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Having been a member of the FTPA for 4 years, I found that the MAJORITY of people having serious run ins with police ARE at fault. Have seen tourists refuse to pay bills at restaurants, drunks exposing themselves in bars, men refusing to pay for the girls time for a "walk on a moon lit beach", men argue they paid a bar girl in the bar for sex and didn't get, bar arguments ending in fights, drunks harassing women of ALL national origins, and so on. Most problems were settled with a stern warning and explaining the law / regulation by police or FTPA member. I would say maybe 10% were arrested and charged. The one time I remember was a drunk, fighting / attacking anyone he saw on the street - it took 2 FARANG and 1 large Thai to get him down and in cuffs. He was arrested.

Food for thought. American national, 12 years with same numbers. Combined "bill" for all. 1) I have 5G WiFi - passport required by provider & copied. 2) I have 2 sims in my phone - passport required by provider & copied. 3) my wife's mobile is on my bill ( 2 years ) - sim is registered in her name, her ID required, my passport required & copied. How is biometric gonna work for us. What could go wrong......

5 years would be a good " vacation" time for them for violating Thai laws. THEN Deport to the Swiss, let them take care of the rest.

Try a ""ORIGINAL"" TX-6 box priced around 1300bt, 4/32, on Lazada. Been using mine with great success 3 years - Android 9 tho. I do have Fiber 5G connection, and Netflix comes in great on their apk, as well as THAI TV and USA TV on various other apks. The extended family lives out in middle of "no where", and they get a BETTER play back signal and speed on the TX-6 compared to the provider supplied TV box

A 90 day report ( TM-47 ) is due when you PHYSICALLY stay in Thailand 90 straight days. Day 1 is the day your foot hits Thai soil past IMMIGRATION, no matter the time. IF you do your report early, ( most offices allow you to do up to 5 days early ) day 1 is the DAY you DO the report. AGAIN: Your new 90 days START on the DAY of the report.

Register ( <== FREE ID Card ) at a THAI MILITARY HOSPITAL. You pay the same cost as Thai civilians using the military hospital. Have been using 11 years. UPSIDE: many MILITARY doctors are US or UK trained - English is good, service is excellent. DOWNSIDE: ...SLIGHTLY... more expensive than civilian hospitals, WAY WAY way less than private hospitals.

I had a odd situation. My extension was issued in a US Emergency Passport ( 1 year ). Officer transfered the TM's to Emergency PP 2 days after retirement extension was issued, got the phone call that my US 10 year was available. Picked it up, Emergency PP voided. Immigration Office told me to bring the 3 passports to the transfer. Told the officer who did the transfer I had all 3. The officer checked all 3, changed the date on his stamp to the date that was in the Emergency PP extension, transfered the TM's to new PP, was done in 15 minutes. EVERY office is DIFFERENT, check what YOUR LOCAL OFFICE POLICY IS, then no problems.

"""...struggle to find original flavour and when I do I ...""" 7-11 the 13bt, ( ..small.. bottle <== best taste, my opinion ), red cap, LOOK on the bottle label for white lettering that says "original taste". In a can only in emergency.

What is required.... The most accurate answer, go to YOUR LOCAL IO and find out THEIR requirements. They should have a printed sheet of paper with WHAT THEY WANT.

....Didn't know they had agents for this! Please do provide us with contact details. Thank You! ... YOU have to PERSONALLY swear the OATH before THE Embassy OFFICAL. Been there, done that, 6 months ago at US Embassy. Then 2 hours at Ministry of Foreign Affairs and done. Get at the Ministry EARLY morning!!

I'm a YANKEE 1 ) visit YOUR embassy and get an 'Affirmation of Marital Status' certificate - You swear a oath you are able to marry at your Embassy - once INSIDE, a 2 minute process. 2) have it translated by an official translator ( The CORRECT translation is EXTREMELY important ) 3 ) Go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( in BKK ) to have it certified - THEY WILL CHECK THE TRANSLATION - might take 24 hours till done. ( Take your "to be" better half with you for sometimes needed translator) NOTE: IF translation NOT approved, there are 'agents' walking around on main floor to """help""" you - usually takes around 1 hour for you to get corrected translation. Then back to the Ministry for round 2.

"""Sure, but if the Exit/ Re-entry stamp has not been used does it change anything about 90 day reporting?""" Why would you have a re-entry stamp if NOT using it? Stamp does NOT reset the 90 days if you stay in Th. That stamp gives you permission to re-enter Th without loosing your NON-O status If you PHYSICALLY stay IN COUNTRY for 90 straight days, the 90 day report is due on ( can be done 5 days before ) the date on the 90 paper. ALSO Depending on the LOCAL OFFICE POLICY, if you leave Th, you might have to do a new TM-30 even if returning to same address

""""Just please note that no airplane collisions and crashes like this happened while Biden was president."''' So it's the fault of someones policies that's been in office LESS than ...30... days, and not the fault of a person's policies who was in office OVER ...1400...days? YEA RIGHT!!!

"""What are they hoping to achieve arresting him over 6 days....""". ( HINT - FINE MONEY ) The questions NOT answered, 1) Was he getting on a INTERNATIONAL or DOMESTIC flight? WAS / IS it: 'Swooped and arrested' if domestic flight - details to follow. OR 'Swooped', fined and passport stamped overstay, booted out, if a international flight. 2) Overall "something" seems missing.

BEING negative, it looks to me, IF I was a Immigration Officer, you are border bouncing to stay 8 to 12+ months without the / a proper extension of stay. Ya take your chances especially IF you do not have a (..?..) ticket out of Thailand.

In USA I took a paramedic course at a trade school. It was 4 hours daily ( 5 day week ) for 42 weeks. ( My company paid the cost ) Some of the training: 2 week AED, 3 weeks on heart sounds , 3 weeks on lung sounds - BOTH heart and lungs work was a disaster with teen girls in the class, 2 weeks on laceration cleaning and treatment. 4 weeks CPR <== shows the importance of CPR Written test every Friday, 92 correct out of 100 questions required to continue in the class - teachers rules. I was recalled to work, Safety Lead, ( due to refinery explosion ) at week 12 so I didn't get to continue. My teacher held Secret Service clearance so I had a good experienced teacher, not just book knowledge teacher.

Talk to a LAWYER I am NOT a lawyer. VERY basic rule that I understand: For every foreigner owning or working at a company, 4 ....THAIS.... on payroll full time and taxes being paid. Since company ( in theory ?) would be Thailand (?) based, WHY would you ONLY want foreign workers - does not compute. YOU can own a company even if you do NO work at that company - hummmmm, how does that jive?

Color me stupid but I can NOT understand why any person would come to a FOREIGN country and make a total arse of themselves. MAYBE that they can not hold their liquor? Maybe they hate people in general? I've traveled 14 countries, lived in 3 of the 14, now in TH 12 years and have never been in "trouble" or a fight in any country - so far!!!!

As we all know, translation from one foreign language to English has problems The below sections refer to the TM-30 ONLY and WHO and WHEN to file it. The TM-47 is NOT mentioned I've seen many posted on " I have never...." so read.... Sections 4 & 38 of the Immigration Act. AGAIN, how it is enforced and applied depends on LOCAL IO POLICY.

It all boils down to YOUR LOCAL IMMIGRATION OFFICE POLICY about TM-30's 1st hand knowledge .... Ya gotta live with it.

"""....resubmit a TM30 after returning from an inter province trip prior to submitting their 90 report,...... """ You don't UNLESS you stay at a hotel, guest house or someplace that submits a TM-30

Arrest him, impound the dogs. Animals ( any animal ) that attacks people or other animals should be put down. I've had dogs and cats all my life with no attack animals.

Home visit and questions to neighbors is part of the NORMAL process. LOCAL IO sends to BKK for Non-O marriage approval.

Just about every office has a LOCAL POLICY on ALL the paperwork..period. Many are especially strict on TM-30's as mine is - the TM - 47 is a conformation of the TM-30. Since I live 10 minutes from my IO, psperwork is no problem for me since my daily trip to 7-11 is basically "on the way" - 1 block, 1 soi away. Usually 5 to 10 minutes at either TM office and done - IF going on a Wednesday after 13:30.

Every post office is different. I sent a Android TV Box, IDENTIFIED it as such, to the US with no problems - filled out the US custom form and identified that the package contained the TV Box. Took about 4 weeks to be delivered and was unopened by US Customs. Go figure!