akc1956

I was going to ask if you got charged for the residency letter...but I see, 500 baht.

You would think this nice little earner would not require authorisation (ie the letter from the DLO), perhaps they are wary of other surreptitious uses.

Jomtiem does not require the letter, but will ask what it is for, and then insist you need 2 letters if you are applying for car and M/Cycle licences together, and charge accordingly. It isn't true of course.

I had to get 2 also, so 2x500

Where was this at?

Sakon nakhon

That was surprisingly FREE!

Today i went to Immigration to obtain a Residency Certificate for to be used in my Driving Licence application and was told by them I have to go to the Driver Licensing Office first and get a Letter from them requesting Immigration to supply such a certificate. Then present the letter at Immigration and they will then issue me with the certificate after which I can then return to the Driver Licence office and apply for my Licence. I was told this is a new ruling as last year i just went to immigration office and asked for the certificate and paid the 500 baht and it was given to me in a matter of minutes. Has anyone else heard of this ridiculous waste of time and effort? The 2 offices are about 5 miles apart.

if they are bad drivers why do they have a license in the first place. So we have to wait until they kill someone before they are classed as bad?

Just shut the bus company down until they give the drivers name.

Why Shoot a Dead Motorcyclist .? He cant run off.

Yeah, that's just typical bad grammar from a Thai reporter. Proper English would be "shoot a motorcyclist dead". Certainly no reason to shoot a motorcyclist that is already dead. RIP.

Yet again, another great example of really great police training in this country. Either these police were never instructed NOT to use deadly force on a fleeing suspect from a simple check-point or this cop had a bad psychic makeup and was just looking for a reason to use his gun. All police should go through a "Psychological Preemployment Screening". I'm sure this cop would have never passed if he had.

He would have passed cause 95% would have failed so then they just lower the pass mark until they have enough police. simple!

This is all very strange. One of the many gaps is how he came to feel hazy.

Drugged or maybe a bit too much Whiskey in pre-celebration of lottery win.

hahaha, love this story!

What a <deleted>!!!!

And no mention of charges against the crap driver who killed an innocent and admirable man, and took away a husband and father .

Maybe they are wondering of he committed suicide

Amazing Thailand - Land of a million smiles, He must be one of the other 62 milion.

So 1 murder wasn't enough to arrest him, they waited for him to do one more?

More like 96%

I suggest some of the readers be less racist or do not live here. These guys day in day out risk their life to help and save people with very little equipment like jet-skis in Australia. Then you get people who ignore red flags which should be obvious what it means and be disrespectful. The lifeguards have to put up with disrespect probably every day. I see some of the tourists they come here and look down on Thais. They would not behave the same in their own country. Most of the tourists here are budget end people and not educated.

So that gives them around to start fighting??? Remember that 80% of this country is uneducated.. But that doesn't give me or anyone any right to fight them...

Obviously too many bus companies here, let a few go bust and close. Problem solved!

I think the findings of the British police will have to be authorised by British government before being released but the government won't have the balls to tell Thailand what the police and the government have done.

They haven't seen anything yet, most tourists are still coming cause they already booked months ago and don't want to waste their hard earned money and just come but be very careful where they go. Wait until next year and see how many book holidays in koh Tao then. I think maybe 90% down then.

Sorry to hear this. Didn't know there was a school in Phuket that teaches Irish.

It didn't say he taught Irish, it said he was an irish teacher, are you really that dumb? or you just want something to say like mostv of the other no-lifes on here?

The best Hollywood screen writers could not script the scenes going on here at the moment!

I think Disney would be in with a chance!!

I have a Kasikorn savings account with a Cyber enabled VISA debit card and works fine for internet transactions and ATM machines overseas. Have you followed the instructions to complete verification of the card? However, sometimes there are issues for international purchases as some overseas companies will not accept online transactions from Thai based banks due to fraud/security concerns. The link to your mobile phone is for additional security for OTP and to advise when a transaction has happened, again additional security

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I have same and no problems.

Ghosts!!

This one too:

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