StevieAus

12 hours ago, Sticky Wicket said:

A tourist is simply a person who is traveling or visiting a place for pleasure. 

 

There is no time restriction based on the definition.

 

Why can't somebody be a tourist for 1, 2, 10 years? 

 

It's dinosaur thinking from a dinosaur run country

Well the UK must fit your definition because over the years I have visited many times and my Australian passport is stamped a max of six months.

Not that I would want to stay longer by the way.

5 hours ago, transam said:

If a tyre has the encircled "E" on the sidewall, it has passed European safety standards, regardless of price...

Thanks for that something I have learned today will check the existing and proposed new ones

5 hours ago, DavisH said:

How do you find the noise level with those? A friend of a family member got a new crv 2.5 with the goodyear efficiency grip (I believe the same as yours). The complained about the road noise with them. How were yours?

There's always a tradeoff between sportiness and comfort. Thre michelin ps4 scores highly across all categories, but I find them a little noisier then the original bridgesones (mind you, the suzuki is not well insulated from noise, unlike an everest. 

Don’t seem to have been a problem I get more noise from the roof rack

13 hours ago, Xaos said:

Someone point me to actuall law about ganja being in ur system. All I can find is in regards to smuggling selling or production.

https://www.siam-legal.com/litigation/criminal-defence-drug-offences-in-thailand.php



Wysłane z mojego SM-G975F przy użyciu Tapatalka
 

I don’t take drugs and never have apart from alcohol but as a matter of interest googled  how long it stays in your system if that is your question?

According to tests conducted by the Mayo Clinic 

3 times weekly - 3 days

4 times weekly 5-7 days

Daily- 10-15 days

Multiple times daily- more than 30 days

Cannot imagine that if you are tested by the Thai Police that they will be interested where it was taken

I cannot comment on the original question but would certainly support the views on obtaining a British passport.

My Thai wife lived in Australia for a number of years and has Australian citizenship and passport our daughter has Thai, Australian and British citizenship and passports.

We live in a Thailand and travel overseas regularly in most cases not needing visas.

You can never predict the future and what your son may wish to do, obtaining the passport is a good investment.

19 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

I don't have an Everest. I swear by Michelins as a really good tire, very stable in wet conditions. I got 70,000 km out of them, and only turned them in because my mechanic told me I had tread cracking after 4 years, which is to be expected in this climate. They still were not down to the tread wear indicators.

Thanks for your response actually the car is fitted with Goodyear, have been looking at too many tyres

Re original post apologies but the car is actually fitted with Goodyear have been looking at too many tyres

23 minutes ago, DavisH said:

I don;t have an everest, but have had more luck with Michelin compared to Dunlop. You cna get Michelin pilot sport 4 in your size. I use this tire on my swift - they have excellent wet and dry grip. I currently use Michelin primacy st3 on my crv - very quiet. There are a number of brands in your size - you can check them out at www.tivanon.com

I'm not proboting their size, but they give an idea what is available. 

Thanks for your response the car is actually fitted with Goodyear

Hi I have a Ford Everest Titanium 3.2 liter which is fitted with Dunlop 265 x50R20 tyres we use it regularly for a 300 + kms round trip and a couple of times a year longer trips but never go off road.

I am looking to replace the tyres and the options seem to be either Dunlop or Michelin.

Has anyone with the same model had any other experiences or suggestions.

Thanks

18 minutes ago, sanemax said:

Thai logic : If the kid hadnt had been there, the cop wouldnt have killed him 

Logic from any nationality unless of course you are Thai basher

8 hours ago, CMNightRider said:

The Thai police show their incompetence day after day.  Unfortunately on this day, their poor training and incompetence led to the death of a young boy.  

I don’t want to deny you the ability to criticize the Thai police but an alternative view is that the father of the boy was committing a crime and had his son  in attendance whist doing so.

He then avoided a Police checkpoint and than rather than face the consequences he fled I presume committing another crime.

If he had been responsible in relation to the above the boy would still be alive.

In the US there have been numerous examples of unarmed persons particularly black people being shot by police.

It has happened in Australia as well persons being shot by Police.

In the  UK there are daily pursuits by Police of stolen vehicles and other criminals during which members of the public are put at risk, as dangerous as being shot I would suggest.

So are all of the above incompetent and lacking in training ?

I would suggest that you open your eyes and instead of being an armchair critic from the comfort of your home see what happens in the real and often dangerous world.

32 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Could not agree more. 

Just to note that the Thai consulates (esp in the region) seem to be coming into line with change of attitude at border control.

Some consulates only issuing one setv etc.

I agree with you. Thai imm is a laughing stock. Would it be too hard to have rule such as max days in any given calendar year on visas and visa exempt etc. 

Becoming Russian roulette for frequent visitors. 

 

The problem is that it extends throughout all government departments because they have the discretion to apply their own rules.

I live in Chiang Mai Province, If I renew my drivers licence at the DLT head office in Chiang Mai I can use my Pink ID card as proof of residency, if I renew it at the local office they want a residency certificate from Immigration.

Just another cultural thing we westerners cannot comprehend.

1 hour ago, KhunFred said:

You can buy Zoloft and Lexapro right across the counter. I would certainly not volunteer any information to the Thai government. Most of the expats who are here are hardly normal. ????

The ones I know are ok, but I suppose it takes one to know one.

1 hour ago, ukrules said:

I would be quite happy to see changes in the rules to ensure that Thais pay for any treatment they receive in the UK and don't get free treatment like pretty much everyone else in the world.

 

I know they pay nothing right now.

 

I wonder how much free treatment Thais get over in Europe per year and how that figure compares to this paltry sum?

If they are getting free treatment it’s because the hospitals are not following them up to pay the bills.

According to what I have read on the internet the NHS will not refuse to treat anyone but you are expected to pay, getting the money after is another story.

A couple of years ago when visiting the UK with my Thai wife on Australian passports she became ill and we visited a hospital in London.

She was told she would have to pay for any treatment but when she produced her Aus passport was told she could receive emergency treatment for free due to reciprocal agreement with Australia.

Didn't matter  as we haveinsurance.

15 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

I trust the Thai postal service more than the UK postal service. 

I think there is a similar problem with the Australian Postal service, I sent a registered letter containing nothing of value in early September to Brisbane, tracked it leaving Thailand and has not arrived.

Sent another one to Sydney about three weeks ago exactly the same situation.

I have never had anything not arrive in Thailand particularly using EMS

On 10/4/2019 at 9:46 AM, Dmaxdan said:

In fairness, from the point of view of British expats, the strong baht is only the tip of the iceberg. Brexit and our idiotic government are the main villains with regards to current exchange rates.

So for Aussie Expats we don’t have Brexit so must be our idiotic government  also as a villain regarding our exchange rate would be happy with the UK rate!!!

17 hours ago, PEE TEE said:

Send the scumbag back to a thai prison .why should the british tax payer pay for his prison expenses

If you read the article he was jailed for drug offenses committed in the UK, or do you think criminals should be sent to other countries to serve their sentence?

13 hours ago, baboon said:

Plus the skint locals, despite being told how well their economy is doing. From the gardener / repair people, to the nurses, teachers and railway staff in my Moo Baan, many of them are complaining that they can't make ends meet anymore. 

I live in the North and the local business owners all say business continues to be flat.

We have a motel and the last 12 months have been the worse for years

2 hours ago, gk10002000 said:

Jesus you people  reason in non-sequitur ways.  You were the one rambling on about people showing real money or babbling that people could not declare the right amount.   It is the US embassies fault for not validating claims in some way.  More importantly, show me the evidence that indicates that x number of people made false declarations and were shown to NOT have the stated incomes.  I have not read of any cases where those were documented or proven.

I know of one American and one Australia who used to make false claims I would imagine there would be more in the whole of Thailand, not everybody receives big pensions or income.

On 9/30/2019 at 3:01 PM, sirineou said:

Absolutely right!!! 

I can check by Social Security account in one second on line, why cant the embassy do this with my consent???

Same with my prudential annuity checked on line in seconds.. 

  I can order a certified tax return record online, good enough for a bank to lend me thousands of dollars, but the US government  can't   check their own records??? 

A fee for the service should compensate for costs  and even provide a profit, and a simple waiver should alleviate any privacy concerns.

IMO the whole situation is ridiculous. 

  

I think what you have stated confirms that the problem lies not with the various Embassies but with Thai Immigration.

Surely If you have a document issued by an American Government Department stating that you receive x amount as a pension that should be enough.

Why does it need another level of Government to confirm that the information in that document is correct?

As Mazzon stated in his post the real problem is that some expats were making false declarations as to income without being required to provide any proof.

I don’t think Thai Immigration are as stupid as some people believe.

22 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

22 hours ago, FredGallaher said:

Treads about the difficulty with immigration pop up continuously. Many answers are given but the questions continue to be asked about how to get into Thailand with a history of staying too long on tourist or Ed visas. It might be where's the best place nearby to apply or which entries are safe. Posters seem aware that Thai immigration has changed but they keep looking for work arounds.
I fairly sure that Thai immigration reads these threads and makes adjustments as needed. By writing about this consulate or entry point, just brings it into focus and expect changes. Earlier when changes were made to financial requirements in the bank were made, posters here and on YouTube had many workarounds. Change happened and their ideas quickly vanished. 
These are just my thoughts. 

The problem is Immigration make it up on the fly, i doubt they even understand why they are denying entry. Stopping people spending money in Thailand sounds stupid to me. They should concentrate on people coming from nearby asian countries who are taking local jobs i.e. cambodian construction site workers

The reason they let the people in from neighboring countries and in particular  Myanamar (Burma) is because many Thais don’t want to do the menial jobs and in particular those laboring jobs where you are working outside in the sun.

There no shortage of work in Thailand ask some of the local businesses and you will get the answer.

On 9/26/2019 at 1:00 PM, Stevemercer said:

Doesn't the US passport office keep the old passport?

 

I'm Australian and I've heard that, in all circumstances, you have to surrender your old passport before you can get your new one. It doesn't matter whether you apply for a new passport in Australia or at the embassy in Thailand. Is this the same for US citizens?

 

It creates a problem because coming back to Thailand on a new passport means you have to start the whole marriage/retirement extension process from scratch (unless you have the time to go to the Thai Embassy in Canberra to transfer the stamps - the consulate offices won't do it). Ditto with a new passport issued by the Australian embassy in Thailand.

It must be something new as I have every old passport issued.

10 hours ago, PatOngo said:

But if married to a Thai, have half Thai children, must to pay!

From which country?

2 hours ago, hansnl said:

Pray, what is a nanny state?

Thanks for posting that document Joe, it’s excellent, unfortunately I believe Australia has become worse, one of the reasons I choose to no longer live there.