FangFerang

Cannabis has been freely available since I arrived here in 2010. This law just helps support police bribes and alcohol-producing companies.

But the money quite probably goes to a Thai. They are quick to deport workers and ignore the Thais that brought them here and hired them in order to pay lower wages out.

Arresting foreigners on the road is for a simple reason: they usually can afford the full fines, whereas Thais stopped often have to negotiate a lower tea ticket price....

There further are rumors that the same objectors refused any inquiry into the tea money Lord, heir to reddish bulls, hanging out in Singapore with his homies... and hidden in plain sight. Rumors aside, to date there has been NO request from the Thai government to Interpol to help find the elusive rascal.

He must have disrupted the flow of tea money somewhere, so he is being given a warning to play ball or get off the field......

For the first time in the history of China, each man, woman and child has at least two meals a day. Further, the West is crying over the Chinese state subsidizing Chinese industry, while simultaneously the Western nations... subsidize Western industries... This news bite is team propaganda. Sure, I cheer my Home team, when they are not being obviously sh*tty, but I am not required to boo the other side, nor accept that as a given.

A Catholic Priest and a Rabbi are in a horrendous head-on collision with each other on a busy highway. They crawl from the wreckage and find that they are both uninjured. Better, the Priest retrieved a bottle of whisky from his half of the demolished cars, unscratched and intact. The Priest opens the bottle and says, "I toast our good fortune " He drinks. "I toast the miracle of our survival and attribute it to a blessing from Almighty God" He drinks again. "I also respect and honor your sacred trust." He drinks a third time. He hands the bottle to the Rabbi, who puts the cap back on and smiles. The Priest asks, "Aren't you going to toast our luck and blessings too?" "Sure," the Rabbi replies. "After the cops get here."

All arguments aside, our population is shrinking, and the US has spent the Social Security collected. The only option for long range stability is allowing more immigration. What else can they do--have enforced births........oh , never mind. They are trying that now.

Inmmigration's website for BKK says how to change a Tourist visa to a type O, but the only one likely to be a Volunteer Visa is a visa called a Type O Foundation Visa (number ten on the conversion list). Here is the link.

The Thi government website link below lists a Non-O Foundation Visa at number 10.. Is this what a 'Volunteer Visa' is called by immigration? I want to convert my tourist Visa to work at a registered bona fide NGO. Any help would be appreciated. Fangferang link -- https://www.immigration.go.th/?page_id=2537

Not any more, and now they do not invite writer essays. Too busy to care now.

Not any more. It did up until two months ago, but not now.

Can you tell me the name of the 28 k company? Spare checked email is <email address removed per forum rules, please use PM system>

I am reading so much contradictory information my head is spinning. Please message with any info FangFerang.

Consider exploring the Volunteer Visa option. Many volunteer opportunities are long term. It allows you to get a work permit, and the digital nomad issue s irrelevant. Good luck. Ignore the many clamoring rude voices.

The new Ad Bite "Lotus's Go Fresh" is a grammar train wreck. Apostrophes are used to form the possessive form of a singular noun or a plural noun not ending in s by adding ' and an s at the end. If a plural noun ends in s, only ' should be added. Correct: High school students' scores have been gradually improving over the last several years. Incorrect: Lotus's to imply plural or a missing "i".

Sick man, making the unfounded rumor worse. Nine years ago, according t the Thai government in the BKK POST, child sex workers wee asked who their clients were (meaning someone n the government has a list) and they replied most "clients" were Cambodians... Pedophiles do lasting damage to their victims. Some become unable t trust another enough to love. Nasty buggers. Fangferang

You ran short essays under the forum title, "My Turn". You published an essay of mine called "Plain Talking: How Do They Make a CPU?" You recently deleted the old links and now have no such place for essays. Unfortunately, as a writer it was in my resume under publications. Could you either import the essays into ASEAN or reactive the link, please. I cannot see why you would do this, storage and hosting costs also considered. Sincerely FangFerang, a longtime follower, poster and member.

I am told even though we are in the same province that I cannot have my current visa and work permit transferred to the new job because of moving from a government school to a private school.. I also am being told I have to leave the country twice--once to get a tourist visa, and then the second time to get a non-b at the embassy. I am also being told that the US Embassy in Bangkok has to c4tify my diploma, and I must get my transcript translated and also certified by the embassy. The school is inexperienced and needs some help, as do I. I am lost as they are saying this is what immigration told them. HELP

I do not know and am having trouble finding out.

Thanks UJ -

I am looking for a simple way to spend the interim weeks. I am thinking Visa Run to Laos (in the Northeast now), then buying a second extension for tourist visa to convert to work visa and obtain a work permit. Any other options? I am stressed over this, so any suggestions are welcome.

Border run to Laos gives a 30 day visa, but may be expensive to change to a Non b teaching visa after a renewal and of course a forward flight . Any advice is appreciated, One bloke suggested for me to stay in Laos with a signed contract starting Nov 15 and then get it in Laos and come back.

So I take my new work permit, signed contract and school docs from the new employer and go to the nearest immigration office, with the termination letter, and pay for a new extension? Won't that create overstay? I

Is there a way to do it without leaving the country? Please advise as to options.