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Removed another off-topic post and the replies to them.

This topic is not about the French revolution.

14 hours ago, Bingo66 said:

...I have page 48 and 49 free, page 49 is last page and on back of that is the emergency contacts page...

I am not sure what you mean with "emergency contacts page".

Is there a note printed on that page saying that it is reserved for information about emergency contacts? 

On 4/24/2024 at 12:50 PM, digbeth said:

looks like same mold as baht coin from the 60s

I don't have a one-Baht coin from the 1960s but I doubt that they had a ring attached to it an that they had that inscription. Hence, not from the same mold.

Seeing how unhelpful the Thai embassy in Saudi Arabia was, don't call them again. Instead, on their website, click on the link to the eVisa site and take it from there. It runs you through about a dozen data entry pages and if you have any question along the way, ask for advice in this topic.

14 hours ago, Marcel Samson said:

Why does it have to be 13 May...........i have no other options/time...

Giving this explanation to an immigration official will probably make him suspect that you are working illegally in Thailand and he might take action accordingly.

Removed an off-topic post and the replies to it.

I doubt that the OCS site concerns itself with immigration regulations. Best post in an ongoing topic about the TM.30 requirement or start a new topic.

A general observation now, about a good source for Thai laws.

A decade or so ago the dean of the law faculty at Thammasath University pointed me to krisdika.go.th, the website of the Council of State, aka the Cabinet. This site had a database of Thai laws and Royal decrees that was easy to search, even for me who do not read Thai, and was always updated with the latest amendments. Moreover, it had also a repository of excellent English translations of the most important laws.

With the advent of the incumbent Thai government, krisdika.go.th now redirects to ocs.go.th/council-of-state/#/intro-page, which I find more complicated to navigate, but the texts of Thai laws are all there. The good English translations are sadly gone and are replaced with what I think are second rate machine translations.

38 minutes ago, MangoKorat said:

I posted a link to an ASEAN NOW page

Another thing I learnt today: when a link starts with the domain name asean.org, like for example the link https://asean.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Thailand185.pdf that was posted here, it is a link to an ASEAN NOW page.

41 minutes ago, MangoKorat said:

I did not post a pdf download...

Thank you. I learnt something new. A link that ends with .pdf, like the link 

https://asean.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Thailand185.pdf that was posted here, it is not a PDF download. It is only when a reader clicks on it that it becomes a PDF download, ie a PDF file is downloaded.

4 minutes ago, MangoKorat said:

...I have accepted that the law has been overridden - should I await being shot at dawn?

Put it down to my poor understanding and unreasonable expectations. When you wrote "overridden" I stupidly assumed that you referred to the text that was in force before the text you quoted.

4 hours ago, MangoKorat said:

From our own website:

 

Section 14
A person of Thai nationality, who was born of an alien father and has acquired the
nationality of his father according to the law on nationality of his father, or a person who
acquires Thai nationality under Section 12 paragraph 2 is required, if he desires to retain
his other nationality, to make a declaration of his intention to renounce his Thai nationality
within one year after his attaining the age of twenty years, according to such form and in
the manner as prescribed in the Ministerial Regulations.
If, after consideration of the said intention, the Minister is of opinion that there is
reasonable ground to believe that such person may acquire the nationality of his father or a
foreign nationality, he shall grant permission, except in cases where Thailand is being
engaged in armed conflict, or is in state of war, he may order the dispensation of any
renunciation of Thai nationality.

The above English translation of section 14 of the Nationality Act was cancelled and replaced with a new text enacted with Nationality Act (No.4) B.E.2551. For the official text, which is obviously in Thai language, please refer to the publication in the Royal Gazette, to which you will hopefully have access as an apparent employee of a law firm.

3 hours ago, MangoKorat said:

...You are 100% free to believe the contents of any updated regulations, just as you are free to disbelieve those I have posted - I won't until I see an official version...

In this earlier post of yours in this topic you wrote "From our own website", you quoted an English translation of Section 14 of the Nationality Act, and you posted the link ttps://asean.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Thailand185.pdf which leads to a PDF document in English entitled 

Do I deduce correctly that you are an employee or co-owner of ThaiLaws.com but have not seen an updated version of Section 14 of the Nationality Act?

11 minutes ago, MangoKorat said:

 ...I am surprised that an entire new constitution fails to determine what constitutes Thai Nationality and makes no reference to any law that identifies such a determination. At least, I can't find such references...

A constitution neve makes references to law.

The constitution is the document based on which laws are enacted, not the other way around.

Closed. Duplicated here:

https://aseannow.com/topic/1326271-star-wars-quiz-nite-2-may-yay/?do=findComment&comment=18880934

15 hours ago, NorthernRyland said:

This Israeli guy stole some packages from this woman and threw something at her through the gate. Total nut job. Looks like he got arrested eventually...

Incomprehensible post without any see in English.

Removed a post (with a spelling error) commenting on a spelling error in another post.

5 hours ago, AverageAussie said:

Remember you need to use the "+" symbol...

I believe it makes a difference whether or not you call from a landline phone or from a mobile phone.

You won't find many schools teaching Spanish in Thailand.

The suggestion made by DrJack54 seems ideal for your situation.

Example of a USED non-O visa:

Could the BOI perhaps want to see immigration's stamp USED across the old, used non-O visa? In the past, immigration sometimes put that stamp on single-entry visas of any type.

This topic might have made for an interesting discussion if the opening post had included links - from credible sources - for the statements being made. As this was not the case, this topics need to be closed.

If high air pollution results in a high ranking "among Top Asian Cities for Expats", city governments in Thailand should make more effort to increase pollution.

(I was going to say they should make less effort to reduce pollution, but I have not seen any effort in that direction)