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6 hours ago, papersource said:

Just bought some Bayer Testoviron Depot from the pharmacy on Sukumvit just before soi 4 (next to the larger pharmacy that is closing) and before the police box.

 

it is new packaging and from Pakistan but it is Bayer and says so on the ampules. Each box contains three 1ml ampules of 250mg each for 600 baht (200 baht per ampule) 

 

It is manufactured by Medipharm Pvt. Ltd Pakistan. I was not sure if it was legit or not until I googled Bayer Pakistan and searched under history and see that Bayer bought Medipharm from Schering in 2006. So Medipharm Pakistan is owned by Bayer. 

 

i will try to attach a photo below:

 

 

Excellent info...Did you need a prescription?

On 11/19/2018 at 11:53 AM, JackThompson said:

My advise on Jomtien for marriage-based extensions (assuming you do get married - a necessary pre-requisite):

• Be sure you have a TM-30 submitted.
• I hope you own your own condo, because if you rent, you will need a stack of documents from your landlord to show at the family-based-extension desk - more than is required for the TM-30 desk.  This may involve the landlord going to an amphoe to get fresh documents.
• Unless your landlord will comply, you then have two choices if in the jurisdiction of the Jomtien office:
  • A Non-O-ME Visa from Savannakhet, with same-day-return border-bounces every 90-days.  That is still easier than having to apply for Non-O Visas based on retirement every 90-days.
  • Pay an agent 25K Baht to get the extension.  The clawing for agent-money is why they make the process difficult in the first place - to extort money from you for an honest, valid extension application (note - I've been through this personally at that office). 

 

This is true - unfortunately.  The BKK/Chang Wattana office is reported as being professional - a vast improvement over many local offices, including Jomtien for Non-O stamps and Thai-family-based extensions.

Your point about the agent money extortion is spot on ????. Big Joke, in his new corporate statement on the Jomtien immigration website, says there’ll be ‘standardisation’ of processes/regulations across all immigration offices. Not holding my breath...

On 11/19/2018 at 3:05 PM, Bill Miller said:

Just to clarify, as I think this could be misunderstood: Don't have to " apply for Non-O Visas based on retirement every 90-days." Once a year works.
I decided a couple of years ago to "bag it" with Jomtien after an effort to extort 16,000 baht, pre "Big Joke", over the newly enforced residency rules. I get a new non "O" multi entry at Savan, and do a "bounce" every 90 days at whatever neighboring nation tickles our fancy. 
Ongoing story about the residency thing; ny landlady lives in Europe somewhere, I think Germany. My waan jai found the condo for me, and did all the negotiating, etc., with a delightful young real estate gal. Problems? The lease was in Thai, and signed by my nearest and dearest. TM 30? What's that?
Decided to "unscrew the inscrutables" in all this. A very helpful woman at the Juristic office cobbled up a lease agreement in my name, and for a 500 baht fee went to Jomtien on my behalf, settled the 1,600 baht TM 30 fine, and brought me back the appropriate receipts, forms, etc.
They would not give me a copy of the "lease", which I guess is a sort of phony, anyhow, the real owner never being present in all this. The gal did it all as an  "agent in situ". I don't mind as we have been paying month to month for half a year anyway. Just happy to have the TM 30.
Anyone know if Jomtien will accept that for a residence certificate? Might just want to get a driver's license, however much I grit my teeth when on the roads here.

For a 500 baht fee? 555... some call it being helpful, I call it corruption. 

We should never forget the role that corruption plays when individual officers/different immigration offices make marriage based extensions more and more difficult each year. 

And it will become harder under Big Joke with his new ‘no tip’ policy. Before, an extra 500 baht here and there could get a particular requirement ignored. Fines were handed out like lollies, with no receipts and no audit trail...

now, the kickbacks the IO’s recieve from dodgy immigration agents is their best source of extra income. They don’t want farang to do the yearly paperwork/application themselves, they want them to pay a ridiculous fee to an agent, ( I’ve been told by some guys they pay 15,000 baht for a marriage extension!), who they then receive a percentage of that fee from, in return for a hassle free processing service. 

I bet that sour-faced dragon at Jomtien is raking it in...????????

On 2/20/2018 at 3:24 PM, JackThompson said:

This policy, and other aspects of the requirements, varies wildly by office. 

Yes, it’s all very laughable how each office and the ‘rules’ they follow change from year to year. Thailand 1.0 at its finest. Have a look at the Jomtien immigration website, where they’re promoting the new corporate vision under Big Joke. One of the statement of values headings is ‘Standardisation.’ Yeah, right...

4 hours ago, happy chappie said:

Tomorrow's news 200,000 farang petition big joke about being scammed in Thailand by some sweet mouth bar girls.i can't imagine how much money and property has been scammed out of farang over the years but without it Thailand would be a very poor country.it must blow the Thais mind when they are scammed by some stupid thick farang.i can see it now....what you were tricked out of money by a farang?????????????????

You make a valid point. But bare in mind, Thais don’t consider Malaysians to be farang...

5 hours ago, Darcula said:

For the love of music......at least he died doing what he liked.

Being an ignorant selfish <deleted> with no consideration for people who are trying to sleep, and generally just pissing others off? 

Pure racism! They’re just misunderstood...?

In Thailand? Foam earplugs or move...

18 hours ago, BestB said:

I am guessing Thai , letter states Thai citizen 

Being a Thai citizen doesn’t mean she’s there on a Thai passport. Thailand revoked her Thai passports last year. She probably has same as Thaksin, or from some middle eastern country she’s never been to...

1 hour ago, Tony Hanscomb said:

What makes him "DANGEROUS "? Looks like he din't actually do anything except collect images.

Mate, if you can’t see anything dangerous about a teacher, someone with access to young children, collecting sexually explicit images of minors, then maybe you need to speak to someone? And why was he requesting Craigslist responses from women with 12 year old children? You’re as naive as the schools employing these people...

Thai department of education is too soft on these supposed language institutes and other dodgy schools. They’re failing the children by allowing predators like this <deleted> to work in Thailand...Criminal background checks from the teacher’s country of origin MUST be compulsory, and any school/institute that fails to comply, should be immediately de-listed and it’s owners/directors fined. 

8 hours ago, Fish Head Soup said:

Yes fantastic news, now hopefully they can get them all out safely.

 

Strange choice of the word 'victims', but never mind.

In law enforcement/rescue/search situations, a person who’s been missing for an extended period and where there are serious concerns for their welfare, is referred to as a ‘victim.’

Nothing lost in translation... 

4 hours ago, NetJunkie said:

Things doing things is strange enough, but to then reference "things" as "lesser people" is just poor writing.

Agree. His writing is terrible. ‘Negativity’ instead of ‘Negativism’ (is there such a word?), for a start...

Easiest way to protect your card from being skimmed- Insert card into the machine. Before you doing anything else, cancel the transaction. If the card is returned to you, the machine has most probably not been tampered with.Re-insert the card and continue your transaction...

On 6/9/2018 at 10:33 AM, Peterw42 said:

I can see a big hole in this system, a points system against your license requires "having a license". In reality you would be better off having no license and paying the odd 400 baht fine.

 

Burn through your points as quick as you can, then drop back to the cheaper, trouble free, no license option.

 

Not only will police start to offer the "pay now" option, the public will demand the Pay now option.

One very big problem with your ‘no licence’ Idea is that in the event of an accident, you will also have ‘no insurance’...

4 minutes ago, scorecard said:

 

Understood and your missing the point. 

Am I? Or you’re just not making it very well...99% of farang living in Thailand fall under the definition of an ‘alien’ and therefore, fall under the jurisdiction of RTP attached to the immigration division. 

Easiest way to have a foreigner dealt with by police in Thailand is to call and report him as an illegal alien living next door to you, whether they are legal or not. Tell them the guy’s overstayed his visa for a year, and once the smell of baht in a brown paper bag wafts to their greedy noses, they’ll be around in a flash turning him over. He may or may not be illegal, but the visit should make him pull his head in...Call and make a complaint of harassment, farang on farang,  they couldn’t care less...

10 minutes ago, scorecard said:

 

The fact the word 'police' is used doesn't mean what your suggesting.

 

They are separate and with a separate purpose.  

 

 

Fact is they are a division of the RTP. They are not, as in the US or UK, their own government department. Yes they have a seperate purpose, but they are not seperate to RTP...

17 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

You could make a complaint to the police. What he is doing is harassment that is violation of the law.

Immigration would do nothing without him being charged by the police.

Not sure if that advice is 100% correct? Immigration are the police, just working in a seperate division of the RTP. They have the same powers as all other police in Thailand.  Yes the immigration police may refer the matter to patrol level officers or the Tourist police, but they are able to investigate/take action if they choose to...After all, nearly every foreigner living in Thailand is an alien of some sort? 

25 minutes ago, mommysboy said:

And your salary is poverty level?

 

You’re missing the point. It’s all relative...

25 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

 

I think they are both already married. 

 

What would be your estimate of the number of Thai girls that tick all those boxes, and are single, and would have a relationship with a westerner ?

 

 

Bangkok is full of them...Pattaya? Definitely not...