Khun Robert

I do not know the poster or his wife.

I read the story and sofar all the replies and all with the same outcome bad Thai lady.

Why is it always bad Thai lady, the OP could just try to get away with something he did and just want support.

He says he did not steal the gold, nice to read but did he steal it or not.

How did he treat his wife, why are they seperated and only communication by e-mail?

Did she caught him making love with another bar girl or ladyboy?

Who knows. Only themselves. 

Sorry I can not give any advice on what you have to do, this because I do not know what happend and what is the truth.

Arresting illegal immigrants, raids on construction sites?  Sharply higher fines for employing illegal immigrants. Sending people to an  IDC and deportation? OMG, Sweden will go bankrupt, the whole economy will collapse.  No more work force to get jobs done.  No more tourist will come to this once so nice country.  Their Government does not have a clue what they do.  Or are these comments only good when it happens in Thailand?

40 minutes ago, JackThompson said:

Same subject in general - but hardly the same type of case(s).  Immigration policies in my passport-country are useless, because people can literally just "walk around" points of entry, enter illegally, then are free to live, work, take govt-handouts, and get drivers licenses, as if they were legal residents.   Every one of these illegal-immigrants, and even most legal ones, make our nation and citizens poorer.  If ONLY we had the same "problem" as Thailand - "too many" people wanting to come with Their Own Money to Spend into our economy, while taking NO taxpayer-funded handouts and jobs from locals.

 

As to processing entries - yes, I think they need more personnel, so they can do a full-scan of every passport, and ask any relevant questions - to be sure no actual dangerous-people get in.  But there are really only 2 questions to ponder:

1. Is this person a national-security risk (i.e. dangerous / criminal)?
2. Is this person from a country with lower wages than Thailand, thus likely to be here to take a Thai's job?

If "yes" on #1 - bye. 

If "yes" on #2, questions and possible refusal of entry. 

But if "No" on both, where's the problem?
 

"Welfare" in The Netherlands pays better than most Thai-jobs - certainly more than an "under the table" job with no work-permit. 

I cannot find any logic for a denial, other than someone in the chain of authority is angry that a change/limit to Tourist-Visa rules hasn't happened, so they are twisting the law to "do it by other means."  

Every year I see lots of Foreigners coming into Thailand and living the dream of Scuba Dive master and/or Scuba Dive Instructor.

Often without work permits and yes lower wage then "welfare" in the Netherlands. But on the other hand, living the dream, laying on a white sand beach, scuba diving alongside coral reefs in clear water with lots of marine life. And if they do a good job, they may have a nice paid holiday, some for only 6 months high season, some stay 1 year or even longer.

55 minutes ago, lordblackader said:

Got to love Thaivisa for comments like this when the answer is simply a quick Google search away, let alone the search box here on Thaivisa itself. 

Sounds the same as: Got the love Thaivisa for questions like this when the answer is simply a quick Google search away, let alone the search box here on Thaivisa itself. 

Stamps in passports are easily identified, just by reading your passport, but a lot of people call every stamp a visa.

Some even invent names like a jojo visa, after some questions it came out to be an Multiple Re-Entry Permit.

It makes it many times hard to give a proper advice directly

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Nice statement: 

“It was a bad situation for us when the 300 baht minimum wage policy was approved, but this is worse,” said the confederation’s Nauvarat Songswaddichai.

300 Thb for an Employee was bad, so we kicked them all out and replaced them with illegal foreing labors with less salaries.

But how and with whom do we replace illegal foreigners?

You're young enough to go for Citizenship. Takes some years but can be done.

Reading this kind of topics is like reading a comic book, always makes me laugh.

All Farangs/Expats getting upset and start typing fast and furious all kind of comments, some to the point, some just to stear it up.

But above all, I read about breaking laws and have to take care, I bring in and paid millions of Thai Baht so I can do.

Most of the comments is against enforcement by Police, Immigration or Ministry of Labour.

Time for the next topic: Driving in Thailand. All these people are pro enforcement of laws by Police, till they get stopped driving motorbikes without a helmet.

Then they shout out loud: Police needs pocket money.

Make up your minds, every country has laws, rules and enforcement. Some in your benefit, most of them not.

I agree with this new rules, all employees should be legal, registered, pay tax and have a right to Social Security and Insurance.

What we see now is just the result of Human Trafficking, lots of illegal migrants who worked long days of hard manual labour for small wages

are kicked out by their employers. People who paid Agents money for a job in Thailand, got here without Passport, Visa etc.

The Employer can tell them all he want, let them do all he want with a simple sentence: I report you to Immigration.

And all with an excuse that I also read in the comments: Thais do not want to do this kind of work.

Ask yourself the question: Do You want to do this kind of work for that kind of money under the same circumstances?

I went today to see how it is like. a Group of 20 Thai people all in light green T-shirts walked down the beach and picknick area to clean up. Full garbage bags on the road side and emty ones tight to the trees. I counted 10 garbage bin recycle point in one view, did not walk to the end to see if there are more. 2 ladys from National Park are cleaning all day every day. The biggest picknick sport looks clean to me.

Daily early morning clean up from National Park Rangers, daily afternoon clean up by local Government. Private company collect all the trash bags every evening and put new bags around trees. Big signs in Thai, English and Chinese: Do Not Litter, fine 2.000 Thb everywhere. National Park put many garbage bins in place, 3 at one spot, with pictures and text for recycling.

But in the weekend, No ranger, no Government or private company. Every Monday it is a mess. Garbage bags still empty, garbage bins partly used and the trash everywhere.

Time for enforcing the rule of Do not litter. Fine a few days everybody that leave something behind and people will start learning the hard way. Unfortunately it is not only the Thai tourist.

I normally take my phone, type in the number of my house telephone and push dail.

Only way that works for me to call home. On the other hand when I'm not at home

nobody will be answering the ringing phone.

I don't know about authorities turning a blind eye. I do know about Scuba Diving Instructors got arrested for performing Scuba lessons at Koh Phi Phi.  They had work permits from their shops in Phuket and Koh Phi Phi is part of Krabi Province.

Also here in Krabi, last high season a group of Immigration Police together with Tourist Police were checking work permits and the address where you are working. No blind eyes here. 

Good for some people to know.

If you can not collect enough at Kao San Road and surrounding area, you can

always go to Rawai pier. As long as you're not a Sea Gypsy.

Thanks for clearing. Should I delete the topic or can you close it, before long discussions start?

I just saw a post coming by on Facebook, linked to a German Thailand tip website with a article about new visa regulations starting on 12 August 2017.

The regulation change is that tourists doing back to back border runs or using back to back 60 day Tourist visa will from now on get an in/out stamp as warning

and from 13 Aug 2017 onward they would not be allowed to come back to Thailand unless they can show a valid and correct visa and proofs of purpose for their intended stay.

This new rule supposed to come from Chief Immigration South Thailand Tatchai Pitaneelabut and Police Inspector at Songai Kolok already confirmed that at his

border check point more than 100 border runners a day are refused entries into Thailand.

Source of this article is: Thai Visa The Nation.

I can find nothing about this change on your forums,  thats the reason for this question as it seems you are the source who made this news.

Is this really the way English justice system is working?

In 2005 seemed to be unfit for trail, than nothing happens till 2013. 8 years nothing?

He flied to Thailand and just because he had some overstay, Immigration took him and find out that he has been charged so they hand him over to UK’s National Crime Agency and they bring him to trail in 2017.

Good he is found guilty and locked up for 18 years, or will he be after a few years of the hook for good behavior and old age, not fit to stay in Prison or maybe: He have to take care the properties in Thailand so we give him a one way ticket.

30 minutes ago, Jeremy50 said:

Classes can be unruly to say the least, 45 students all talking and shouting in Thai, running around, throwing things, can be a test for even the most good natured and professional teacher.

I read all the comments but this one makes me laugh.

Children in Thailand at school are shouting in Thai.

It is their National Language, what do you expect?

It is no excuse that even the local teachers speak Thai, you came to this country as an English teacher but you did not know the National language.

Abusing students is wrong, teaching a foreign language in another than your home country is nice, but to understand your students and colleagues you have to speak their language.

So, out of the more than 1600 boats, 100 stopped their service due to high waves.

National Park is again rising red flags on the islands, which is the destination of the tourists.

Seems not safe to me or proactive thinking, send out the boat on high waves and rain to arrive at an island to be told there are waves and it rains, be careful.

In mine humble opinion the red flag should be waved at the harbor or departure place and National Park should just close the harbor for safety till better sea conditions.

Soon in Thailand, New cars for DSI???

Did they look to much to their Dubai collegues?

More and more I read Police Monitoring websites.

And still I read many times, I live in Thailand, I work in Thailand where is

the easiest  place to get another tourist visa?

The day this Police Monitoring team starts to act on forums and facebook, many will have a problem.

Nice long statement of Buick. His American parents moved to another town, his American friends change plans all the time, his American bank

change policy about money transfers, Time difference between America and Thailand, he does not like to visit an American Police station.

And that is the reason it is not convenience to apply for a Visa or Extension of Stay in Thailand.

You can get advice on a forum, but nobody can tell you 100 % that your application will be approved and getting back in the country

is as without any hassle or question of an Immigration Officer.

If and I say IF it help to let Police volunteers sitting on the side doing totally nothing about traffic control but being busy with their Line, Facebook, what ever account, eating and drinking but the amount of death in traffic accidents go down I would say: Can you please let them sit down their every day and night.

It is worth one less death.

a Little over 2 years ago, the Government sent over Marine Biologist 

Dr Thon Thamrongnawasat to see what is going on at Mu Koh Phi Phi

National Park. He came in not introduced, looked around as tourist and

after his findings he introduced himself. Many staff from Mu Koh Phi Phi

National Park, from Ranger till the head man went to inactive places.

The income with the new ticket system multiplied big times. Only 10 % of the income is for the park, the park bought this year 14 speedboats to control the 

area out of that 10%. There is now zero policy, toward tourist who like spear fishing, against rangers who like to pocket some extra cash, against boat owners without license, against entrepreneurs who rent out umbrella and beach chairs, against illegal fishing etc etc.

Things changed, people got and get fired. Last few days 65 boat owners got fined for not having a proper license. They started to educate people on the beach about recycle and do not litter on beaches. Please give them a little credit. I understand because I read Thai Visa daily: Thais are stupid and put all the money in their pockets, at least that is the standard on this forum. But how many of you did actually visit this National Park in the last year? For me if an Organization like Mu Koh Phi Phi National Park starts and try to actually save what is left I will support them no matter what you think.

It is a start, maybe with baby steps, but no one in the world won a marathon on his first birthday.

So many people claimed on forums and social media that the entrance fee

of National Parks ends up in the pocket of the Park Rangers.

I posted earlier that Phi Phi National Park bought 14 speedboats to control the

area. During Songkran they controlled the beaches, handing out garbage bags and informing the people about the importance of taking care the garbage rather than leaving it on the beach. They set up an information stand, where people could hand in their garbage bags, and separate the garbage for recycle.

And now this news, he pocketed 1600 Thb but got arrested and is facing

harsh punishment. Mu Koh Phi Phi National Park is on the good track, but

many more thing are there for improvement.

Properly the argument will come from those with a negative view about Thai people: He took money what belongs to his chief.