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Free pass for the Shinawatras nowadays. Simply "when" will she return? Anyone want to open a book of odds on what illness she will suddenly be stricken down with that requires a VIP suite at the Police General Hosptal in lieu of jail?

Quite amazing really that the driver didn't become unconcious too. Very, very lucky that there was no loss of life in this incident.

So this tells us a lot about life here that many beleive already. Life is valued very cheaply. I'm sorry for your loss @petermik especially, when commenting on that which must not be spoken, will guarantee a sentence of at least 15 years. 4 years for cold blooded murder is an insult and should have been a minimum of 20 years and no parole or pardo!

If you want to renew now, you will have to use the agent again. Best option, visit another nearby country and let your current visa/extension lapse. Reenter Thailand visa exempt, go direct to immigration and apply for Non-O retirement and then do extension properly. That's what I did. You now qualify - just make sure that you have the FIT incoming document for at least 800,000k Baht from overseas from your Thai bank. You do not have to go back to the UK.

Google translate is your friend. Download as an app for all phones. Take a picture or hover over the text and it will trasnslate. I would never sign anything I did not understand.

I hate the way the airlines here add and preselect options. The advertised price should be available for all payment types. Sneaky and misleading.

April 1st was nearly 2 weeks ago...

I've walked the whole length of the beach road twice in the last few days. Some areas are so narrow between the trees that a wheelchair user would struggle to pass. Other areas are wider but there just seems to be so many obstructions along the way. Also, some areas it looks like they narrowed the walkway to add parking spaces on the beach side of beach road. Removing the trees is the last thing that should happen as it wouild spoil the look. Better to extend the walkway out a few metres onto the beach and unclutter. I'll also add that the whole length of beach road is dirty and smelly. They have put rubbish/garbage dumpsters every 30 metres or so on the beachside walkway (which is to be commended at this busy time), however at 7am today the smell was awful like walking through a garbage tip. The dumpsters did not appear full but really they need sanitizing once emptied. Quite horrible really and puts me off walking tomorrow morning.

In my experience, it really doesn't matter when you do a TM30, so long as it is filed BEFORE you need to go to immigration. Much has been said about need for a new TM30 but why take a chance? Simply file before any interaction with immigration. It is easy to file.

To see the real agenda, follow the money.

The Welsh and Scots I know often beg to differ. Regarding the OP topic. I would really be curious to know why he returned to the UK and what "intelligence", if any, the UK authorities had on Burrows. Hopefully this wqill be reported in the UK press at some point.

Pay a roadside "fine" of 20,000 Baht is typical (5,000 Baht for Thais). Barber was talking with me about this today - 3rd road checkpoints. Agree with others above. It is so easy with Grab and Bolt that there is no reason to drive.

Amazing that the cops even bothered. If one really wants a fast response from the Metropolitan Police, just tell them you saw Tommy Robinson in London. The cops will be there mob handed in an instant! RIP for the lady. This seems quite a complex story. That location is an expensive neighbourhood about 1 minute walk from Tony Blair's London home and Hyde Park.

And the people were expected to beleive that Thaksin was crippled with serious illness. Just shows that the authorities treat the population as mugs. Lock him up where he belongs to serve his proper sentence!

No money to be made changing a commercial port to a recreational area.

Would be a perfect place to build riverside condos with lovely views. Anyone wonder why some want the port relocated? Don't Sansiri build houses and condos? Who's connected to Sansiri?

In related news, scientists have reported unexpected healing of the ozone layer above the OP's house. Recorded levels of methane dropped dramatically recently and they are investigating the reason...

I replaced old units with new Daikin inverter units 4 years ago. Increased with new units from 9,000BTU to 12,000BTU and 18,000BTU to 22,000BTU. Same physical size of the internal units. Saved a huge amount on electricity, better cooling and quieter too. Very good value.

The immigration will enforce TM30 only if you need their service such as an extension (some offices and agents might not need TM30). TM30 is really so easy to do online these days although, as a Thai government website it's not always clear what needs to be done (when searching for submission to see if it's confirmed ONLY the LAST NAME must be entered otherwise it will say "not found"). Below is a copy of a recently filed TM30 which can be downloaded and printed from the submission system (I think it has to be retrieved with 7 days). The homeowner can setup the account online. Takes about 10 minutes and is instant. Filing takes about 2 minutes.

Recently, all foreigners seem to be treated as "suspicious".

In the UK, refusal to supply a specimen of breath at the roadside results in immediate arrest. Same as failing the alcohol breath test. Officer would accompany to hospital until dischaged to police for prosecution in court.

No! Just NO! This should not be granted permission. Lest Thailand been seen accused of aiding and abetting Myanmar in against it's citizens. If these military officers (and family) crossed illegally into Thailand, they should either be arrested and detained on suspicion of war crimes, or simply forced back across the border into their own country (in the same way as ordinary Myanmar civilians are normally repatriated).

Mid february 2024

FWIW and may or not work for the OP, a good friend of mine in the UK needed a Visa for Thailand to stay 90 days. He's married to a Thai lady. He, at 76yrs, was totally flumoxed by the e-visa website. I agreed to help him and he emailed me pictures of all the documents (passports, statements etc.). The main thing that wasn't clear was the financial requirements. It appeared that the amounts were applicable to 1 year visa or extension of stay amount (£10,000GBP) but he wanted only 90 days. I went ahead and filled out the visa application for him and uploaded all the documents (even though his income and bank balance was much lower than specified). Within 3 days he was granted the 90 day marriage e-visa and entered Thailand with no trouble a few weeks later. I beleive the website to be misleading and confusing.

Let her go and protest in the biggest polluting countries and see how that goes.