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Been here nearly 24 years. More than 23 years on a Non B with work permit (same company). Decided to try to get residency, which my wife is doing the donkey work for... for now. The local authorities (Chaeng Wattana, I think) have told her to get our UK marriage certificate translated into Thai, and get this translation (but I think they mean original) legalised/certified/stamped by the British Embassy. - I was in the UK while all this went on, and got the info from the ladywife, hence the lack of clarity - the British Embassy are worse than useless, and it appears the only way to get this done is by sending the original document to the relevant UK govt. office. Any help, ideas, or experience is very welcome. Both for this document, and the process in general. I'm sure that there are plenty of other similar threads, but my 'searching patience' isn't great. Thanks in advance.

I've always been happy with VFS. I believe that they say 'up to 11 weeks' considering #1 Covid and #2 school holidays clogging up the system back home. My mate just got his turned around (back in the UK) within a week. Now the schools are off, anyone that needed a passport for the summer will have got it. So turnaround times are likely to be shorter.

Correct. If I see people breaking the law that is not a serious crime (because I'm not a police officer) it would be none of my business. also, if you watch this guy's videos, he goes out of his way to find people breaking the law... but not drink drivers or speeders.. people looking at their phones in traffic jams.. where he can catch them. He's a <deleted>.

I had many years on Nouvos, and was looking for a decent replacement. I'm not anti Honda but there wasn't a Honda that fitted my needs. So, I was leaning towards the NMax, until I rode one in Bali. WOW! Horrible! With a long wheelbase and small wheels, it was horrible to ride. And then came along the Aerox, and I got it and love it! It's not ideal for passengers (making it even better for me). Great ride, and love it to pieces. Reliability is so far no problem at all (15,000kms in 3.5 years).

This (middle-aged white) guy is from Zimbabwe, but has Dutch nationality. His London 'hobby' is to seek out car drivers in traffic jams using their phones. Ok, it's against the law... but not a big deal and none of his business. How long do you think his behaviour would see him live here in Thailand? I reckon he might survive a couple of days of this before he gets shot or beaten up. https://www.youtube.com/c/CyclingMikey/videos

I know that the morons who make decisions for the public in this country are referred to as 'experts' but Dr. Paemika is just a general practitioner and family doctor. Is she qualified to offer such advice? I am not anti-vax, but I don't care about or believe in it as much as many others appear to. But I went for my AZ booster on Wednesday at Bang Sue. WOW! Walked in, chose my [vaccine] (there were at least four options) and sat and had it done. Not one single minute of waiting for others in front of me! The only reason I got it was for domestic airline travel in Indonesia.

The article says the stray dogs were furious, which is impossible. As I have written many times before, dogs are simple creatures that need to be stood up to and never run away from. They will always chase if you run, but never attack furiously without reason. If only more humans understood 'man's best friend' because they're easily dealt with. Luckily the thumbs down emoji has been disabled, because I'm expecting a backlash from dog haters. ????????

I can't understand why the MOTHER has to file a police report in a case like this! What are the cops supposed to do? Are you saying that if a report isn't filed by an alleged victim, there is no victim and therefore no crime? This is crazy.

I say fair play to him. The car is either rented (he may have to pay some compensation for damage or getting it cleaned) or his own (why should he have to suffer smells and inappropriate behaviour? Most people wouldn't eat or fondle others in the back of a taxi, so the signs are only directed at those people rude enough to do so. Do we get upset about no smoking signs and no dog poo signs if we don't smoke or have dogs?

Must be a slow news day! 10 or so years ago I needed to be collected from a local train station, where I planned to drop my motorbike off for something later that day. Instead of trying to find, waiting for, or giving business to the win riders near the train station, I invited a guy from my local rank to follow me and pick me up. Therefore making directions back really simple, and keeping the business as local as possible. The <deleted> wanted to charge me double, because he had to ride there and back... claiming that he was unable to earn any (other) money in either direction. That was the last time I every gave him any business! ????

I bet that piece of wood WAS petrified... have that ugly little dwarf looking at it. He might have been thinking of making some new wooden watches.

My wife puts rubbish IN the sink, which is next to the bin. Her argument is that she's the only one who washes the dishes, so she will 'sort it out' in her own time. I hate it, but can't un-train her from this ghastly habit!

Bukake dungeons!

I object to this whole thread and all of its replies because it's too binary! We all know that there are 13 genders, and a 14th on the 3rd Thursday of each month. Therefore I implore the (gender-neutral) Mods to respectfully close this thread, then delete it, then burn the hard drives it was stored on.

There's 51 seconds of my life wasted, that I will never get back. ????????????

Some vital information here.... "He was fully clothed and had sneakers on."

There's not much to go on here, and plenty of haters. Don't get me wrong, this 'Karen' is probably a loud mouth (possibly drunk) self-entitled bitch, but the clip I saw is only 29 seconds long. Do we know if she was assigned a window seat or if she booked one? Many airlines now charge you for seat selection and if she chose and paid for a window seat then she has every right to complain. But from the reaction of the rest of the passengers, I guess that she really was a nasty piece of work... but is it really fair to leave her here, in Thailand? I mean not fair on US, not her! ????

What does "a different form of flooding to the Great Flood of 2011" mean? Well, I suggest that in addition to chaining boats to the bridges, they should chain helicopters to the roofs of the most-important buildings!! ???? On that note, WHY do we have the plural of roof as roofs? hoof/hooves(& hoofs) leaf/leaves calf/calves etc etc ????

Prayuth is getting this team's entry annulled. They aren't suitable contenders, and they need to be removed.

NONE of us were there, so none of us know what happened. But from what I see in the clip, the tourist seemed coherent (not drunk) and that woman-thing had a right gob on her. Several men walking buy with GUARD written on their backs, but then this guy gets attacked by Thai thugs (PLURAL) and let's face it we know that they like to get involved (only when they can outnumber a victim) even if they have no connection with the complainant. If he DID steal from her, then he needs a slap from ONE PERSON, not kicked by a gang. My gut feeling is that he didn't STEAL from her. But as my first line states, none of us were there.

From my personal experience, Fortuners tend to steer exactly where their self-entitled phone-using Somchai drivers decide.. And this is usually at high speed and without indication. I avoid them like the plague! No offence to the OP, who's probably one of the nicer Fortuner pilots! ????????

Who bought her the phone and the bike? Or who allowed her to use them? Maybe the parents? I have hardly spoken to my 17 year old daughter for nearly a month because she sat in the passenger seat of her friend's car to get rides home from school. This was after me repeatedly telling her not to, and that I would catch her if she did, and punish her. Motorbikes (which I love) are far more dangerous here in Thailand. KEEP kids off them!

You do know that we're in the 21st century, don't you? Not only are all types of people capable of teaching our kids morals, but it's becoming very difficult to stop people from working just because they associate with a particular group.

"He had a history of violence and making threats and had engaged in self-harming." As a previous poster mentioned, this needs to be taken further.... I'm sure the locals or mother's family would be happy to arrange a lynch mob, some gasoline (maybe a car tyre around his waist) and some form of flame. This monster needs removing from society.

I would rather have my kids taught by a homo or a tranny or a pre or post-op ladyboy than by a dirty old man with ill intentions. These transpeople can be hardworking and fun. Farangs usually only see the type that give them a bad name, such as in red light (type) areas. However it looks like 'culprit' in this case is just a deviant man with long hair, and the punishment for 'it' needs to be severe!