced to one month in prison, suspended for two years. The court ordered him to report to probation officers and undergo psychiatric treatment for his mental impairment. After the accident, Kanpitak was released on bail after his family placed a [b:31ki5bz6]six milion baht [/b:31ki5bz6] (roughly $20,000 ) land title deed as security. His bail was continued on Tuesday. It was not reported whether or not his lawyer indicated they would further appeal the sentence to the Supreme Court. The Nation full article March 5th 2013 The Appeals Court yesterday sentenced a young driver from a wealthy family to two years' suspended jail term for crashing into a group of bus passengers and killing one of them. The Phra Khanong Provincial Court found that Kanpitak Patchimsawat, 25, had a mental problem that reduced his ability to control himself while under stress. It was found that the victim was killed while the defendant could not control himself. He was initially sentenced to three years in jail, but the court later reduced the jail term to two years and one month. The court decided to suspend the penalty for two years and required the defendant to report to probation officials every three months over that period. The defendant also was asked to have his mental problem treated. Kanpitak, who is also known by his nickname of Moo Ham, made the headlines in 2007 when he was involved in a high-profile case of road accident. He is son of businessman Kan-anek and former beauty queen Savinee. Sucheera Insuwan, daughter of the dead victim, said she would consult with lawyer whether to bring the case to the Supreme Court. She said the Appeals Court verdict would serve as an interesting case study. In the night of July 4, 2007, the Mercedes Benz car driven by Kanpitak was involved in a road accident with a public bus driven by Sataporn Arunsiri. After the accident, Kanpitak hit the bus driver's forehead with a stone. The defendant later ploughed his car onto a pavement, crashing into many people at the nearby bus-stop. As a result, a woman named Saichon Luangsang was killed and seven others were injured. When confronted by onlookers at the scene, Kanpitak appeared to have convulsions. During the trial by a lower court, Kanpitak admitted to the charge of physically assaulting the bus driver but he rejected the charge of manslaughter and attempted murder. In January 2009, the lower court sentenced the defendant to 10 years and a month in jail after finding him guilty of manslaughter and attempted murder. The term was reduced by two-third from the original penalty on grounds that the defendant had provided compensation to the victims and their families and that he had a mental problem. March 6, 2013 Meanwhile: Police have forwarded the case against Red Bull heir Vorayuth Yoovidhya, charging him with reckless driving causing death, and fleeing the scene of an accident on Sept 3, 2012. http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/3 ... rosecutors

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    men in tight brown shirts and related stories

    By fast eddy, Created on: 05/02/2009, Last updated on: 06/02/2009

    » Todya's opinion page saw a highly charged discussion on Thailand's thin brown line (well except for those in the 'oh my God it's 40 inches' weight control scheme) and their creative policing of the realm. I'm sure most of us have experienced twilight zone mini-episodes with these gentlemen and a couple...

    • pachangamac042 commented : . So about 50 meters from the traffic lights, the lady realizes, that she can not do it and hits the breaks very hard. Same moment, I see this pick up truck following us at about the same speed going for the crossing as well. I thought, ups, when are in rather deep s**t, and boom, the truck hits us from behind. The sam lo in the middle of the crossing, my wife lying like 1 meter from where the truck stopped and myself on my feet, after a James Bond style roll. So I run to my wife, well I limp over, as my right ankle was not quite right, anyways, I check her, and she was conscious but obviously hurting. No blood visible and she was able to move her body. So I help her out of the street, sit her on the side of the street and ask her, how she was doing. All the time I was taking care of my wife, the Thais were making an unbelievable noise. Suddenly this quite well dress guy comes over asking for my wife’s id. Big boom. I got up and got real angry with him. In English and remember, quite happy after my little bender in the beer garden, I say to him, well everything, repeating the infamous f word all the time and calling for police and ambulance. Some quite drunk police men were there within minutes after the crash, things explained to them, and now the friends in brown start blaming me for being “mao”. Of course, now I loose it even more, telling them that I was not driving and we were the victims, but they insisted in farang mao, bla, bla, bla. Suddenly, there he comes on his bike, a cousin from my wife who is a police men as well. Quite drunk as well but a higher rank then the other 4 drunk police men on the scene. Suddenly everything gets very civilized, and folks start asking about my wife’s well being. No more farang mao. The cousin puts us on an other tuk tuk and sends as home. Well to make a long story short, my wife and I got 1,000 Bath each. The police, tuk tuk lady and the folks of the pick up truck went to a sing a song nearby to sort out the details. Two hours later an uncle had to go to pick the police cousin up, he couldn’t drive anymore, but apparently were the other 4 police men and the people involved still sorting out things over some bottles of white whiskey. Sorry Fast Eddy, I know, not so exciting, but a true story witch happened to myself.

    • sulasno commented : lly hit the morning commuting traffic at a set of lights. the road was running parallel with the train tracks and I was following the same direction into the heart of Bangkok. All three lanes where full of traffic and eventually we got the green light to set off. I was flagged over by a cop standing on the other side of the crossroads - along the route I was taking. He informed me that the left hand lane was for those only turning left across the tracks - not to continue straight across the junction. I pointed out that there was no sign to that effect to which he replied that the markings were painted on the road -the same one that had been covered in cars and buses tail to tail when I drew up to the lights . My protestations went unheeded and I had to pay up a 200bt fine . The problem? I only had a 500bt note and he only had 100bt change. However, in true Thai style he winked and told me to wait. He went back into the traffic and stopped another motorist, fined him two hundred baht and added that to the 100 he already had to give me my 300bt change and waved me back out into the traffic! Priceless and well worth the 200bt fine just for the story Would be interested to hear from the rest of you - it could make a good book. Cheers Fast Eddy[/quote:gf2c2q2p] hmmmmm ......................... didn't you try to bargain it down to just 100 baht (just like true Thai style) ? I had something similar; A 500 baht to pay a 100 baht "fine" told Bangkok's finest to hang on while I had to p e e (was stopped at an intersection with a petrol kiosk nearby) got change for my 500 into 5 red ones and toss one into the drawer of his table

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