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Thailand Rolls Out “Dee-Delivery” Regulations for Shopper Protection
tomazbodner replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Or maybe just want to know everything everyone buys and everything sellers sell so they can track all payments. Big brother in the name of consumer protection? -
Thaksin Plans Electoral Changes to Counter Move Forward's Rise
tomazbodner replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
He has a history of getting away with it. Remember DTAC/Telenor, and AIS/Temasek maneuver? -
Thai PM Defends Changes to Property Rules for Foreign Buyers
tomazbodner replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Well, if you want Chinese and Russians to own pretty much your entire town, yep, go ahead. Who do you think this is for? -
Thaksin Plans Electoral Changes to Counter Move Forward's Rise
tomazbodner replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Well, he could make 2 changes that would stop MF: - replace entire population Khmer Rouge style - Put only his party on ballot Kim Jong Un style Successful winning of election guaranteed. 106% of votes minimum! -
Worst Joke Ever 2025
tomazbodner replied to warfie's topic in Jokes - Puzzles and Riddles - Make My Day!
Beggar sitting by the street of NYC.... An older man comes around every day and puts 2$ into his hat... But one day he only puts 50 cents... Beggar asks why normally it's 2$ but today only 50 cents... "Well, you know, yesterday my son just enrolled into university. He'll be a student!" exclaims the man all proud... "And I'm paying for that?!" -
Russian Man Steals 15,000 Baht and Phone in Phuket Bar Heist
tomazbodner replied to webfact's topic in Phuket News
Yeah, lock Thailand down. Phuket doesn't need any tourists. Money grows on trees there. -
I did try vegan diet, and it was actually beneficial for me in terms of how I was feeling. Had more energy, slept better. But doing this in Thailand is quite challenging unless you have time to cook by yourself or have a great vegetarian restaurant nearby (forget Grab, by the time your food arrives from restaurant 20km away only rubbish bin would want to eat it). Actually, if you try So Vegan, you might change your mind on it. But you should have it at the restaurant, not delivered.
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Nobody will ask you that question. But if they do, you can say you may consider it later, but at this stage it would make your life inconvenient as you're from country that you'd need a visa to visit or something like that. Well, that's my reason anyway. No, you can apply alone and nobody needs to join you. Although she could. But if that happens, the officers will immediately switch to talking to her instead of you. As PR counter officers generally speak 0 English, unless your Thai is relatively good, it may be better to have someone with you who understands it perfectly. On question whether you have to apply in Bangkok - I have no idea, but it states at Chaeng Watthana Immigration that it's for Bangkok only. In the past I was told you would need to apply at local office but they would then send paperwork to Bangkok for approval. Not sure if that's still the case, maybe someone else can advise. Ability to hold basic conversation in Thai is needed. There's no written test, it's just a conversation with the committee of uniformed officers asking questions, and you answering. Mine went into a very interesting and pleasant conversation with the most decorated guy in the room. It was actually very pleasant. But it's by no means seeking perfection in Thai language. Do note however that it is in formal, not spoken Thai. There's no singing of anthem for PR interview and I'm told not for citizenship anymore either. I don't think you can apply for both at the same time. Maybe you can, but in that case why would you apply for PR? If you get your documents accepted (for PR, no idea about citizenship), you have a choice of continuing with your current visa, or switching to under consideration. Difference is that with current visa, you generally get 1 year extensions but need paperwork to extend, and re-entry permits last a year; but with under consideration stamps you only get 6 months so while you need basically no paperwork for extension, your re-entry permits only last the period of that 6 months. If you travel a lot that doubles their cost. On the flip side, at least in my case, the officers did all the photocopying for me and put me on top of the pile to get reentry permit immediately instead of waiting for my queue for hours. Obviously for re-entry permit you'd need to get extension first, then photocopy passport, only then you can apply. While you were supposed to be in same employment (and they'll send you letter of acceptance to company address - to pick up PR and pay the fee) I have heard of others who changed employment during this process and seems nobody asked them about it. But from immigration point of view, it is company that is asking you to work for them permanently, that's your reason for applying for PR. I would not gamble with it in that year to 18 months that it takes to complete approval. What you do after you get PR is no longer their concern. On the face of it, it looks OK, but they might scrutinize the company. When it comes to income, what they will want to see will be company paid taxes evidence (list of employees, their social security payments, company taxes paid for past years, map to business location, photos of you with the rest of employees and at your place of work, etc.). It's a lot of scrutiny of the company, far less of you, except to prove you've been paying taxes for the past 3 years as in December you apply the taxes for that year would not yet be completed nor due, so applying in December 2024 you would need to show taxes from 2022 and 2023. You would get appointment letter by post. It gives you a date to show up, usually within a week, with the fee (a bit less than 200k if not married, a bit less than 100k if married to Thai). You show up there with your passport and fee, and lots of photos. At this time my address has changed from the one I've applied with, and that did not seem to be a problem. They would take your fingerprints, and keep the passport. If you're early, they may process it same day, else in a couple of days. When you return, they'll have a blue PR book (Certificate of residence) for you and passport with previous visas and extensions cancelled and an approval stamp for permanent residence. With this, you go to police station of the area where address you gave immigration on day of appointment is located. There you would hand over some photographs and blue book and passport, and they'll take a couple of hours to hand fill out a red (Alien registration) book. Here you have a choice of making it for 1 or 6 years - pick 6 years unless you plan to move soon after that. With this done, you then go to district office with the landlord of the property (unless you own a condo in your name, then that's yourself) to get your name entered into the blue (House registration) book. In case of someone else owning property, there would be witnesses required. Once you've completed this, you go to another counter and ask for your pink ID card for 60 baht and 15 minutes wait, and you're done. I don't know, but I think it may be best to ask a lawyer or immigration officer on this. I've never heard of anyone that applied for both, and I don't think it would make sense to apply for PR if you're applying for citizenship, so your application might be denied, but whether that would affect the citizenship application I would not know.
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Worst Joke Ever 2025
tomazbodner replied to warfie's topic in Jokes - Puzzles and Riddles - Make My Day!
Sorry mate, no tall enough buildings left in Gaza to throw someone off and get more than just a few bruises -
Soda Bottle Explosion at nearby store leaves worker injured
tomazbodner replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
This is Thailand, not Australia! -
Foreigner Assaulting Thai Woman on Walking Street in Pattaya
tomazbodner replied to webfact's topic in Pattaya News
She's in front of police officers. Could they not just do a report filing there? -
Advice for best reverse osmosis water filter in Pattaya
tomazbodner replied to Steven55's topic in Pattaya
I use Coway. Their subscription is cheaper than me buying filters by myself like I did with previous filter, and I got their box for free with it. Ability to make hot/cold water (and ice on some models) makes it convenient. -
Red-shirts rally at court to support Thaksin amid lese majeste case
tomazbodner replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
His party joined forces to form a coalition government preventing any discussion about change of the exact provision he's being charged under. Ain't life beautiful? -
I had the opposite with Krungsri card. I tried to use it for UBER in India. The moment I've put the number in, I got a FRAUD ALERT SMS and message in their app with instructions how to confirm my identity and approve it for use. Very pleased. Maybe ask your bank if they have anything similar?
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PM Srettha monitors Bangkok canal development projects
tomazbodner replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
Well, look to the right of Sreetha and you may see a familiar face representing Bangkok... -
Worst Joke Ever 2025
tomazbodner replied to warfie's topic in Jokes - Puzzles and Riddles - Make My Day!