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cocteau2x
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 Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 10:33 am Post subject: economically trapped in Thailand? |
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Does this really happen?... Won't your/my visa run out?.. won't the government of Thailand kick you out sooner or later?.. and what if you don't have enough money for a ticket out... ?  |
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PKB
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| Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Got a credit card? Got parents? Got a couple of friends back home with a few bucks? You'll get out one way or another. |
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cocteau2x
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| Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 6:13 pm Post subject: Thats what I mean.. |
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Nothing REALLY bad is going to happen too you... you will get out of the counrty some how ... they don't just lock you away in prison somewhere ..
do they? ... We don't even do that in the USA ... do we?  |
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PKB
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| Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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| I have seen documentaries where poor people from Bangladesh go to Malaysia or somewhere to find work and are heavily in debt before they even arrive. They end up working menial jobs and contine to incur debt and end up essentially trapped with no hope of ever saving up for transport back home. But their situation is very different. You can always go back to the States and pay off the cost of a plane ticket in a week or two. |
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sigmoid
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 5:34 am Post subject: |
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| Does this really happen?... |
Yes, it does happen. But not in the way you imagine. People work for $600 - 700/month scrape by month after month. They're never completely broke. They just don't have much.
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| Won't your/my visa run out?.. |
Your visa does run out, but as long as you've got a legitimate job you can extend it or leave the country and get a new one.
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| what if you don't have enough money for a ticket out... ? |
The solution is simple. Go to another nearby country: Vietnam, China, Korea using whatever means required.
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they don't just lock you away in prison somewhere ..
do they? ... |
Actually people do get held in the Immigration Detention Center until they can arrange the means to leave. But that is usually a case of deportation for visa overstay or violation/request from home country. Again they won't deport you just because you only have 200 baht in your account the day before payday. |
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El Monstruo
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Gringo Greg
Joined: 19 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 4:28 am Post subject: |
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My son and I had get a repatriation loan from the US Embassy back to the US. I worked steady in Thailand for 3 1/2 years and could never get enough together, we arrived in the US with just pocket change.
Schools like Smart and Smile in Nakhon Sawan, read the old postings, aere to blame. They pay low salaries. Noone should be in Thailand unless they have 50,000 baht in the bank that they dont need to touch to buy a ticket home and have money in their pocket when they arrive. If you cant have that much money back then you either need to get out ASAP or dont even come.
Oh yeah and about reaptriation loans, they are not eager to give them out and there are conditions. It takes about 3 to 4 weeks to approve one and be back in the states. I had a special emergency with my 2 1/2 year old son and the best they could imagine was 22 days.
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