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In the immigration queue, you're stuck standing in a crowd, shuffling along with no break until you finally get to the counter. Once you get to the baggage hall, you can sit down on a bench, go to the restroom, look at duty free, or whatever. I know where I would prefer to spend my 45 minutes. Totally depends on the airline. Some are very good about prioritizing business class bags, and some don't even try. I arrived on business class last month, and hundreds of economy bags came out before mine (but the airline employee bags somehow magically emerged first...).

You do know that the vast, vast majority of visitors to Thailand spend less than three weeks here, and never have to do any reporting or form-filling of any kind after their initial entry?

If the workers have already found their way to UAE or Jordan, there's no problem to return to Thailand on regular flights - the hard part is getting out of Israel. If THAI isn't able to help with that part, their "repatriation" flights are of minimal value.

It's an oddly specific false accusation.

Please Explain. It's the same creative math used by the movie and recording industries - calculate losses to piracy by pretending that every person who used the pirated content would have otherwise paid full price. In this case it's even more absurd, since (as far as I know) the Thai stations weren't making this content available to viewers abroad, even if those people might have been happy to subscribe to an official streaming site.

It appears to be just regular candy that happens to have been imported from a foreign country without permission, and doesn't have a poorly printed Thai label in a microscopic typeface plastered over the original packaging. The "authorities" carry on regularly about these illegally imported food products, but since people don't really believe that the Thai FDA has some kind of special inspection and approval process that doesn't exist elsewhere, regular folks mostly pay no attention.

Exploiting migrant workers is an occupation reserved for Thais.

So this isn't about an actual military need, but just a desire to buy something...anything...?

Thanks, this is very useful information. I recently got the first shot in New York (paid by insurance), but probably won't be back there during the recommended window for the second. It's great that I can get it here instead.

Who cares whether two customers had taken drugs? They would probably get the same result if they did surprise urine tests at any 7-11 after midnight.

They continue to ignore the reality that millions of Thais don't live anywhere near their registered address. A worker in Bangkok or Phuket will only be able to spend their Khon Kaen or Udorn money during their twice-yearly trips "home", which doesn't make much sense.

I suppose the next step will be to say they need to implement the tourist fee to pay for this?

So if visitors from China and Kazakhstan still required visas, the police wouldn't arrest people for crimes?

Haircuts - check ✅ Vests - check ✅ Ok, all the outstanding issues with the police have been taken care of!

The real question is, why do the workers pay anything? Why doesn't the government require that all expenses be paid by the employer?

What a surprise - most people answer "yes" when asked "do you want free money" ????

That is only for renewal. For an applicant who has never had a US visa before, an interview is mandatory.

Using the military to address poverty? Will they use the blimp and the F-35s to drop money into slums? So he made a public, written promise that the military will stay out of politics and immediately cashier anyone found to be plotting a coup? I thought not.

I'd like some oil and vinegar with my word salad, please - this is all buzzwords and no substance.

They have one million sim cards to hand out "to all foreign visitors landing in Thailand" over a period of nearly six months. Are they aware that well over one million foreign visitors land in the country every month? Edit: they actually said the distribution will go on until 2027 - so I think they'll need at least a hundred million extra cards...

You're quite correct.

Because he's not actually "inspecting" anything, he's putting on a show. Anytime the authorities talk about "intensifying" security measures, you'll see a few days of high ranking officers walking around, snappy salutes being given, publicity photos being taken, and then the whole thing will quietly disappear. And if you walk past the "intense" security points when they're not being "inspected", there's a good chance that everyone will be taking naps or playing with their phones. Second verse, same as the first.

All the problems within the police force, and all the threats and challenges that the country faces, and they decide the most important thing to focus on right now is...haircuts.

The last time I did the visa on arrival was earlier this year, and I don't think it's changed since then. The fee is $30 for a tourist visa, or $35 for an "ordinary" visa (for business, etc), payable in USD cash. (If they accept any other currency, it will be at a very unfavorable rate.) There is no need for an application form or photo - they use your arrival card as the visa form. If there's no one ahead of you in the queue, the whole process takes 5-10 minutes. Unfortunately they do take up a whole page in your passport with the visa sticker.

I personally prefer Shopee, but I've used both. It's annoying that Shopee doesn't accept foreign cards, but once I managed to enroll in Shopee Pay (which wasn't easy), it's been ok. I seem to get more free shipping codes on Shopee, and I can read Thai so the language thing isn't a big deal. (Search is usually ok in English, but most seller descriptions are only in Thai.)