pandaburiram

Interesting how our plight and simple question became ridiculous.... It was at the office near the Chang racetrack.. If nobody else is paying for this "visit" we're thinking of contacting the immigration hotline to ask what the do....

Went today for the marriage extension in Buriram. No receipt for the 1,900 baht application fee. Also were told the immigration "visit" will cost another 2,000 baht. Anyone else having to pay for this "visit"???

Anybody in the Thai government paying attention to science? Maybe those doing the advising have a conflict of interest? Propagating more fear instead of celebrating Omicron as a "highly effective vaccine" in itself, due to it's relatively low symptoms is baffling to me. Mds, scientists and virologists ALL agree now that Omicron, except for those with comorbidities, is no worse than a bad cold AND if infected, gives those infected robust immunity. Bill Gates on CNBC even said: Gates said "the worst effects have faded as huge swathes of the global population have gained some level of immunity. Its severity has also waned with the latest omicron variant. Gates said that in many places that was due to virus itself, which creates a level of immunity, and has “done a better job of getting out to the world population than we have with vaccines.” In an interview with CNBC's Hadley Gamble at Germany’s annual Munich Security Conference, the billionaire said the novel coronavirus has spread to enough of the population that the "risks are dramatically reduced because of that exposure." The omicron variant, first discovered in South Africa, spread like wildfire in the United States after it was detected around the holiday season. Gates said that the strain, which is known to cause less severe disease but remains highly transmissible, has beat out health officials administering vaccines to the public and infected individuals. “The chance of severe disease, which is mainly associated with being elderly and having obesity or diabetes, those risks are now dramatically reduced because of that infection exposure,” he said. Thai government officials appear to be lagging behind the news and need to stay up to date on the actual "science".