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Thailand had a fraction of the deaths from covid compared to most western countries and you want to make an issue over masks. See where your priority lies.

If YouTube satisfies your desires, so be it.

There is no trust in perception, it is an individuals assessment. I don't see the need for the pontification over masks, it is another individual assessment. The Thai bashers want to make a mountain out of a molehill just for the sake of it and the covid skeptics don't want to admit that alot was learned from the outbreak.

Of course you have, visas don't disappear. A SE visa is annotated "used" the day you enter the country and will remain on your travel history for evermore. A ME visa would be annotated "used" on expiry. The form TM47 requires you put the last visa number used to enter the country. Of course you may well use an office that does not insist on the visa numbers.

It is all about perception, if you don't want to see it you won't.

There is a huge difference between a politician that has never been in office, and someone who has.

What do you mean "still" When I first came here in 1999 quite a number of Thais wore masks for various reasons, mainly pollution in the cities. Along came SARS and that added some more but covid really highlighted the benefits and some institutions have adopted it as a preferred policy rather than compulsory. I go back to the UK regularly, latest being Oct, and use the buses quite a lot. Generally speaking during the day there is about 20% of the passengers wearing masks, much lower when a higher percentage of younger people such as school kids and when the bars shut.

But surely the administration doesn't become the administration without support from the "lowly types". I would have thought that Jan 6th 2021 was a clear indication of what the US population was letting itself in for.

Nothing new for the US, always sticking their nose into other countries affairs. Didn't learn anything from Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan.

You cannot get a long term extension without having a visa. Short term extensions such as visa exempt wouldn't change your residence.

A fallacy, any loss in trade to the US can be made up in Asia. They are now talking to the EU, Trump's worst nightmare.

Trump likes to play cards but doesn't seem to realise he is playing against all the aces. Just look at the damage Japan did to the bond market and China holds a great deal more. At the end of the day the US needs China a great deal more than China needs the US.

The e-visa is on a central platform run by the MFA with applications then dealt with locally. There is every chance that the holiday will affect application times.

Someone once told me "believe nothing that you read and half of what you see". There are no health records involved, the form only points out that you should be aware of the vaccine requirements and asks where you have been in the last 2 weeks. Up to you what you say.

Never believe what a headline says, journalistic licence in pursuit of sensationalism.

You do not need to be an expert to ask for proof of compliance, conformity, validity etc etc. It is very unlikely immigration will get involved, but cannot be dismissed out of hand, after all there has been checks in the past. A Tax Clearance Certificate is a certificate issued by the Director-general of the Revenue Department or the Provincial Governor or the delegated authority to a foreigner who is departing Thailand to indicate that he has already paid taxes or that he has provided a guarantor or securities as guarantee for tax liabilities and tax payable. https://www.legal.co.th/resources/corporate-and-tax-advisory/thailand-tax-law/what-thai-tax-clearance-certificate/

I don't use land borders very often so can only go on what i actually know. You could have replied to this comment "It has been many years since the paper version was canceled,"

I have come back on a new visa several times, it's no big deal. Visa application is fairly straightforward and the last one I got the visa in 48 hours. Doing an extension from a new visa is not much different to a renewal and you save yourself a 90 day report. As they say, up to you.

It's not that long, was still in use at land borders year before last. Yes, the IO would remove the departure part of the TM6 but if they were actually processed is another matter.

I had problems a couple of years ago with a visa and as you say, a bunch of cowboys, i registered a complaint and got this response UK Helpline<[email protected]> To:You Mon 2/17/2020 9:08 AM Dear Customer, Thank you for your email. We understand that you are facing an error on our VFS website. We request you to Log out from the website and clear the cache and cookies along with the browser history / for apple user clear history at Safari. Restart the system and try again after 30 minutes. Highly recommended browser - Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. As useful as a chocolate fireguard. I tried to respond but undeliverable so I registered another complaint about the email address and got this plus a list of suggestions I had already tried. ukvisaservicesaspac<[email protected]> To:You Mon 2/17/2020 11:13 AM Dear Customer, Thank you for your email. Our CORRECT email address is: [email protected] not vfsglobal.com They were absolutely useless and I resolved the matter myself, I use Webroot antivirus and it didn't like their website, changed to another antivirus and everything worked ok. I am not suggesting that is your problem but wouldn't hold my breath on getting a sensible answer by email or phone, it may well take a visit.

If you want to believe every IO will let people leave the country without completing the TM6 departure details that is up to you, doesn't make it a fact. I have never completed departure details on arrival with the paper TM6, but have been picked up a couple of times on the way out having forgotten. Why on earth would anyone would think that will be different, selective memory? Time wil tell,it always does.

You were only contacted out because you had another pension. It was quite scandalous that a certain segment of the UK population could put part their NI contributions into a occupational/private pension that would be index linked worldwide.

Quite. I have my own home and quite comfortable on about 30K/month. Health is on a pay as you go basis, when I can't pay I will go, already well into extra time.

You seem to be forgetting that old Reg in Sheffield has no medical expenses, even prescriptions are free for the elderly. The other significant factor is having to pay rent or living rent free. There is very little in the way of like for like comparison.

How many have left the country on a tdac? I have seen many have problems through not completing the departure side of a TM6, but feel free to ignore it.