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Do you need to submit a photo of the biodata of your passport to the host? No. Does the host need to allow you to stay in their home if you refuse? No.

In general, I agree with everything you stated. However, it's pretty clear to me that the Thai government/TAT/whomever were intentionally vague regarding the "expanded" activities in the hopes of bringing more tourists in earlier. They were purposefully trying to make it sound like Songkran was three week instead of three days. If you live here, you know that three weeks of water fights would be ridiculous and counterproductive. If you don't live here....

Which is why I originally asked if "water distribution" referred to water trucks delivery, residential taps, or both.

I don't live here....staying in a condo temporarily this month while Chiang Mai is on fire.

Except it also says this "Residents will have access to public water only between the hours of 5:00 AM and 10:30 AM until further notice, following days of disrupted service across the city."

When they say "access to public water" - does this mean they actually cut off residential water supply after 10:30 am daily? As in, no showers except between 5:00 am and 10:30 am? The article mentions something about water trucks delivery so I'm uncertain if "water distribution" refers to truck delivery, residential taps, or both.

Customer Service.

This has happened to me for the past two months. My transfers are ACH transfers from a linked credit union account. In each instance, once I was told it would take five days, I was offered the chance to cancel the transaction and use a different method (either debit card or SWIFT transfer) to make the transfer occur faster. Naturally, these methods are more expensive. It would appear, on the surface, that WISE is slow-rolling some transfers in an attempt to incentivize one to choose an option that results in higher fees for WISE.

So were you.

I lived in the Lisbon 'burbs for three years circa 2008. Cannot say enough good things about the area (and the country.) If one moved out of the metro area, it's still pretty inexpensive (relatively speaking.) Great food, nice people, fantastic weather.

^^ THIS. If there is an international flight leaving, the re-entry desk will be open. Why is this? Because if there is an international flight departing, the Immigration bureau needs to have Immigration officers on hand to stamp passports. If there are Immigration officers on duty, they are available to provide one with a re-entry permit. Why is this? Because Immigration officers are the ones who process re-entry permits.

Americans.....Somalia wants you! Summary of cost of living in Somalia: A family of four estimated monthly costs are 1,311.4£ (1,655.5$) without rent. A single person estimated monthly costs are 392.8£ (495.9$) without rent. Cost of living in Somalia is, on average, 56.0% lower than in United Kingdom. Rent in Somalia is, on average, 86.5% lower than in United Kingdom.

And many of us wish "they" wouldn't have come back. By "they", I don't mean you, of course.

I Sphinx he did.

I'm told his attack on the taxi driver was pharaoh-cious. Rumor has it he was running a pyramid scheme too. Classic De-Nile though.

One can only hope that the "extended" Songkran celebration isn't misinterpreted by drunken tourists to mean that they should be spraying water all over the place starting on 7 April.

Where, pray tell, is your point of origination? Bangkok, by chance? Because the air in Bangkok has been significantly worse than the air in Chiang Mai for the last four days.

Criminal geniuses who crowdsource their plans on public internet forums.....priceless.

Agreed. My guess is that it has something to do with this: "Newly-issued instructions include… • All foreigners entering and leaving the kingdom to be strictly screened. Enhanced screening will also apply to those seeking extensions of stay, visa stamps, and any change in visa status. • All crimes committed by foreigners to be investigated and prosecuted, including violations of the Immigration Act, the Alien Employment Act, the Entertainment Places Act, illegal business operations, nominee arrangements where Thai nationals own shares or real estate on behalf of foreigners to avoid legal compliance." https://aseannow.com/topic/1322743-immigration-officers-told-to-increase-screening-of-foreigners-in-thailand/

I didn't say anything even remotely close to that, simply making bad laundry puns to amuse myself. But you go ahead and do that "cranky old man in diapers" thing for which AN is famous (or is that infamous?)

When you think about it, that's absolute tripe. Their business model is to transfer your money - refusing to do what you pay them to do unless you answer a customer service survey is unsatisfactory.

Big Soak, washing money. Hope he doesn't "take a powder". Does he have liquid assets, though? How's he going to "spin" this? Will his partners leave him "hanging out to dry"? A definite tumble from grace. You gotta know when to fold 'em..... (There's a bleach pun in here somewhere too but I can't find it.)

People make appointments so they don't have to wait six hours in the Immigration Office.

So what reason did you select for the "first step" you mentioned above? (I don't see a screenshot.)

It's disappeared from my drop down list also. It's no longer an option on either the mobile app or the desktop version.