Banana7

You may be right, maybe info is missing from this story. I can only say, I have posted what he has told me. He did have a lawyer for the court sessions. I don't know why the lawyer was unable to stop his transfer to BKK IDC, other than it was done very quickly at night. Maybe immigration was pissed-off that the Judge was too nice and sympathetic to his situation. CBC have already indicated to him, they are interested in his case. They should be able to uncover any missing pieces and conduct interviews with government officials. In my experience with Embassy of Canada in BKK, has been less than satisfactory. The Thai staff lack English language skills and comprehension, seemed confused when trying to answer simple questions, and displayed to me other undesirable unprofessional behaviour and attitude, too numerous to list. In my opinion, the quality of service at the Embassy of Canada in Bangkok for Canadians is an embarrassment to Canada compared to services provided in Canada by Service Canada.

In Canada, ATM cards are free, no cash withdrawal or deposit fees. Free counter service for deposits and withdrawals. No fees to pay bills by automatic withdrawal, like for electricity, gas, water, condo fees. No fee to pay a bill like a credit card bill through online banking. So the part that says "Thailand is the only country in the world that does not charge a fee for digital payments." is complete BS - typical Thai Banker talk.

Yes, it is possible that Embassy staff "lost face" for their gross incompetence.

He will go to the media in the near future once he returns to Canada. He had flights to leave Thailand on May 12, approved by Thai immigration and Global Affairs Canada (GAC). But the Embassy canceled the flights because they couldn't prepare an emergency travel order (ETO) before the flight. Embassy said it would take at least a week to prepare a ETO. Thai immigration were dumbfounded as to why the embassy would require such a long time to issue a ETO and also didn't undertstand why the Embassy approved the flights if the ETO couldn't be produced in time. I complained to my MP, who is in contact with GAC, and suggested GAC phone the embassy staff and coach them through the process of issuing a ETO. He now has approved flights for 13 May and should be on his way to Canada. I am still waiting to hear if he has arrived in Canada. He may have pissed-off the embassy staff by confronting them with their lies about the timelines for renewing his passport. He started the renewal process in November and had been promised a new passport in less than a month. He called the embassy frequently and still didn't have a new passport by February. The embassy was fully aware of the consequences for a foreigner not having a valid passport and not having permission to stay in Thailand. He suspects the Embassy contacted Thai immigration and had him arrested.

Go to the Kwaeng Court, and file court ordered mediation. This has produced results for me. In most cases, this should be your first stop in the sue process. If it doesn't work, the provincial court will look favourably upon you in that you tried to avoid the court and wanted a serious negotiation. What is the reason for suing?

7/11 stores will take your coins and give you notes. But the coins need to be counted.

Here are a few screenshots of our conversation in LINE.

He had another court appearance several days ago. The judge released him and said he had 10 days to resolve the matter with the Embassy. He went home. A few hours later, immigration police arrived, told him he had 1 hour to pack his bag and the they were taking him to BKK IDC. An hour later, he was in custody, being transported to IDC BKK. Today he is now in living in hell, BKK IDC.

I call your comments BS. Everything I have written is true. The Embassy of Canada in Bangkok and the local staff they hired are not for competency, or skills. The local employees are an embarrassment to Canada.

He did call Global Affairs Canada emergency help line In Canada multiple times. It seems they have no clue what is actually happening in the Embassy and believe everything the Embassy is telling them.

I too am Canadian and I too need a new passport. However I decided to return to Canada to get a new passport because of the lack of cooperation and service from the BKK Embassy, exhibited when dealing with my friend. I don't want to risk being in Thailand with an expired passport, or dealing with uncooperative Embassy staff. Each time I have visited the Embassy, the staff have never been polite to me, never been on-time for the appointment and seem to have a superiority attitude.

It is the Embassy job to issue passports and emergency travel documents. He even contacted Global Affairs Canada (GAC) back in Ottawa, complaining about the lack of service and also contacted his MP. Upon his arrest he contacted the Embassy asking for advice, no response. He contacted GAC again complaining about no help upon arrest. GAC told him the Embassy was never contacted about his arrest. Then he sent GAC a screenshot of a LINE conversation showing it had been contacted, same day as the arrest, and the message was read by the Embassy staff. Now GAC and the Embassy have been silent for about 2 weeks.

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I have a friend who was arrested by immigration Police for overstay. Basically his passport expired so he was unable to renew his marriage visa/extension. The Embassy has not issued a new passport or emergency travel document. He started the passport renewal process in November 2022, and his passport expired in February 2023. He was jailed upon arrest, then released on bail, has appeared in court 3 times. This last court, yesterday, released him and ordered him resolve the issues with the Embassy within 10 days. However immigration Police came to his home, gave him one hour to pack, and took him to jail, and now he is being transported to Bangkok IDC. How is it that immigration Police get to override a court order or decision? How can he get help?

It's always someone else's fault for terrible service or not completing the job, except Pattaya City Hall staff. It's always Pattaya City Hall staff's responsibility to get the job done right the first time, on budget and on time. They hold the money! The contract needs to be written with progress payments only upon satisfactory inspection by qualified City Hall Staff, penalty clauses for not meeting schedule and quality, clear and complete specifications for quality of work and materials, and a large payment holdback amount (like 30%) until the job is completed to contract specifications. Also an escape clause for the City, if job not done right, on time on budget and on quality, City doesn't have to pay and can hire another contract to complete the job. This is way civil engineer contracts or Public works contracts are written in the Western countries.

Let's see the video and have it authenticated as original and unaltered

The real issue in siding with China is that China will want Thailand to adopt Chinese values. Thailand is halfway already adopting Chinese philosophy, values and strategy. Thailand is already slowly taking away freedom of speech, criticism of government and other entities. In China, the CCP members control the majority of wealth in China, and if you ask the party members to disclose their assets, you end up in jail for asking, as a lawyer did recently. Here in Thailand, the politicians become wealthy as soon as they are elected, and wealth doesn't come from their salary. We see many Thai government employees accumulate massive amounts of wealth, far beyond what their salary supports. Thailand is a dying democracy. Young Thai people seem to recognize the slow erosion of democracy and hopefully will change the current course of the country. Here in Thailand, as in China, there are Ministers in Ministries that have zero experience in the subject field, as in the Health Ministry here in Thailand. The ministers get the appointment not because of academic, professional or experience qualifications, they get it other reasons resulting in disastrous outcomes. Does Thailand want to become more like China or more like USA?

China employs people to actually, discredit all criticism of China and glorify all Chinese political statements, strategy, values, etc. on the internet.

I too know of people who have done exactly what I described. A Policeman handling or escorting bags gives the visual impression that everything is legal and important. Why would a Policeman be involved in illegal activities? After all the Police are there to uphold the law, in most cases.

Let's not be fooled by this seemingly innocent incident. The Police are there to protect the bags and their contents and to reduce the possibility that other authorities do not intervene or potentially want to examine the contents of the luggage. The lawyer's bags may have contained content which is questionable or illegal. Lots of times lawyers transport large sums of cash and valuables between countries for clients. Authorities who have the right to examine the bags, may want to avoid confrontation with a lawyer and other Police. There have been other reports of Police assisting travelers with their bags to evade searches by customs and other authorities. Clearly, the Chief suspects something improper occurred.

At least 500 handsome, young, physically fit, rich American US Navy sailors arrived in Pattaya today. Lots are strolling along beach road, second road looking for Thai delights, rest, relaxation, entertainment and unspeakable pleasures. They have been at sea for many weeks and now looking to unload some cash. About 6,000 sailors will visit this week.

Cigarista, cigar store in Tip Plaza on second road, Pattaya. In Bangkok, try Davidoff in Gaysorn Village mall, Phloen Chit Road. Also Cigarista Peninsula Plaza on Rajdumri Rd.

Wow! Those prices look ridiculous. 5,000 baht is the going rate in Pattaya, to buy a condo. I used a lawyer I found in the land office doing another property transfer. Another friend bought a villa, pre-construction, created a company, put the villa into the company, all for 5,000 baht using a lawyer.

(a)... the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation or the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal, manipulation or implantation of organs; (b) The consent of a victim of trafficking in persons to the intended exploitation set forth in sub-paragraph (a) of this article shall be irrelevant where any of the means set forth in subparagraph (a) have been used; (c) The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of a child for the purpose of exploitation shall be considered "trafficking in persons" even if this does not involve any of the means set forth in sub-paragraph (a) of this article; (d) "Child" shall mean any person under eighteen years of a

Do they actually attend classes? Most Russians in Pattaya on ED visas only attend same day as the inspector comes from immigration. There is scam going on where immigration notifies the school and the school notifies the students to come in on inspection day.