richard_smith237

True - but it’s in their interest to make sure you have everything on order…. … so they usually ask for more than is required. My Wife has dealt with them a lot for various Schengen visas over the years & knows the requirements in detail. They always try to get her to buy extra insurance etc & threatens my wife that she’ll be rejected if she doesn’t go with the insurance on their list (we have good insurance already - never an issue).

Quite the accomplishment - was that Gottfird under a pseudonym? 🫣🍆👌

"jacked"? What does that mean? Context is obviously key... Jacked... gave up on.... Jacked it in...

Really ???? That’s pretty offensive…. Who’d want Malcy’s sloppy seconds ??? 🥸

Shouting (captials) is not going to give you the answer you want. IF you wanted a new passport from Thailand, you would have to go to VFS - they only process the submission of documents, they do no such thing as verification. If you have real concerns you 'could' contact the British Consulate and explain your situation to them - its possible they can check it. .... But, your question is 'extremely vague' - what exactly do you want to check about your passport ? Do you need some verification that your writing on the last page has not voided the document ? And.. by the last page, do you mean the 'Emergencies' page where you list your ICE Contacts (in case of emergency), or did you write on a different page ?

No need for this at all..... He's Thai / British He will depart Thailand on his Thai Passport. He will enter the UK on his UK Passport which will have 4 months remaining validity. As a discussion - this is a non-starter, absolutely nothing to worry about entering the UK even if he had an expired passport. With UK Passport Renewal - you can apply online - it 'should' take 3 weeks (but it seems you wont have time for that). https://www.gov.uk/apply-renew-passport Ideally, you can use the Fast Track Service. https://www.gov.uk/get-a-passport-urgently Fast track appointment for a child is 1 week (£145) The earliest you can get an appointment is the next day after you apply. Your new passport will be delivered to you by courier 1 week after your appointment. Note: there is no 1 day fast track for Childs Passport renewals (there is for adults).

The overwhelming degree of faux-puritanical hypocrisy perhaps...

Show everything you can - Proof of funds (savings), house ownership (documents need to be translated into English). You will need an 'invitation letter' from your parents, addressed from their house, saying that you will both stay there for the duration of your visit (you can write this letter yourself, from you, but the address needs to be listed as your UK address). An interview is very unlikely - solid documentation is key. Get everything you can... You can also 'fast track' at VFS - which wont actually make the visa process itself any quicker, but you will get 'dedicated assistance' at VFS and a quicker appointment time. https://visa.vfsglobal.com/tha/en/gbr/super-priority-visa

Your Wife will need a standard Visitor Visa. https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor Application will need to be made at VFS (Bangkok) https://visa.vfsglobal.com/tha/en/gbr

B/S While I’ve no doubt Gottfrid will feel compelled to argue - his default reaction to anything I say - I actually agree with his point that a helmet might have saved the rider’s life. Reports from the scene are notoriously unreliable, often built more on hearsay than hard facts. It’s entirely plausible the pickup didn’t run over him but struck the rider, with a resulting head impact being the fatal blow—a helmet could have made the difference. We simply don’t know. So, I wouldn’t be calling BS on the helmet issue - it’s moot. What isn’t moot is anyone riding without a helmet is a fool... and in this incident the contractor cut corners, the pickup driver was clearly following too closely, and the motorcyclist wasn’t wearing basic protection. A trifecta of idiocy with a tragically predictable result. As is so often the case in Thailand, fatal crashes aren’t caused by one catastrophic error, but a chain of avoidable mistakes - where had just one person acted responsibly, a life might have been spared.

Indeed - anyone even spouting playground idiocies like ‘plandemic’ or ‘Covidiot’ immediately disqualifies themselves from serious discourse. The idea that the global pandemic was some grand, perfectly orchestrated scheme by the world’s elites is not only laughably paranoid - it’s intellectually bankrupt.... .... and as for tacking ‘-iot’ onto “Covid” like it’s some stroke of satirical brilliance? It’s less Shakespearean wit and more the stuff of five-year-olds in a playground... To even entertain debate with that level of cognitive collapse is to degrade one’s own thinking to a level not just below the bell curve - but buried somewhere beneath the x-axis.... .... and its why I'll only entertain 'certain' arguments - as arrogant as that may seem to some indulging every claim, no matter how witless is as daft as the claim itself.

Please don't accept no for an answer - particularly from low level staff... Their response may come from misunderstanding through communication, or a larger misunderstanding in general. It maybe that their answer is nothing more than an assumption. If possible, ask to see someone more senior and ensure you can get a 'sit down' with a doctor - someone who can actually make an official decision rather than a dismissive cannot... ... in doing so, you may also get some good advice and recommendation as to where you can go and secure the services of a good obstetrician (OBGYN).

That in itself is no justification for say it is a preferred method of delivery. My niece is an Obs & Gny surgeon and C sections are her thing. She is extremely busy and it has nothing to do with preference, problems arise for a variety of reasons with many down to lifestyle. Alongside the more common problems there is an increasing number of babies that are growing above the safe size for the Thai pelvis plus both mental health and substance abuse issues are on the increase. You cannot always take stats at face value. Very true... (cannot always take stats at face value) - I'm sure the reason for the increased percentages of C-sections here compared to the west are medically elective and more related to cephalopelvic disproportion (CPD) and generally younger maternal age (under-developed pelvic bones)... which of course distorts the stats, particularly as Thai females are generally smaller. Nevertheless - its long been known that C-Sections are more common in Thailand than they are in many or our western nations - the stats highlight exactly the same, no matter how you want to look at them. Sheryl of course has far more medical experience than I, though I'm surprised she contradicted my comment given the amount of medical professionals I know who have commented on the 'unnecessarily high number of c-sections in hospitals here'.... that said - my sources of information are only: National Stats, and anecdote from a handful of Doctors I'm friends with (dinners / socialising etc - so lots of topics arise). MalcolmB would have argued that C-Sections are more common, If I had mentioned they are less common - so anything he writes is purely fabricated to generate discourse because he's been accused by me way to many times of being a troll and he that doesn't sit well with his childish ego - anything he writes can simply be written off.

No... its genuine 'disengagement' and 'exasperation at the idiocy'... ... I've presented 'counter-argument' after 'counter-argument' in the past in these threads to to debate against the voice of the 'ill educated laymen who suffer from authoritarian distrust and repeatedly pedaling fringe social-media half-truths and nonsense they buy into because they are are trying to encourage others to wallow in their same brain-dead anti-vax cesspit of mediocrity.... There comes a point where I realise I’m just feeding the festering cesspit of ignorance, and entertaining it feels like watching my sanity turn to ash - perhaps you'd call it arrogance, but I call it a simple refusal to engage further with the mind-numbing inanity of this conversation, at least until you present something scientifically and medically substantial enough to warrant an intellectual response. It’s the same attitude I reserve for the absurdity of ‘flat-earth’ threads - where the level of intellectual dishonesty is so staggering, it’s impossible to give the arguments any respect. At least with this subject, there’s occasionally something worth critiquing, but not in this thread. Here, the flaws are so glaring that even engaging feels like a waste of oxygen.

Looking for anything of value they can 'half inch' ???