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8 minutes ago, wendyfromoz said:

why do they have to make up all these huge, elaborate boards everytime they arrest someone.

its the only way to get the audience to look up from their smartphones

4 minutes ago, Speedhump said:

I flatly refuse believe any of these tearful posts 'I was going to go on a lovely trip around Thailand but cancelled it because I have to do a TM28 (not TM30, actually) on my return home' . This is all total BS (or the posters are the usual whining monkeys just trying to stir things up). I went on my first ever trip from my home in Hua Hin to Pattaya last week. 3 days. On my return went to Immig to do 90 day report and TM28. Took me 30 minutes queuing (was busy, for a change, I timed it wrong for once) and less than 5 minutes at the desk. I didn't have to show anything other than my and my wife's passports. 

hua hin is easy (i live there too) - try chaengwattana on a monday morning - lucky if out by lunchtime

15 minutes ago, Bangkoklostitsvalue said:

“’We anticipate that discussions for a Thailand‐EU Free Trade Agreement will re‐open. That agreement should bring much higher, mutual value and not be burdened by troublesome ‘ease of doing business’ issues which can be addressed now for the benefit of all parties..."

 

Yes, if they don't abolish this, it's only fair for the Western countries to require the same procedure for all the hundreds of thousands of Thais (many of them rich children of the politicians who make these stupid rules) who have residency, jobs and property in Western countries. "Want to go from London to Bath? No problem! Simply go take a day off work or school to report yourself to Scotland Yard on your way in and out. Don't want to do it? Your visa won't be renewed and you will no longer be able to go to school and work in England. Bye Bye! We want quality Thais that follow the rules. It's not that hard, foreigner." 

 

Diplomacy should be based on reciprocity. What's fair is fair. 

all good points but moot, the FTA will be dead the moment thailand realizes it cant tax european car imports at 400% anymore

55 minutes ago, webfact said:

It is hard to see how security which relies on self‐disclosure can be a useful solution

the absurdity of this policy summed up in one simple sentence

why did no-one in immigration step up and point this out?

yeah yeah i know..

6 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

So now one of my friends can report me staying at his house in Buriram, etc. I can then report myself as home in Bangkok on the app. Now, let's just say, as crazy as it might sound - I didn't really go to Buriram. Let's say I was doing some nefarious activities far away. Wouldn't our registration of the TM30 be a great alibi? Or would it simply show that self-disclosure is meaningless when you're a criminal. 

farang tink too mut nah ????

32 minutes ago, webfact said:

Big Oud says new system is making Thailand look good

tell that to the 300 people queueing up at the airport

just as most promising steps forward in thailand..

comes the details ????

re: exchange rates - there's a simple solution - earn some money in baht to fill the hole, et voila, problem solved

many do & many have said goodbye to their problems.. put those wives and girlfriends to work boys!

31 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

The interview with Khaosod also touched on the strain the Immigration Bureau finds itself under having to cope with 35 million tourists who visit Thailand each year, millions of migrant workers from neighbouring countries and a significant expat community. 

oh cry me a river

am i supposed to feel sorry for the additional workload THEY placed on THEMSELVES

jaysus.

"bar owners" will be breathing a collective sigh of relief ????

4 minutes ago, Yinn said:

If thai can go to your country and must not have fill out document, then I will help you ask the thai government to do same for you. Is fair.

 

98% of foreigner come to thailand don’t even know about this 30 document. Because the hotel do it for them.

 

ok, accepted! thais or anyone else for that matter, do not need to fill out a TM30 or anything similar in the UK.

they are welcome to stay or move anywhere they want without making a report.

now over to you.. please CC me in on your request to the government, i look forward to reading it ????

thankyou!

and yet i can happily walk into a pharmacy and buy as much nicotine gum as i want..

or into a 7/11 and buy all the cigarettes i want..

so why e-cigarettes??!

maybe its because they actually work in stopping smoking cigarettes?

wake me up when they ban NICOTINE full stop otherwise i'm just gonna file all these "warnings" under B&LLSH*T

1 hour ago, RotBenz8888 said:

It takes 6 officers to explain how to do the fingerscan...each knows 1 English word.

one officer for each finger, one to press scan