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10 hours ago, norfolkandchance said:

Slightly of topic. is Merkel still about.

Jitteringly so.

Looks like a money laundromat.

31 minutes ago, BestB said:

Not really, they are finally catching up to the rest of the world to make sure no convicted or blacklisted people come back or be caught if on the run

Very well, but the OP has mentioned that his fingerprints were already taken at the airport when he last entered the country.

To use that technology to secure the borders makes sense. To require the OP to go to a police station to feed another DB instead of integrating them properly doesn't make sense.

17 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

I'm confused with this op. Where does date of birth appear on a visa. Perhaps I'm confused by my many visas on arrival to Vietnam. The visa itself obviously includes name and pp #.

Vietnamese visa only have the date of birth in the machine readable zone at the bottom of the visa. Thai visa stickers, on the other hand, also have a date of birth field further up, where the other personal details are listed.

"She didn't know the full details about her husband's drug dealing and was not sure what drugs were involved. He had been secretive about that, she said because he did not want to worry her."

That and he's not a child molester, he just happened to try to make an honest living from peddling child porn. What she needs is a reality check; I do realize that critical thinking isn't a strong suit of many Thais, but this is a bit much.

How dumb is that, even by local standards. It needs no fuel, and neither does a horse drawn carriage. Horses for courses, here it happens to be a human who supplies the energy - innovative, I think not!

General "Watchman", finally I can agree with you on something, I've had enough of you as well. You've been a disgrace to your country and I doubt that you will be missed by many. "Enjoy your retirement while it lasts", that's the nicest thing I can say.

As he volunteered to mention rust, yes definitely, that comes to mind when you see these dinosaurs.

If this stillborn government is the best that "Thai Niyom"-style "democracy" can deliver, it will be a long way to world domination.

I once got a Thai tourist visa issued in Phnom Penh that stated that my nationality is Khmer. That was good for a laugh, but didn't cause any issues when entering the country. I'd go as far as saying that the IO probably didn't even notice it, and as long as they don't scan the machine readable data on the visa and let the computer compare that to your passport details (that they do scan), such a birthday mismatch shouldn't matter either.

Hard to see how this would be a big news story in any other country, running commentary by the head clown in charge of immigration and all. Just send him back to the fatherland already and be done with him.

Annabelle did it.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: No matter which code ends up in the book, can you really trust immigration to accept these transfers? They might in some cases and might not in others, are you really willing to gamble your extension on that for a relatively small saving in transfer fees?

The way TW operates, it's clear that the individual transfers to the recipient accounts in Thailand are domestic. Sure, if the code is shown as "FTT", that might be enough to fool immigration, but just looking at this latest "hiccup" and TW's response to it reinforces my belief that it would be foolish to rely on this method.

"After sneaking back into the country, he married a Thai woman and took up residence in the quiet northeastern village, only to be discovered by chance after his photo went viral."

I guess by "married a Thai woman" they mean the traditional marriage ceremony only, not an official wedding at a district office. I cannot imagine that someone who sneaks into the country by boat and who has an Interpol red notice in his name can get the paperwork done to get legally married here.

The latest putsch was denied by the very general who perpetrated it on the very day it happened - later in the day. Such a denial, in itself, is completely meaningless.

A failed secretary of defense got nominated to become a failed leader of the EU. Great.

I can see Merkel's dilemma though. This lady is a friend of hers, and while she desperately needs to get rid of her lest she can do even more damage to Germany's armed forces, it has to be done with dignity. This move, if it happens, offers a solution.

What interaction does a tourist have with a language center? Sounds like you worked there, since you mentioned salary. Hardly a case for the tourist police then.