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Finally a rumour I hadn't heard yet, I've always assumed she's Jewish.

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.

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.

As the Swede apparently had his passport which the IOs could check, I fail to see the role biometrics played in this particular case.

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.

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.

Now he's really lost his marbles.

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.

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.

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?

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.

Excellent, hopefully more Thais will awake from their slumber. May the government live in interesting times.

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.

Well that's quite a twist!

I guess I'll take your endorsement of Nha Trang with a grain of salt. ????

By not distancing herself from her genocidal military, she's soiling whatever is still left of her once stellar reputation.

Shame on you, Lady.

2 hours ago, varun said:

This is mostly what Iglu does - https://iglu.net

Or did. Apparently they're not accepting new foreign employees at this point, and it's unclear if they will be willing and able to make those "changes to their business model" that the Thai authorities require them to make.

The voided tourist visa potentially looks bad, in case an immigration officer chooses to scrutinize your history.

Where did you attempt to apply for that voided visa, and where do you plan to enter Thailand?

I've nothing but good things to say about the Thai immigration officers at that border crossing. They've never hassled me at all, coming in both visa exempt and on tourist visas several times. I've also never heard or read of any reports to the contrary.

1 hour ago, 88stones said:

He was denied as he had entered Thailand 2x in the last 12 months. The immigration officer also told him that. The Thai embassy confirmed this. Just unclear when the ban would end.

He was denied entry - on that particular occasion - but he wasn't banned, so that point is moot.