Old Croc

Application for second German passport. 

 Usually, one passport is enough, but sometimes you might need a second one. For instance, if you travel a lot to countries that require visas or visit places that may deny entry because of stamps from other countries. Getting a second passport in Germany can be difficult and needs a good reason. The Federal Ministry of the Interior controls this process, and a second passport is only allowed in special cases.

The German Passport Act states that a person is not allowed to have more than one passport from the Federal Republic of Germany unless they can prove a valid reason for needing more than one passport (according to § 1 para. 3 of the Passport Act).

A second passport is valid for up to six years. In contrast, a first passport is valid for ten years

What's the validty of the second PP, 6 or 10 years?

21 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Not sure why that would be, as it's much easier to live in Cambodia or the Philippines.

You may be right, but that doesn't  mean my statement is incorrect, if your intent was to belittle my post.

The topic was about blowhards in Thailand. Where do you live? 

To address the actual question in the OP.

Of course there is an over representation of such people in Thailand!

Because of it's attractions of easy entry and stay, cheap living, exotica, scenery, climate, etc. this country has become an end destination for much of the world's detritus.

People who don't fit comfortably in their home country because of lack of retirement funds, loss of close relstionships, loneliness, criminality, mental illness or simply needing to re-invent themselves as something bigger than their reality, move here.

In the crowded expat bars, they can find a plethera of similar lost souls assuaging their various demons with cheap booze. Many are very eager to meld in with their peers and are open to social intercourse with strangers.

The story tellers, who  harbour a need to magnify their deeds and persona, are in hog heaven.

15 hours ago, theblether said:

 

Getting pathetic now. Just another witless and worthless post from a growling geriatric.  

 

Put your hands up, Youre clueless and you had no idea that recalcitrant coutries  ( big word, google it ) set out to prevent deportations. 

 

Two minutes of research would have saved you the embarrassment of posting that sanctimonious drivel. 

 

You used to boast about authoring books about Thailand that sold on Amazon and now here you are sprouting childish personal insults like a complete MAGA moron.

8 hours ago, impulse said:

As I understand it, Australia keeps them in refugee camps on remote islands and Human Rights Watch is bigly unhappy about that. 

Yes, these are undocumented arrivals who have had their refugee claims dismissed and confirmed by independent review tribunals. They refuse to cooperate with removal to their home country. All can depart on the next available flight to their homes at any time by request.They choose to stay in the camps at Australia's expense for years with the hope they will eventually be accepted. These detention centers are Australian run and funded, with the host country benefitting from the economic boost it brings. They are not dumped in prisons in countries with tyrannical governments.

Governments like USA can exert economic or political pressure on smaller ountries to accept their citizens back. Vietnam used to refuse to accept their criminals back until an MOU was agreed with Australia. A case of mine was one of the first sent back. He murdered someone on the street following a traffic accident

10 hours ago, theblether said:

 

Rank stupidity. Many countries, including China, refuse to accept their citizens back. That includes non-criminal citizens. 

 

You're st there without frog chest puffed out and blurted this drivel, wrapping yourself in a golden cloak of sanctimony 

 

It never occurred to you that you are proposing zero deportation for rapists and murderers if the home country refuses entry. 

 

Think before you post - seriously. And get off your throne of utter ignorance

Are you the same guy who burst on this forum boasting about owning 2 furniture stores in Glasgow?  And then concocting a raft of wild and inprobable stories of cobras flying at you and other idiot tales .

Soil to fill land is normally bought by the truckload.  You would need to work out how many loads you need. For your small plot, I would think not many. The contractor could advise on this.  The cost depends on many factors,

Factors such as your location, are you in a rural rice growing area, or a town.  Is someone in your area digging, or planning to dig, a rice paddy or pond.The quality of the soil required - clay, sand or rich dark soil.  Is there a contractor with an excavator, tractor to spread the loads, and dump truck in the vicinity. Are you related in some way to this person.  How far from the dig to your plot - fuel costs and travel time play a big part.

My experiences probably have little in common with your small job. I've bought over 100 truckloads at a time to renovate large firlds and have been pleasantly surprised at how cheap it was. A friend in the earth moving business in Australia couldn't believe how little I've paid for soil in Thailand. I think I have paid as little as 450 a load for for soil from a very close dig. 

I've never seen a roller here.

Two cities starting with  J where I will never return.

Jakarta - a group of us from a cruise ship were followed by a gang of ugly men for several miles, Felt very dangerous. Several of we larger guys had to position ourselves to shield the girls in our group.

Johannesberg, there for nearly a year when 20-21. Life threatened several times, saw more dead people than I've seen anywhere before or since. 

12 hours ago, still kicking said:

Think about all the people who die in mines harvesting materials to make a battery.

Think about all the people who have been dumbed down to the intellectual level of a fence post through religious brain washing.

On 6/16/2025 at 2:01 PM, spidermike007 said:

Fascinating how I'm not hearing anybody speak about it nor am I hearing about anybody catching it. Other than in the news. I won't be wearing a mask anytime soon and I will not be getting any more covid vaccines. Something like the Bubonic plague would have to come along for me to get another vaccine, and the only reason I got the first two was so that I was able to travel. I depend upon my immune system which remains quite strong due to plenty of exercise a good diet some very beneficial herbal supplements and my daily sense of fulfillment. 

 

The variants will likely continue and by all accounts it appears to me to be getting weaker and weaker, and more and more feeble. Only those at very high risk seem to be harmed by it, so from my point of view it's a big nothing burger. 

I'm just getting over it, I think I contracted it at my local hospital early this month when I went for routine blood tests. I didn't wear a mask.

I'm not in the statistics as I tested with a pharmacy bought test kit and treated myself at home with copious amounts of paracetamol. It wasn't too bad overall, albeit with the strange effect of loss of my sense of smell. I can't even smell tiger balm on the end my nose! Hopefully it will come back.

The vax es from years ago I think helped greatly in minimising the effects.

21 hours ago, MJCM said:

That is not 100% accurate. I was in hospital for a long time and one day a woman, I have no idea about the department she worked for in the hospital, came up to my hospital bed and said, "we see you are on a long stay visa" , she even told me the exact expiry date, and asked if I would a document from the hospital regarding the 90 day reporting. But because I was being discharged the following day, I said no worries and will do it myself as I was still in the allowed 7 days grace period.

So yes they check. But YMMV

Edit: Forgot to add, On admission day, they took a copy of my passport which I had to sign

Of course any individual may decide tocheck your status with immigration if they have doubts about your status, your ability to pay or just have an attitude about foriegners.

Recently I applied for the pink id card at the district iffice and the grumpy, incompetent officer dealing with it decided to call Immigration to check my legality. He was holding mu passport, with a current marriage extension, in his hand as he did so!

21 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

I have never had to provide my passport at any hospital. 

 

Is this a new law? 

Taking a copy of a patients ID at a hospital would be very unlikely to be enacted into law.

I'm sure Thais show their ID cards when registering for treatment.

Having been a patient at both a major private hospital and and also at a minor public hospital, copies of my PP ID formed the first part of my files.

8 hours ago, zmisha said:

3 years ago in Laos I met a guy who overstayed for many years. Professional sound engineer. He said that he paid about 70k for a visa agency to solve the problem. And got a passport full of stamps without any overstay history.

Modern countries have all your visa and movement records on computor. Bogus stamps in a passport would only get you past a police officer or such checking you on the street.

8 hours ago, Evil Penevil said:

 

I'm going to go way out on a limb and guess she didn't have cash or a card that worked.

From the link I  published earlier:

"A staff member accompanied her to an ATM, but once they arrived, she said she didn't bring her ATM card.' Staff accompanied the woman to her hotel to retrieve her card, but when she tried to withdraw money, there was only 100 baht in her account. She allegedly claimed 'the stock market had crashed' and continued to offer various excuses before being dragged back to the bar to explain herself."

South African. Drinking tequilas, not eating.

Tourist rants at police after 'refusing to pay drinks bill in Phuket' | Watch

20 hours ago, ThreeCardMonte said:

Still, a higher level than you’ll ever attain.

You got one thing right.

I attended twice, then told my mother I wasn't going again, it was rubbish,

Later the same priest started bible classes at my primary school telling the same old stories about slingshots and jawbones of asses.  I again pulled out and was forced to always spend that period sitting quietly on a bench.

I assessed and rejected your gods and the idiotic stories before I reached double figures in age.

20 hours ago, ThreeCardMonte said:

Still, a higher level than you’ll ever attain.

20 hours ago, ThreeCardMonte said:

Another delusional Trump hater.

 

Making excuses for their bent ideology.

 

Your people (nutters) like and uncensored.

 

 

 

I rest my case.

10 minutes ago, ThreeCardMonte said:

Nothing logical or truthful about his post.

 

Hence my sarcasm.

 

Used all three of your words in my post.

Congratulations little Monte, you'll soon move up to the next level in Sunday School.