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What med news site? Is it credible or run by a random guy on the internet?

I agree with the link at Planned Parenthood. Especially that gender identity and sexual orientation are two separate issues that are often mixed up.

Yes, people who identify as the gender opposite to their body - their birth gender - are transgender, either a transman or a transwoman. I believe that you opinion comes from lack of experience with any transgender people. And you are right, they are not mentioned in the list. I take it the list is a satire.

Congratulations! How long did it take 1.) From your documents arriving at the MOI to the interview, and 2.) From the interview to yesterday?

True, they care more about profit than the cause. The culture in the US is way behind many other countries in tolerance and acceptance. I don't think that we should discourage other companies from promoting gay values even in that country, though. Keep encouraging them to show gay/lesbian couples, I say. Even if they do it only for the pink dollar, the more people see these couples, the more it becomes normal and nothing to get upset about.

Sorry, I disagree. Yes, the companies only go for the pink dollar and don't care too much about the content. On the other hand, they show LGBT+ couples, something that would have been impossible just a few decades ago. The more often the general public sees gay/lesbian couples, the more "normal" it will become to also see them on the streets, and young people are encouraged to come out. Let the companies do what they do, I say, as it does have a positive effect towards tolerance and acceptance.

In addition to what other's said: - Citizenship allows you to own your own company. Once the AEC Blueprint is implemented, you will also be able to own more than 50% of your company in certain other ASEAN countries. - You can buy the land on which your house stands. Or any other land in Thailand for that matter. - You can choose jobs that are forbidden for foreigners, such as becoming a motorcycle taxi driver. - You won't need a visa for Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Russia and other countries. - And of course, no more yearly hassle for the re-entry permit (pardon me, Non-Imm Visa and endorsement) which make the PR anything but permanent. This is admittedly more a pet peeve of mine than a real problem.

I've been waiting for the MOI interview since May 2019.

Same here, my passport is always full within 2-3 years. That's why I really liked the auto-gates: No stamps.

Yeah, they told me that also. I advised them that the stamp has no meaning anymore since immigration has everything in their computers - and for a while a couple of years back, I could indeed use the autogates and thus had no stamps in either the PP nor the white book, and there was no problem. Two of the officers were confused to hear this, while the third one, probably having been stationed at Suvarnabhumi longer, confirmed this.

I just flew abroad and came back. New auto-gates have been installed. I asked at the counter where we used to apply for the registration for auto-gates whether PR holders can use the auto-gates again. I was advised that this is not the case. Asking whether it will be implemented again in the future, the immigration officers at the counter were we used to apply for it said they hadn't heard of such a plan.

That's more than half a year ago. My point exactly. In the past, they weren't they about monthly? Backlog is increasing.

It was the DOPA staff who I asked when I could expect to be invited to the MOI interview. They told me that they cannot invite anyone to interviews now, because the Minister said he will change something but had not advised yet what will change. Therefore, it cannot have been announced in the RG. When is the last time you heard about an MOI interview taking place?

I see. I never had a yellow one. When I got the blue one after being granted PR, I also had to bring the landlord and a witness in person. Luckily, it was all within the family.

Congratulations to being a Thai citizen! Is this the first time you are on that blue tabien baan, or is all this required just to change your naitionality in it?

I am surprised, as I was told at the time that I have to hold PR for 5 years before applying for citizenship. Since they have accepted your application after less than a year, this must have been wrong. Thanks for info.

Yes, I think so. Thanks.

My file was sent to MOI in April 2019 and received in May that year, so I am celebrating my 5-year anniversary of waiting for the interview. I plan to retire in six years, and I hope the process will be completed by then. Of course, before I applied for citizenship, I had to have my PR for 5 years. And in order to apply for the PR, I had to be on the same work permit for 3 years. From PR application to getting it took 6 years, that's 14 years. I lapsed 1 year before applying for citizenship (lazy me!) and have now been waiting for my interview for 5 years. So, we are talking 20 years and no end in sight. One thing you learn in Thailand is patience. 🙂

Thanks! Looking forward to your report.

Exactly, so I replied to the correct post. You are mixing up correlation and causation, please see my earlier reply to you.

Coming out is a choice, we agree on that. I won't speculate about Neeranam, though.

Yes, I agree.

May be, cannot find the post I reply to now. Someone asked how many gay Palestinians were killed by which side, that's what my comment referred to. Anyway, that question is moot.

No. Many young guys (often in their early 20s) give it a try with a guy and later fall in love with a girl instead. It's who you fall in love with that makes you gay or straight. Many a gay man has had sex with a woman. That didn't make them straight.

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