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20 hours ago, Just Weird said:

Diplomats have frequently been expelled from various countries.

for them to be expelled they have to enter surely?

18 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Actually there are many more holidays in April than in May!

hoping for 3 days May 4-6

On 12/26/2018 at 2:48 PM, Just Weird said:

I'm talking about the fact that IOs have the absolute right to deny entry to anyone.  That's it.

even diplomats?

12 minutes ago, JLCrab said:

that is if one is actually depositing a fresh 65K+baht every month and not pulling some shenanigan which may or may not be possible.

if you can survive in Thailand on the polluted air

What's the problem?

1 hour ago, jackdd said:

Other than that when i called the Department of Employment and asked them regarding this matter they also told me that i don't need a work permit and can do it on a tourist visa.

the problem these days is the continuous TV

so 

in a Thai bank

19 hours ago, JLCrab said:

The whole issue of whether or not you can work online on a tourist visa becomes moot point if you can't get a tourist visa

agreed

hope springs eternal

loved the sales pitch

I think the only thing to be certified is the posters sanity

12 minutes ago, cleverman said:

It means that they were worried about lying on stat decs. If what you are wanting to know is why they are worried, it's because they will not be able to lie to have their proof of income "certified" at the embassy. (This is explained in my op).

you state

"have been making"

what does that mean?

well to me it means they have been making

i.e.

lying

On 12/4/2018 at 2:57 PM, cleverman said:

many of my Oz mates were worried because they have been making false statements on their sta decs. (4 years imprisoment if guilty of making false stat decs)

what does that mean?

22 minutes ago, cleverman said:

Help what?

10 minutes ago, cleverman said:

they chose now to stop issuing stat dec declarations.

getting the doc after they stop

3 minutes ago, cleverman said:

Not true. As I posted ,re Oz embassy, stat decs not legal for income  .

if not legal then how will it help?

OP don't get depressed

there is always a way

12 minutes ago, Pattaya46 said:

Why naïve? It's exactly what I did. Nothing else than my passport asked to open a bank account at Kasikornbank in Pattaya, even if I was on a Tourist Visa...

but of course it was 12 years ago... and clearly thing have change on this subject.

did exactly that

early 80's

36 minutes ago, Thaidream said:

I did it before in Bangkok US Embassy  for a court in the US and it was readily accepted by the Court.

but would a Thai court?

2 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

That's £4.50 a week over the year. Anything else you do not like coughing up for?

I think you mean a month