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    Immigration thresholds what think you?

    Wonderful irony it is easier to be an illegal immigrant in many Western countries than a legal one here.

    I have been wondering if with a falling baht will the thresholds rise the 400k married O the 800k retirement deposits are getting cheaper.Or the monthly income routes too.

    The threat to tax investment, and potentially income not repatriated in same year is still moot and I doubt will be enforceable on those of modest means, who could just divert remittances in dribbles to family members. A tax at bank level will cause chaos due to some nations having reciprocal treaties.

    The immigration requirements have been at these levels a very long time used to be 100k then 200k for married then 400.

    In the past such rises were grandfathered meaning that those in at the old rate stayed there as folks in their retirement had few opportunities to increase income.

    There has been some debate elsewhere, we can be sure with inflation it becomes more likely.
    For those still on multi entry or reluctant to deposit there are always the agents?
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    Quote Originally Posted by david44 View Post
    Wonderful irony it is easier to be an illegal immigrant in many Western countries than a legal one here
    In what ways, exactly?

    And how are they 'ironic'?

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    One thing's for sure. They're not gonna decide to make things cheaper and easier for Whitey.


    Those that can't stand dealing with the koonts or can't stump up the ching-ching, will probably continue to use multi-entry visas from Sav or pay an agent to do everything, or move to Cambodia or The Democratic REpublic of Congo.

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    Given that a large chunk of those on retirement can't afford the 400/800k in a bank account, a simple audit alone would leave them, and the bent officials that approved them, quite fucked.

    I'm starting to see more and more people posting that they've let their accounts drop below the minimum since their last extension as well.

    Yet there are a ton of people queuing up to get in here that can afford it - there seems to be a notable surge in Americans, which I hope doesn't mean more of these awful trumpanzee types.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    In what ways, exactly?
    Hardly any illegals were deported from France Benelux, germany Greece, Italy, Austria, Sweden, Denmark or USA compared to the torrents of arrivals

    The Dreamers and offspring receive free education and healthcare whereas here legal migrants live permanently on year to year basis with no rights to welfare, healthcare, land ownership or voting if you have been here longer you may have noticed.
    Overstayers are sent to IDC, fined , deported and in case of political opponents dropped in Mekong , exiled etc

    In UK illegal arrivals are living in hotels paid for by people like me.

    If you cannot see the irony I cannot help

    If you arrive illegally by boat you may towed out o sea to die by the navy, in UK a blanket, bunk and 3 square a day and nt allwoed to work legally , but even if convicted of for example pimping drig dealing no return ticket to the European democracy albania

    If I wish to visit Hotel Rwanda I will have to pay flights and room, some may get it free.

    Stats are hard to cpmpare due to differing counting methods changing parameters

    As an example in UK
    The method for classifying asylum-related returns has changed and has resulted in substantially more returns being classified as asylum-related. For example, the change means asylum-related returns in the year ending June 2022 increased from 811 to 2,207 – an increase of 172%. Data back to 1 October 2020 has been revised using the new methodology. Asylum-related returns that occurred before this period have not been revised so comparisons should not be made between the numbers of asylum-related returns that occurred before and after 1 October 2020.

    To put in context the toatl numbers returned is fewer than one weeks illegal arrivals in most weks this year
    All of thes epeople are housed fed and recoeve free medical treatment at taxpayers expense, t teh detriment of genuine migrats and those who pay creating space for new Tories Reform Brexit type xeno phobes

    Meanwhile Britain has allowed Albanians in while Sweden has not yet both are signatory to ECHR
    I wa svery surprised revisitng Sweden to see how the decades long Social Democrat dominated liberal consensus has eroded , bombing s drug wars rapes have made working class Swedes nervous, insecure and whole areas of Malmo are largely muslim ghettos and effectively like Paris banlieu (:es Cites/HLm housing projecys of cheap piss and graffit covered block) no go areas for normal law abiding citizens.

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    Many that use agents also claim to keep the 800k invested at home where it earns a lot more than the agent fees + interest from a Thai bank account, and with none of the hassle.

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