sandyf

The 2-5 rule is more of an inconvenience than anything, not going to generate a great deal. Most that want to buy will buy at some other time or settle for the mom & pop shop. We normally go to the supermarket in the evening so can include the beer, would be a bonus to go at other times. The greatest revenue would be from tourist specific entertainment on holy days and elections. A friend of mine has just been over for a month and got caught for 2 dry days, in Pattaya 2-5 is not a problem.

My understanding the PIN is embedded on the card (Chip & PIN) and nothing to do with a sales person. It is down to the card reader to check number entered against that stored on the card. Older card readers were Chip and Signature and they cannot read the PIN so you would be asked to sign. That is quite common in Thailand. I have used cards with 4 digits and 6 digits at the same ATM without a problem, my Thai card is 6 digits and the UK ones are 4 digits. It could be that the card readers you encounter have been specifically set up for 6 digits which would effectively exclude other cards. A while back I lost my Thai card which was 4 digit but when I got the replacement I had to set up 6 digits so that may now be the Thai standard.

Fairly common abreviation for Multi Entry. Having home visits would be fairly obvious I was on 12 month stays. When embassy stopped the letter had to get ME for a year until I had the 12 months of transfers lined up. No home visit on ME and no home visit following year because of covid. Created a 2 year gap otherwise home visits would have been every year.

It is certainly not the same. Checking in and clearing immigration are essential processes, getting a re-entry pemit is not. Time constraints at the airport would mean the essential requirements take priority. If you come back without a re-entry permit it is entirely of your own doing.

Nobody ever wins a war, you would have thought the US learned that from Vietnam. If the UN had not be neutered at birth they should have stopped Russia in the beginning. In a civilised society disputes over ownership should be settled in court. Unfortunately those with eyes on the prize have little interest in a civilised society.

What on earth has that got to do with it? Parliament is dissolved prior to an election, you cannot run a war with a caretaker government.

And the US has lived in fear of "Reds under the bed" ever since, maybe your too young to know of Senator McCarthy. Now they voted to get into bed with the reds in the hope that will lead to global dominance, but they have to win WW3 first.

Narrow minded, the recent inflationary spike is more to do with government, both current and previous, mismanagement than anything else. if they cannot afford to pay their bills everyone in the country has to chip in. Come election time they will get some back from tax cuts, then pay again later.

A bit out of touch, I have had 5 home visits in the last 7 years, had an ME in 2019 and they didn't do them in 2020. My last one was about 8 weeks ago.

Doesn't matter how hard you try, not going to be another Billy Connolly.

I said one in my area, I wouldn't know or have little interest in anywhere else. if you want to say it is widespread elsewhere, feel free but you should have addressed the poster that tried to imply only military hospitals were exempt from dual pricing.

Note unique to military hospitals, I am registered with 5 government hospitals and none charge any more for foreigners. Some years ago there was talk of dual pricing being introduced in government hospitals but it didn't happen widespread. I only ever heard rumours about one in the Chonburi area.

Things started to get difficult in 2014. I got an email from what was TMB(Thai Military Bank) saying I had to go and update my details. The address on my Pattaya account was Room 235 Apex Hotel, from when I opened account in 2000, still have the original grey book. I had to show proof of proper address and a long term visa.

When passports are renewed it is up to you what you do. There is no requirement for any previous information to be included in a new passport. Assumptions shouldn't be posted as if a fact.

The IO will annotate the stamp on arrival as Non O and E-visa. It would be a bit presumptious to think that you would be sure to get a 5 year licence on a 90 day stamp. There was a report recently of someone only getting 2 years on the new DTV which is 180 days. Like other things there can be different outcomes and you may need a 12 month extension to get the 5 years.