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  1. brewsterbudgen
    Paedophilia is a crime whether it involves boys or girls. Not sure why you find "old western guys" with young boys more creepy than if they're with young girls! As long as the boy or girl is 18+ what difference does it make?
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    Why?
  3. brewsterbudgen
    I must be very boring. No girlfriend, just a wife who's 30 years younger than me and an 8-year-old child.
  4. brewsterbudgen
    My local pharmacy has plenty of Rosuvastatin Sandoz in stock. I'd keep looking.
  5. brewsterbudgen
    Well said. I think many people here have very limited contact with normal Thai people!
  6. brewsterbudgen
    If a teacher is employed by a language school for online teaching (from the teacher's home), would the Extension of Stay and work permit be issued by the Immigration Office where the school is based, or by the Office in the province where the teacher lives?
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    We're spending a few days on Koh Larn and need to leave our car near Bali Hai pier. Where is the best, most secure parking? Thanks.
  8. brewsterbudgen
    "Thailand’s sex industry has employed thousands of people for decades, even though soliciting, procuring or operating brothels are all prohibited under the Prevention and Suppression of Prostitution Act of 1996." So does the new bill propose legalising soliciting, procuring and operating brothels?
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    How would a returning expat, in his mid-60s, with a 10-year-old child (UK citizen but only ever lived in Thailand) be treated, assuming he has minimal savings (£50,000) and a meagre pension?
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    I don't think there's any doubt that Thailand (like most of the developed world) is rapidly moving towards a cashless society. Even the street food stalls outside my son's school take payment by QR Code/phone. People will just have to get used to it - like I did!
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    I've used http://www.pulse-tv.net for many years. I have a box, but I know others who watch via the website. Not the cheapest, but reliable.
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    Maybe I was a little overblown. "Callous" and all things stated above by @RuamRudy
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    Plenty of people have changed the reason for their Extension of Stay from being based on Work to being based on Retirement at their Immigration Office in Thailand (as long as they meet the requirements).
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    Thank goodness for the Courts. Time for this evil government to go.
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    Yes, unfortunately it's endemic throughout Thailand, although less so in the areas frequented by westerners, like Pattaya. Just because many locals are indifferent to the issue and many of the authorities happy to accept their brown envelopes, doesn't mean that us members shouldn't be outraged when it's publicised.
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    WRLife are very competitive and becoming quite popular with expats here. Search this Forum and you'll find mixed opinions, but so far, no examples of any major issues. https://www.wrlife.net/
  17. brewsterbudgen
    No it isn't. Aspects of prostitution, like being underage, soliciting and running a brothel are illegal (so, most of what this thread is about), but prostitution per se is not illegal and is steeped in Thai traditions.
  18. brewsterbudgen
    Under 18s cannot give "consent" for paid-for/prostitution sexual services. Even in the backward USA.
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    Yes. They have to (or should) leave Thailand on the passport they entered on. But they can then enter on their new Thai passport. Unless I'm missing something! @sirineou's option is worth looking at too.
  20. brewsterbudgen
    As @problemfarang says, it's possible but certainly not easy, and requires cooperation and coordination from both employers. If they're in different provinces, it will be even harder! Far easier to get a new visa. Surely the new school can give you a few days off to get it sorted?
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    What passport do they hold? Easiest option is to enter visa exempt (if their passport allows this) which gives them 30 days (extendable by another 30) to get their Thai passport. Then they just need to do a border run, leaving on the foreign passport, and re-entering as a Thai citizen.
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    There's no longer a requirement for an Embassy letter for UK passports renewed in Thailand either.
  23. brewsterbudgen
    Maybe because they often are!
  24. brewsterbudgen
    A lot of dodgy stuff went on in Hamburg in 1960/62.
  25. brewsterbudgen
    I wonder if there was any rock/pop star in the the 1960s, 70s & 80s who didn't sleep with teenage groupies?

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