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As long as one of the British parents is 'British Otherwise Than By Descent' it's automatic (you just apply for a UK passport). There is nor requirement to make a separate application for UK citizenship.

There really should be a warning that this is a 10-year old thread!

Not in my experience. As long as you have the termination letter from your employer you can go to the Labor Department yourself.

I assumed he has the termination letter, otherwise how does he know he's been let go?

Quite correctly too. People entitled to British citizenship cannot get UK visas!

It's not just Ekkamai. These days the number of homeless Thai people and street beggars has increased considerably. It can be quite depressing although it's not at London levels yet.

Why not just do it yourself? It's your passport/Extension and your work permit.

Yes, that's what I was thinking. If I need anything serious done I would certainly go for Rutnin, but I think currently I just need a slightly more thorough check than I got from the optician. I'm registered at Pattaya Memorial so maybe I'll try there.

I recently got a new prescription from an optician in Pattaya, and already I'm getting some difficulty focusing while driving and some difficulties with reading, despite my varifocal lenses. I think I'd like a thorough check for cataracts, glaucoma and any other potential eye problems that can occur with age. Presumably this is best done at a specialist eye clinic/hospital and not at an opticians. I know there's Rutnin in Bangkok, but are there any other places recommended, either in Pattaya or Bangkok?

A fantastic comic and an all-round good bloke. Will be sadly missed.

I would think it's an individual branch decision.

Personally, I find all this armchair sleuthing to be rather goulish and don't really see the fascination. It's certainly in trend though, as recent events in the UK have shown. I guess we have to blame social media.

As has already been pointed out (a few times), masks have not been mandatory on the BTS for many months.

Actually, it's in the Bangkok Forum about rules issued by the Governor of Bangkok for celebrating Songkran in Bangkok!

I was there last week, and mask wearing on the BTS is just recommended. Plenty of passengers, including myself, were maskless.

But this thread is about public celebrations in Bangkok.

Thanks for the replies. The guy in question managed to leave (via the airport) but I've advised him there may be (will be?) problems when he comes back in a year or two and wants to work again.

Did anyone ever really think it was more than a marketing slogan?

Have there been any changes to the ramifications of leaving Thailand without cancelling an Extension of Stay based on work and the work permit? As I understood it previously, if you managed to make it out of the country, the only downside would be applying for another work-based extension and work permit in the future. Is this still the case? How difficult would it be to come back a year or so later and start work again?

Nonsense. Soi 22 is on the other side of Sukhumvit road and is a good 15 minute walk from soi Cowboy. I should know, I used to live there.

Soi 22 is in the "Soi Cowboy area"?? Nothing like getting a sleazy word in the headline!

What with its excessive sweetness and sodium, it's no wonder Thai people are so unhealthy!

Under 18 is "underage" pretty much everywhere in the world when it comes to prostitution.

Well said. It's time to end the military government.

The westernised version in the photo looks great. The more authentic version contains those horrible, hard 'pea-shaped' things and is invariably over-spiced. Due to its spice (even in the western version) it should be called a curry not a stew.