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Um did anyone tell the arresting officers that cleaners are hard to come by, let alone getting a Thai to want to work ? "The owner of a cleaning company that hired them has been brought in for questioning over the matter". Clearly a misunderstanding, brown envelopes exchanged and everything back to normal then.

How else would they survive here ? I am sure they have some form of income that keeps them alive here, my point was, perhaps the Thai government should focus more on saving lives as opposed to throwing out those that are deemed overstayers so as to justify their expensive BMW cars. To me saving lives is far more important, i.e. get the lazy cops off of their asses to apply the law to their own citizens, but then again, they never really cares about their own, that Captain cop the other days showed a classic example of not moving out of the way of an ambulance.

I would have thought overstayers would contribute to the Thai economy, who would have thought that, nah, send them away, Thailand doesn't need the extra $ do they. While their at it, can they get some cops on the roads to save lives, some 20,000 plus of them, even a 10% reduction would be better than going after overstayers in my opinion.

A Doberman Pinscher is extremely loyal to his family. A Doberman Pinscher is very sweet and affectionate with the family children, provided he has been raised with them. He views the kids as the puppies in the pack. A Doberman Pinscher is a fantastic guard dog that will be the ultimate protector for your kids. Ticking time bomb for anyone outside the family, yeh, well who cares, family 1st.

Always buy the hot water heater at the maximum, i.e. 6.0 that way your water is always hot, even with the dial in the middle, anything lower than that and you will be having cold showers this winter. I say the above because we have 3 bathrooms, 2 of them have 3.5's and ours 6.0, the kids using the 3.5's compaing in winter that the water is not hot enough so we allow them to use ours and will change them to 6.0 when they need changing.

Karma, as for the flowers, well they can send some when he's good and buried, but wouldn't was a single baht on this piece of cat turd.

Having owned two in the past, they are a great dog, very protective of kids as well. I raised 3 kids with 2 Doberman's, one male and one female (couple), they would sit next to their prams when babies and no one could come near that pram, and if the kids ventured off, they would be around them. Never attacked anyone who came to our place, well except for my brother who one day opened the side gate without announcing he was coming in and the female charged him, fortunately for him he went out the gate as quick as he came in. Any dog would attack a stranger entering their domain. Love Doberman's, all the stuff you see on Hollywood is not your average Doberman, I heard rumours that they would put stuff in the dogs food to aggravate them or even starve them to get the reaction they wanted, but then again, they are just rumours, and of course, if you train any dog to attack, it will. But for a dog to attack unprovoked to me means it has been mistreated somewhere along the line, or it's cross breed is no good, not wanting to mention a particular breed, as I know nothing about them, except what I hear in the news, but owners will defend them, as I would the Doberman breed.

If your on Facebook, search PerfectPedigree, I am now following them. Not sure if you have to put in Thailand after their name as I clicked on a link within their link that you had a problem with.

I just tried it, all good.

We are obviously not talking your standard tourist visa. That said, your a lot of fun

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Guess I'll have to take your word on that. I recall years ago when I wanted to open a bank account on a tourist visa and also apply for a Thai drivers license I was told I needed a Certificate of Residence and had to go to immigration to get one. I went to the immigration office on a tourist visa at the time and was told cannot do, must have a Non O Visa. Maybe things have changed since then, but I'm pretty sure you still can't open a bank account or get a Thai driver's license with a tourist visa, which makes me ask the question, how can you get a Certificate of Residence to buy a car if you can't get a Thai driver's license, it just doesn't make sense to me. But if you and FriendlyFarang say otherwise, well I stand corrected. @FriendlyFarang

You seem to know a lot about Thai law, bet my left one you have never ever set foot in a Thai court or spoken to a Thai lawyer. I went to court as a witness for a mate, his ex girlfriend claimed that he gave her the 5,000,000 baht that he claimed she stole, she ended up doing 20 years for fraud. It is easy to prove things, even when you think you don't have a leg to stand on. Will she do the 20 years, well maybe half with all the royal birthdays, good behaviour etc. Not going to try and convince anyone that just because he purchased the car in her name that it is legally hers, there are many factors that can show causation as to the reason the car was put in her name, yes the onus is on him to prove his case and if the judge sees through all the reasons, he can rule that the car is his and make her transfer the paperwork into his name, if you think anything other than that, well your entitle to think what you like, it's not black and white.

Please do explain how you obtain a letter of residence if you are on a Tourist Visa.

It is my understanding and unless convinced otherwise: YOU CAN NOT BUY A CAR WITH A TOURIST VISA!!! You can purchase a car with: Your work permit or your certificate or a *letter of residence issued by the Thai immigration or a certificate of residence from their embassy. I doubt she would go to those lengths, because if it goes to court, it could all blow up in her face and Thai's don't want to spend money they don't have, especially when he could prove where the money came from, also establishing how long the couple were a couple etc, I mean who in their right mind makes a gift for 189,000 baht in their right mind ? As mentioned above, the judge will see that he couldn't purchase it on a tourist visa as you claim, and the only alternative was for him to buy it in her name, and agreed when he returned with the correct visa as he is doing now, that she would transfer the car back to his name, (bring in the dealer) as a witness, like I said before, and as things went pair shape in the meantime she decided, it's my car, no, no, Tiruk, not the case, and like I said before, the judge would see it for what it was, but you believe what you want to believe, I am not going to try to convince you otherwise. He has leverage when she agrees, the only other alternative is that he take it to court, if she is stupid enough to ask for more or refuse his offer.

He can also show causation for purchasing the car in her name, e.g. invalid visa for purchasing the car, dealer can be a witness for this, bank account funds showing the transfer to the dealership. Any judge could see this, however the case has to be presented exactly how the purchase occurred, i.e. it was never his intention for her to own the car. As with law, it basically is up to the judge to sift through all the arguments and then make the final decision. I would say he would win, that said, would probably cost him more than the car is worth, suffice to say why I suggested he offer her 20,000 baht to transfer it to him, that's a lot of money she would be throwing away if she knocked it back as she wouldn't see the car again and he could try selling it to a wrecking yard for parts for well below market, or drive it unregistered as others do, or swap plates and put a dummy label on it as the cops here are could be too dumb to check IMO.

Why on earth do people do crazy stuff like this, it's the same as giving her 189,000 baht and saying look for a car for me while I am away and if it's a good one, buy it, suffice to say your chances of ever seeing that money ever again, in other words, you f'd up. Hopefully you will learn from your experience ? Tell her your returning to Thailand when you are and you will give her 20,000 baht to transfer the car to you, if she doesn't, she will not only lose the 20,000 baht generous offer, but she will be up for all of the court costs, because that will be the next step for you. Now hopefully she is smart and will accept your offer, that, or if she still loves you, your up the creek wasting a lot of money in court. As they say here in Thailand, Som Nam Naa. I purchased a car years ago for 800k baht, could have put it in my name, but chose to put it in my wife's name, if our relationship ever went south, well, that is what I am prepared to lose, besides, she will need the car to drive the kids to school, that said, if there were no kids, the car would be in my name.

Have you thought of getting a blood test done to see if you have already been infected ? If you have, could be you didn't even know it as it is so mild. I had 3 Phzifer shots + Covid, seriously didn't even know that I had it, felt like a head cold, so that to me is my 4th shot and no more, totally over all of what has transpired since 2020 and moved on with life.

So no jail time for those at the top, makes one feel like puking.

What would happen if you ever needed to return and your Thai drivers license expired while you were there, Buddha forbid that ever happening, but you would have to sit for the tests all over again until you passed, public transport would be ok in the interim until you could obtain your license again, i.e. if you weren't living in the sticks. The above said, I would have done the same if I didn't return every 2 or 3 years for a brief holiday. Truth be said, from a recent trip, I found it to be an absolute sheet fight on the roads there, (Sydney), red light cameras, speed camera's, highway patrols, council rangers, brown bombers, etc, etc that we were used to, still the same. I only hired a car for a day when I was there, that was enough, public transport and walking was much easier and saved me a few $'s, it does help when you have the time as well.

You won't need to show your overseas license ever again once you have your Thai driver's/riders licence, so the answer to your question is NO. Regarding your passport, you won't need to show that either, just your current Thai driver's/riders license upon renewal, sit for the eye test, watch the online video, answer the questions at each different stage of the video and provide them with a current doctors certificate. If I were you, I wouldn't allow your overseas license to expire if you can avoid that happening and there a number of reasons I can think of, for example; things don't work out here and you need to go back, and sitting for another test and answering questions, then going for a driving/riding test will be a lot different than it was back in the day I am sure. Some countries allow you to renew it while being over here, example, my homeland allowed me to mail it in the 1st time, but wouldn't send it here, so I had them send it to my daughter's address and had a mate pick it up and bring it here when he was coming shortly after renewing it by post. 5 years later when it expired, that was during the pandemic, they wouldn't allow me to renew it online because you have to do an eye test, and no more 10 year licences when you turn 45, so depends on the country you live in. The above said, my homeland country allows me up to 6 years to renew my license upon returning, which I did a year later and it starts from the date you renew it. I paid the 4,850 baht vs 760 baht for the both here in Thailand for the two that I have (driver's/riders) licences. It was a straight forward procedure, costly yes, but there is no way I would want to sit for an exam and driver's/riders tests as I believe riders have to do a course (weeks) and it is costly and the licenses are restricted to the size of bike you can ride until so many year/s later. As others have said, rental companies might not accept your Thai license, that said, I provided them my new license, but that wasn't good enough, they wanted the digital version so that they could scan the QR Code, so I had to download the app using their internet. This digital stuff is alarming, but hey, I doubt that I will be here when it all hits the fan, that's another story.

While I can appreciate noise is annoying, if the school has approval, which I am sure it does, then it is expected that noise will be loud, as kids are kids and that;s what they do, make noise. The above said, he has options, move house, or play some music, put in some Airpods, that's what I do when SomChai next door takes the covers off of his rooster cages and then lets them walk around, sure can do my head in, but hey, should I pick up an air gun and stick it to him, I think not, regardless of the noise level, I can also go for a drive to do some shopping or whatever, but to pick up a gun, regardless if it's an air gun or not is insanity, especially shooting at a school, regardless if there were kids there or not. This tells me this is another guy who will become a mass shooter if he isn't assessed and put away for a period of time to teach him, that he did wrong and that is the punishment as opposed to envelopes exchanging hands while charges haven't been laid, then we find out it was a misunderstanding.

I believe you have to produce evidence that you live there, is that correct, lease, utility bills for a 6 month period, i.e. for a non residents who has been residing overseas for over 5 year who's Medicare card expired. Was your experience different, always good to hear things 1st hand.

You can get it reinstated but you have to reside there once again, and provide them with utility bills in your name, lease etc and I believe, but don't quote me, I believe it's 6 months before they reinstate you. Worth looking into, definitely.

My bad, sentence didn't make sense, should have read, British passport when exiting the UK, Thai when entering and exiting Thailand. British passport when entering the UK. Should read what I wrote before posting, usually do, but for some reason didn't today.