@Steve ******

It was in Thai visa forum.

74-youre-deemed-a-resident-of-thailand-if-you-stay-180-days/

@Robert ******

I think you misinterpreted.

The goose in this case are the contributors to the numerous money extracting methods.

Like pay for visa using agent with IO acceptance.

The people collecting the golden eggs as I said need to cover the ROI.

Return on investment.

They don't get the high positions because they are nice people....

@Frankie ******

Between the hype and bar gossip, and what Thais tell me, there has to be some truth in the high price paid by certain positions.

They want a return on investment obviously.

Perhaps some will stop.

But yes money and office party contribution is still rife in Pattaya especially.

End of month, school holidays..All great times not to drive here.

@André *******

It was said by someone, they don't really want tourists here.

The contribution compared to costs and income generation was minimum.

I might have to Google who said...

@Tod ********

Low hanging fruit is always easy to find.

But if with Prawits blessing he starts going into everything..

Watch out.

IMO I think the fat cats will reel him in before he goes too far.

Many have a return on investment to recover for their positions.

And it won't happen if the new boy starts to kill the goose laying golden eggs.

Waqas Ayub

If you have been here 180+ days you are deemed to be resident.

Which will probably lead into the next big area of paying tax in Thailand on income derived.

Tax resident yes.

@Tod ********

And, the immigration officer in charge has the discretionary power to accept the application as presented by the agent.

Without seasoning of funds.

Jomtien send some people to the agents for this service.

Perhaps the object of investigation should not be the agents who work in with immigration, but the discretionary power the IO office boss has to take the extra money and process the visa application.

@Sean ************

You are having a larf.

@Robert ********

In the plub wan area

Across from top of Klang, it's Thai and majority Muslim.

And I learned after the lease was signed.

Noisy.

Bikes, soi dog's, people work from home.

Call to prayer at 4am and other times.

4 months to go on the lease. Yeah.

There are literally hundreds of of empty rentals around here.