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There has been no need to arrive pre-dawn since many years. If you arrive very early (like 7am) you will be sure to be processed on the same day, but you may have a longer wait. Some prefer to arrive late, and have a shorter wait but also the risk that they run out of numbers. They start giving queue numbers at 8am (btw, not exactly in the order of arrival but in order of seating place). This said, the last two years I have used the online appointment system, works nicely but you many need to book well in advance. In general, note that the satellite office is open at Central Festival, for a number of services - however not for the extension that OP needs. There was a topic on that.

Khun Yuthasak, here's an original idea... how about foreigners pay double than Thais for airplane tickets? Just like for National Parks. Oh wait, is that ten times?... ooops.

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Covid originated in China - but they locked down the country. It was sprung on the world by the idiotic policies of WHO and, not last, a certain US president. The persecution of minorities in China is appalling, I agree, still it pales to what countries such as USA, Canada, Australia did to the native populations. Human rights again I agree, but just look around the world, both far and near, and you'll find similar - not that I want to excuse the chinese. In the end, if you hate China as a principle, it's your prerogative - though a bit puzzling that you accepted to live there to earn your living. Personally, I think that Thailand is doing the right thing, trying to please both superpowers with the knowledge that it cannot afford to openly oppose either one.

You don't give departure airport in UK, you don't give dates of travel, you don't mention if that fare allows rebooking / cancellation... what do you want people to say?

I agree that the two were heroic, and played a crucial role. But to say that Thailand did nothing but watch, if this is what you meant, is very unfair. They organized everything, and had a lot of other rescuers actively involved including an unfortunate diver who lost his life and who is not mentioned at all in the article. They are making a Hollywood movie about this, I hope it will be a fair account.

Not a UK citizen, but I still feel a sense of "good riddance". I will remember him for hijacking T. May's deal by adding a blatant lie about the customs check then be heralded as some kind of Brexit hero. And for the "we are different from the commoners" parties during Covid. Even yesterday I didn't see the attitude of someone resigning, he wouldn't leave until they literally showed him the door out. To be fair, honor to the UK for being still sufficiently democratic to be able to take him down. Something I wish the EU was able to do with von der Leyen & co.

Beauty constests are mainly a commercial enterprise driven by sponsors. The girls do not exactly wake up one morning and improvise. There's teams behind them, there's lucrative contracts at stake, in some cases the chance to settle for life. There are hundreds of beauty contests from Miss Universe to Miss Pad Thai, and what we men think or like doesn't count an iota in the process but it's fun to read all the comments.

I had to read this twice, the first time I thought you wanted to win the miss and bring her home.

I suppose the owner of two large chunks of silicon in the middle of the picture, there's no one else. But yeah, the name doesn't ring any bell.

All currencies(*) are losing against the dollar, they have been doing so for a while thanks to the sanctions on Russia which the USA ecomomy can live with but not their minions in Europe. And things have nose-dived with the new interest rates in the US. The EUR is now almost 1:1 with USD, having lost about 20% in one year. USA citizens may rejoice at this news, but if they look a little further than their nose they will realize that everything is more expensive at the end of the day also for them, since inflation is higher than the gain dollar/baht or whatever. (*) except the russian ruble, again an illusion since things which are imported are now extremely more expensive in Russia. Basically, a lose-lose for all, thanks to the genius leaders in the West.

Would it be too much to ask that pieces written by Michael Bridge are published with this name, and not as "webfact" ? Just so that we know what to expect. Thanks.

Certainly not. Easily verified to be bogus.

Nonsense. The graph you linked shows about 1% Covid mortality, at present, but in fact that means nothing since deaths and confirmed Covid cases are counted in very different and often debatable manners, depending on who's counting. e.g. in the US they would count as Covid death even people without Covid, or people positive but who died in unrelated manner such as car crash. Back on topic, if you read carefully the "prominent doctors" numbers, there's nothing to indicate a worsening of the fatalities due to new variants.

I just read the same. Talk about gun and foot. How do they even come up with such ideas ?? Anyway, I think it's so complicated to implement in practice that the proposal will be aborted. What level of surcharge, how to distinguish locals and foreigners e.g. mixed families, the fact that rooms are often booked not from the hotel but from brokers, what happens to packages like flight+hotel, and so on. But surely it will be fun to watch the forum explode when the official topic is created.

Why? It was found in Thailand. Same like a roman coin found in UK, it doesn't belong to Italy. But I see the cultural heritage aspect of course, hopefully they recover it and can display it in both THA and CAM.

See above.

Or you could check which countries are included in the visits or not, and their land borders to China.

The first culprit WHO should point the finger at is themselves, starting with their egregious director general.

Now we have no mandate, and yet most people still wear the mask (I'd say over 90% in CM). To reinstate the mandate would have no tangible effect. Either the prominent doctors want their moment in the news, or someone wants excuses to continue a state of emergency which has no justification.

Easy to say if you have a good guaranteed income. My relatives, and a lot of other people, are struggling back in Europe with utility bills tripled.

The moral compass of Europe is aligned to the NATO magnetic pole.

I accept and I am very glad that my lifestlyle is different from yours, that doesn't allow you a 20 minutes break to procure food in a whole day. I suppose also no cooking, as that takes even longer. Not to mention that even with delivery you still need to meet the driver (if you lived in that nightmare of a condo, that's a lot of time too). Then there's the issue of plastic waste and fuel, and of sedentary life... Yes, I am glad.

Apples and oranges. The airport director was referring to arrivals by air in Phuket. The 1.9M projected to 9M refers to people entering Thailand, which includes also very short visits , e.g. border crossings by land from neighbouring countries and stop-overs e.g. one night in Bangkok. Without the need of TP, these will increase a lot. We already know that in general, pre-pandemic, Malaysians hopping across the border for a weekend of drinks and "massage" are always the most numerous "tourists". I see no inconsistency with the two statements.

Interesting. I also returned abour 3 weeks ago, same address (I own my condo) and I had to do TM30 update. Also CM. I don't think being married to a Thai is the difference? I am not. Anyway, it would be good news, please post your extension experience as a reply to this. Thanks.