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Quick question: Does RTP issue police clearance certificates in English (upon request) or only in Thai?
Thanks in advance for any input.
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26 minutes ago, bluesofa said:
It won't be a fail though - here in Thailand.
From many reports on this in the past, it has been stated by those having to carry out the absurd policy, that kids are not allowed to fail exams. Hence these qualifications are not worth the paper they're written on.
There are very few parts of the world that students actually fail anymore. This is not a uniquely Thai education system trait. Even Canada has a "No-zero"policy. ????
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9 minutes ago, 248900_1469958220 said:
Just read that. Why that particular Province???
Is there a possibility that royal orders carry double meaning i.e. are written in code? We read about "Civil unrest in Phichit", but those in the know get a totally different message?
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6 hours ago, kannot said:even more hilarious
It seems about right: I have a family of 4: Food's about 800/Day so 24k for the month. Add in 1/2 restaurant (nothing fancy - somtam shacks basically) and food for the month is easily 30k. Now kids also need things like clothes and nappies (for my smallest one). Then there are school fees: A local bilingual school won't be less than 10k a month. For my family including rent/car/utilities etc we spend about 100k per month. We don't live an expat life. We live in the suburbs surrounded by middle class Thais who spend the same if not more.
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1 hour ago, Eligius said:You've said it, my friend. As regards the election result - it's all over, bar the shouting. Prayut will ensure a successful result for himself/ his power-clique (as people such as myself and Baboon - and many others - have been predicting all along).
But 'the shouting' will surely come - later - and things will turn very nasty this year ...
Even I doubt that, I must confess. Eligius, I have often, over the past decade, been dismayed by how successful, educated Thai people that have travelled the world, can be as such whilst being brainwashed. Living here has made me realise how strong systemic propaganda can be. Right now, I can message one of the top 10 richest men in the country, and he will reply. That is how high up my interactions (not connections) go. But even his clique believe that the number 9 is truly an auspicious number, a number close to numerical perfection. I thought, as I read the news today, that someone had, unexpectedly, made the smartest play ever: for another 50 years or so, they would've been remembered for 'fixing' Thailand; all weirdness and previous 'transgressions' forgotten. But they didn't, and they won't. And there won't be any backlash (unfortunately) because at the end of the day, people like my mother in law, whom despises them, are so indoctrinated, that she still will hang at least a calendar among the portraits of 9, because she believes that it, the institution, is a tenet of being Thai.
Regardless, I shall be gone before it matters, so I won't have to endure the nasty things if I'm wrong.
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8 minutes ago, ballpoint said:
That would depend on what you thought of your sister.
True, but the law in question does not require the insulted party to file a complaint. Anybody can file a complaint on behalf those protected by the law, and the courts deal with the matter from a guilty until proven innocent perspective.
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7 minutes ago, JAG said:
Even more difficult to, umh, remove them by a coup to restore happiness and so forth!
Well now, goodness gracious me, how extraordinary!
Was this the master plan all along? The pieces seam to fit: use the green buffoons to take over, change constitution, have direct control over parliament...ding ding ding. Big P must be fuming. I guess we'll have to create a new type of governing system: I call it a Democratic Autocratic Constitutional Monarchy. ????
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Difficult to run against an opponent who is protected from criticism. But, Big P's plans have all but washed down the drain. He can't beat the opponent in an election, and even if there is a deadlock, no politician who values his head would nominate anyone other than the opponent to be PM. The REAL telling thing would be if the Thai Raksa Chart party get almost no votes, as people for the first time would be able to publicly but anonymously voice their REAL feelings about a certain family. Popcorn time...
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After reading the article I believe that the headline should actually read:
"Thai official claims that Japan praises Thailand for improvements in road safety - and that includes the police"
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Caption: "Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha eats street food during his lunch at Nang Loeng market in Bangkok yesterday."
Street food my ass. Sure, the restaurant was located on a street, but that's as far as the "street"part goes. The fact that his Kung Ob Woonsen is served in a metal pan and not a styrofoam bowl also indicates that its far from "street food". And Kung Ob Woonsen starts at 150 - 200 Baht. So he's looking like he's gobbling down at least 600 Baht for lunch. How very frugal of him ????
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18 hours ago, webfact said:
However, Bangkok insists that his trial has already commenced and cannot be retracted.
Really? Trials that start can't be retracted? ???? So Person A gets accused of murder and goes to trial - during the trial video footage is released showing Person B commit the crime. The judge says, "Sorry, the trial for Person A can't be retracted because it's already started". Yeah, didn't think so.
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22 hours ago, jmd8800 said:
Ya know.... the west does this too:
https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/man-deported-separated-wife-home-office-ill/
Sad story, but nowhere in that article does it state that the government suddenly changed the regulations that had previously allowed him to stay. He didn't qualify, for whatever reason, at the time of his application and was denied.
Not sure how this has anything to do with the new Thai requirements that have drastically changed over night and now require some people to lock up 400,000 Baht for the entire year.
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3 hours ago, webfact said:Smokers will not be able to light up within five meters of entrances or exits of virtually any public buildings.
Oh they will, and they will. Nobody truly believes this is really going to be enforced, right? For those of you new to Thailand - a list of other things that are BANNED! Driving through junctions when the lights are red, riding a motorbike on the sidewalk, riding a motorbike against the flow of traffic, riding a car or truck against the flow of traffic, riding without a helmet etc. etc. etc. ????
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3 hours ago, DrTuner said:
Very good if the youngsters vote. Even better if they bother to find out which candidate is not totally in junta's pocket - not an easy feat. I too would like to know so I can tell wife who to vote for.
What about letting her decide? ????
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I suspect that come voting day thousands of people that thought they had registered will find out they haven't and be turned away. Seriously, I have little faith in a system that fails repeatedly to actually save all information prior tonsuch crashes. ????
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13 hours ago, Chang_paarp said:
The final declaration of the results will clash with some of the associated ceremonies as they have to happen 60 days after the election.
Yes, that's their BS excuse. But 60 days is the latest they can announce results. There's nothing stopping them from announcing the results within a week. In reality, they could have held elections on Feb. 24th and given themselves 30 days to investigate claims of cheating etc. and still not intervere with the coronation.
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23 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:A tiny step towards democracy and a big step to wipe that smug off Prayut's face. His article 44 is not match for a royal decree. Now he has to declare which political party he will join within a time frame and no more of his self gratifying nonsense about waiting for a party to approach as though he has many suitors. Amen to see his hind leaving office and have the door slammed on him.
Actually, the "Royal" part of any royal decree is just a formality since the king is head of state. Decree are issued by the government so it's Prayuth's call.
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10 hours ago, timendres said:
A simple Google search will reveal a direct quote to the press many months ago stating the post coronation time frame as the ultimate election date. It was planned from the outset. The February date has always been a fabrication.
And simple Google searches will reveal direct qoutes to elections definitely happening in ...2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, no 2019. Why does the coronation date suddenly hold more water for you.
What I do clearly remember thought is a lot of "Thailand 2020" poster flying around right after the coup. Foreshadowing or the plan all along?
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1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:That is not correct. The combination option is still allowed. There were no changes made to the police order for it. I think there is apparently some confusion going on at immigration about the changes.
Did you to the office in the city at Rajabhat university or Sirindhorn?
How long was the 650k baht in the bank? Was your income transferred into a Thai bank from overseas?
So they didn't say that or are you saying they aren't following the law? It doesn't matter what the law says if the government officials you are dealing with make up regulations as they please. Hell, I'm required to get a police clearance certificate for my extension even though no such regulation exists. The fact is the OP was denied his extension for the reason given by the IO.
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The key word is "suitable". I bet the poll question was, "Who is more suitable to be the next PM - Prayuth or the dog shit under the pollster's shoe". Event then he only got 85% of the vote ????
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13 minutes ago, rooster59 said:They are being told to think this way, ordered to behave this way
Actually, it's only the army and a very influential family that tell people how to think and behave. ????
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3 hours ago, webfact said:
Mao Chandara, the director general of the identification department at Cambodia’s Interior Ministry, said they had not issued a passport to Yingluck.
“We don’t know whether it [the passport] is fake or not,” he told the Phnom Penh Post.
How don't you know? If you didn't issue it, it has to be a fake, right? And you clearly state that you didn't issue it. Oh wait, you're one of those people who try to s*** out their elbows. It all makes sense now. ????
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2 hours ago, webfact said:
Opec was told that it was part of research but school administrators and teachers, as well as the Education Ministry, need to look deeper into what impacts the down-dressing can create.
I guess this clown doesn't understand what "research" means then: You do a test (wearing casual clothes) and then monitor the outcomes, hence discovering the "impacts", as he put it.
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2 hours ago, bartender100 said:
And they will have the guilt of a girls death unless they do the right thing, the world is watching Thailand right now
Guilt? Thailand? ???? Sadly not, I'm afraid.
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Police Clearance Certificate
in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
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The ones I got for work here were in Thai, but I need one for my new work abroad. (Yep, I've had enough and I'm checking out - but that's a story for another day.) I've seen pics online of Thai police reports in English for Thai citizens moving abroad but wasn't sure if they were fake or "specially ordered" etc.