tomazbodner

Padang Besar

Yeah, lock Thailand down. Phuket doesn't need any tourists. Money grows on trees there.

Seems his name showing 1971 would put him over 50.

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.

I'm glad to read this line!

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.

Sorry mate, no tall enough buildings left in Gaza to throw someone off and get more than just a few bruises

This is Thailand, not Australia!

More than content of OP, I'm surprised that America First anti immigrant ticket candidate has Slovenian wife and Chinese director of communications...

She's in front of police officers. Could they not just do a report filing there?

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.

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?

Maybe west if grandpa Tony was on it...

Well, look to the right of Sreetha and you may see a familiar face representing Bangkok...

They're not Japanese, you know...

OK, I was referring to Thaksin Shinawatra, or Takki Shinegra... or Tony Woodsome... or...

Aren't you all pleased Taxin is back to Thailand?

Genuine on links shared. Can't comment on others.

My better half using FreeStyle Libre (14 days). Accurate, with Android phone it needs to be activated with reader, then can be tapped with the NFC enabled phone and app. It's accurate (compared with blood glucose check - AccuCheck Instant) to within a couple of percent. But there are some downsides - you need to tap it to get readings and it only keeps last 8 hours so if you forget, the chart has a gap. Reader can be plugged into a computer and connected to their cloud service to provide full report, but the graph on the reader itself is quite limited. App on the phone is not very accurate first couple of days of replacing reader. Sometimes it says "Sensor error. Retry in 10 minutes", and of course has no automatic alerts when glucose is over or below limit. Considering replacing with another brand, Sibionics, as it has about the same accuracy, it's just as easy to apply, but works with mobile phone and sends the data every minute, triggering alerts on breaching limits. Cost is same or lower than Libre. There is Libre 3 which has all these features but it's very expensive in Thailand. I am also aware of Dexcom G7 but haven't seen it available in Thailand. LInks to where we get them from: Libre: https://www.lazada.co.th//products/i4129320146-s16186087767.html Sibionics: https://www.lazada.co.th//products/i5014122655-s21190569774.html

Run by same company. Airport link was also very good when it first opened, and I didn't mind 150 baht for express train (usually alone on it, though) but now it's a bit dated, although still very convenient to avoid taxis at the airport. Although recently, since Grab counter opened just opposite exit 4 on ground floor, I find myself taking taxi most of the time, and every time with bags. Used to live right next to AIrport link station so using it was no brainer. It's a great alternative, especially during peak traffic hours. Can save an hour or more.

Who really cares... Most of broadcasting will move to internet and people will just stream from there using their mobiles, and share to bluetooth speakers when needed to be heard more widely. There are thousands of radio stations at sites with apps like TuneIn and many others. Like there is TV broadcasting on Youtube and many other streaming sites, which also have mobile apps. With seemingly every villager having a smartphone even when they don't have electricity, and city folks already receiving ALL their media from mobiles, this scheme to make more money to NBTC might result in making them irrelevant.

Via Zoom from Dubai...

I don't know this guy but most of at least travel video makers travel in groups of 4 or more, where the videographer takes shots from distance, and "influencer" holds own blogging camera like GoPro or similar. Hence for one of his crew video recording the whole session isn't strange, and in this case, given that's German police getting involved, probably quite helpful in identifying the culprit.