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StevieAus

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  1. 1 hour ago, ourmanflint said:

    Irrelevant. If Thailand has been granted technology transfer for the whole region instead of Indonesia then that is a problem if Thailand thinks it can vaccinate it's own people first

     

    So basically Indonesia and others will be paying for the construction of the facility in Thailand. Anyone who thinks Thailand is right to vaccinate its own people first whilst other countries citizens are dying in their thousands has a very warped moral compass

    If you care to check what is happening elsewhere you would find that there have been discussions between China and Indonesia for the latter to manufacture vaccinations for the region and also that Indonesia has secured vaccines from the UK.

    Perhaps you would like to conduct a poll amongst Thai people regarding your proposal, I wait the response.

  2. 1 hour ago, madmen said:

    That depends totally if the tenants allow it. I'm a landlord but as a tenant would tell you to <deleted> off with your 12 inspections a year. 

     

     

    We include an inspection provision in our rental contracts plus the ability to enter without notice in an emergency.

    If any prospective tenant wasn’t prepared to accept, which has never happened, we too would be telling them to xxxxx off.

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  3. On 11/22/2020 at 9:34 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

    If you don't register your marriage in the US how would she be able to claim anything? Perhaps that's just being logical and she can, but could she afford to hire a lawyer in the US?

     

    To be absolutely safe, don't officially marry a Thai woman. Village weddings are great- not legal.

     

    You'd be screwed in NZ though. She only has to live with a man for 2 or 3 years and it's regarded as same as a legal marriage.

    Pretty much the same in Australia although I think the time is less.

    I often wonder whether the people asking these questions would do so if their wife was from their home country ?

  4. On 11/17/2020 at 7:02 PM, 2530Ubon said:

    That's what the Scottish agreed to...

    In 1707, England agreed to give Scotland money to pay off its debts, and both countries’ parliaments passed the Acts of Union to become one nation.

    Americans fought a war to join unite as one nation, England bought another nation (after several failed attempts at conquering). You could say the scots are part of the oldest recorded profession.

    After  reading a fairly detailed account of what happened at Culloden, which occurred later than what you describe above, I would have thought the Scots or Charle’s Jacobites we’re fairly well conquered.

  5. 14 hours ago, herwin1234 said:

     

    how and where did you get your understanding that "both parents have to be physically present"? 

     

    how about letting the wife inform at the proper authorities how exactly to get a Thai passport. info from the right source might be more correct than an unspecified "understanding."

     

    lastly. i dont get it. your daughter is Thai. Born in Thailand. Why she has an American passport but not a Thai passport.

     

    I feel the whole dual nationality thing often turns into a superior feeling that the homecountry of the father has more value than the mother country of the child. 

    This is not specifically directed towards you, but just a general issue. I myself my child i only obtained a Thai passport for him and never a passport of my home country, until i was forced to get one for him bc making a visa for him to travel to my home country  was far more difficult than getting a passport for him.

    I don’t know how you come to the conclusion that having a passport from the father’s country of origin somehow creates a feeling of superiority.

    Anyone I know who has obtained a non Thai passport for their children has done it for the reason stated in your last paragraph.

    My wife and daughter both have Thai passports and Australian citizenship and passports.

    Not only does it negate the need to obtain visas for most countries but should they so choose they could also live in Australia.

    A no brainer I would have thought.

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  6. 19 hours ago, moogradod said:

    Wow ! And I always thought Australians are strict. Not that it would matter for us here - in this respect you are right. But if you do compare things (which should be allowed without thinking something evil) then you naturally have to state the differences. In this regard it is relevant what happens elsewhere. Always nice to expand the horizon isn't it ? Thanks for the Australian insight.

    It was more than 12 years ago and she managed to get a bridging visa due to a stuff up on her tourist visa.

    I do accept that normally it wouldn’t be that easy we were just lucky particularly as the time on the bridging visa, nearly two years, counted to her getting the citizenship and passport so quickly.

  7. 20 hours ago, sanuk711 said:

    True Steve

    I also think it should be viewed on what progress that has been made over the years re the IO.

     

    Not that long ago----

    Leave the country every 90 days...not tap on the Computer or make a 10 minute visit to the IO

    1 year Visa Leave the country--go to an embassy/Consulate outside and apply to come back to into Thailand (they didn't always say yes to 1 year, sometimes said 6 months only) Train/Bus overnight---I remember Georgetown  Consulate used to be a softer touch, but it got so swamped one time that the queue was right out into the street, you got a number to come back and queue the next day. So 2 days at hotel. Just love to hear from the posters on here how they live out of town a bit and have to come all the way in....really messes their day up --once a year.  

    Spot on

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  8. 18 hours ago, TTSIssues said:

    When the culture is to lie to save face, from the government down through teachers and everyone else .... what else would you expect. 

    Yes the world is full of liars starting with most politicians in most countries.

    As a retired lawyer I formed the opinion early in my career that the majority of people will lie in the hope of avoiding the consequences, that is why so many plead not guilty.

    I have seen people lie even when confronted with the most damming video evidence.

    Unfortunately it is a human trait and not only in Thailand.

  9. 16 hours ago, John Drake said:

     

    Any country will need a cold storage distribution system, mainly through hospitals or local government agencies? Sounds like First World first, and Third World last to me. And Thailand is not First World.

    Thailand is far from being third world check the definition.

    It has an excellent medical system down to local clinics where currently doctors and nurses routinely perform health checks and inoculations.

    From my observations it is as well placed if not better than some of your so called First world countries to distribute a Covid vaccine.

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