Caldera
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A true champion for both the environment and his people.
(And Santa Claus is coming to town.)
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“However there are people who have ulterior motives and are trying to use these activities as a cover for other objectives, which defeat the purpose of physical training.”
Strange. That perfectly describes what the army does to its conscripts.
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20 hours ago, thecyclist said:
You should have changed it at Superrich in Bangkok.
Exactly. I changed VND back to THB at SuperRich several times. While the spread is higher than for USD, it's not too bad.
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2 hours ago, ubonjoe said:I only can recall reports of problems when a person already was on an extension for attending a school and was using a re-entry permit to enter the country. With a new non-ed visa issued by an embassy or consulate I don't recall any reports of a denial of entry.
Isn't that actually even worse? That immigration doesn't honor a visa issued by an embassy that is under a different ministry is one thing. That they don't honor a re-entry permit issued by immigration itself boggles the mind.
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OP, I think you did well not to question her. No idea what kind of more appropriate visa she had in mind for a "fitness holiday". An education visa perhaps in case you're learning, but that often doesn't please them either.
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Does Thai massage actually have any scientifically proven health benefits?
And I don't mean the happy ending that might be provided as part of the package and that those "spas" often are a mere front for.
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Finally a rumour I hadn't heard yet, I've always assumed she's Jewish.
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53 minutes ago, Traubert said:
He was known to be in the country but didn't appear on the biometrics database.
It's called an exceptions report.
I doubt it. Many foreigners who live in Thailand legally on yearly extensions haven't left or entered the country since the new cameras and fingerprint scanners were installed. They aren't in the new biometrics database yet either.
Maybe someone filed a TM30 report for this guy and that's what led to him. Oops.
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1 hour ago, sanemax said:
Yes, but they are there for a reason .
Its not as if the Police just and take random people and put them in jail for no reason
Not for no reason, obviously a crime has been committed if and when they lock someone up. But the big question is how often they manage to arrest the real culprit(s). Not as often as a professional police force in a civilized country whose officers are held accountable, that's a given.
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As the Swede apparently had his passport which the IOs could check, I fail to see the role biometrics played in this particular case.
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Easy, don't lock up non-dealing drug abusers and other petty offenders.
Once the prison population is down to a healthier level, the available resources will be more adequate for the remaining inmates.
Also, with foreigners in particular, petty offenders could be fined, deported and banned outright instead of being incarcerated at Thailand's expense.
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I have an easy solution for any kind of unsolicited call: I never answer my phone, unless the number is one of my contacts.
It has served me well. In the rare event that anyone else has anything important to bring to my attention, they can send an SMS to suggest that I call back. Or call an acquaintance of mine.
That's not primarily to fob off immigration officers and other criminals. Too many people simply have the wrong number or want to sell some crappola.
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33 minutes ago, Denim said:
I don't think you will find a border without fingerprint scanners anymore. I just got back from Mae Sot and they have them there now.
Indeed, they have been rolled out everywhere.
But even before having fingerprint scanners, they were usually able to link passports and see the whole history. So unless @peibol77 did a name change that the old system might have tripped over, it shouldn't make any difference.
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It's now or never. Once Thailand is a full-blown Chinese vassal state, it will be too late. Now there's still a window to rid Thailand of its kleptomaniac elites.
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Now he's really lost his marbles.
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28 minutes ago, from the home of CC said:
till duterte is dead and gone you'll never see me there..
I'd tend to agree, but then again, if I applied that standard, I couldn't be in Thailand either.
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11 minutes ago, evadgib said:
So 5.5M people get to ride rough shod over the 55M or more in the rest of the Kingdom?
No. Nothing will change for the rest of the kingdom. Unless Northern Ireland and/or Wales wish to break away as well, obviously.
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Congratulations, well done!
I'm surprised that flying drones is even legal in China. Aren't they worried that someone might try to land one on Winnie the Pooh's head?
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In reality, does anyone - in Thailand - care if it's legal or not? Being illegal (or unregulated) has stopped neither Airbnb nor Grab from becoming wildly successful.
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As the UK's situation has changed significantly since the last Scottish independence referendum, because of Brexit, I see no justification whatsoever to deny the Scots another referendum.
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Excellent, hopefully more Thais will awake from their slumber. May the government live in interesting times.
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I went there just after they had opened and again some time later. It's about as impressive as one of those fake floating markets, but has the benefit that it's air-conditioned and clean.
So if I had to give it a label, I'd go with sanitized tourist trap. I don't recall if Disneyland has a Thai section, but if it has, it must look the same.
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Well that's quite a twist!
I guess I'll take your endorsement of Nha Trang with a grain of salt. ????
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I think Hanoi is currently one of the friendlier places nearby, but in the OP's case, a number of factors might have alarmed them:
1) This was the OP's 3rd SETV application in Hanoi within quite a short time, albeit not consecutively. Most if not all nearby embassies limit how many SETVs they are prepared to issue and don't want to be seen as a destination of choice for visa runners / repeat applicants.
2) Finances shown just above the minimum. Rightly or wrongly, that might give them the impression that someone who's spending a lot of time in Thailand is merely scraping by. Personally, I think for someone who has spent a lot of time in Thailand, it's advisable to show funds well above the minimum and in a bank account back home.
3) Presumably very little time spent in Vietnam between leaving Thailand and applying for the next Thai visa, which makes the trip to Hanoi look more like a visa run and less like a touristy side trip.
I applied for a SETV in Hanoi in October with a more extensive history than the OP's and wasn't asked any questions. If that's because they got more strict in the meantime or because I had those points covered (no prior SETV from Hanoi, funds well in excess of the minimum, quite some time out of Thailand before applying) is anyone's guess.
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Survey: More than half of all Thais can't survive losing their jobs more than 6 months
in Thailand News
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In reality it's probably closer to 6 days, not 6 months, for the rural poor who have moved to the cities and have to pay rent. No rent money, quickly kicked out.