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1 hour ago, guru said:

I assume you live in Bkk. I was in the same situation and over several weeks waiting wasted so much time at work and home checking the status of my username/password application online that I asked my wife if she could go into CW to submit a hard copy of the TM30 and get the login details which she did. By the sounds of what my wife reported back, the immigration lady responsible for issuing login details to Bkk residents had given up since early May and was only handing them out to people turning up at CW and asking for them. She had a queue as well. This was mid June so hopefully since then she’s got her second wind and booted up her computer to get through the back log.

Guru,

Thanks for the info.

Actually I am Isaarn based.

On 8/4/2019 at 10:42 AM, georgegeorgia said:

You dont wear Cargo shorts??? What sort do u wear?

 

 

 

 

I find decent cargo shorts sensible and practical in the Far East.

Zip and button pockets to look after valuables instead of walking around with them in your hands, reasonable length, look smart depending on what you choose to wear with them. A decent short sleeved shirt and you are good to go. I do wear sports socks with them and good quality branded training shoes.

I don't understand some of those with a downer on them. What are we supposed to wear?

I will wear vests around the house and shabby comfortable lightweight shorts, but not for going outside in public areas, regardless of how scruffy some of those who live in my area are.

I shower as needed but it's usually about three or four times a day depending on humidity. Hair very short. Fingernails and toenails and hair removal is all done by my better half for me. I love being well groomed. I feel confident. Teeth cleaned three times a day.

I always go with Qatar air but they are now starting to be at least 200-250GBP more expensive than their rivals Finnair for even economy flights.

In business class the difference between the two can be 1500 GBP. Both are under the One world alliance banner, so I get my points on my loyalty card. I won't use B.A. as I just do not like them.

Their BA traveller plus is not worth the money and nor is business class. Economy with them I have not been and the connections up North from London are four hours.

I have never flown Finnair but I think I might after November when my remaining two Qatar flights are used up.

I quit with Thai years ago for the aforementioned reasons of many other TV users, they got too expensive and service went down.

To the OP,

Answer to all your questions is Yes.

I will no longer take internal trips till this nonsense is finished and when they have got their head in gear to allow online reporting fur a TM30.

I find it ' slope shouldered ' to try move the onus, on threat of fines to the foreigner, if the Thai landlord refuses to adhere to Thai laws regards the TM30.

They have adequate information regarding long term law abiding expats. If they are the ' bad guys in ' they won't follow the rules anyway.

I will spend the money in Vietnam and Cambodia, it's only a hop, skip and a jump away.

No, I am sure the authorities won't care, but it is my small protest and I am satisfied they are getting now the minimal amounts I can pay into.

8 hours ago, Paulbuick1 said:

Online TM 30 is for hotels only that's what I was told last week so you can't do Tm30 online it has to be done in person at your local immigration office unless something new online has started in the last week? 

There are many already that have registered online.

It is a very strange state of affairs and highly dependent on the region that you are living as tom how long it takes to get your username and password. It ranges from a day or two up to two or three months.

2.5 months waiting already and I logged on today and it says ' Waiting for approval '  and still no username or password.

And Still nobody picks up the dedicated phone from the website.

No joy or advice from the Immigration office as to what we are supposed to do to report other than take the 3 hour round trip to Kalasin every time we venture anywhere.

Leaving for the U.K. this coming week but will complete a TM30 and take it to Kalasin personally on our return at the end of the month. What else is there to do.

Pathetic state of affairs.

1 minute ago, JeffersLos said:

Nothing, it's always been this way.

 

Just with less cameras, internet, and social media to highlight it. ????

And yet they can make such a song and dance about a British woman being photographed on a wall by a temple in Chiang Mai properly dressed but totally ignore this story in the main news.

Incredible.

I usually read the Cambodian news as I am a regular visitor there and have spent extended time in Siem Reap. It was extremely disturbing yesterday to read and see a video of a Thai man aged 22 years old go to a petrol station on a motorbike with his fathers revolver. His father is a Thai policeman, and he allegedly stole it from the house.

He shot a Cambodian gas station worker, aged 30 years old, who was slumbering on a desk next to the pumps, whilst business was slow.

The Cambodian worker was doing the graveyard shift in Korat,He murdered the man and stole the sum of 3,000 baht from the man's bag which was for customers change, because he ' had a gambling habit '

The video shows he sat behind him for a while before cold bloodedly shooting him through the head.

What is this country coming to??

https://cnewtf/2019/07/29/cambodian-gas-station-worker-shot-in-thailand/

12 hours ago, Genmai said:

I wonder what Buddha would have said about the people with their panties in a twist over a beautiful photo?

 

Oh, I forgot - the prevalent religion here is a total perversion of the principal teachings of Buddha and is such a far cry from the original guidance that it shouldn't even bear his name. He even specifically told people not to build temples and to just walk the path instead. Now """monks""" deal dope, rape kids, get in fights on public transport, get drunk at parties and storm schools to molest underage students and punch teachers during exams, and basically sit around getting fat all day playing on their phone. Every time I go to Central I can spot at least one waddling about looking for a new phone. Meanwhile they get subsidized by overcharged dopey farangs on some enlightenment trip and Thais who think throwing a bit of money about will absolve them of any repercussions from stupid behavior. How is anyone with a brain supposed to respect any of this?

 

Ask any Thai what their "training" consists of and you realize there is 0 incentive or enforcement in their "practice". If you want to see real Buddhism in this supposedly Buddhist country you have to go to a Vipassana meditation center.

 

One of the few good things about the wats is free parking. I pay my taxes so feel freely entitled to use their parking and toilets. The other good thing is photoshoot locations. I sincerely hope the Brit doesn't cave in to this hypocritical hoity toity holier-than-thou BS we see so much from Thai people. 

Best post I have read on Thais and Buddhism!

Absolutely spot on!

1 hour ago, randy723 said:

If America can let over 12 million illegal stay in Amsrica then the UK who also has many illegals in its country, surely they can let one honest lady stay and take care of her husband if not then Thailand should kick all the people from the UK out of Thailand

Oh well said,

Did you sit up all night thinking of that Gem of an idea?

23 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I think the bigger part is what people define as a bad situation.

I.e. I don't care about the TM forms which have to be filled out from time to time. For me it's a little work and no problem. But some people here make a huge problem out of it. And then they complain about that huge problem. 

90% is in our own mind how many problems we want to have.

I think you are missing some important points. I try to run my life efficiently and within the system and the law. There are many here that are similar to me in this way.

You are also oversimplifying the TM forms. The frustration arrives is because a lot of us do not know where we stand at all after years of obeying the rules they continuously invent more not fit for purpose and the means by following them as in online reporting, are not working.

The latest one is TM30, with all offices making contradictory statemen5ts and each one differing in their interpretation of the said form. Since renewing retirement extension, we were told to register online, we did it...TWICE! over 2.5 months ago. We rang the helpline, nobody picks up. We rang our Immigration office, ' I will call you back ' He never did. We rang again, ' I am very busy ' was the response.

So this is not a case of sitting at home whinging about a system. It's a case of now being provided with the tools to do what they require as in a username and password and not knowing which ' rule ' our local immigration have decided they are going to follow with the TM30.

We leave next week for the UK, good because I need a break from here. On return we will head within the 24 hours to our immigration office and try to report and get a bloody username and password. 

Nothing wrong with my mind, and I don't mind doing the work, give me the bloody tools to accomplish it. It is frustrating.

Footnote: And none of this reduces criminality because criminals don't file TM28 or TM30, they don't report every 90 days, Many don't even have passports and others haven't even come through the front door to enter the Kingdom, so their lives remain unaffected and they continue without stress as normal. It is the law abiding that this nonsense affects.

15 minutes ago, Stanaris said:

In my opinion they knew that he needed Dialysis and that is the reason for the visit this time because it is free here.  Stage 5 CKD does not suddenly appear, I have stage 4 and have known for 3 years and have regular check ups.

What I think they should have done is apply for Discretionary Leave to Remain which is often granted in similar circumstances.

 

You are right. They could have also had an appointment in the UK and explained their circumstances to an Immigration lawyer.

Once furnishing the lawyer with the correct documentation, the lady would have been given leave to stay and it would have been kicked around the system for two or three years, whilst they sorted their affairs out. It isn't even overly time consuming to do this.

And so it goes on and on and on,

They only thing all these TM30 threads have achieved is to prove the the Immigration offices are consistently inconsistent.

Those petitioning can forget the TM30 being revoked, it can't be, because it is used by all the hotels and guesthouses as a means of monitoring guests to the country.

The very best they can hope for is a clear directive from the top of how it is to be applied by ALL IMMIGRATION OFFICES across the country.

1 hour ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Or that for accomplishing any given task at Immigration, there are probably a dozen or more different procedures/documents required among all the various different offices, with many setting their own local rules/requirements that don't match with what others are doing elsewhere.

 

It's getting to the point where it's pretty hard to actually hand out any accurate Immigration advice here, because it's always with the caveat... "but that rule/requirement/documents may well be handled/enforced entirely differently at your local Immigration office."

 

I actually did all my documents perfectly and triple checked them before going to Immigration for my yearly retirement. The documents were crisp, clean and in good order.

They nearly totally re did them all on scruffy pieces of poorly copied papers and just said to me sign! No way was I getting ' into it with them ' as I purely wanted what I went for and so just played along and got what I wanted.

You are spot on though, the orders come down from the top, it then seems to be up to the interpretation of the individual boss of each immigration office how these are enforced.

Interesting and completely off topic is this now, but this type of ' left hand not knowing what the right is doing '  is exactly what was said during the days of Pol Pot and the crisis of events between 1975-79 and how the genocide started.

They said that orders were issued by highly educated people at the top of the regime. It was then passed through different hands and to people of different educational backgrounds right down to those enforcing the rules, laws and regulations.

They say by the time it reached those in the field as in the Khmer Rouge soldiers or footmen, most of whom had no education at all, it had no resemblance to what was initially ordered, hence the genocide. By the time it had got back to the top, it was all underway and too late to stop the speeding train.

2 hours ago, Dcheech said:

Good job Mr Biggs. Suck it up, get humble and do some Public Relations, 'shill' work for Immigration. That has to help with your VISA status. And no more of those unscripted outbursts ok. Heh.

Well said.

2 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

More like a grovelling back tracker than having any 'power'. That TM30 petition will probably never even get an answer.

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Absolutely, but we knew this would happen.

2 hours ago, champers said:

Interesting to see TV copyright an article they have cut and pasted from yesterday's Bangkok Post. How does that work?

Shame that Andrew Biggs didn't cover TM30s or 90 day reporting during his meeting with Immigration. I suspect the meeting was more a case of attitude adjustment for him after describing Thailand as Hell.

Andrew Biggs is on eggshells, he has not done the required amount of kissing ass as yet.

No chance he is going to further rock the boat and mention either TM30 or 90 day reports and don't even mention that phones go unanswered, or their website sucks and isn't working!

Next time he is in the queue, he can eat some of that humble pie stored in his hand luggage, while he is awaiting admittance to the Kingdom.

As a regular in Cambodia I can say my other half would NOT move there. Been there, seen the temples, done it. Also, food choices as well as the selections of fruit and veg is not popular with her.

Doesn't mind the Cambodians but thinks they are a bit ' sneaky ' which is pretty ' rich ' coming from her!

Laos of course, a different story but wouldn't leave her mother anyway. Fits in well with them all.

Going to the UK next week, which she enjoys, especially the shopping and Thai people in our city, but is always happy to come back after three weeks to mother, the dogs and the farm.

Me, I like Cambodia by myself for maximum five days then I want back to Thailand. The expat scene there is very ' eclectic ' and I have friends living and working there.

On a footnote, I do know somebody who has done this.

They run the Crocodile Bistro in Siem Reap and the gentleman I believe is Belgian, his name is Werner, with a Thai wife-who does the cooking of Thai food but oversees Cambodian cooks as well.

They have a successful business, or it was last time I was in. It is on the river but slightly out of town.

From what I have seen on Facebook and speaking to them directly, they seem reasonably happy.

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g297390-d3365043-Reviews-The_Crocodile_River_Bistro-Siem_Reap_Siem_Reap_Province.html

17 minutes ago, tomacht8 said:

She has a doctorate in physics.

The title of Angela Merkel's dissertation was: "Investigation of the mechanism of decay reactions with simple bond breaking and calculation of their rate constants on the basis of quantum chemical and statistical methods". In her doctoral thesis, Merkel examined the influence of spatial correlation in bimolecular elementary reactions in dense media and received the rating "very good". With her doctor thesis, Merkel contributed to research in the field of statistical and physical chemistry at the Central Institute for Isotope and Radiation Research.

Pleased to hear that she has such a Doctorate because she didn't get one based on common sense in the real world.

Why would you transfer 117,000 baht to clear customs for an i phone and unspecified USD?

One would think the clown would do his due diligence and relevant checks.

It sounds like a gay scam by the reporting of it, no females are mentioned.

It's greed that wins every time with these people who lose their shirt! Must be plenty of idiots if they have amassed 10 million baht.

Amazingly, Nigerians involved....yet again!

30 minutes ago, apophyss said:

Why priority isn't for arrest terrorist (in south to) ?

 

 

Because more hard ?

Because that would be REAL policing and REAL work for the Army, not soft targets like illegals and migrant workers. If they were out tracking terrorists they wouldn't have all this time for all these press conferences which achieve nothing except feed their over inflated egos.