ozfarang

15 minutes ago, MJCM said:

You can presume what you want ????

 

I have never dealt with an agent to get ALL of my extensions (Marriage and Retirement) so I have no idea if the stamps people get are fake or not.

 

I just wonder when people, who deal with agents, and get their passports back, that the stamps they have in their passports are 100% legit.

 

For example: Near all my Extensions there is a Number recorded: for example A 123, which I guess my Extension is recorded in the "Book" A and it's on Number 123.  (Each extension has a different number).

 

This (I Guess) is for when your Passport is checked if you have a valid extension of stay / not on overstay, that the IO can check about if the extension is legit or not.

 

So again, I wonder if extensions people got through an agent are also registered in those "books" and THUS hold up under scrutiny!

 

You do a lot guessing how the immigration system works here in Thailand.

You really wouldn't have a clue, like the rest of the forum posters. All a lot presumptions and no real idea how the actual immigration operates.

Continue on................

1 hour ago, MJCM said:

I have no idea as I don’t deal with agent and I just said that I was wondering. 
 

Edit: and as you maybe know agents play the system so who knows how legal they act?

 

edit 2: did you quote the wrong person by any chance? @mokwit posted about illegal stamps etc etc. 

You commented in one of your earlier posts

'I wonder how stamps / extensions obtained via Agents hold up under scrutiny.'

This infers they could be fake I presume

13 minutes ago, MJCM said:

No idea, but how sure can you be that the Stamp you get in your Passport is real when you have not visited an IO and only let the agent deal with IO?

 

As I said earlier, I wonder how stamps / extensions obtained via Agents hold up under scrutiny.

How many people are you aware of being deported for irregularities (fake stamps) for visa/extension of stay being deported having used an agent for the process?

If you have evidence a link would suffice

15 hours ago, Antiparovian said:

Why use an agent? Get it done legally yourself at your local Immigration Office.

Are all agents illegal then?

1 hour ago, Black Ops said:

 

Not a lot of damage that I can see.

The thrust reverser is still in the fully deployed position so hard to tell where the damage is

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4 minutes ago, KhunHeineken said:

No, I'm not a pain in the ass.  Just looking for some facts, not jokes from Centerlink. 

 

Does anyone know how long you can be out of Oz, either in total, or in one trip, during the 2 year qualifying period? 

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6 minutes ago, scorecard said:

I finished my 2 years in Oz late Nov 2021.

 

During the 2 years I was back in Oz I didn't leave at all because of the Covid- 19 situation, and more specifically getting permission/pass to re-enter Thailand.

 

I called  the older Australians line quite a few times in that 2 years. Every time a polite pleasant and focused conversation and because I had read many different reports that being absent from Oz part of the 2 years would cause problems:

- Pension stopped and later restarted.

- The building of the 2 years would stop and re-start when I returned to Oz.

 

Every time I discussed this with the Older Australians officers I got clear specific answers.

- Pension payments (full pension) don't stop unless the absence from Australia is quite proglonged#, probably meaning many months in one block period or several incidents of very long absences. 

#The Older Aust. officers mentioned several times 'There are rules/regulations about how long you can be out of Australia during the 2 years for Australians who had been out of Australia for many years prior to return. However the full regulations are not made public, however folks in this situation can be out of Oz many times during the 2 years, and can be out for many weeks on each occasion. One Older Oz officers laughed a little then said 'Just make sure you're not out of OZ for 12 months or more in one block period, that would cause severe complications'.  

- Building of the 2 years doesn't stop and re-start, it continues smoothly without breaks.

- During any ansence from for the 2 years some allowances do stop but automatically restart when you arrive back in Australia*. Examples:

- Energy allowance

- Rent assistance.

* C'link has a 24/7 live link to immigration. Any activity re your passport number automatically goes into your C'link records. 

Sorry @scorecard, my TOTAL OAP was stopped every time I left Australia(twice during the 2 year period).

What you were told and what happened are 2 different things obviously . As you didn't leave Australia during your 2 years you don't know what would have happened if you did. 

Just before I left Australia after my 2 years I rang the general Centrelink line and asked the specific question, "what pension do i receive after 26 weeks out of Australia" and was told, "your pension payments will stop". They haven't so what is said in telephone calls is not always correct obviously

When I departed Australia during the 2 year period to be eligible for portability my OAP stopped the day I left Australia and was re-instated the day I returned without any input from me apart from informing Centrelink my travel details, which was required.

The time out of Australia did not affect my 2 year period for portability. This was the period 2019 to 2021

Australia's newest airline received it's AOC today and should be airborne by the end of the month.

Let's hope it puts downward pressure on airfares in the coming months

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-12/new-airline-bonza-approved-by-casa-regional-australia-flights/101849982

The Singapore model seems to be working OK.

I suppose the Thai government have looked at the way Singapore introduced casinos and how they operate successfully 

54 minutes ago, NoshowJones said:

Thaivisa centre. I have heard good reports about them, but I would not waste my time on them. The last two times I emailed them with a view to using them, they did not answer me. I won't be emailing them again.

You should try contacting them on the LINE app. They reply very quickly

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7 minutes ago, digger70 said:

Maybe this has something to do to stop corruption among the immigration officers/offices. No one thrust Anyone. 

Can't blame them ,make the picture to make sure Your/their butt is covered.

 That's what happens when corruption is rife

4 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Sorry Oz, it's made in Spain & Holland.

But I was asking where Ivor bought the 2l bottles.

So why does the food barcode(500) indicate its origin is the UK

1 hour ago, KannikaP said:

So please tell us the source of the sauce.

UK

3 hours ago, pomchop said:

is that legal to not put your $$ into the bank account per the rules? 

 

 sounds pretty shady to me...what are the penalties if you should get caught?  deportation, fine, ??.

 

...also if u <deleted> off somebody' like your thai girlfriend.. who knows you did this and she reports you  to immigration or even just uses it as a threat to get what she wants  it could be a real nightmare and a lot more stress?

 

 

 

You got any proof of any recent foreigners being deported or facing penalties for not having funds in a bank account for Immigration irregularities?

Anyway not your problem so no need for you to worry

1 minute ago, brianthainess said:

Yes it's called corruption.

Corruption, part and parcel of the way things are done in LOS