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Ha ha ha ha They set up stricter requirements for the tourist visas , they aim to kill the sex toutism but at the same time they complain about the lack of the rourists.

This is a bullshit I'm travelling in Thailand since 20 years and I never booked the hotel in advance. I'm like to choose my accomodation upon my arrival.

Well, we felt the absence of Shinawatra family, isn't it?

Since yesterday some foreign web site are unreachable. Has some TOT users got the same experience ?

I want to end the contract I have to pay I think about 3000B.

Absolutely not! I don't pay even a Baht. No good service, no money.

The problem, or at least one, is that the main providers share billing information or maybe use common billing facilities. The last time I made an overseas call on my TOT telephone, the bill came from CAT. If you are black-listed on one company, you might find service denied from some or maybe all the others. And, if your service is terminated by one you might get hit with a reconnection charge once back payments are cleared.

I'm not saying this will definitely happen, but if you get all I-Know-My-Rights and piss off people you'll probably cause yourself ( and other farang customers in general ) more grief than it's worth.

When I signed my year contract with TOT... more than a year ago thankfully ... the lady said it could be cancelled if service was not satisfactory. Better to take along a diplomatic Thai friend to explain politely to someone in the office that you are having many problems and want to cancel. Ranting and demanding rarely work to your advantage in Thailand even if it might be momentarily satisfying. Actually I think they often enjoy watching a farang go ballistic, turn bright red and start sputtering. Things can be frustrating here, but the person you vent on is usually not the cause of the problem. Better to take a Prosac and look for a solution rather than amplify the problem.

If it should become a court case you're unlikely to fare well and who knows what effect all that might have on your extension of stay next time around. TOT won't be punished nearly as much as you might be.

Well: maybe also the execution. Thank you for your advices, but I'm not be intimidate, if I'm right.

I want to end the contract I have to pay I think about 3000B.

Absolutely not! I don't pay even a Baht. No good service, no money.

Reminders will continue to be sent for about 9 months, then a threat of court action will be received. I don't know what happens then - I chickened out and paid last time

I think it's doesn't good for them to promote a court action. They were the first to broken the contract.

I want to end the contract I have to pay I think about 3000B.

Absolutely not! I don't pay even a Baht. No good service, no money.

My Emule doesn't working proplely, It connected but it can't dowload.

Tomorropw I'll go to the company for pay the bill, and I'll demand explanations. If they didn't restore the connection like as before, this is the last bill I will pay.And of course I'll change the company.

Each time the thai visa issues warnings, it seems that the armageddon day coming up.

Take it easy

Crackdown on their main sorce of income?

Let's applause them.

Well ,we have had just one real testification up to now. The rest ones are only hearsay.

Did they give a red stamp just after one t.v?

Then everyone should had got that stamp, because almost all applicants have at least one or more visas in their passports .

So, this tread should be full of reports jet.

It's a bit peculiar ,isn't it?

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In the case they enforcing this new rule also for those who over 50, it would be the proof that the illegal work by the foreigners has notting to do with this new rule.

people over 50 can be illegal workers also so i can not see any logic to what you just said

Obviously you're ignoring the fact that in los the limit of 50 is considered retirement age. No longer suitable to work

I think he was just unlucky, there are at least 500 people a day for make a visa applicaton in Vientiane .

I'm awating for other reports.

You believe they only checked a random sample of passports?

That's optimistic, but I wouldn't hold your breath.

I don't think anything.

Let see for further reports.

I think he was just unlucky, there are at least 500 people a day for make a visa applicaton in Vientiane .

I'm awating for other reports.

It's bad. The individual freedoms are increasingling threatened.

Hi to everybody. My thai driving licence will expire the next month, unfortunalely I have only a tourist visa and then I can't renew it.

So I have to get an international driving licence. Is it possible for a foreigner to get it in Thailand ?

Thanks.

FYI, a THAI IDP won't be legally valid in Thailand, it's for Thai, or foreigners, who might live here and want to drive in another country. They'd also have to carry a current Thai drivers permit with them.

If you're American or Canadian or Brit, and I expect a lot of other nationalities, you can get an IDP from your home country that'd be valid in Thailand, IF you also have a valid license from your own country.

For U.S. and Canada, do a google for your state/province and add: international driving permit

For the U.S. the AAA will pop up.

Mac

It's simply absurd that I have to make a travel to my home country just for that.

I'll make the I.D.L. by online.

Thank you for the answer.

I have thai driving licence but it will expire at the next month.

If I would have a non imm visa I don't ask for help in this forum.

So I have to get an international driving licence. Is it possible for a foreigner to get it in Thailand ?

Yes, if you have 5 years Thai DL

Thanks, but where should I ask for it in Pattaya?

No, not in Pattaya. you have to go to "Mo Chit", Ministery of Transportation in Bangkok. If you have WP, would be very easy. If not, you need a certificate of living and a Non Imm Visa and Passport pictures. Cost of IDL is 505 Baht so far, plus travel expenses, of corse.

In the first post I said that I just have a tourist visa.

Can't you drive in Thailand if you don't have a non imm visa?

So I have to get an international driving licence. Is it possible for a foreigner to get it in Thailand ?

Yes, if you have 5 years Thai DL

Thanks, but where should I ask for it in Pattaya?

Hi to everybody. My thai driving licence will expire the next month, unfortunalely I have only a tourist visa and then I can't renew it.

So I have to get an international driving licence. Is it possible for a foreigner to get it in Thailand ?

Thanks.

Why not just tattoo a number on the arm's of all foreigners to keep track of them .... I can't believe this ....

Don't the Thais have the right to ensure those who come into and stay in the country are ligitimate? Many countries in the world have registration systems to provide information on who is living where and for how long. What's the problem?

Yeah; but elsewhere this rule is in force for everybody , not only for the foreigners.

n a crackdown on foreigners who regularly abuse the tourist exemption rule.

Abuse. This recurrent word each time they talking about the foreigners.

This rule doesn't have effects on me ,but I'm feeling hurt all the same.

Then I will resend all my money to my home country within the end of this week. I keep here just the minimal and essential for my life expenses. Because I no longer want that they ABUSE of my money.

Who does makes the laws in Thailand? The government, or any general director?

Or any bananas seller?

The money come today in my account .

Thank you to all for the anwers.

I'm awaiting to receive a sum from Germany. My bank is the Siam commercial , the money has been sent in April 9 by bank tranfer ,but up to now the funds doesn't displayed in my account.

Is it normal that?

Thanks.

If it was a wire / Swift transfer then YES, it is unusual and you should immediately check with the person who sent you the money

Normally, wire transfers take no more than two days, at the most

But you confuse the issue by calling it a bank transfer

Please clarify

Sorry, but I don't know what sort of bank tranfer they used. I just know that the sum has been sent by bank.

I'm awaiting to receive a sum from Germany. My bank is the Siam commercial , the money has been sent in April 9 by bank tranfer ,but up to now the funds doesn't displayed in my account.

Is it normal that?

Thanks.