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16 minutes ago, jenny2017 said:

You've been looking online and haven't found anything? It's one of the topics that's discussed in many threads here and in other forums. 

 

     The web is full of articles about the criminal check for a teacher, applying for a Non=-B. 

http://www.thaiembassy.org/hochiminh/en/services/54614-Non-Immigrant-Visa-B----To-Teach-in-Thailand.html

 

http://www.webster.ac.th/humanresources/non-b-visa.html

 

 

A Non-Immigrant B visa is not the same as an extension of stay, and the required documents and points of contact where one can apply are completely different.

Now, back on topic...

If you have a link directing me to the new requirements (and I say 'new requirements' as those were the words used by the immigration officer) for individuals from certain countries (in this case, South Africa), please feel free to share.

My SA friend rocked up to do her extension of stay last week and was told that she needed a police clearance certificate from RTP. This doesn't seem to apply to all nationalities but just some (seemingly African at the moment). Anyway, I find it odd as the certificate is from RTP, so shows only things you've been charged with IN THAILAND - so anybody from the UK, for example, could commit a crime in Thailand, but get their extension no problem, because UK citizens don't need the clearance certificate.

I'm all for doing criminal background checks, but then apply it across the board, please. Also, how the hell was she supposed to smell the new regulation???? We've looked online and haven't found any such list of countries that suddenly need the Police Clearance for a work extension.

Yes, rape does happen everywhere, but I feel that it's easier for some men here. I mean, in how many other places in the world do people fear village headmen?

On another note, this qoute highlights another societal problem: it's easier to commit suicide when you believe you're coming back.

On 7/26/2018 at 7:24 PM, snoop1130 said:

she apologised for embarrassing her parents and hoped to be born as her twin sister in her next life. 

9 hours ago, webfact said:

In the face of growing protectionism in some international markets,

You mean, like Thailand? 

On 7/18/2018 at 11:21 AM, webfact said:

Among Republicans, 71 percent approved of his handling of Russia compared to 14 percent of Democrats.

So nobody else finds this interesting? From what I read, all Democrats despise Trump and everything he stands for, yet it seems these 14% agree with something he's done. Is it possible that people are individuals and do not always share a hive mind mentality.

3 hours ago, owl sees all said:

It seems to me that she was the selfish one in this instance.

He was queue jumping by driving down the wrong side of the road endangering all the oncoming traffic, but sure, she was selfish. ? Or do you honestly believe she was the last person in the queue and he just accidentally ended up next to her? ?

What plan? From what I understand, the NLA voted unanimously that future governments must follow the plan, but at the time of voting (2 weeks ago) the plan didn't exist yet. They were going to form some committee and what not to create the plan after the fact.?

I'm starting to wonder which will come first - my tax return or the election?

Is anyone else still waiting? There are many of us at my company that still are. It's July <deleted>. The first returns started trickling in at the end of May, but it's been silent since then. I noticed that last year they were quicker with the PromptPay returns but the other returns still came after about 3 weeks. This year it almost feels like they are punishing people for not joining PromptPay. I chatted to our tax-lady last Friday and she just shrugged and agreed that it was BS.

So 90 days from September equals December, and then another 150 days equals May. So election in Jjne then?

And why is the NCPO "deliberating" with the EC - the easiest way to solve this "problem" is to lift the ban on political activities. ?

56 minutes ago, webfact said:

NLA whip Yutthana Tapcharoen said the pay adjustments are intended to make the salary scales of the judges, public prosecutors and officials of independent organizations such as the National Human Rights Commission, the National Anti-Corruption Commission, the Election Commission and the State Audit Office, in line with the changing economic situation.

Fair enough, prices have gone up. I mean, just look at the housing market... 

Sorry, what? The judges get free houses??

?

8 hours ago, kannot said:

I never  found mine so there is  no last place, I DEMAND a  full refund.....with menaces?

No refund, as you clearly have not looked in the last place yet. It is there.

14 hours ago, Shroud said:

I actually predicted that this monk would predict the Thai Cave Rescue. 

I knew you'd say that.

2 hours ago, webfact said:

to rule whether the 150-day time frame leading up to the election also includes the 60-day process of officiating the election results.

Well that would make sense, wouldn't it: The election results being officiated before the election. Clear as mud. ?

6 hours ago, webfact said:

The PM said he has ordered all authorities concerned to do their utmost to find the missing group.

Right...because no one was doing anything before you arrived back ? He's so far up his own arse - it's pathetic really.

18 minutes ago, KiwiKiwi said:

Ah yes, hypocrisy.

 

Shhh. Here's a secret: we're all hypocrites, all of us bar none. It's just a question of a little digging to find out how and why.

 

Even you are not blameless my friend, though it's natural to believe you are, and that you're somehow elevated, from which vantage point you are entitled to throw stones.

 

Sorry chum, you're not, not now, not when you were married. As you later discovered.

 

Live by the sword, die by the sword. Live by the arrogant, die by the arrogant.

 

Be well, have a good dinner and sleep well.

Not the best poem I've ever read, but certainly not the worst. 6/10 ?

1 hour ago, KiwiKiwi said:

My life is unaffected by the oafs in government, and to be honest I have little but scorn for the Thai people, whom I consider to be uneducated, feckless and all-round pretty useless, almost the definition of a waste of protein.

44 minutes ago, KiwiKiwi said:

And try to be more fair. I don't insult you for the beliefs and views you have, why would you feel it's your business or right to insult me?

 

44 minutes ago, KiwiKiwi said:

Not at all, I just resent those dullards who think it's their prerogative to insult people whose views they don't understand rather than trying to understand them.

 

And to end...

45 minutes ago, KiwiKiwi said:

There's nothing contradictory in what I say

No contradictions at all - just a splash of hypocrisy ?

1 hour ago, Srikcir said:

See my post #20.

It was linked to the Interim Charter.

I get that, but I would argue that at the point (at the army club meeting with Yingluck) when Prayuth committed treason, the NCPO did not yet exist and and so at that time he was breaking the law. I know, of course, that none of this matters - just shows the supreme court to be as unethical as all the courts below it. Mock surprise to follow 

50 minutes ago, webfact said:

The highest court reasoned that what the military junta had done was not against the laws

Except for the fact that it was against the laws of the country at that time. Just shows that the courts in Thailand don't follow the laws. I mean, the criminal code is not linked to the constitution - that's why during the time there was no constitution, you would still go to prison if you murdered someone.

Resignations are instantly dealt with, but signing a piece of paper (new laws) takes 90 days ?

4 minutes ago, bristolboy said:

Typical nitpicking argument about the meaning of racism. Anyway, while it's true that there are Mexicans of all shades. the overwhelming majority are brown skinned. 

There is no nitpicking - every bad thing in the world isn't racist. Calling everything racist takes away from people on the receiving end of real racism.

But sure, let's go with your reasoning: British now means white people, Canadian means white people, South African means black people etc. etc. Doesn't work , does it? 

On 6/20/2018 at 8:33 AM, webfact said:

while the leftist front-runner ahead of next month's presidential vote called it "racist."

 

Really? Racist? Look, the policy is terrible, but it's not racist - at best it could be xenophobic. Have words lost all meaning? I find describing "Mexican" as a race, racist. Mexico has a multiracial society . "Mexican" is the demonym for people from the country Mexico. I wonder if Andres Obrador, would classify "American", "Canadian", "South African", and "French" etc. etc. as races?