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On 4/25/2019 at 9:06 PM, Peterw42 said:

7 is for children of expats

As always. Wrong.

47 minutes ago, ivor bigun said:

my Tha driving licence has always done

At the end of the day the police can't be bothered with farang. You are not what they are after. A wind down of the window decides that, and a wave on is the norm.

10 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

Denied once at an out of province bank (where I did have an account!),

Thank you for confirming my statement in post #198

1 minute ago, Denim said:

I seem to remember there was a lot of fuss made about this a while back .

You are correct. I recall police in BKK going around fining foreigners that weren't carrying their passports.

2 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

They are foreigners too.

I read it that Peter was claiming they got it as a right and didn't have to request one.

2 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

It is only foreigners that get this card

And people with 'Permanent Residence' according to Peter.

6 minutes ago, Denim said:

We are supposed to carry our passports with us at all times

That is also NOT TRUE. All that is asked for is that you show it if asked for.

17 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

Its NOT the law.

Oh yes it is.

17 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

Its either a poorly worded statement

In your opinion.

17 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

Permanent Residents get a Pink ID, are they restricted from traveling ????

 Stateless people can't get PR

17 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

There is no travel restrictions for western expats with Pink IDs.

I never said there was.

17 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

The only law you will find is for stateless people who dont have passports

Hence why a stateless person cannot use it outside of the province where it was obtained. 

Keep yer knickers on Peter and get yer facts right before jumping on someone.

1 minute ago, Peterw42 said:

He was genuinely confused that people take it to mean cannot travel.

For an alien, other than farang, one cannot travel out of the area as to where the Pink ID Card was issued.

2 hours ago, GalaxyMan said:

What would I need to do to acquire the yellow house book in order to get the pink ID card?

Forget it. It ain't worth the hassle.

12 hours ago, scorecard said:

I have it and my name is in a standard blue Tabien Baan book, which is for the house and land

The Blue Book has nothing to do with the land. 

Minimum wage is 400 Baht a day X by 6 X by 4.5 weeks per month, will be his monthly minimum wage gross. After that it'd be a guess.

I originally obtained a 'Yellow Book' as it was a requirement to obtaining 'Thai Government Health Insurance for Foreigners'  It proved to be a wasted exercise as the 'Health insurance' scheme was cancelled after a few months. Then a couple of years back they came out with the 'Pink ID Card' providing you had/have a 'Yellow Book'. The card was free so why not. Have I used them otherwise? Nah, all a complete waste of time and money.

Problem with a 'Pink ID Card' is that you can only use it within the province to where you obtained it.

3 hours ago, sniggie said:

So why, by all that is holy, are the authorities suddenly so bloody paranoid about where I am?   

They do under the belief we are all terrorists and the need to know our whereabouts at all time.

5 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

When was 'being of good character' part of the VISA extension conditions?

When immigration decided to ask I suppose? And when was an home visit part of the Retirement Extension?

About 2-3 years ago in Surin/Buriram province we were all, registered, subjected to a home visit. Irrespective of what extension one had. We were also to provide two witnesses to provide proof of us living there and being of good character.

The OP isn't being picked on personally. Only fault I find in his story is that he paid the fine for the landlord not providing the TM 30. Not his problem and should have refused. Did the OP get a receipt for the fine?

45 minutes ago, sumrit said:

But this is Thailand.

So that makes it okay? What you are saying is if I want to live here I have to accept the paying of bribes/t money. In 14 years I've paid a policeman t money once. And that was only because I was naive. If I do wrong then I ask for a fine sheet or payment receipt. Either I get one or I get waved on. If only others would do the same.

28 minutes ago, marcusarelus said:

You put the $50 behind your drivers license and hand your wallet to the traffic cop.  If it comes back with no $50 no ticket.  I always thought it was a good idea.  Maybe why I fit in so well in Thailand. 

You're talking out yer ass. Who gives a traffic cop his wallet? Drivers licence maybe. Yeah you should fit in well here along with all the other dumb farang that pay a fine and don't receive a receipt. Thai police can't get enough of you guys.

19 minutes ago, marcusarelus said:

You do in Chicago. 

Well that was interesting to know. The inducement to giiving money for a service is to openly display a tip box with a glass front displaying previous tips. If in fact they are genuine tips. That should not/never be allowed.

Edit: Sorry we had a power out. By putting a tip box out shows only one thing to me and that is 'open for under the counter business'.

2 hours ago, elviajero said:

There’s a difference between ‘tea money’ and a ‘tip’. Only one is a bribe and or extortion!

 

As long as the tipping is voluntary there’s no problem.

Wrong. Both should be illegal when a service is provided free. Do you tip a policeman back in the UK? No. Because that can be seen as a bribe.

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"In a sense, both are gifts intended to strengthen social bonds and each is offered in conjunction with advantageous service. One could even argue that the main difference between the two acts is merely the timing of the gift: Tips follow the rendering of a service, whereas bribes precede it."

18 hours ago, elviajero said:

I know that xenophobes exist in every country but that the general Thai population, or those controlling immigration, are not in the least bit xenophobic!.

I don't know what happened to my post earlier but here it is again. Thais are definitely xenophobic and are taught to be that from starting school. The national anthem tells them 'Thailand is for Thais;. And if that is not enough they get taught to be 'racists'.

If this post gets deleted I'l like a explanation as to WHY please.

26 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

Same in Surin, when anyone walks through the door they are asked 90 day or visa, if the answer is 90 day a guy says come over here and its all done and finished. I make a point of going when they have just opened, usually there is nobody else there.

I went to Kap Choeng (Surin) one Friday arriving approx 11:30 am. Woman on the door said we were lucky as they were about to close. I said "you open all day on a Friday don't you?" She replied "Yes but we're fed up and we want to go home". Who am I to say they just can't do that?

I last entered Thailand 07 FEB 2014 and I can report online.