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I asked a DLT office a week ago. Have a 5 year obtained on non-o. Need to renew but now on a dtv. They said policy is to give a 2 year to me. I contacted an agent I know to see if that gets a different result.

Everyone has their photo taken on entry to Thailand. You'd reckon there might be something in that. If they bothered.

Last 6 months "gonna review it".

No pay bar this one!

Yeh just a week or two ago news was dealing with it at a national level. Now this.

How does the banking compare? Just noticed this https://news.laodong.vn/kinh-doanh/hon-86-trieu-tai-khoan-ngan-hang-chua-dinh-danh-se-bi-xoa-so-1526286.ldo I wonder if they are also wreaking havoc on some peoples bank accounts over there

No the government and PM was overwhelmingly voted for by the majority of Thais... Oh wait a minute. Actually..

Thai army seems to have incredibly bad luck with helicopters. Thinking back to the crash a few years ago and the helicopter sent to the original crash also crashing.

I used to feel sorry for these people until they hijacked, murdered and stole the yacht of some foreign couple anchored off an island south of phuket a few years ago. Yacht was found in Indonesia from memory.

Nothing. But gotta buy it yourself.

Never heard of her

Is that a close up of a tear in his eye? Looks shook.

The one with the lost face I imagine

I went from really poor "nd rubber" brand on my nmax to Michelin city grip 2. Much more confident. Not feeling evey single little bump anymore. Much better cornering and lean. Wider area / smaller sidewall. Can't recommend them enough of you can get some to fit. Particularly good in wet weather. The old Thai made nd rubbers were harder and bumpier. Difference is night and day. Tires have about a 2 year lifespan before they start to harden and get crappy. Give or take. I paid about 1600 each on lazada and Yamaha charged 250 each to install. The lines on the road have glass particles in them, that's why they are slippery. There is rough road surface similar to your pic in phuket. Its as if the put it on bad corners to make people more careful? Absolutely mind boggling.

The best snake repellent is working on the fence line and also not leaving things that attract snakes around the house like piles of rubbish and chicken etc.

I saw that somewhere as well. Thought it was worth pointing out and sourcing. Yes super worms.

I've worked all over the world using AIS as my primary number for 13 years. Always get the sms and otps with no roaming package. No issue as long as you keep the sim valid.

Not according to the photo of the 4 Bangkok Bank employees sitting in Bangkok Bank here: https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2025/05/21/thai-bank-manager-and-staff-arrested-in-chinese-scam-network

"police intervention led to her head injuries" The irony. Helmets prevent both head injuries and police.

Seems to be the.standard play here. Slow everything right down as much as possible until it fades away quietly.

that's madness. After putting up with a lot of crap being a 2nd class human here over the years this banking thing is about the last straw for me. Time to gtfo

This stems from a ฿2.2 billion scam covered by multiple outlets: 15 Chinese nationals entered Thailand on Mar 9, left Mar 13 Assisted by 4 Thai bank staff (including a branch manager) in Pattaya 209 bank accounts opened with forged documents ฿118M deposited, ฿91M withdrawn before fleeing Accounts linked to 106 fraud cases and 462 mule accounts Total damages: ฿2.2 billion Can't open an account on a tourist visa. Fair enough. But it’s not just Bangkok Bank — reports mention Kasikorn accounts being frozen too. SCB seems unaffected so far, but if you’ve got serious money in any Thai bank, it’s worth being cautious. What if you opened an account years ago on a non-immigrant visa but now hold a DTV (which is classified as tourist)? I see secondhand claims of BKK Bank freezing these, but nothing firsthand. So I called both SCB and Kasikorn today: Kasikorn: spoke for a couple of minutes but in a nutshell said nothing to worry about. SCB: More detailed: “It doesn’t have a problem as you used the correct visa in the first moment.” “We don’t update visa type, only passport or phone number. Visa is only needed to open the account.” “You can still ask at a branch — they may have more specific info.” Also worth noting: SCB now requires face scanning for app access (as of June 5). Without it, you’re limited to 50,000 THB per transfer, though the agent said multiple back-to-back transfers are fine. Other thoughts: How will this affect the long-term visa market: need a Thai bank to get a such and such visa, but need a visa to get a Thai bank. How will this affect the condo market: yes, you can transfer directly to a developer, but if you don’t use your own Thai bank account, you won’t get a credit advice document — required to move money back out of Thailand later. No control if there’s a transfer issue, either. The situation feels messy and opaque. Could definitely be handled better.

They get the money out first or?

Maybe some guard rails or something for these canals and 1-2 metre gutters would help too? Eg. Patong hill has been probably the most notorious and reported patch of road on the island for decades but parts of it on the patong side still have a 1 metre deep ditch centimetres away from the road.

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