arminbkk

RIP always sad to read about things like this but

why are we reading about this in Thailand? did I miss something?

"Swaney worked for ABC-Channel 7 in Chicago."

I guess in the research the OP already did, he did not stumble upon the fact that foreigners CANNOT do most jobs in Thailand.

OP mentions washing dishes, scrubbing toilets, being a bartender.............menial jobs...........those are all jobs that a foreigner,

or at least a westerner, are not allowed to do and for which you would never get a work permit.

Sure, there are plenty of Burmese people doing menial jobs in Thailand, but you OP do not fall within that category.

The list of jobs/work a foreigner, that is a westerner, can do in Thailand is not long and it is safe to say that any of those jobs

requires some sort of education degree and experience.

I think any degree will make it possible for you to become a TEFL-er, teaching English, for about THB 35K per month.

So OP, you might be willing to do menial jobs, but you are simply not allowed to do such jobs here.

You said you only want to work so you can get a long term visa, well in that case you get marry a Thai girl and get a 1-year Non O visa.

Or, as another poster above said, arrange an investment visa, or get an Elite Card.

OP, another aspect you might underestimate, is that Thailand is not really that cheap as you make it sound in your OP.

Sure, there are options for cheap accommodation, you can get cheap meals etc. But that gets bored soon as well.

That's more for surviving, which is what most TEFL teachers on 35K baht p/m do.

As soon as you want to go sightseeing, travel around Thailand, go fine dinning etc etc. the costs rise quickly.

You also mentioned you want to get married, get residency, start a family.

If you want to really have a good quality of live for your future family, that amount above is not gonna cut it.

Note that I mentioned good quality of live....that's not living out of a 20 sqm room, eating 30 baht rice meals everyday with a beer.

I assume you will live in Bangkok?

In any case, to each their own.

The most dangerous European leader since Hitler. Why don't the Germans get rid of her as she is poisoning Europe.

Hitler wanted some group(s) out, Merkel, apparently, wants a certain group in.

Most posters want that certain group out.

There are some really dense posters on here.

The discussion about the "filing a false report for lost passport" is that someone suggested the OP "pretends" to have lost his passport and to go apply for a new one.

It is standard procedure to get a police report when one has lost his passport...........for whatever reason it is lost...........actually lost, or stolen.

If you file a police report for a lost passport......when in fact the passport is not really lost.....but you just pretend it is lost..........you are filing a false police report.

You then use that false police report to apply for new passport. The use of a false police report to apply for new passport is a crime (and so is filing

a police report under false pretext, a crime).

What the OP should do?

I don't know. Maybe he should just take a chance and book a flight out of BKK.....report at immigration at airport, ready to pay overstay fine,

and if they detect the false visa stamp, just pretend he did not know.

Or just report himself to immigration at airport and tell them he just found out he has overstayed his permission to stay and that he at the same time

found out that the stamp is not genuine.

Anyway, I only read through the comments until page 3, so don't know if OP has come back here or what the outcome was, if any.

I m in Bangkok, Silom area, deliberately so, after trying to cope with CM traffic madness the last few years. Guess what? Bangkok is like a ghost town, apart from taxis almost no traffic at all, think this will be my preferred location from now on for both Songkran and New Year....they all come to CM, so lets all go to BKK for a quiet relaxed holiday!!!

The scene during Songkhran will be quite different in the Silom area.

The opposite of a ghost town.

DM........Tesco's........When the manager or head of department walks bye, why do till staff stop doing their thing and Wai...? Why is that...?

Why do they give you a Wai when they hand you the receipt?

They wai you? Always?

Will they also check all the wiring?

So if you pack any battery-run electronic device (phone, tablet, notebook, electronic thermometer, etc) or even an ordinary cigarette lighter

in your suitcase that you drop off at check-in counter, it will not get in the airplane's cargo hold?

Doesn't one usually already get the clearance when one's luggage is scanned at the entrance to the check-in counter area?

I'm just imagining the situation at Terminal 2 DM airport, I haven't been to the new Terminal 1 yet.

Whenever I am held back when waiting to board a domestic flight here, to let a monk board first, I think: "is he not supposed to walk it?".

The main reason apart from Drink is that Thai are very impatient and hate waiting one second for anything.

Even though they are the total opposite when they walk.

I hardly ever tip. Not because I am cheap, but because the service received is not satisfactory enough to make a tip deserved.

When is it deserved? When the staff is REALLY friendly and welcoming and attentive and grateful that you

chose their establishment instead of next door.

As for service charge: if I am ever surprised with it after I've eaten and get the bill, I'll smile, pay, no tip, and make

a mental note to not return. Especially if the menu prices are already relatively high.

I'm not saying they should not include a service charge, they are free to do so, same as I am free to eat somewhere else.

As for the OP's question as to can one refuse to pay it: I guess if it is not advertised or mentioned

anywhere (menu, signboard or wherever), one could make a point of it and refuse.

OP should try it and see where it gets him.

Did he really think he could get on the airplane with 1.6 KG of heroine strapped around his waist under a shirt undetected?

This is proof that heroine is detrimental to one's brain skills.

I guess K. Prayuth did not communicate this with

the Bangkok police commander who will only fine

offenders with a lower fine at THB 100 and a signed promise to not do it again, as a New Year's gift.

Thanks Ubonjoe!!

Is there a surchage for the Laos visa fee when getting one at the Mukdahan/Savannakhet border on a Sunday afternoon? Or is it the normal fee of 30 or 35 dollars?

Thanks.

@Kasset Tak

Many thanks!!

You are on a Non Imm O. Presumably a multiple entry Non Imm O visa.

Doing a visa run (exit/re-enter to get another 90 days 'permission to stay') will have no effect whatsoever on your work permit.

Getting an "extension of stay" based on being married to a Thai, will also not affect your work permit.

For your work permit it is only required that you have a non immigrant visa (O or B ).

Should you quit your job and thus cancel the work permit, your Non Imm O visa will also not be effected and will remain valid.

I've done the combination Non Imm O + work permit for several years.

I have not done an "extension of stay" from a non imm O though.

When you get an "extension of stay" from your Non Imm O, immigration will not look at whether you work or not

or whether you have a work permit or not, they will primarily look at whether you are still married and

have sufficient funds or income.

The Labor Department, that issues the work permit, will primarily look if you have a valid non imm visa (O or B )

It would be different if you would have a Non Imm B: in that case, immigration would want to see a valid work permit with enough

time remaining before expiry.

From the website of the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

Non-Immigrant Visa “B” - (business and work)

2. Application for Visa

2.1 Non-Immigrant Visa Category “B” (Business Visa) is issued to applicants who wish to enter the Kingdom to work or to conduct business.
(1) Foreigners who wish to work in Thailand must provide the following documents:
- Passport or travel document with validity of not less than 6 months.
- Completed visa application form.
- Recent passport-sized photograph (4 x 6 cm) of the applicant taken within the past 6 months.
- Evidence of adequate finance (20,000 Baht per person and 40,000 Baht per family).

Does anyone know if the Thai Consulate at Savannakhet currently request to show this amount (in cash?) when applying for

a Non Imm B single entry?? (I know there is no mention of it on the website of this consulate, but asking just to be sure....maybe that consulate's website is not up to date).

Thanks!

Why do you refer to racism?

The objections most of the protesters have, have nothing to do with the race of the immigrants, but more to do with the perceived alterior motives of the immigrants: free handouts, free accommodation, free education, with intent to settle instead of seeking temporary refuge, without the intention and willingness to assimilate (and why would a people of a nation not have the right to expect newcomers to adjust and assimilate, why would that be racist??). This while the natives themselves have worked hard to build the country and have endured cut backs when necessary.

The problem for the protesters is not to provide temporary refuge to those in need, the problem is that the refugees receive, and demand, the golden treatment, while the natives themselves have been and are burdened under high taxes, or have been on housing waiting lists for years and years. This is where the gripe of those protesters comes from.

Then there are those that are concerned of the possible threat of letting in muslims that might have radical intentions.

How is all that racist?

You and others with similar attitudes need to stop spouting rhetoric and get your head around current Dutch legislation / policy development concerning support for positively vetted asylum seekers versus those that have been refused asylum.

EU security forces in some countries have identified the violent right, both their actions and ideology, as a direct threat to national security, I don't see people with views such as yours condemning their activities, much more likely cheering them on.

What rhetoric am I spouting? I'm simply giving examples of the reasons that many of the protesters have to go out and protest.

Their reasons. In response to a post that just puts anyone who protests or objects away as a racist.

The example of reasons I gave, which are are real reasons of concern with many people, have nothing to do with racism. That was the point I was making.

Your post reads as if you are saying that because there is legislation, or new policy is being developed to deal with the influx of immigrants,

the citizens should just accept it and stay quiet. Since when has change come, any change (!), from staying quiet?

As for me, I share the sentiment of many others that the able-bodied men should stay there/return there to fight for their own land.

Real refugees from the real war zones should receive proper refuge until it is safe to return to where they came from, and actually return to their own land.

Most people in Europe want to help real refugees, but the point is, there are many people among the refugees that are not refugees, that come from

countries where it is safe to stay. These are opportunists that come to take advantage of the welfare that is in place for real refugees and asylum seekers.

It is those opportunists that most people are opposed to being let in. Most Europeans are very unsatisfied with how European governments are

handling the whole situation and they have no faith it will change for the better, despite promises of better policies.

Why do you refer to racism?

The objections most of the protesters have, have nothing to do with the race of the immigrants, but more to do with the perceived alterior motives

of the immigrants: free handouts, free accommodation, free education, with intent to settle instead of seeking temporary refuge, without the intention

and willingness to assimilate (and why would a people of a nation not have the right to expect newcomers to adjust and assimilate, why would that be racist??).

This while the natives themselves have worked hard to build the country and have endured cut backs when necessary.

The problem for the protesters is not to provide temporary refuge to those in need, the problem is that the refugees receive, and demand, the golden treatment,

while the natives themselves have been and are burdened under high taxes, or have been on housing waiting lists for years and years.

This is where the gripe of those protesters comes from.

Then there are those that are concerned of the possible threat of letting in muslims that might have radical intentions.

How is all that racist?

Racism can come in many guises, this incident is specifically aimed at the refugees from Syria.

Would you swap your position for theirs and still support your argument? Your burden equals theirs and taxes and waiting lists are just as tedious as gassing, rape and murder?

As I stated earlier - take your gripe to Brussels or Den Hague as they are the source of the problem - the people getting attacked are not the decision makers - they are just a soft target for the extremists to show off their right-wing lunacy.

These guys were rent-a-mob, hardly a just cause.

Not an answer to the question: why call it racism when the objections have nothing to do with RACE?

By the way, I was giving an explanation as to what the motivation/consideration of (a lot of) the protesters is, I did not say it is my gripe (not saying it is or isn't).

Why do you refer to racism?

The objections most of the protesters have, have nothing to do with the race of the immigrants, but more to do with the perceived alterior motives of the immigrants: free handouts, free accommodation, free education, with intent to settle instead of seeking temporary refuge, without the intention and willingness to assimilate (and why would a people of a nation not have the right to expect newcomers to adjust and assimilate, why would that be racist??). This while the natives themselves have worked hard to build the country and have endured cut backs when necessary.

The problem for the protesters is not to provide temporary refuge to those in need, the problem is that the refugees receive, and demand, the golden treatment, while the natives themselves have been and are burdened under high taxes, or have been on housing waiting lists for years and years. This is where the gripe of those protesters comes from.

Then there are those that are concerned of the possible threat of letting in muslims that might have radical intentions.

How is all that racist?

From the original OP: ".....her boyfriend had earlier seen her decline an incoming call from Khun Wattanachai aged 23, a work colleague of the victim. This angered the victim who then called his work colleague and demanded he come to his house to discuss the problem face-to-face. Less than one hour later the man arrived with a male and female friend. Inside the apartment of the victim strong words quickly turned to violence and it is alleged that Khun Wattanachai and his male friend attacked the victim with a knife and metal stick."

The third guy already brought friends along to 'discuss' the matter, with knife and metal stick.

The Fugly Four

Savannakhet want two 3.5 X 4.5 cm photos as shown on this application form.

They will be open on the 4th of January. But you can be sure they will be busy after being closed on the 31st and 1st.

Thanks!!

I will get some new photographs then, as I now still have 4x6 from last time.

I plan to go to Savannakhet some time next week.

Well the guy did put some effort into playing the part.