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3 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Actually the actual status of persons here on Non-Immigrant visas with extensions (not working or PR holders) is 'temporary visitor for purposes other than tourism'. 

 

As I said on the other thread, people need to read the small print and wake up to their actual status here.

Does the small print say that the expiry date of the annual visa you have been granted is meaningless?

8 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

Well done sleuth, you have cracked it.

 

 

You have missed your vocation - you should be in criminal intelligence rather than jerking off on an internet forum.

The state of his intelligence is indeed ‘criminal'!

57 minutes ago, cardinalblue said:

Come on Eva Air, make the dog transportation happen...

 

figure out the logistics and make it happen...

UK rightly has very strict animal quarantine laws to prevent rabies.

8 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Obviously he loves the lifestyle, the slow pace, the weather, his dog, what else is there to know. Don't judge someone unless you walk a mile in their shoes first.  Everyone is different and has a belief system as well as there own values.  Do not paint everyone with the same brush you paint yourself with.  Rushing to judgment is easy to do, but it is a fools errand.....enjoy your life wherever you may be, but never try to put your values onto someone else...There's your break

I very much like to walk a mile in another’s shoes. Then they are a mile away and I have their shoes...

6 hours ago, Don Mega said:

Less people allowed entry equals a reduced chance of further infections.

 

Which part of this are you struggling with ?

You seem to have difficulties in grasping principles. If 'fewer' (correct English) people entering reduces the chances of infection then it stands to reason Thais should also not be allowed to re enter ,unless you want to argue that a returning Thai carries less risk than a returning farang father/husband?

9 hours ago, steven100 said:

at least your being honest with yourself and not like some ... 

Some /many are likely rather more informed than you and have explored their rights concerning refunds,for example the joint liability your credit card company may have for non delivery of goods or services. 

2 hours ago, crazykopite said:

Looming recession,Thai airways going bankrupt , mass unemployment yet the Thai baht is as strong as ever WHY ?  

Because the situation is mirrored to a large extent in most other countries 

47 minutes ago, Jonathan Swift said:

Thailand is not unique and doesn't hold a monopoly on idiot drivers. There are plenty in the US where I'm from, and no doubt plenty where you're from. People on thaivisa are always whining about discrimination against farangs, well it goes both ways. Wherever there are phones there will be idiots texting and driving. That means everywhere.

Not a monopoly,but certainly a huge stranglehold of market share.

1 hour ago, fvw53 said:

I believe in the Darwinism (survival of the fittest and adaptation of species) and I predict that in the near future Thai car drivers will develop eyes on the back of their head ...

There’s plenty of room to do just that given the space inside their head isn’t even half full.

18 hours ago, Yinn said:

Lot of negative comments.

 

say should be native English teacher.

Irony they live in thailand 10 years but can not say simple polite sentence.

 

IMO the best teacher for teach English to thai people must speak thai AND English.

how can translate for the kid if not understand what the kid ask? 

 

Not many farang speak thai. And if can they not want to teach kids English.

 

Not enough for every school. 

If native English teacher (US) can speak thai will be good teacher.

Not enough like that.

 

Same on TVF thai language forum. I try to help it before, but some member speak thai so well, and English= they can teach thai better than me. Explain very well. 

Explain better than Thai person. Some smart members really. 

Completely wrong. I brought my 9 year old Thai stepdaughter to the UK where she went to school . No one spoke THAI of course but she had learned much better English than this 'teacher' after just 2 months. Now at 25 she speaks perfect English without a hint of Thai accent. You must know the subject in order to teach it. This explains Thailand’s poor and worsening placement in the PISA educational tables .

On 5/18/2020 at 9:38 AM, worgeordie said:

The bad news for Thailand,has not affected the Baht at all,

what's it going to take !

regards Worgeordie

Because it’s measured against a basket of other currencies. The countries of those comparative currencies have had even worse economic figures having been more badly effected by Covid fallout.

22 hours ago, JensenZ said:

If you don't report your marriage in your own country, then no one there will know you are married. You are legally married, but no one will know, including the tax office... so you can pretend you aren't married in your home country, and even marry again if you wanted to and as long as no one complains, there wouldn't be problems.

If you remarried without being divorced you are guilty of a serious criminal offence of bigamy which frequently carries a jail sentence. Your then estranged angry Thai wife would only have to notify your embassy showing the marriage certificate and your own country’s police force would pursue you .

22 hours ago, The Fat Controller said:

You CANNOT register a Thai marriage at the British Embassy in Bangkok !

 

If you go through the proper process and get the lovely Thai marriage certificates (one for each of you) and the registration paper, then that is recognised in the UK.

 

It is a very good idea to get the certificate and registration translated.

 

If you are still domiciled for UK tax, you need to tell HMRC and also any pension companies that may pay you something one day.

 

My pension provider told me they would need copies of the certificate and registration as well as my wife's birth certificate when I died in order for them to pay a widow's pension, so I have provided these is advance.

 

Do not forget than a marriage invalidates all former wills made in the UK.

 

 

Wise advice which mirrors exactly what I have done with the exception of also providing a copy of her passports (uk and THAI). Forward thinking to make life easier for her upon our respective deaths ???? 

If the airline made such losses in these halcyon days pre Covid (when British Airways made £2billion profit per year but now will need government support to survive) the prospects for THAI are of no hope . Even more staggering losses beckon . Bankruptcy and termination are the only sensible business decision 

9 hours ago, bruceprior said:

However it turns out I have a feeling that I should have taken the refund instead of rolling over the ticket until BNE -> BKK comes back to life!!

Crossing my fingers.......

Rolling over was poor advice even if with a highly profitable airline like BA. If you paid by credit card you should’ve submitted a claim to them to refund on the basis of non delivery of goods. Under UK law for instance the card company is jointly liable under section 75 consumer credit act.

12 hours ago, kotsak said:

Amy Winehouse's song Rehab springs in mind.. ????

And the airline will mirror her fate. ???? 

3 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Strangely, there is no help that I know of for sex addiction in Thailand, even Pattaya. I've always wondered why as many expats are in need of help. 

I think because they can get all the 'help' they might ever need! If they can afford it...

1 minute ago, Neeranam said:

Do you know what "Dap" means in Thai?

I hear that a lot when the lights suddenly go out...

23 hours ago, Neeranam said:

OK. There's also an "I'm too fat forum" why not go there and talk about eating cream pies. 

'eating cream pies'. Type in that search on a porn site and you may get a result you weren’t prepared for...oh ,might that be another addiction? Help! ... ???? 

18 hours ago, Crossy said:

 

80% alcohol up the jacksie is not an experience I would like to sample!

 

You mean 'not AGAIN'? ???? 

18 hours ago, brokenbone said:

this conundrum can be mitigated if temperature is taken anally

as it use to be in the good ole days when i was child

Yes,we’ve all got an uncle we’d rather forget...

21 hours ago, SCOTT FITZGERSLD said:

this global lockdown was imposed on most countries by stronger countries

and the WHO.

thailand had no choice but to comply with the WHO instructions, especially

when air travel was halted.

the interesting country to check is turkemenistan, where it is illegal to even

say the word corona or to use masks !!! because the dictator there believe this

whole corona thing is a hoax.

The WHO can only advise,it has no authority to impose anything,and similarly for other 'stronger countries'..unless you have examples.. who again cannot ,nor have attempted to tell other countries what policy to follow. Otherwise how would you explain the different strategies followed by Sweden or Brazil etc compared to Korea or N Zealand?

Your last sentence even contradicts that! Doh!