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I'm thinking Greece could be the go

3 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

It is normal for the restaurant to provide extra chopstick

It isn't normal at all. Usually one has to request some kind of community serving spoon and even then it doesn't guarantee people will use it, thus continuing to double-dip anyway.

49 minutes ago, cmarshall said:

It's an old saw of sociology that how people plan for the future depends on their level of income.  Poor people struggle to live day by day and lack the resources to do effective planning for the future. 

Are you including the Chinese in this wildly generalised theory?

On 1/30/2020 at 7:27 AM, cornishcarlos said:

All for show only

then why not put out monopoly money

12 hours ago, genericptr said:

Again she's never had a history of this

that's because they're experts in the so- called "long game". 

28 minutes ago, Pat83 said:

So I answered married, because I didn't want to lie to the government.

can't you say you're separated?

2 minutes ago, tifino said:

in pix: most IOs and BIB using cheap 20 baht paper masks!

they should be wearing eye protection / swimming goggles too

Yoko 2.0

There’s a vid on YouTube, someone filmed driving through the streets of SF in the 1940s. Quite surreal to see.

1 hour ago, Blue Mango said:

 

So I guess the question is, do we have to pretend we're full on GF and BF to improve her chances of getting that visa? 

Don’t ever pretend anything with immigration, they’ll smell something is up and immediately come down like a ton of bricks.

She’s your friend and she’s a girl. So, she’s your girlfriend.

As the fat controller rightly advises, whatever you do be completely honest.

A friend coming to visit for two or three weeks? That’s a tourist visa innit?

I doubt photos of you together will mean a lot, unless she’s visiting as your wife or fiancé..? Pretty sure that’s a different visa?

But yeah, an invitation letter from you providing evidence of your ability to cover her for food, accommodation, sightseeing and travel costs won’t go astray. Include recent bank statements, pay slips, maybe a pic of your house, her sightseeing itinerary in the UK etc.

The main thing is convincing immigration she will return to Thailand. She’ll need a pretty strong reason why she must return home, otherwise I dare say it’s not gonna be easy.

On 1/27/2018 at 10:47 AM, Peterw42 said:

Australia has a demand for Baht, to come here on holiday, to buy cars, hardrives, air conditioners, cheap seafood at woolies etc, thats the demand that pushes the baht price up.

Besides a couple of well off thais and some gold imports, Thailand doesnt have much demand for Australian currency.

And where do you think Thailand gets all the raw materials to build these cars, hard drives, airconditioners, or even the seafood from OZ that’s packaged in Thailand.. Out of their ass?

1 hour ago, Odysseus123 said:

It wasn't.

Yes it was, up until about 45 minutes ago. They’ve only just updated it now.

On 8/21/2018 at 6:55 PM, aussienam said:

expatriates from Australia who own property in the state of Queensland

All property? including PPR?

Hey guys, wondering about Phuket in January. Flying in from China. What're the immigration queues like... any worse than swampy? Anything around $50-60AUD that's not a backpackers?  Yes, I understand January is high season.

Cheers for any insights

Could it be because Chiang Mai is a bit meh? Wonder if they ever consider that as a possible reason.

4 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

They don't get them because they don't want them. 

You mean they don’t want to pay for them