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Maestro

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  1. Because their computers are not programmed for it. It is e-government Thai style.
  2. Immigration does not routinely collect information from the airlines. I suspect than when the TM.6 requirement for air passengers was abolished, someone forgot to delete the requirement for immigration officials at the airports to input the flight number on their computer screen, hence the I/O's request for the boarding pass.
  3. They would have no reaction at all.
  4. I would reply: "I am currently not employed and have no employment certificate. I will travel to Thailand for the purpose of tourism and will not seek employment in Thailand"
  5. Generally, the eVisa fee is paid online with a credit card at the end of the online application process. With Laos and other Southeast Asian countries recently added to the eVisa process, cash payment is required until the Ministry of Foreign Affairs finalises arrangements with Kasikorn Bank for online credit card payments.
  6. I saw it explained in a post in Forum Support Desk that new normal is to copy the link and paste it in a new browser page to open the link.
  7. I'm not much into beer when I am in Thailand (where I currently am, snowbirding). Does Chang fall into the category of cheap beers? I remember a topic about 15 years ago on ThaiVisa where it was claimed that a popular beer included formaldehyde; forgot with brand it was. I went to see recently in the shop in the Swiss town where I live and saw that the label did not list formaldehyde but another chemical that is can also be used for embalming. Looking again recently at the labels of the three Thai beers on the shelves, none had anything other than water, hops, malt plus rice and/or barley on the legally required full declaration of ingredients. The formulas for the export versions may differ, though, from those of the local Thai versions.
  8. Thai law doesn't require the listing of the ingredients on the packaging of beer. The manufacturer of Chang beer is cagey about the ingredients list and on its website https://www.changbeer.com/en/our-brew/chang-classic mentions MAJOR INGREDIENTS: Malt, Hops, Yeast and Water An IA summary of the result of a web sarch with "what ingredients are in Chang beer in Thailand" says: Chang beer in Thailand contains water, barley malt, rice, hops, and yeast. Chang beer is a lager beer with an alcohol content of 5%. This corresponds to the ingredients list of the product shown on the websites of three sellers in the EU I have seen, except that yeast is not listed although it is obviously used. I wonder why yeast is mostly not listed on all brands of beer in the EU. Does this living single-celled microorganism exhaust itself and die during the fermentation process and thus is no longer present in the final product except perhaps as dead bodies?
  9. Dealing with officialdom, standing one's ground in a polite but firm manner can sometimes gain oneself some respect from the officials involved. I am pleased to see that you had this positive experience.
  10. Maximum file size 200kB
  11. What do you mean by sig photo?
  12. Removed an off-topic post about entry into Malaysia.
  13. In the beginning, immigration officials seemed to have been uncertain about what to write on the line for VISA CLASS on the entry stamp for VE60 entries, but now that I have seen two stamps from two different entry points, ผ.60-ม.17 seems to have become standard.
  14. You got the full 60 days stamped in your passport.
  15. Then it is accepted to take on board at Gatwick. The OP is talking about Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok, where his daughter will change to a flight to Phuket. Has anyone reading this had a personal experience with this type of situation?
  16. Removed an off-topic post about visa/extension.
  17. There are two dates on your arrival stamp. Would you care to post these two dates?
  18. Removed an off-topic post about Catherine Delacote.
  19. Removed an off-topic post about sonogram tool.
  20. Removed an unintelligible post about "money ( Blue in color )" and an off-topic post about "a South African buying America"
  21. Removed an off-topic post about trump and the reply to it.
  22. Removed an off-topic post (disclosure of intellectual handicap)

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