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Incorrect. A visa just allows you to enter Thailand for a specific reason. Upon entering you are stamped in for a period of time. If you exceed that time, you have overstayed.

Why would the Immigration Bureau have anything to do with traffic offenders?

I know that area well - lots of cheap rooms (not condos) but right in the centre of town. Lively neighbours too!

Thailand allows most tourists to stay 'visa exempt' for 60 days, and then it's not difficult to do a border run to legally extend the stay again. Anyone overstaying is not a tourist!

I remember that well. 365sport had a lot of customers, but their problem was having servers in Thailand. I queried this with Pulse at the time, as I pay annually up front, but they reassured me they would be OK. 6 years later, so far so good!

Yes, but my point is the girls can choose to do that already and some probably did before they moved to Beach Road. Street soliciting will never be "cleaned up" - some girls (or boys) just don't want the restrictions of working under rules.

"Grey" in regard to Thai law, as their servers are not in Thailand so technically not breaking Thai law (so I'm told!). But obviously not so grey in regard to the copyright content!

She's partly right. Yes, you need to go to Immigration and cancel your Extension (and work permit at the Dept of Labor). Technically you then need to leave Thailand immediately, but in practice you'll get a 7-day extension (1,900 baht) to give you time to prepare your departure.

Not these days. Pattaya is the new Ibiza. ????

If if prostitution is "legalised" (which I somewhat doubt), it certainly won't mean that prostitutes will be allowed to solicit on Beach Road. My guess is that most Beach Road prostitutes have already worked legally in bars, gogos, or massage places and, for whatever reason, now prefer to take to the risk of working on the streets, rather than to be under the management of a bar or Mamasan.

Foreigners are rarely (never?) ID'd in bars, especially if they look old enough.

PulseTV has been around for around 8 years in Thailand. It's reliable, fast and, up to now anyway, has great customer service. Like all IPTV providers it's "legality" is a grey area!

It never worked in the previous 30 years, no reason why it should work now. It's all just publicity from the authorities anyway, but never fails in triggering a good thread on the Forum! Rinse and repeat...

Absolutely. Singapore should be treated as a pariah state.

There do seem to have been some changes. My renewal was in January, so maybe the account has changed. The online/chat support is also being "upgraded" which seems to mean out of use!

Can a dead person sue for defamation?

I've been with PulseTV for 5+ years and renew each year by transferring money into their account as below: Hi *** Your current Viewing Subscription is valid till 13 January. To renew, please make Payment of 10,000THB by Thai Bank Account (No Overseas Transfers accepted) to the following details and send a copy of the Payment here once completed - Your Account can then be updated with further Subscription SIAM COMMERCIAL BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER: ************** ACCOUNT NAME: MARK THAIN As an alternative Transaction method, we are offering a 10% Discount on Crypto Currency Payments – Please confirm if you would prefer this method - Details & Instructions can then be sent to you. Thanks in advance Best regards James Hunter [email protected] Pulse TV Sales

Then why bring it up in a passport renewal thread, and imply that Key Visa had mishandled the process?

There's plenty of ways for them to make money by working legally in bars, karaoke and massage places. I suspect the Beach Road 'girls' prefer the freelance option.

Key Visa's fee is 5,000. I agree that that should include checking that the photos are correctly sized!

Is that 400,000 Thai baht cover, or $400,000 ?

There have been crackdowns on Beach Road soliciting for as long as I can remember, and I've been in Thailand for 18 years. Mostly, they're fined and then free to go back!

The police or the prostitutes?

Why do you think that? Nobody (except posters on this Forum who think they're being funny), including the police and the government, has ever said that. There is substantial legislation which has tried to regulate the provision of sexual services and which allows 'licensed' premises to operate legally. Aspects of prostitution like operating brothels (hence the "bar fine"), underage prostitution and soliciting (the subject of this thread) are illegal. A cursory reading of Thailand's history will show that prostitution, in different forms, has always been part of the culture. Many Thai men have their first sexual experience with a prostitute.

As the article makes clear prostitution services are available elsewhere, behind closed doors. This is about soliciting.