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If found guilty, THROW THE BOOK AT 'EM.

It's people (!) like those who force immigration to really clamp down on visa rules, and law abiding residents suffer more stringent rules (sometimes to the point of departing LoS forever).

Law abiding residents should not have anything to worry about more stringent visa rules i would have thought.

I would have thought the hang em high brigade would like the rules as stringent as possible.

Unless of course they are "Bending" those rules to stay in Thailand themselves in either the spirit or letter of the law?

I have been here for 10 years and recently have changed to a Non O multi entry. I have never failed to pay taxes, always have paid road tax and 1st class insurance, donated to temples, never broken any laws (OK, littering the odd time and not crossing at a designated place), but may be subject to getting only a single entry visa (or tourist visa) the next time I apply because immigration sometimes tar falangs with the same brush. Please do not lecture a law abiding person.

If found guilty, THROW THE BOOK AT 'EM.

It's people (!) like those who force immigration to really clamp down on visa rules, and law abiding residents suffer more stringent rules (sometimes to the point of departing LoS forever).

the new airport is perfect.

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Nah. That's the special forces checking the windows for CRACKS!!!!

^ Yeah, I suppose you're right.

But all I want is value for money. Heathrow (which a lot of posters seem to hate) and all other 'hubs' which I have used have numerous restaurants, burger joints, DVD/CD shops, pay phones, souvenir shops, bars, newspaper/sweet shops etc etc all before immigration

OK. And let's say that 50% (very generous figure) were domestic passengers and had no departure tax to pay. So, an airport tax of B700 x 20,000,000 international passengers = B1,400,000,000.

Just wondering where the proceeds of this tidy sum went to. I mean, were they ploughed back into the business (at least wash the fukking windows in the place!!)?

I'd try the Northern Thailand forum.

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I have found the gentlleman at Ranong immigration to be friendly and helpful. Manners, politeness, a smiling face and a little bit of Thai go a long way there!

Executives of guard companies failing to meet the law can be jailed for up to five years or fined Bt50,000.

Hmmmmmm. Another extreme deterrent!! That is one hel_l of a huge fine. Those people couldn't get B50,000 together! Maybe they will have to do a bit of bird methinks!!

Go to the police station and ask them what's happening then.

Excuse me kuntstable, what happened to <deleted>?

He was allowed to walk free, sir.

Really? Why?

TiT, sir. By the way, your visa has expired!!

Has anyone got jack's Golf phone no.? or Http address, e mail etc.?

Cheers

Steve

Can you not use the internet?

40%? I would have thought much higher!!!

typo

Well well!! Hasn't this slipped into obscurity?

Maybe the only people who haven't forgotten about this piece of shit are the families of the deceased and a handful of TV posters.

....and the consul fled the scene!!!

'Get off the walk' and there's me wondering what the hel_l will I do when I reach the end!!

But what kind of (serious) language school would scream about '1 year ED visas' and 'no more visa runs' as the prime reason for joining the school or learning Thai?

Surely it's for education or to further your business skills.

..... I did not get a re-entry permit as I did not know this was necessary. I thought that rule only applied to 1-year extensions to visas.

That's what I thought as well!! I am on a Non O multiple entry and have not needed a re-entry permit for my comings and goings.

.....I for one will not be going anywhere near them......

Wouldn't touch 'em with a barge pole either!!

.....during a drinking session.....

Now there's a classic case of "welllllllll........ it seemed a good idea at the time!!"

It took me 18 hours of traveling to get that stupid stamp! Very frustrating! End of story.

What did you do, walk there?

'Some other countries would rather open their borders for humanitarian reasons'.

Oh! How soon we forget the Pol Pot regime. How the Cambodian refugees, who didn't make it to the camps, were beaten, shot and repatriated to their charnel house through mine fields by Thai soldiers.

We're alright Jack. Pull the ladder up and sod the rest of 'em!!

The situation in Burma is getting a lot of attention in the news in the UK, maybe this is the big one.

I sincerely hope so. Give the generals a fair and unfettered trial, and then throw them to the baying dogs!!

Yes. I wanted to hear what people would say about my comment. My son was killed by a drunk driver. Of course I don't want to see innocent by-standers killed, but a lot of drivers here are animals.

I'm sorry for your loss. Yet, to me it's not a good idea, to come up with posts like that when somebody just lost his/her life. Some people stated that they knew the victim, and for all we know, a family member might even be reading this forum. Imagine how bad that person feels about your little "experiment".

I've been driving cars and motorbikes myself for years here in Bangkok, I find it rather easy to get along. Traffic is so dense that hi speed is not very often possible anyway. And unlike us super-hero drivers with licenses thak took months to get, we change lanes within half a second because we see that in Formula 1, Thais tend to do all changes a lot more smoothly.

True. It was a rash and hot headed statement, but I feel bitter toward drivers who do not care about human lives. I apologise to anyone who was offended by my statement.