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6 hours ago, observer90210 said:

No point in rushing past immigration in 5 minutes and then having to wait 45 minutes at the carrousel for the luggage to arrive.

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.

3 hours ago, gargamon said:

It's called business class. Arrived last week. 5 minutes for immigration and my checked bags were both on the carousel within the first 30 bags. 

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...).

19 hours ago, observer90210 said:

Foreigners are getting fed up in having to fill forms or going online throughout their winter stay in Thailand that usually goes from 3 to a bit less then 6 months

19 hours ago, observer90210 said:

it could be a good idea to restablish and consequently not require any further reporting.

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?

20 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

THAI does not have problem repatriating Thais, but is having to adjust its plans by flying to other airports in United Arab Emirates or Jordan to pick up them up, instead of at the airport in Tel Aviv.

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.

3 hours ago, brianthainess said:

On 10/26/2023 at 12:30 PM, webfact said:

causing losses to the television station estimated at about 2.8 billion baht.

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.

11 hours ago, dingdongrb said:

So what is so unhealthy and dangerous about these candy balls that is different than tons of other garbage on the store shelves and vendors' carts? Is it just the fact that it doesn't have the FDA stamp of approval? Maybe haven't been providing the needed 'brown envelope'? 

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.

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.

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!

22 hours ago, expat_4_life said:

These days the application is online, they will advise if they want an in-person interview. Most recent visa she got took around 2 weeks, no interview required.

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

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

effectively address emerging threats, including natural disasters, drug-related issues, and poverty among the population

Using the military to address poverty? Will they use the blimp and the F-35s to drop money into slums?

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

He also emphasized that the military should be a trusted institution for the people in all instances

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.

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

with further negotiations underway for a comprehensive resolution on all fronts.

 

This project aims to enhance service efficiency and invigorate economic activity across sectors,

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

4 hours ago, webfact said:

TAT plans to distribute one million mobile phone SIM cards

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The distribution is set to start on Tuesday, October 17 this year and will go on until March 31, 2027, to all foreign visitors landing in Thailand.

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...

1 hour ago, topt said:

I may be wrong but was that not Thonglor?

You're quite correct.

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.)