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It's not just mail from the US - this is a "thing" that comes from companies or government agencies contracting with logistics companies in other countries. I received eyeglasses sent from China with a return address in Malmo, Sweden, and printer parts - also mailed from China - with a shipping address in Singapore.
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They have been announcing a transition to digital lottery sales since Thaksin was PM, so I won't hold my breath.
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The children acted like adults in this matter, and the adult, well, behaved like a whiny child. I'm sure the students are also just as aware as we are that in every previous case like this one, it has turned out that an administrator was siphoning off the school lunch money for personal use.
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Various online publications have been posting these "Vietnam is one of the best places in the world to retire!!" articles regularly for years, and they somehow always manage to omit the fact that there's not actually any visa that would permit it.
I know folks who lived in Vietnam for decades on tourist visas and bogus business visas, but the authorities began cracking down on that a couple of years ago, and it's no longer a realistic way to spend an extended time there. As noted above, marrying a Vietnamese is really the only option for an indefinite stay at this point.
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3 hours ago, novacova said:Unfortunate accident. Can never drive too carefully and wearing good protective gear.
Better yet, don't drive a motorcycle, period. No matter how careful you are, you will inevitably be the loser in any run-in with a larger vehicle.
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49 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:
Interestingly, does this ban also include TEA?
Or shrimp, which is also dried on the road in some areas?
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13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:Currently, western nations cite concerns about Thais overstaying without proper paperwork
This is phrased to make it sound as though this is some silly excuse that these countries have invented, which it isn't. Unfortunately, the reality is that Thais have a long history of overstaying and working illegally in both western countries and wealthy Asian nations, and those countries are well aware of that history.
For the US in particular, one of the requirements for joining the Visa Waiver Program is a visitor visa refusal rate under 3%. The refusal rate for Thais is closer to 20%, which means there's a long, long way to go before a mutual visa exemption has any chance at all of being implemented.
17 minutes ago, jacko45k said:I believe it possible... and justified too. It is Western hubris to be so restrictive to Thais. We get so many complaining they want longer Visa Exempt permissions when they visit Thailand, yet their own countries will not let Thais in without some tiresome visa requirement.
As noted above, it's not "hubris", but reality. And yes, Thailand absolutely could decide to only exempt visas for nationalities whose own countries do the same for Thais, just as Brazil and Indonesia have periodically done in the name of third-world honor. That would be shooting themselves in the foot, though, and laying waste to a very lucrative tourism industry for no reason other than feeling a momentary glow of nationalistic pride.
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This is all turning into low comedy.
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3 hours ago, JoePai said:
Suicide
BINGO 😁
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I really wish the Thaiger would stop using Chat GPT to write its articles - the overuse of adjectives becomes exhausting to read.
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46 minutes ago, Henryford said:
How can a place with 1,000 customers be a "secret". Obvious they would be raided at some point.
The place appears to be the size of a football field, so the "secret" must not have been kept very well.
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"The September 15th order imposes a clearer obligation in relation to tax reporting for foreign residents in Thailand.
"In any case, this applies even if they are registered in their own countries and can take advantage of tax treaties with 59 countries that Thailand has agreements with. All foreign residents, in theory, must still account for tax on an annual basis."
This rather dramatic interpretation of the new rule appears to be an invention of the writer, as it isn't what the actual text of the rule says at all. In fact, we still have no idea what the precise impact of the change will be.
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Prior to reorganization, Thai Airways had many A330s in its fleet, but decided to stop using them. What has changed?
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4 hours ago, Andycoops said:
MR2 is temporary, really it's been there for decades...
It was supposed to have moved back to its original location next to the Mo Chit BTS station once construction of the BTS was completed, but instead the land there has been used for...absolutely nothing. The planned high rise over the train depot was never built, and the land in front of the depot is used for free car parking.
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2 hours ago, Carlosm said:
Have you looked closer to home ? :-
https://www.bahtsold.com/quicksearch2?c=&ca=&pr_from=0&pr_to=NULL&top=0&s=pinball
Those are all triple the price of what the OP is looking at in China.
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19 hours ago, webfact said:
The operation resulted in the arrest of Mr. Jeara Arong, 64, along with two Isuzu vehicles, two mobile phones, and seven Bangladeshi nationals attempting to enter Malaysia covertly.
So they arrested the trafficking victims rather than offering them protection - this is one of the specific reasons that they keep getting low rankings on the Trafficking in Persons Reports, and yet they keep doing it (and then keep complaining about their low ranking).
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27 minutes ago, Tropicalevo said:Erm - it is called confidential. Not secret. There is a big difference.
I certainly would not want my medical information given to the hate mongering press.
But you're not a convicted felon serving a prison sentence. If you've ever dealt with the Thai corrections system, you would know that they typically afford prisoners no privacy rights whatsoever - except, miraculously, in the case of Thaksin, where those rights are suddenly sacrosanct.
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56 minutes ago, sirineou said:1 hour ago, GinBoy2 said:
On item 2, if you are applying for a US greencard, makes no difference to USCIS if you were married in the US or Thailand, so long as it's a legal marriage.
Yes but you have to register your marriage in the US , and chase a whole different paper trail .
You do not have to "register" a foreign marriage in the US, and in fact there is no way of doing so. As others have noted, foreign marriages are fully recognized in the US, and are equivalent to US marriages when it comes to US immigration matters.
Also, many people are assuming that the OP will need to file for a K1 in order to marry in the US. From the way he phrased his question, though, I'm assuming that his wife already has a US tourist visa, so they would just be registering their marriage during a brief US holiday (which is perfectly legal). He might get more useful advice if he could clarify that issue.
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They've been running essentially the same article every few weeks for the last several months, so we already know about these grand plans. How about if we hold off on more stories until there's actually real progress to report?
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On 12/30/2023 at 11:53 AM, GypsyT said:
Great to hear.
Vietnam even easier - no visa, just walk in for 45 days, FREE -:)
If you have a passport from a country on their visa exemption list, yes. That list doesn't include the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, or many others.
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I really wish they would stop this idiocy of referring to everything around this time of year as "a gift to the people", as though the cost won't eventually be paid by those same people via taxes.
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8 minutes ago, Snig27 said:They've had decades to address the slaughter of tens of thousands on the roads every year and nothing has been done. Why start now?
Every holiday season, the authorities face the same dilemma: "how can we lower the number of road fatalities in a way that involves absolutely no work on our part?"
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On 12/27/2023 at 11:58 AM, brianthainess said:
That doesn't answer my question CC or is a debit card with a VISA logo excepted? and how do you pay if your card is not USD who decides on the exchange rate and how long is the visa valid for.
I was hoping to get an answer without logging into their site.
Another member has already confirmed that Visa-branded debit cards are accepted. As for the exchange rate, that depends on the card issuer, but the conversion is usually done by Visa itself - their rate is updated daily, and is normally very good.
I don't know whether the e-visa validity is the same for all nationalities, but when I got one last month as a US passport holder, it was valid for entry within three months of the issuance date, with an authorized stay of 30 days from the date of entry.
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5 hours ago, bamnutsak said:
In business class, yes, Priority lane/aka Fast Track between the east and west arrivals entrances. Show your boarding pass.
Also available to all over 70 years old.
This particular Fast Track lane is no longer available to First/Business Class pax. The sign has been changed, and the officer on duty at the door will send you to the Premium Lane next to the Thai Citizen lane.
4 hours ago, Swiss1960 said:There us another priority line in arrival 1: go in on the right (Thai) side, turn sharp left on top of the short walk, and the priority / business entry is straight ahead. I used it yesterday morning, through after 3 minutes.
Correct, this is where Premium Class pax are now sent. Just show your Business Class boarding pass - no additional voucher or payment required.
Vietnam retirement
in Visas and migration to other countries
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This article and form are concerned with Vietnamese people applying for local retirement/pension benefits, not about foreigners getting retirement visas.