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So no VPN was required?

What was your declared "Assessable Income"?

Do you remember the month/year? This was for your current passport? Maybe the issue date would help define the month/year? Did you return to pick up your new passport? Or did you purchase a Thai Post EMS slip in the open-air lobby? You can't make an appointment for an adult passport renewal, you'd have to choose another option.

Yeah, this is concerning. At first, I thought that maybe the system was not working.

How does one "declare a remittance"? Perhaps it needs to be reviewed to understand if it might qualify as "Assessable Income"? AFAIK there is no procedure form or requirement to declare a remittance.

Yes, so you say but your "friend" seems to have lied to gain access. Maybe your "friend" was getting an emergency travel document, in place of a lost or stolen passport. What form did he have to fill out? Did your "friend" have a completed DS-82? Photos? How did he pay? (credit card in USD or cash in THB). Did he leave his old/current passport? Has your "friend" received his new passport? Was it mailed to him or did he return to pick it up? If your report were first-hand it would be much more credible.

Does anyone know, or have experience, if you can access the appointment system from outside of Thailand? With or without using a VPN?

Are those pants, shorts or Shants? I did like his interpretive dance routine. Laslty, what the heck is a "Tax Stamp Pimp"?

Does anyone know where, when, and under what circumstances the Finance Minister made his "indications"? Found these... https://www.amchamthailand.com/2025/02/11/roundtable-meeting-with-h-e-pichai-chunhavajira-deputy-prime-minister-and-minister-of-finance/ https://www.nationthailand.com/business/banking-finance/40046276

Did he end up entering in the system that you followed regulations? Were you given any documentation, perhaps a hard-copy of your return, proving you filed a return?

Trump outlines reciprocal tariff plan in latest bid to reshape trade Rise in shares reflects relief that changes only under study Tariffs could target all countries with duties on U.S. imports Experts warn of challenges in structuring reciprocal tariffs Tariffs may escalate global trade tensions and inflation https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-reciprocal-tariffs-coming-thursday-2025-02-13/

I think Trump is focused on the "balance" (surplus) of trade, and not the actual tariffs, based on what I've heard him say. So he might demand that Thigh-Land import more U.S. goods, and/or export fewer goods to the U.S. Thailand seeks to reduce US trade surplus with more ethane imports https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/thailand-import-more-us-ethane-reduce-trade-surplus-2025-02-04/

You can add 20 baht via a thai bank app, with 30 days each. Or go to a Boon Term machine, orange kiosk everywhere, and do 10 baht top ups (costs 12 baht) for 30 days each.

People are saying this is the best transparency ever. I can tell when Musk is prevaricating and dissembling. His lips move.

Like you X Æ A-Xii's Mother, Grimes, is not happy with Elon's use of their son for political and financial gain. Thankfully their other children, Exa Dark Sideræl, and Techno Mechanicus are too young for field trips. Grimes is expressing frustration over her son’s latest public appearance. After videos of X Æ A-Xii, or X, appearing in front of reporters with his dad Elon Musk and President Donald Trump in the White House Oval Office went viral, the singer shared her thoughts. "He should not be in public like this," Grimes wrote about the 4-year-old Feb. 11 on X, formerly Twitter, in response to a fan praising her son for being "very polite" and her over her parenting of him. "I did not see this, thank u for alerting me. But I'm glad he was polite. Sigh." https://www.eonline.com/news/1413391/elon-musks-ex-grimes-speaks-out-after-he-brings-their-son-4-to-white-house-press-conference

Recommended, often the best price, many, many timetable options. I'd purchase now as cheapest fare buckets are almost sold out. Travel Mon-Thu. BKK-DOH-JFK return, 20:00 departure - 09:00 arrival (outbound) 129,545 THB in J (Business class, lounge access note that the cheapest business bucket - unbundled - may not include lounge access or advanced seat selection), 3 hr layover, Q Suite DOH-JFK

Given the recent seizure accounts in the press it seems like Crystal Meth volumes have ramped up significantly, and the price - always at a premium over Yaba - is coming down. Get ready for an Ice pandemic. On 11 February, Thai authorities arrested three Lao nationals during a cross-border drug smuggling operation along the Mekong River in Ban Phaeng district, Nakhon Phanom Province. During the operation, authorities seized 16 sacks of crystal methamphetamine, commonly known as “ice,” weighing a total of 658 kilograms. In addition, 58 bundles of methamphetamine tablets were confiscated, amounting to approximately 116,000 pills. https://laotiantimes.com/2025/02/12/three-lao-nationals-arrested-in-cross-border-drug-bust-in-thailand/ 658 Kilograms!!! Granted much of this is being shipped through and out of Thailand, but a lot falls off the truck and is sold locally.

Hopefully, Trump will focus on Thigh Land, and leave Thailand alone.

Yet. Give him time.

Interesting to note that USAID sources food supplies from U.S. farmers, to the tune of $2+ billion per year, and that some $ 500 million in storage is at risk of spoiling now. This helps U.S. farmers, and helps balance fluctuations in supply/demand benefiting domestic grocery prices. Iowa benefits immensely so it's strange that Sen. Ernst is so anti-USAID. That she shirked her oversight responsibilities for years, and now jumped on the DOGE wagon, is disappointing.

There is of course a queue number on the Appointment PDF, right side "L1 110n Counter 35". And the 110n numbers are displayed on the overhead monitors. Thank you for the update on current procedures, a bit different now than they were for me last September.

Yes, and his family is tight with the Shin clan, joke's father was a driver for Potjaman's father. But that doesn't seem to have helped, so far. I mentioned irrelevant as he was in the news - granted he was paying for coverage - 3 -4 times per day. Now, crickets. He knows where the bodies are because he buried them? Is that what you're inferring?

It looks like this aircraft (RA-73518) departed BKK/SBIA early this morning and has landed at KHV (Khabarovskiy Aeroport), operated at flight SU7081. That's a long way from Moscow, but Aeroflot does operate flights KHV-BKK. So this airframe is scheduled to return to BKK tomorrow as SU654 due at 11:15. Seems like it will take a while to get those ~ 290 pax back to Moscow, maybe accommodated on some ME cariers.

Mr. Irrelevant.

I don't know how you can say that someone who smuggles ~ 16 grams ( ~ half an ounce) and is caught, is then wrongfully detained. I understand Ms. Greiner's circumstances involved empty carts, and was meant to be 'political', hence more of a case for being declared 'wrongfully detained'. After all she played in Russia for UMMC Ekatarinburg for eight years without incident. That said, kudos to Trump as he promised Fogel's wife at the Butler PA rally that he would get her husband released, and she was due to speak after the assassination attempt. It would be nice to understand what Trump may have exchanged for the release.