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Exactly. The visa is granted from an assessment based on the information provided and the perception will vary quite significantly with circumstances. Wife vs GF, young vs old, newly married or long term, assets or not, employed or not, etc etc. One thing you can be sure of, errors and omissions are extremely risky.

Employment is a reflection on character and will always have some relevance. In the case of a spouse visa, quitting could be seen as a natural progression and have little bearing on the matter. In the case of a visitor visa, employment is a significant plus in respect of reason to return. Quitting during application could be taken the wong way and rather inadviseable.

This was the point in question, which cannot be assumed to be the case. "If Bangkok is submerged by the sea, then every island in Thailand would have also been at least partially submerged by then as well. " There was no link to any goalposts, only hearsay. At the end of the day it makes little difference to Bangkok if the water goes up or the ground goes down, same outcome. Both are underway and can only be mitigated.

You should remember the point was about a shortage of skills, not about all skills. It is government classification, not mine, maybe I was a bit brief in just referring to apprenticeships which had one of the greatest impacts. If you look at the Skilled Worker Visa categories, not that many of them require a formal university education. More to do with vocational achievements.

As far as the government is concerned "skilled" workers do not come from universities, and in particular Cambridge. The lack of skilled workers comes from goverment mishandling of apprenticeships.

Fairly obvious he meant "visa extension" rather a visa, which would have expired on entry. Implied text appears to be an alien concept.

Where do you get "7 day clock" from? Poster said expiry date of visa, which could be months away.

The airport is quite higher than Bangkok, if that gets flooded Bangkok will be well on the way to becoming the Venice of Asia.

Garbage. Bangkok is sinking approx 3cm per year and currently the average height above sea level is around 5 feet. Irrespective of any change in sea levels, Bangkok could be at sea level within 50 years, without any island ever being affected.

Indeed. When the African nations were fighting among themselves the EU failed to agree on a unified approach, now deperately trying to shut the stable door. The UK were quite delusional thinking the problem would go away with brexit. On a global basis there is a fundamental problem in the fact that the UN is about as useful as a chocolate fireguard. They should have done a great deal more years ago to deal with displaced persons resulting from conflict. It is not like there is insufficient room in North Africa for refugee encampments, it was an apathetic approach that resulted in camps on the French coast.

The numbers vary between 8 and 15 depending on what source you look at. With your 10, it tells me 1 died for every 3 miles, China's HSR is in the order of 28,000 miles. Their HSR is very complex in places, I remember one part going through the mountains where we must have travelled 60 - 70 miles of continuous tunnels and viaducts. However overall, Chinese high speed rail has an exemplary safety record[135]: 70  and according to The New York Times, the Chinese high-speed rail network is "one of the world’s safest transportation systems."[136] As of at least 2024, the Wenzhou crash remains the only serious accident in the massive Chinese HSR network.[135]: 70  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail_in_China#:~:text=However overall%2C Chinese high speed,the massive Chinese HSR network.

Quite. Condos and houses are chalk and cheese and profit is not the only horse in the race, quality of life should be the odds on favourite. I was 62 when I decided to build my own house in 2009, on my wife's land so effectively gifted. Cost just under 1M to build and have probably spent about 300K on maintenance. After nearly 15 years, if I peg it tomorrow it hasn't really cost me much, about 7K/month. How would that compare to the rent on a 100 sq mtr, 2 bed detached bungalow. A real bonus of having your own place is a built in hobby.

About a dozen died constructing the channel tunnel(about 30 miles), but you are free to believe that deaths per mile are greatest in China.

McCarthy may have died but the legacy lives on.

May well be the Nigerian lager. ‘Black is beautiful’: Why Nigerians think their Guinness is better than Ireland’s https://edition.cnn.com/travel/nigerian-guinness-foreign-extra-import/index.html

However overall, Chinese high speed rail has an exemplary safety record[135]: 70  and according to The New York Times, the Chinese high-speed rail network is "one of the world’s safest transportation systems."[136] As of at least 2024, the Wenzhou crash remains the only serious accident in the massive Chinese HSR network.[135]: 70  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail_in_China#:~:text=However overall%2C Chinese high speed,the massive Chinese HSR network.

China's HSR accounts for two-thirds of the world's total high-speed railway networks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail_in_China

You've lost me, you would have to explain how grilling relates to fondue. You have made the point , you don't like hot pots or fondues I take it. A lot depends on who you are with, you cannot dismiss the cooking method based on the behaviour of others. We do them at home but I don't participate if one particular family member is present, pours far to much chilli sauce into the mix for my liking. Easier when out, we get 2 pots.

Indeed, and both Microsoft and Google are fairly good at that. From the other side of the fence. A couple of years ago I started a google group and had extreme difficulty getting people on board because of email filtering. The initial welcome message coming from an unkown source ended up in junk and very few check their junk, also many on a 30 day delete. After a while they would email me separately asking why they were not getting the messages. I would explain about the Junk folder and send them a new welcome message. Seemed like many had some kind of repeat button.

Everyone that has an email address gets them, different email providers have their own way of managing email.

Indeed, many seem to think it is an old age problem. I was first diagnosed just over 30 but think it was there before that. When I was discharged from the RAF at age 30 the MO made me wait half an hour and checked again, frowned a bit but signed the papers, never thought anything of it till I started seeing a GP.

On a slightly related issue, does anyone know if generic apixaban can be sourced in Thailand.

That was my experience in the UK. When first diagnosed, over 45 years ago now, I was prescribed a beta blocker, some years later that was changed to an ace inhibitor and it was some time after that the doctor added Amlodipine. Been the same prescription now for about 20 years.

It wouldn't make any difference if you were on a one way ticket or the return leg of a 2 way ticket. If anyone was looking to check they would be looking for a journey out of Thailand. There shouldn't be any issue on a re-entry permit but I did encounter an uninformed Jobsworth who didn't understand that a re-entry permit was a pseudo visa. I just called a supervisor and issue immediately resolved.

That was my first thought that for some reason the aircraft had stalled with insufficient height for recovery but it is reported that the pilot was very experienced and in good weather. With the damage to the aircraft may be difficult to establish mechanical failure in the control system. A lot may depend on any messages that may have been recorded but not yet mentioned.