sonnyJ

Cheers for the all replys.

All I asked was a simple question, how to get a work permit before BBA..????

Shows some intelligent. No?

Just asked some help/advice.

You members seem to be too posh for it..

Let me rephrase it a simple question.

What is this forum for?

All I am asking is advice, not official legal counseling.

Especially on the work permit side. Is it nescessary to really have a bachellors degree for that?

I'm sure this topic has been gone through over and over again but my search results get a bit confusing.

Could someone with expertise provide simple explanation/links on the process?

I want to register a company with a few Thai partners. What are the requirements? for registering and for my WP.

Currently I'm on a yearly non-imm student visa.

Thank you.

How come my post has been removed, early hours of today that is???

In previous threads on this topic, posters have claimed that Thai law doesn't literally say that an actual passport must be carried on you at all times as proof of ID; rather, just some form of ID. Of course this may be re-interpreted on the spot, but if that's true then a Thai driving license and/or passport photocopy should be sufficient. I wonder if you'd be jailed if you did produce a photocopy, offered to show the passport at home or in office, and then refused to pay the B500-1000 fine? Guess nobody's willing to find out.

Hi,

could you please provide a link to this as it seems a new law for me. This does apply for the Thai nationals who obviously have to have an ID card at all times and hand it over when demanded by BIB. By my understanding the Aliens are required to carry the original passport at all times. Personally, in Bangkok, I have been stopped at my home soi or taxi and got searched for drugs many times, no talk of ID/passport arose.

Peace.

Sounds very possible LaoPo.

Anyway I thought The Lord Of War was a cool movie.

Haven't they checked your place yet, Mr Snrang?

It's a full out war on internet users. Be warned.

In that case, notebook is not recommended.

Just to remind you that coconuts, farangs and even Thais fall at same speed if they have not grown wings or such. It's called gravity.

HP dv9000 series 17'' is a good deal for around 60,000. They even have decent graphics installed.

At where I come from, Scandinavia, I had never heard of tipping before talking to some American guys. I think it's their invention and maybe practised in some south European countries where the wages are low. I would tip for a great service though anywhere, if I intented to return some day. In Thailand it is not customary to tip at all. It's more of a face thing to be picking up 1 baht coins which is too much trouble. If I want to tip I feel coins are embarrassing and don't make the point, ususally 20 baht per person would be enough. If they bring me the change in a huge pile of coins though, trying to force me to tip or even dare to demand a tip, I consider a bad service and they get absolutely nothing.

I think the state of the economy/lack of tourists has an effect these days, causing the demands for tips. Also the tourists who over tip, usually Americans makes people think that every farang should tip.

Thais who tip, they create a new patron /client relationship, no tip is 'free' here.

Anything new in this case?

There's a little bit of excitement around 2am .. Manager sent news sms to their subscribers (including me) at 02.01am to let people know that the "torch" arrived in Thailand already! I would be really p*ssed off if I was asleep. Anyways, a bit more in the news sms was that authority would put tight security and would make sure there's no disruption of the relay.

This one is from me: Thailand has long developed "good" relationship with China and it wants to keep it that way. And I won't make any further comments on that since I still wanna keep my head on my shoulders

Surely a cleverer way of protesting would be to make a Fake Olympic Torch and take it round the world, where you could organise protests without the Chinogov forces interfering!

If you can't protest the real torch in Bangkok - MAKE A FAKE ONE! and protest that uninterrupted! Get some celebs involved to get the cameras in, and Bob's your uncle!

That's exactly what they did in India. Was fun to watch the police attacking the (fake) torch. Gives it somehow a serious twist one might say.

Maybe people should do this test before deciding what religion they are?

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html

You might be surprised by the results.

I actually posted this last year on another thread so sorry for the repetition.

Great questionnaire, very accurate IMHO I'm Wiccan and the results came back,

Kinda scary to see what came back in the lower couple of the top 10 though *shiver*

Thanks, interesting survey.

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)

2. Mahayana Buddhism (97%)

3. Theravada Buddhism (90%)

4. Neo-Pagan (89%)

5. Liberal Quakers (88%)

6. Taoism (83%)

7. Secular Humanism (81%)

8. New Age (79%)

9. Hinduism (72%)

10. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (69%)

11. Scientology (62%)

12. New Thought (61%)

13. Jainism (58%)

14. Orthodox Quaker (57%)

15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (55%)

16. Nontheist (51%)

17. Reform Judaism (48%)

18. Sikhism (44%)

19. Bahá'í Faith (41%)

20. Seventh Day Adventist (31%)

21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (26%)

22. Orthodox Judaism (21%)

23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (20%)

24. Islam (18%)

25. Jehovah's Witness (16%)

26. Eastern Orthodox (15%)

27. Roman Catholic (15%)

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)

2. Mahayana Buddhism (97%)

3. Theravada Buddhism (90%)

4. Neo-Pagan (89%)

5. Liberal Quakers (88%)

6. Taoism (83%)

7. Secular Humanism (81%)

8. New Age (79%)

9. Hinduism (72%)

10. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (69%)

11. Scientology (62%)

12. New Thought (61%)

13. Jainism (58%)

14. Orthodox Quaker (57%)

15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (55%)

16. Nontheist (51%)

17. Reform Judaism (48%)

18. Sikhism (44%)

19. Bahá'í Faith (41%)

20. Seventh Day Adventist (31%)

21. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (26%)

22. Orthodox Judaism (21%)

23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (20%)

24. Islam (18%)

25. Jehovah's Witness (16%)

26. Eastern Orthodox (15%)

27. Roman Catholic (15%)

Do I have to say more, had to choose the other box.

The place to get the stamp office at Suv. is, at least was last year between the domestic entrance/and the international passport check. After the check in counters. So do it before you check in any luggage.

Can someone verify this crazy over estimated price at the island?

Terrible though it is, it's also extremely common. As said, we see Africans habitually chancing it across the med'; not to mention the influx of eastern Europeans to the West, and Chinese peasants too... even in northern Italy, where there were anti-Chinese immigrant riots not too long ago. I'm sure Americans could report the huge Latino influx north.

This is a direct result of globalisation and free-market capitalism, and the neo-colonialist policy of immigrationism where you institutionalise the import of cheap labour from the developing world to keep costs low for the relatively affluent and exploit the working classes of the host population and the poor immigrants... it's like covert slavery... it's promoted the massive growth of human trafficking and effective slave-trade that profits only criminal gangs like these and ruling elites, whether gangster regimes like in Burma, or corporate capitalist regimes like in the "West".

It isn't sustainable; it's also immoral.

Unfortunately, I think as global population growth seems to be exponential in some parts of the developing world, this is only going to get worse, as increasing numbers of desparate people fight over pressured resources. The rice riots across the world are alarming and depressing forebodings of what may come.

In pre-emptive response to any criticisms...

...No, I'm not a commie; but I am an ethical patriot: because I believe in putting people before profits; and because I believe in putting my own ethnic group before aliens and immigrants in my own country.

...Solution to human trafficking... The "West" needs to stop immigration, and take the issue to the developing world and basically re-instate a version of locally-supported colonialism, where we create Special Economic Zones in the developing world, and train and manage the people to manage themselves better... a sort of merger of the UN and NATO.

Of course, I'm well aware that this sounds naive and idealistic now; but I'm not so sure it will in a couple of decades time when world population is up another 50%...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population

...and food (farmable land) and freshwater resources,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_security...al_water_crisis

...even in Thailand... the Mekong could be reduced to a trickle over the next 30 years... Camel Treks across the Isaan desert might be nice though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_security...o_food_security

At the end of the day, these poor people risked all because there ain't no Clint Eastwood to ride into town and kick out the baddies; because Burma's puppetmaster China has such an enormous positive trade balance with the "West", and "our" governments are too short-termist and cowardly to take on China... we can see from the pugilistic, arrogant, and aggressive response from the Chinese to the public ourpouring of revulsion with Chinese behaviour in Tibet before these Olympics the monster we're feeding.

The only hope is that the pro-Tibet, anti-China protests gather such momentum that they force democratic governments to stand up to China, and threaten the boycott of the Olympics... that's the key to stopping this kind of human trafficking happening in the first place.

I read though, that the influx of Burmese, and South Asians into Thailand is starting to alarm even Thai people. My wife, from a military family, is particulary hostile to this... including the Sino-Thais (the fair skinned ones with extra-long Thai made-up names - "chitty-chitty-bang-bangs" as my wife called them!)

Hear,hear.

Terrible though it is, it's also extremely common. As said, we see Africans habitually chancing it across the med'; not to mention the influx of eastern Europeans to the West, and Chinese peasants too... even in northern Italy, where there were anti-Chinese immigrant riots not too long ago. I'm sure Americans could report the huge Latino influx north.

This is a direct result of globalisation and free-market capitalism, and the neo-colonialist policy of immigrationism where you institutionalise the import of cheap labour from the developing world to keep costs low for the relatively affluent and exploit the working classes of the host population and the poor immigrants... it's like covert slavery... it's promoted the massive growth of human trafficking and effective slave-trade that profits only criminal gangs like these and ruling elites, whether gangster regimes like in Burma, or corporate capitalist regimes like in the "West".

It isn't sustainable; it's also immoral.

Unfortunately, I think as global population growth seems to be exponential in some parts of the developing world, this is only going to get worse, as increasing numbers of desparate people fight over pressured resources. The rice riots across the world are alarming and depressing forebodings of what may come.

In pre-emptive response to any criticisms...

...No, I'm not a commie; but I am an ethical patriot: because I believe in putting people before profits; and because I believe in putting my own ethnic group before aliens and immigrants in my own country.

...Solution to human trafficking... The "West" needs to stop immigration, and take the issue to the developing world and basically re-instate a version of locally-supported colonialism, where we create Special Economic Zones in the developing world, and train and manage the people to manage themselves better... a sort of merger of the UN and NATO.

Of course, I'm well aware that this sounds naive and idealistic now; but I'm not so sure it will in a couple of decades time when world population is up another 50%...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population

...and food (farmable land) and freshwater resources,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_security...al_water_crisis

...even in Thailand... the Mekong could be reduced to a trickle over the next 30 years... Camel Treks across the Isaan desert might be nice though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_security...o_food_security

At the end of the day, these poor people risked all because there ain't no Clint Eastwood to ride into town and kick out the baddies; because Burma's puppetmaster China has such an enormous positive trade balance with the "West", and "our" governments are too short-termist and cowardly to take on China... we can see from the pugilistic, arrogant, and aggressive response from the Chinese to the public ourpouring of revulsion with Chinese behaviour in Tibet before these Olympics the monster we're feeding.

The only hope is that the pro-Tibet, anti-China protests gather such momentum that they force democratic governments to stand up to China, and threaten the boycott of the Olympics... that's the key to stopping this kind of human trafficking happening in the first place.

I read though, that the influx of Burmese, and South Asians into Thailand is starting to alarm even Thai people. My wife, from a military family, is particulary hostile to this... including the Sino-Thais (the fair skinned ones with extra-long Thai made-up names - "chitty-chitty-bang-bangs" as my wife called them!)

Hear,hear.

Terrible though it is, it's also extremely common. As said, we see Africans habitually chancing it across the med'; not to mention the influx of eastern Europeans to the West, and Chinese peasants too... even in northern Italy, where there were anti-Chinese immigrant riots not too long ago. I'm sure Americans could report the huge Latino influx north.

This is a direct result of globalisation and free-market capitalism, and the neo-colonialist policy of immigrationism where you institutionalise the import of cheap labour from the developing world to keep costs low for the relatively affluent and exploit the working classes of the host population and the poor immigrants... it's like covert slavery... it's promoted the massive growth of human trafficking and effective slave-trade that profits only criminal gangs like these and ruling elites, whether gangster regimes like in Burma, or corporate capitalist regimes like in the "West".

It isn't sustainable; it's also immoral.

Unfortunately, I think as global population growth seems to be exponential in some parts of the developing world, this is only going to get worse, as increasing numbers of desparate people fight over pressured resources. The rice riots across the world are alarming and depressing forebodings of what may come.

In pre-emptive response to any criticisms...

...No, I'm not a commie; but I am an ethical patriot: because I believe in putting people before profits; and because I believe in putting my own ethnic group before aliens and immigrants in my own country.

...Solution to human trafficking... The "West" needs to stop immigration, and take the issue to the developing world and basically re-instate a version of locally-supported colonialism, where we create Special Economic Zones in the developing world, and train and manage the people to manage themselves better... a sort of merger of the UN and NATO.

Of course, I'm well aware that this sounds naive and idealistic now; but I'm not so sure it will in a couple of decades time when world population is up another 50%...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population

...and food (farmable land) and freshwater resources,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_security...al_water_crisis

...even in Thailand... the Mekong could be reduced to a trickle over the next 30 years... Camel Treks across the Isaan desert might be nice though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_security...o_food_security

At the end of the day, these poor people risked all because there ain't no Clint Eastwood to ride into town and kick out the baddies; because Burma's puppetmaster China has such an enormous positive trade balance with the "West", and "our" governments are too short-termist and cowardly to take on China... we can see from the pugilistic, arrogant, and aggressive response from the Chinese to the public ourpouring of revulsion with Chinese behaviour in Tibet before these Olympics the monster we're feeding.

The only hope is that the pro-Tibet, anti-China protests gather such momentum that they force democratic governments to stand up to China, and threaten the boycott of the Olympics... that's the key to stopping this kind of human trafficking happening in the first place.

I read though, that the influx of Burmese, and South Asians into Thailand is starting to alarm even Thai people. My wife, from a military family, is particulary hostile to this... including the Sino-Thais (the fair skinned ones with extra-long Thai made-up names - "chitty-chitty-bang-bangs" as my wife called them!)

Hear,hear.

how sad. thats awful.

and to think that the thai police have stuck the survivors in a nasty thai jail! and yes, I wonder if they ever do anything about the smugglers that recieved a nice big sum of money ffrom these poor immigrants.

where is the heart? surely the immigrants deserved a bit of nice treatment for the ordeal they went through. being arrested after such a sad event is the icing on the cake!!

and some rich smugglers are probably having a great time somewhere, enjoying life and its benefits... I wonder if a few police were ever paid off too by these guys.

appauling that the 'little guy' ends up at the bottom.

yup. absolutely... my heart goes to the families and the people that died.

and, 'shame' on the thai system

Yes tragic indeed.

Again education, education, education.

Remember they were/are illegal immigrants and have probably heard of the risks.

Of course the smugglers have paid the right people and will never be stopped by whis system we live in.

Rock n' Roll didn't come just for a visit.

"Join the Marines. Travel to exotic places and meet interesting people, and kill them."

That one made me laugh.

Thank you for proving my point.

Did make me laugh also when saw these first time, around 12-y old I was.

So this guy is admitting to own these shirts for a cheap laugh.

I cry for both of you.

If HTE is brit then there are him and ex-PM so far.

This is an serious matter and I started it kind of (off topic). It should end here.

Whats wrong with cartoons? Have you ever read a danish TV-mag?

At least HTE is allowed to visit Cuba I presume.

Typical American attitude. Believe in freedom of expression, as long as it's something they agree with.

Im English and like i said people can wear what they like no matter how offensive, but they have to expect someone who is offended by a blatantly offensive tshirt to use their "freedom of expression" to verbally challenge them.

If someone were to wear a tshirt glorifying the murder of millions of jews is that ok, or how about one supporting pedophilia, is it just a case that its their "freedom of expression" and people shouldnt take offence.

If i were to wear a certain well known sex pistols tshirt that could be redesigned to mock a member of another countries royal family is that something that is just "freedom of expression" or is it offensive.

Wear and do what you desire but if it mocks or glorifies people being murdered or abused then the person wearing it is obviously a fool.

Between the lines I can read that these people should get good bashing or killed HTC? Something what would be less likely to happen with a simple fuc3 off w/finger shirt I believe.

Wear and do what you desire but if it mocks or glorifies people being murdered or abused then the person wearing it is obviously a fool: And you think they deserve that?

Fools them are yes.

I think you live in the wrong part of the World by what I read.

You could run for a president/PM.

If Americans can wear army/navy/airforce regalia, then others can wear Osama shirts IMHO.

To come out with such a stupid comment you have to be one of them brainless fools who wears a Che Guevara t shirt, the murdering communist terrorist.

People can wear what they like but if it is blatantly offensive then they cannot cry and plead innocence when they get into trouble.

If i'd seen someone wearing that in England i would have said something in LOS you just let it go.

Typical American attitude. Believe in freedom of expression, as long as it's something they agree with.

pickel: On the right track.

howtoescape: Do you still think it was Osama destroying the WTC? most americans don't.

How was Che murderous terrorist? and why?