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That in itself is no justification for say it is a preferred method of delivery. My niece is an Obs & Gny surgeon and C sections are her thing. She is extremely busy and it has nothing to do with preference, problems arise for a variety of reasons with many down to lifestyle. Alongside the more common problems there is an increasing number of babies that are growing above the safe size for the Thai pelvis plus both mental health and substance abuse issues are on the increase. You cannot always take stats at face value.

I am perfectly aware that United Nations is not a country. Fairly obvious that my comment about "hands behind their back" went over your head. Nations should be united with a seconded force that is authorised to stand up to aggression.

Cheers, but she needs to be close to the BTS. She will be at the hospital near the stop before the RTAF. Unfortunately no onsite accommodation at the moment but that may change at some point.

It is not really strange, it is there to stop delays with people messing with phones. When I have done it the IO has just cross checked the visa number and handed the printout back, all very quick. Last time, IO threw me a bit, on looking at it she said "when is your birthday", had to think for a minute and then said "today", she laughed and said "Happy Birthday".

There has never been an issue over time married. The possibility of marriage of convenience is addressed by using witnesses and having home visits. What you say may well be true and a wind of change is blowing but I have to say I doubt it. There are many issues that arise with first time applications and usually something that needs to be addressed. Hope your next attempt has a better outcome.

You need to clarify a bit better your status and what actually transpired. The assumption would be that you tried to convert either visa exempt or tourist visa to a non o extension based on marriage. The rejection may well have been with the documents and misunderstood what the IO was saying. It could have been advice and that an extension based on dependent children wouldn't have the same problem. The root problem needs to be addressed before making another attempt.

Of course you are free to believe that buying fertiliser from Russia doesn't do anything for the Putin war machine. Appears the anti EU sentiment removes the logical thought process. Fertilizers were the most-imported commodity to the U.S. from Russia in the first 11 months of 2024, with a value of almost one billion U.S. dollars, followed by non-ferrous metals and inorganic chemicals. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1306859/us-imports-by-commodity-from-russia/

Visas do not expire, when the conditions of issue have been satisfied they are flagged as used. Your visa status will remain under the conditions of issue until it lapses, renewed or converted.

Give over with the distorted argument. There is very little in it. US trade deficit with Russia is $2.5 billion, EU trade deficit is EUR 2.1 billion. Obviously you prefer to forget the EU population is double that of the US. The EU has tabled a plan to end trade dependency with Russia by 2027, what date has the US planned for? Remind us, what level of tariff was imposed on Russia.

A bit like how long is a piece of string. Next month my niece has to go and live in BK for a year and has been looking at condo prices. She will be on the BTS route alongside DM airport and could see availability around 10-12K. Last week she said that prices now seem to have dropped significantly, particularly the high rise.

Indeed, Tories shot themselves in the foot, and now labour. Does the country have to wait until they all do the same. A national emegency should be declared, government stood down and an election called for a unity coalition government.

If the UN didn't have it's hands tied behind it's back, this could have been sorted before it begun. When Russian forces began building up on the Ukraine borders the UN should have been deployed to Ukraine. This is a global issue, not a US or European one. The concept of "might is right" should never be allowed to prevail.

Americans choose to forget that if it wasn't for Europeans there wouldn't be a USA, just another emerging economy.

I got my yellow book in May 2010 when on ME visas, never did a TM30 till 2015.

My TM30 is dated Aug 2015 and been out of the country more times than I can remember, never had a problem. I keep expecting them to say a new one is required, beginning to look a bit tatty.

When you get a new visa, passport history becomes irrelevant. I renewed my passport in the UK and came back on a new visa. When I went for extension all that was in my passport was a single entry stamp and a 9 year old TM30, visa info was separate. I had the old passport with me but it was never mentioned, but based on what was said at the application they were quite aware of my history. I would suggest you ignore the transfer and just go for the new visa when available.

Makes you wonder. Now that the film is finally coming out after years of lawsuits, investigations and two criminal trials, its rollout has been decidedly muted. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/movies/alec-baldwin-rust-release.html

There are many variables in the price of food and other products, but some always think there is only one answer. CP may well have turned a loss into a profit but how did they do it, possibly by selling off some capital asset, who knows. i have shopped at lotus for a great many years and since the changeover there has been increases on some products and decreases on others. Tends to even out. One thing is never going to change, foreign sourced products rising faster than local production. We go to the Chatachuk market at Bang Saen on a regular basis and get a large Chang for 65 baht and a meal for 60/70 baht, been that way since the market was refurbished 6 or 7 years ago, before the refurbishment it was 75 for a large Chang. At the end of the day prices are up to you.

Probably the most ridiculous statement on the thread. Nobody wants to push up inflation, it is the curse of prosperity. Higher standard of living can only come from higher prices to pay the higher wages. Foreigners scream at Thailand for better standards and then start whinging at higher prices. People should be careful what they wish for. Apart from external factors, there was an increase in the minimum wage on Jan 1st which is probably now filtering though the food chain, so to speak.

The document was issued in response to the embassies stopping the issue of letters, to be used in conjunction with existing regulations on both cases. You can see in the text above the table it says something like " in the case of family members and retirement". This is the lower part of the document.

You really ought to get out more. I was in the RAF for 14 years and had to attend 2 courts of enquiry. First was a helicopter that crash landed in the desert and the second a Buccaneer that crashed near the Dutch border. Incidents like bird strikes, brake problems, burst tyres etc were almost daily and taken as part of the job. No internet meant no keyboard judgmentalists in those days.

That is incorrect, there is an exception in para 2 of the procedures.

That is quite correct, but should be borne in mind that it only applies in the case of a very first 12 month extension. I got rejected on that basis, IO spotted a previous extension in the passport and said that I had bank account for more than one year. Of course some offices may be less observant than others.

Mayb you can point to the nearest Thai desert. "Boneyard facilities are generally located in deserts such as those in the southwestern United States, since the dry conditions reduce corrosion and the hard ground does not need to be paved." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_boneyard

Cheers, they were a permanent daily to Heathrow when I gave up on them, too many disruptions.