Opinions might be divided about that, just my opinion - for your own safety, you should consider it....GuyAbroad8293 wrote: ↑May 22nd, 2018, 10:19 amDamn, man, your post really made a lot of good points.
Villages in the 3rd world are not safe. Village men are dumb stupid illiterate morons who will see you as an outsider and thus would see nothing wrong with trying to make a false criminal accusation or extortion from you.
If you want to marry a village girl then you have to live with her in one of the large cities in that country, in a secure gated apartment complex.....
I am living since 1972 away from Europe and in Asia. I never came back.
Not all Asian countries are unsafe, I am since 1976 in Tokyo, but I have a second home in Thailand, I have been in remote areas (plantages for coconuts, palmoil, rubber etc.) in Malaysia and still visit Chinese friends there, I have a good relationship with Philippines (fosterdaughter is a Filipina), I have also been in other places like Taiwan, Cambodia, also USA/Canada etc.
I don't know really about a case of false criminal accusation personally in rural areas in Asia, but I know about some cases of extortion, theft and serious threats after the relationship was broken down and the foreign husband/boyfriend refused to vacant the property.
A foreign man (Norway) was asked to 'go home immediately' (I forgot the place somewhere out in Isaan near Kalasin, a forgettable area) and to leave behind all what was bought with his money - but it did not really legally belong to him... 'my bargirl is different' and all was in her name - what shall police do in such a situation?
In another case outside of Bangkok, (Netherland) not so far away from the city, the girlfriend left him and he was visited and asked 'politely but clearly' by her boyfriends (gang-members) to move out of 'her property'... as a warning the entrance next morning was filled up with smelling garbage and a can of gasoline nearby..
In another case near Rayong the wife was a good woman over many years. He was from USA - but she died in a non-related car accident. The next day after her funeral all her relatives were showing up, demanding he moves out claiming all land and house as their inheritance.
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You have to be aware, that in Asian countries LAND in general does not belong to you as a foreigner, and even if you have legal rights on it with contracts like company ltd. ownership, you cannot carry it away and in any rural area it will be 'occupied', you will be kicked out and there is nothing you can do about.
This is totally different with guarded condominium units in Asian cities - I know you will have to live somehow with other foreigners next door - but ownership will be in your foreigner's name only, which is confirmed in the landtitle - and it is the girlfriend, and even the ex-wife including HER children, who will be forced to move out in case of a dispute - but only IF the condominium unit was bought by you and fully paid BEFORE marriage.
Asian countries do not accept co-habitation, as long as you are not legally married nothing to worry about...your home is yours forever.
I was warning many foreign men about such legal tricky issues, but nobody was listening to me until it was too late. 'I made a mistake in my life - going home'... Don't ask me how much money such 'yellow fever guys' lost in Asia for creating a palast in a no-where place, for buying cars and even ships...
Some foreigners think about living in 'rent only' apartments - but openly said, many foreign men do not like that idea, especially after retirement, me too. I want to live in my own rooms, and in most Asian countries the only way to do this as a foreigner is by buying your condominium unit, preferable within a secure compound.