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renaissanc

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  1. I long for the day the Marriage Visa is extended beyond one year. It seems that you can get a 5-year Marriage Visa in Vietnam. I've been here 41 years, and married for 39 of them. The annual renewal documents are the same each year. The renewal process takes an hour plus the lunch hour each year. Immigration should digitalise the documents, which are the same each year, and let married people send or show an updated bank statement annually. Modernise the renewal process and decentralise it to the provinces. This will improve the quality of life of Immigration Officers.
  2. I don't know if Premchai is guilty or not, but I recommend sending him to prison anyway to save his life. He has ballooned so much since he was caught eating a forbidden animal in a Kanchanaburi forest that if he is not forced to lose weight immediately, he'll be dead soon. A prison diet without outside food will do him a world of good.
  3. This doesn't answer your question. After transferring the money to the satisfaction of Immigration, you might like to change banks. Krungsri Bank is rather old-fashioned and basic. My wife and I used to have an account there. I felt like I was going back in time when I needed to use their service.
  4. In Thailand, if you ask a hospital doctor to do it discreetly, he will (may) help you to die.
  5. The whole illness thing was a big scam. There was nothing wrong with Thaksin. He just felt it was beneath him to spend a year in jail.
  6. You might like to delete your comment, which could be considered the Most Insensitive and Uncompassionate Comment of the Year next December.
  7. I've used SCB bank for the last 41 years and never regretted it. The app is very easy to use and has good functionality. The bank's service is fast wherever I've used one of their branches. I used to leave money in bank accounts until I realised how silly I was to do so. The interest from gold over the last 5 years has been 93%. Compare that to the taxable 1.25% or so bank account interest you get. Banks are laughing all the way to the bank!
  8. If you think you could do the job of President of the USA better, apply for citizenship and take it from there. By the time you make it, though, the concept of globalisation will be so dead and buried that you'll only find dust.
  9. It sounds like he's become an angry old man with Trump Derangement Syndrome.
  10. The fad will fade away among celebrities, and those who have had their testicles cut off and had done whatever happens to female genitals will regret their choice and will be scarred emotionally for life. They will probably take drugs as a result, and then they will move on to the next Woke-Liberal fad. I blame the parents for not guiding their offspring better.
  11. If Thai tradition is followed, the big fish will escape punishment in exchange for stuffed pastry boxes. Only the little fish will be punished, and most of them will be untouchable Chinese engineers who are back in China. The status quo will then be restored.
  12. That isn't workable. The definitions of "influencer" and "marketer" are too close when you consider their purpose for making a video. Then, where do you draw the line regarding the types of video that would require a work permit? Who will police the internet? This will lead to internet censorship and a huge can of worms.
  13. Hello, Jamie! * It depends on where you live. City cremations will be cheaper than rural cremations because the monks only pray in the evening. Choose 3 days. That's the minimum. Choose the smallest temple you can find so you only pay 300 Baht to a small number of monks. If you choose a big temple with (50-100) monks, the expense will be high as they might all attend. * My wife's rural cremation might be 50,000 Baht cheapest (all 10 temple monks x 300 Baht each morning and evening, 3 days, flowers, and food for the monks and for whoever attends the prayers. * An alternative is to find a Chinese cemetery and buy the smallest plot of land. Digging the grave is included. Have a friend pray for you. Coffin: No more than 10,000 Baht for simple wood. The headstone is up to what you want. No need for monks, donations, and meals. My plot in a rural Chinese cemetery costs 40,000 Baht. I hope this helps. Cremations can be very expensive.
  14. I was teaching at Mahidol University International College (MUIC) from 1999-2201. She was a factory worker pushing her bicycle along a road that was in such bad condition in places that I called it the Moon Road. I put her bike in the back of he pick-up truck. After I left MUIC I was in a difficult financial situation while I tried to start a company. She made sure I had food for each week. Eventually, the business got going and we got married. Now we have a family of 26 rescued cats, 4 rescued chickens, and 1 rescued rabbit. She and I rescued each other.
  15. The problem is the dogs. If you divorce her, you'll have to live in a condominium, not a house, and no condominium block will allow you to have the dogs. Can you change your visa to a retirement visa? If you can, divorce her. You'll have to leave the dogs with her because you won't be living in a house anymore after the divorce. If you continue to live with her you'll never be happy.
  16. The problem is the dogs. If you divorce her, you'll have to live in a condominium, not a house, and no condominium block will allow you to have the dogs. Can you change your visa to a retirement visa? If you can, divorce her. You'll have to leave the dogs with her because you won't be living in a house anymore after the divorce. If you continue to live with her you'll never be happy.
  17. If he had insurance, it would be useless anyway. There is probably a clause in every insurance policy in invisible ink that excludes such accidents. I have never had health insurance or travel insurance because insurance companies will always find a way to avoid paying anything.
  18. There will be a clause in every insurance policy in invisible ink that excludes such accidents. I have never had health insurance or travel insurance because insurance companies will always find a way to avoid paying anything.
  19. As soon as possible, move him to a government hospital so you don't have to worry about the expenses. If the Samui government hospital has a foreigner's price have him moved to a mainland government hospital in Surat Thani town. Samui hospitals have 4 levels of prices and the highest are for tourists / foreigners.
  20. Everybody talks to themselves when they think.
  21. Standard Fines for Wheel Clamping For common parking violations in urban areas, the fines typically range as follows: Minimum fine: ฿500 for general parking violations. Wheel-locking in urban areas: Minimum fine of ฿700. Parking in prohibited areas: Fines can be up to ฿1,000, depending on the officer's discretion. In some cases, individuals have reported paying fines of around ฿400 to have the clamp removed. Additional Penalties for Tampering It's crucial not to tamper with or remove a wheel clamp yourself. Doing so can lead to additional charges: Criminal damage: Damaging public property can result in up to 3 years in prison, a fine of up to ฿6,000, or both. Unauthorized removal: Removing a clamp without permission can lead to further legal action.
  22. I've lived and worked in Thailand since 1984. I've been married for maybe 38 years., so I don't date women. I've seen profiles on a couple of dating websites, and I know what happens in Thailand. There are certain women you would be unwise to get involved with. Career women have a different motive for dating. They also have a higher level of education than the run-of-the-mill women in Pattaya and from Isaan villages.
  23. He won't just destroy their uranium and missile facilities, he'll make the country so poor, including destroying the oil refineries, that the people will rise up and overthrow the tyrants. I doubt very much that there will be a kinetic war. The population isn't going to scream, "Let's protect the tyrants! Attack the USA! Die for the tyrants!"
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