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Whether you like it or not, therein lies the problem, how do the banks know if funds from an an agent are legitimate or are going to be used legitimately or not. Only those with their head in sand would think that every agent application is from people with sufficient funds to make the application. This time last year my under consideration was about a week over. My wife was told to ring up every day and see if it had come back. After a couple of day she asked the IO why the delay and was told Immigration was backed up because they had to scrutinise agent applications more thoroughly for the financial requirements. Take that as read no need for some BS comment.

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.

You are perfectly free to believe that the personal circumstances of a foreigner have no bearing on opening a bank account in Thailand, but it doesn't make it a fact.

It is quite delusional to think that every country will respond in the same manner or that any initiative will operate exactly as intended. You are entitled to your opinions but you have no entitlement to make out they are fact. It would appear that the word "periodically" is not in the vocabulary of my bank, so until it is, I for one will let sleeping dogs lie.

Yes, it is about opening bank accounts which are dependant on circumstances such as marriage. Tell us what new hurdles have been put in place for those that are married, have Non O based on marriage and need account for extension. Life is a lot easier if the bank, or any other Thai staff, are talking to your wife in their native language. From the OP "Currently, there's no official ban on opening new accounts, but banks are exercising caution" At the end of the day prospective customers have to be more proactive in selling the validity of the request, some types of visa status become virtual non starters.

That is not quite true, not "all flights" into Europe are covered.

Yesterday British Airways turned a flight around back to Heathow after three and a half hours when it could have landed safely. " but that same old Thai British disregard for the paying passengers is still deeply entrenched."

That falang mentality can only focus on one issue, the multitude of other considerations become irrelevant.

Not unusual for the detail in a post to be overshadowed by presumption. I have known many over the years that can well afford to dispense with the hassle of immigration. Not so easy for state pensioners.

You shouldn't be making false statements.

Sri Ratcha