bbi1

No, I don't love everything about Pattaya. I hate all the ladyboys here, annoying as hell.

47 minutes ago, webfact said:

As per local traffic laws, Lim was required to pay a fine for his violations. The amount of the fine was not revealed. According to the law, Lim should face a fine of up to 2,000 baht for failing to wear a helmet and up to 1,000 baht for riding without a licence.

3,000 baht in fines. How do Thai people afford to pay these fines when normal incomes of Thais are between 10k-20k per month? You see so many Thais never wearing helmets when they ride.

Just now, bbi1 said:

Wonder who are those 3 super big fatties the cop is posing with?

Correction, didn't see the woman with the glasses holding up the sign. It's actually 4 super big fatties

On 3/12/2024 at 6:34 AM, VincentRJ said:

Is Walking Street for obese people? 🤣

Wonder who are those 3 super big fatties the cop is posing with?

8 minutes ago, transam said:

Are the van's fitted with roll cages..........🤔

Another option would be to cross the border via Nong Khai Friendship Bridge and back to get 30 days visa exempt, but that would be 1k baht to BKK airport and 1k baht back, flights around 2.5k, car to and from Udon Thani airport at least another 1k, lunch & meals for about 200 baht, Laos eVisa about 1,800 baht. That would be leaving Pattaya about 4:30am and arriving back in Pattaya around 10pm, and that would be at least 7,500 baht spent all up with a whole day wasted on travelling.

20 hours ago, Polotaz said:

 I’m interested in Japanese but most courses are in Thai and expensive if not. During that period, I'll also be looking for a job or a master's program abroad.

So what's the problem then, just book in the Japanese course and learn it, as you said you are fluent in Thai. Should be easy for you.

Just now, Trippy said:

I've used them a few times pre-covid and thought it was a great service. Don't know why people aren't using them much anymore, my only guess would be that with the new tax situation, maybe less people are staying long term. 

The lady said now is low season. But surely there must still be lots of people doing visa runs now. Or are all Pattaya visa runners too cheap to pay 3,700 baht for a 6 seater VIP comfort van?

Anyone needing to do a visa run next week by any chance?

In the past we've had reports that service  operates out of Soi 6 Queen Victoria Run has very comfortable 6 seater van for 3,700 baht (Cambodia Visa Run). For the people that have used them in the past, why are they now completely not booked out and don't even have anyone booked in for next week, not even one customer for nearly all of next week? Apparently they need 3 people to do a visa run, otherwise you have to go with their friend's company for a 9 seater for 3,400 baht. Are people in Pattaya too cheap to pay 3,700 baht for a comfy 6 seater van?

20 hours ago, thaitom said:

I have an one-year multiple entry Non-O (marriage). After reading here on Asiannow I thought I did not  have to update a tm.30 each time I cross the border every 90 days as long as I am at the same residence.

I went to immigration today and they told me I MUST do a new tm.30 every time., That they have no record of a tm.30 in their database, they said it's a new visa every time I enter for 90 days. I disagreed saying it's the same visa.   Do I not understand how this works?   

So the wife had to pay the 800. baht fine.    Maesot immigration

You got off lucky with an 800 baht fine and even luckier the 800 baht was paid by your wife, not by you. So you didn't lose one baht lol.

That's where you went wrong, my friend. Relying on a bunch of randoms on the internet rather than asking the immigration officer and getting the word from the horses mouth.

Jomtien happily dishes out loads of 1,600 baht fines every few minutes in the TM30 reporting line, as there are sooooo many people who don't lodge TM30, until they need to do something at immigration then bam, 1,600 baht fine.

Yes, each and every time you enter Thailand, you need to do a TM30. Unless you have a re-entry permit. I had a METV and every time I re-entered Thailand on the exact same visa, I had to do a TM30. You have a multipie entry marriage visa. Same same, but different, my friend.

3 hours ago, biervoormij said:

I don't think you are required to have a TM30 in your passport. I have never had a hotel put one in my passport and the times I have been to immigration myself to get a TM30 they did not staple it into my passport like they do with the 90 day report.

 

Maybe I have been breaking the law and didn't know it.

Immigration puts the TM30 receipt stapled to the last page of your passport, when you go to them to lodge your TM30. That's the 1st thing they check for when applying for extensions in the future.

Hope you don't have to go for any extensions in the future or do anything at immigration, otherwise you'll face issues.

5 hours ago, JimTripper said:

Never put your carry on directly above you. Put it in the overhead bin opposite you. You can see what people are doing. There is no rule it has to be in the bin directly above.

Never put anything of value in your carry-on, always cash in your wallet and money belt. If having a laptop, always lock your carry-on bag. Doesn't take a genius to work this simple thing out but the average human is pretty stupid, so I'm not surprised.

On 3/10/2024 at 2:47 PM, mfd101 said:

Vegemite is the only thing I miss, though I did manage to find 2 jars near Asoke in January. Impossible to find here in Surin.

 

(I have to make do with Marmite. Ugh!)

As an Aussie, I have that shiit, referring both to Vegemite and Marmite.

2 hours ago, LALes said:

I've been in Jomtien for 17 years.  Trust me, its April 12-19.  With the new PM promising bigger and better Songkran, who knows what will happen this year.

Making my annual escape by April 8 and return on 22.  Jomtien Beach Rd on the 19th is a perfect vision of hell on earth.

Imagine needing to go to Jomtien Immigration on the 17th, 18th or 19th April and coming soaked from head to toe in water. How does Immigration deal with soaked foreigners coming in to do their extensions? Do they have a number of staff with mops in hand ready to mop up all the wet floors in all their 3 buildings?

15 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

Not questioning your memory but Pattaya big day was on 19 April 2023.

 

https://thepattayanews.com/2023/01/28/first-songkran-in-four-years-in-pattaya-looking-to-be-a-major-event-with-concerts-festivals-parties-and-yes-waterfights/

 

 

Ok, it probably was the 19th. Still way too long of this water throwing thing.

1 hour ago, Trippy said:

The 19th is the big day, and usually the last day in Pattaya. Jomtien IDK

Last year I remember clearly the 20th April was the big day in Pattaya. Was last year an exception to the norm?

40 minutes ago, Olmate said:

Who rattled your nutsak sunshine? You  obviously dont know, troll off.lol

Nobody here on the forum knows, why start a thread asking us "where are all these folk travelling to"? Obvious answer was the 2nd poster's answer, "Most likely out of the country".

27 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Plus many other nationalities, I used to know a Ukrainian girl that was on the game she got caught and thrown in jail for a week then they shaved her head and deported her. 

Porta Potty comes to mind where rich Arabs fly girls into Dubai to shiiit on them for money. Lots of Instagram hoes like being shiiit all over for money.

44 minutes ago, Photoguy21 said:

I assume you have first hand experience of what you say?

You see lots of Thai chicks posting all over Instagram living the high life in those countries and working in "spas" plus lots of Thai chicks saying they are going back to Dubai, Baharain or Oman to work.

7 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Not only Dubai, many other places in the middle east, 

Yes, lots of Thai pussy being sold in the UAE, Baharain & Oman. I'm sure other Arab countries too.

On 3/10/2024 at 7:22 AM, Ralf001 said:

 

Most likely out of the country.

Makes logical sense to me

On 3/10/2024 at 7:21 AM, Olmate said:

GF went to Central to renew her pp last week. Place was packed, 100s waiting. Apparently daily occurence. 'Cannot do... come tomorrow 7am' said staff.   Where are all these folk travelling to? Thoughts.

Why don't you ask your gf to ask all those folks at the passport office, then you will know. Rather than asking some randoms on a forum who don't have a Thai passport and who don't know where they are travelling to. Kind of silly to start a thread just to ask us all where they are travelling to, don't you think? Mods should just close this thread.

On 3/7/2024 at 5:48 AM, RandiRona said:

Do we need to send more Swiss to balance out Chinese in Pattaya??😉

We don't need anymore Swiss here. I just read the 4th article in a week of Swiss guys assaulting Thai women here. If anything, we need to ban the Swiss from coming here.

On 3/4/2024 at 2:27 AM, webfact said:

 

HOT ON the heels of a Swiss businessman and his wife assaulting and verbally abusing a Thai female doctor who was sitting on the steps leading from their villa to Cape Yamu beach in Phuket, another foreign man threw a glass at a Thai woman in a Pattaya dog cafe and then ran away, Amarin TV said.

 

An X social media platform user who goes by the name Red Skull (@RedSkullxxx) related that the victim was playing with a dog which started barking loudly and annoyed the foreigner who threw a glass at her, cutting her arm which started bleeding.

 

However the dog was barking in a dog cafe where they are allowed to do so, he pointed out, adding that the unfortunate victim had no conflict with the foreign man prior to being attacked.

 

by TNR Staff

TOP: Pixelated image of a foreign man who threw a glass at a Thai woman cutting her arm at a Pattaya dog cafe. Photo: Amarin TV

 

Full story: THAI NEWSROOM 2024-03-04

 

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Yet another Swiss dude. The 4th one in a week or two. Time to do a big crackdown on all Swiss here in Thailand and look at deporting all the bad Swiss boys. What's with the Swiss and violence against women, is it something that's part of their culture?

Anyone here tried Air India?

1 hour ago, FangFerang said:

Inmmigration's website for BKK says how to change a Tourist visa to a type O, but the only one likely to be a Volunteer Visa is a visa called a Type O Foundation Visa (number ten on the conversion list).   Here is the link.

 

Any help would be appreciated.

Do you have some problems with your eyes or forgot your glasses requiring you to type in massive font size rather than normal font size?