Impact of The Border Conflict on Bar Boys

[Dodger]

Maybe even Thailand.

With Thailand's aging population, along with a stronger economy, the young (younger) Thai boys are finding it easier to find respectable jobs, thus the reason we probably won't see many working the bar scenes in the future.

Thailand needs more construction and manufacturing immigrants NOW...and if they were smart (that's a big if) they would make it easier for immigrants from Myanmar and Laos to obtain long-term work visa's. This of course would help the working-boy supply line as well.

[christianpfc]

Thailand needs more construction and manufacturing immigrants NOW...and if they were smart (that's a big if) they would make it easier for immigrants from Myanmar and Laos to obtain long-term work visa's. This of course would help the working-boy supply line as well.

(My underline.) Rather the opposite. The system is on purpose short visas and need to use agents to process it. The money goes into Thai pockets. Besides loss of money, the immigrant workers lose time for unnecessary travel. The immigrant workers come despite the unneccesary expense in money and time, because they still earn more than in their home country.

[Dodger]

.......The system is on purpose short visas and need to use agents to process it.......

Yes, but if Thailand's Construction and Manufacturing Industries continue to crumble because of the shortage of immigrant workers (like they are right now) they'll have to find a way to simplify the visa process for immigrant workers as much as possible. 7 day visa's are a total waist of everyone's time.

There's no problem with the "supply" of workers, including bar boys, from neighboring Laos and Myanmar at all. All Thailand has to do is learn how to open it's doors. Go figure... : ?

[christianpfc]

Those already in employment might be able to get extensions for years without returning to their home country. I have a Myanmar friend who has been doing this for years (in Myanmar the problem is, a male who is able to serve in the military might be drawn for military service when he returns to Myanmar).

Even for a money boy, the math of doing visa runs every 7 days is a negative income, I guess.

[Gaybutton]

The purpose of the strict work regulations is to prevent foreigners from taking jobs meant for Thais. Since Thai boys don't seem to want to work in the bars, to me it would make sense to consider bar work as legitimate work and permit the foreign boys to legally hold those jobs - even the boys working as freelancers. It would be difficult to argue that they are taking jobs away from Thais.

[Dodger]

At least they're talking about easing the immigrant work visa process. I guess that's a start.

https://www.pattayamail.com/latestnews/ ... ges-514229

[Jun]

At least they're talking about easing the immigrant work visa process.

So far, the only boys I've met with work visas have them for some other job & meeting customers is a sideline.

I'd be surprised if they start issuing work permits to Cambodian boys to work as "bar hosts".
For a start, the local police would find all sorts of objections because they would have one less reason to collect tea money.

I think there are undoubtedly economic benefits from allowing all these boys in. They give us a reason to go to Pattaya and spend money. Much of that would be recycled into the Thai economy.
And if they succeeded in forcing all the Cambodian money boys to go home, holidays in Cambodia suddenly become much more interesting. After all, before all the Cambodian boys came to Pattaya, it used to be much easier to find a boy in Cambodia.

[Rocket]

I want Suk denied entry or kicked out of Thailand if he’s found. I think he has very bad anger issues.
Granted, I’m in some pain now and having blood tint my orgasm now. I’ve seen a urologist and I’m dealing with it.

For context, I’ve seen him on and off. One time, as I was seated, taking my sneakers off, he jumped on me, causing me to fall on both my knees. Luckily I was ok. When we had sex once, I was getting off watching a video of another boy, who we both know. He wasn’t happy with that and we had an argument in the complex over it.

One night I took him and his friend who works in Classic boys back to my room. I generally don’t like threesomes but this one was going well, until Suk must have thought I was enjoying myself too much. He squeezed my testicle as hard as he could. One I had injured years earlier playing baseball. Obviously I wasn’t happy and everything ended. I paid them but I decided to avoid him from then on.
Even the boy I had trouble with hates Suk and I had to break up both of them at the party beach one night.

So right now I’m having bad thoughts about Suk and I hope he doesn’t return.

[Jun]

One of my Cambodian friends is asking where I am. He's now in Pattaya & apparently he got a 60 day stamp at the airport.
I had heard they still get 60 days if arriving by air, but he is the first example I've spoken to.

So I presume there would be scope for a few more to arrive during high season.

Whilst my Lao friends all openly talk of flying, the Cambodian ones are a bit more discrete & like to pretend they're so poor they have to use the bus. This one is from Phnom Penh and when I was speaking to him on a previous trip, he eventually confessed to using the airport.

[Dodger]

From what's being reported, Cambodians can receive a 60 day visa exemption when entering Thailand by air as long as they have a return airline ticket.

I imagine the boys with generous sponsors (few as there may be) who would commit to making their trips to Thailand profitable may consider flying - but the majority will probably opt to wait until the borders reopen.

I guess what's puzzling me about this is why a farang who's coming to Thailand for holiday primarily for "boy action" would be that concerned about the Cambodian borders being closed to begin with...