sandyf

My wife has done about a dozen visitor visas and I have never used any of the online options from VFS. You can pay for courier return when submitting application.

Online news is the internet, articles like this appear with monotonous regularity. https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/30345744 Note the last paragraph. "According to the Women and Men Progressive Movement Foundation, which provides aid and legal consultations to victims of sex assault or harassment cases, half of all rapes in Thailand as reported in 158 national news stories in 2011 were committed by family members (father, step-father, grandfather or brothers) or acquaintances (neighbour, friend, teacher or monk). Only 33 per cent of such cases were committed by strangers." As I said previously, on my first visit to Thailand I went to a wedding in Buriram. One of the guests, right in front of everyone, tried to sell me his daughter for the night, girl couldn't have been any more than 10 and looked quite petrified. Bit of an awkward moment, absolutely horrified and just shook my head. I didn't understand what had been said and a girl that spoke English explained what had been proposed, as though there was nothing unusual.

Likewise in Pattaya, I was into my 50s when I first came to Thailand and not interested in the schoolgirls. However through association with younger guys I knew from the UK I got to know quite a few girls that were underage.

Why do you feel compelled to try and put words in the mouth of others, seen it in almost every post you make. Certainly not ok, but there is no easy answer. Obviously you would have the authorities round them up and sent home to be abused. Shutting down premises is not going to help, just mean more on the streets, not going to stop them travelling to find work. The only hope is that time, investment and education will reduce the need for girls to leave home at an early age, certainly not going to come from foreign media documentaries.

I did look into an FCD a few years back and if I remember right one of the selling points was the ability to repatriate foreign funds without conversion. If what you say is what happens in practice then I don't see much benefit in that type of account. FAQs on BBL website would indicate transfers should be able to be made without conversion. As far as the OP is concerned I noticed this statement. "However, the users are still unable to transfer funds from FCD accounts into overseas account via Bualuang iBanking Service."

Many of the underage girls in Pattaya have been sexually active for many years, usually with members of their own family or close family friends. They are probably safer and better cared for working in Pattaya than staying at home. The so called do gooders always think they can find an answer, looking in the wrong direction.

Why the compulsion to distort the context? I can only take it that you fail to realise that software can prevent a human from seeing ALL relevant data. "Glitch" is the common term for software malfunction, transient or long term. Your "90 day lady" is nothing more than a low level accessory in a software controlled environment, it's not called "online" for nothing. If you want human control you can do it in person.

The shouldn't be any problem repatriatng funds that have not been converted, it is only the Thai baht that is subject to BOT restrictions.

Don't know if popular in Thailand, but the group that appeared on BGT recently went down a storm.

Offices can say anything they want, reality is something else. One online application I did last year had approval by return, so fast it had to have been automated. Maybe a sign of things to come. The following application went back to normal, taking a couple of hours. Haven't done one since,next in a couple of months. At the end of the day nobody really knows what is going on in the background. Software is regularly updated and in most cases without anyone noticing, other times could mean a temporary problem.

Indeed, but in doing so you distorted the context of my post which is a breach of the forum rules. I made no reference whatsoever about the documentary or it's producers, just agreed with another poster that said "probably BS". Like him I wouldn't bother watching such rubbish, after 25 years I don't need the media sticking their noses in. It has never helped in the past and not going to again. Not going to hold my breath on an apology.

The leader being Senator McCarthy? Maybe not so much blindness as tunnel vision. Not good to generalise, everyone's perception is based on "how" they were taught. "I've looked at life from both sides now From win and lose and still somehow It's life's illusions I recall I really don't know life at all"

You would have to show me where I mentioned left wing, I only agreed to it being BS. Your assumptions say a lot about you. The very first time I came to Thailand I went to a wedding and one of the male guests tried to sell me his daughter, about ten years old. That is where it needs to change. You probably believe that the prohibition period in the US stopped people drinking.

Sounds about right.

In 1970 Bill I was posted to Sharjah. The Arabs used to feed the goats on cardboard boxes, and still got milk. "Recycling", before anyone had heard the word.

I haven't done a TM30 since 2015 and never been a problem, lost count of the times I have been out of the country since then. In Oct I returned on new visa and new passport. The OP would be better asking at his office than on here.

Quite, it's like a "must have" topic in the CV of every naive journalist. Would have been hot news in Roman times if people found it easier to travel. In 1972 I was posted to Germany, only a stones throw from Amsterdam, no shortage of red lights there.

We have a Nissan Nevara which has 2 filters and when I looked a few years back I think they were about 100 baht each on Lazada, may well be cheaper now. Bit academic, easier to clean them than place an order on lazada and they get replaced on major service. The last time the garage did it I think they used lazada clones, I doubt Nissan have stopped marking their spare parts.

Take it you mean fresh milk. I live out in the sticks and the selection of flavoured milk on the shelves is unbelievable. You are probably right on production costs, milk production and packaging would be more challenging than somewhere like the UK. In a previous life I used to manufacture milk bottles and it was a cut throat and high risk business. Remember one of our competitors was faced with a recall on potentially contaminated bottles of orange juice.

Good starting point, the temperature coming from the AC will rise as the filters start to clog up. Should be fairly easy to remove and give them a clean, makes a tremendous difference. The compressor may well be cutting out due to overheating, I would be surprised if it doesn't have a thermal trip.

Nobody has any experience with android. Androd belongs to google but is open source code and every phone manufacturer tailors the code to suit their device. It cannot be said with any certainty that what happens on one phone will be the same on another.

Obviously context means very little. You need to show me where I mentiond transfers.

Your response was rather abrupt and would hope you are talking through experience with that particular app. I have used the vpn in the past to get UK apps that didn't show up on the store. As the old saying goes, there can be more than one way to skin a cat.

If app shows up - no problem. A few years now since I opened my account but seem to remember it couldn't be done without the VPN. Certainly not required once up and running.

Didn't you notice I said "probably", only made a suggestion, I installed the app when I was in the UK. I used the VPN to open the account from here in Thailand.