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Sadly NO.

That's not true. I agree Biden is too old for this job but he does have a quite good track record. My personal beef re Biden aiming to get re-elected is with the dem party, they know he's old and makes errors etc., but they have done nothing to find / decide an alternative candidate. And it seems to me there are credible alternatives in the dem party.

Agreed. Also note that https://www.thaiembassy.com is NOT a government agency. It's a commercial business which claims to assist with visas / claims to be knowledgeable re visas / PR etc. I repeat https://www.thaiembassy.com is not a government agency and it has no authority to approve anything. I wonder how they got permission to register the business name 'thaiembassy', if it is registered? In regard to registering 'thaiembassy', 'thaiembassy.com' with google I guess that's possible (google doesn't care) but it doesn't give the 'operator' any form of approval in Thailand in regard to visas, PR or anything else. As already mentioned the explanation re 'yearly reporting' on the thaiembassy site is both confusing and incorrect. As stated by several members, approval for PR is for lifetime, therefore it doesn't have an actual expiry date. As stated, PR golders need to get an exit and re-entry stamp in their passport and in their PR book before they leave Thailand on business, on a holiday etc. You get an exit and re-entry stamp as you need it, there is no requirement to get this stamp every year. And the start date on the exit and re-entry stamp is the date this stamp was entered into the 2 books. The exit and re-entry stamp Is NOT aligned to previous exit and re-entry stamps, and it's NOT aligned to the original date that the PR (Certificate of Residence) book was first issued. PR holders need to get an exit and re-entry stamp as needed, before they depart Thailand. PR holders can get the an exit and re-entry stamp for a single journey out and return or multiple journeys, for both versions the exit and re-entry stamp does have an expiry date. This expiry date refer only to the exit and re-entry stamp. It DOES NOT refer to the actual approval of PR which doesn't have an expiry date because it's valid for lifetime. It does automatically cancel as a natural process when the PR holder dies.

I have 5 K bank savings accounts. 2 accounts are joint savings, me and my adult Thai son. (no atm/debit cards) 2 accounts opened (personal, not joint accounts) to be able start K Plus (app) and to start K Internet banking. (no atm/debit cards) One more basic savings account with debit card. balance kept low.

"but declaring him guilty by bureaucrat" in a preliminary (not final) report.

I'm not convinced he's corrupt. There's been lots of claims he is, but there's never been any evidence. No doubt he's ruffled the feathers of other senior cops who want the chief position, and my guess is that some of these seniors are corrupt and would have no hesitation to try to get big joke out of the picture. But as said I've never noticed any published / reported real evidence that big joke is corrupt

This report goes in all directions. -It indicates there's an investigation which could take several years to finalize. -It quotes Jatuporn who is way less than a credible commenter. -It quotes ' prime ministerial panel pronouncing him guilty of money laundering.' What is a 'prime ministerial panel, who appoints the panel and does the panel have the authority to state/declare someone is guilty of anything?'

700Baht a month retainer to a Bkk law firm. Sounds strange to me. A law firm will charge 700Baht to say hello. Lawyers charges are outrageous, I joined a company in Bkk, the admin. manager told me the company had received a bill for 210,000Baht from a law firm to get me a work permit. I was well aware of the WP process and charges from my previous positions. I called the law firm and asked why 210,000Baht? Answer: because 1). Has to be a qualified lawyer to submit the WP application docs at the labour ministry This is NOT correct. 2). Because the labour staff will not do the negotiation stage with anybody except a qualified lawyer. This is rubbish, there is no negotiation; the applicant passes the well explained criteria or not. 3). Law firm has to send a draft English version of the WP results to their office in Singapore to get a final letter in English. I casually spoke with the staff of the law firm in Bkk and mentioned the Singapore stuff. The lady responded 'that's not true, we don't do that and there's many Thai lawyers on staff who write perfect English. The response letter to the client (my company / me) is a standard letter and there's many old letters in English on the lawyers files to copy from. I refused to authorize the payment of 210,000Baht and indicated I would pay 5,000Baht and we would never use this law firm again. I also said I had made an appointment to visit the Thai Lawyers council to complain. Suddenly the bill changed to 50,000Baht. I refused and said 'We will pay 3,000Baht and no more and any further offers I will reduce to payment even further. We paid 3,000Baht and then discovered a business agent who charges 2,500Baht to get the initial WP and 2,000Baht for renewals. I did report the 210,000Baht law firm to the Thai Lawyers Council, They acknowledged my letter and said they would investigate and call me. A few days later they did call and shared that they had discovered my WP was a 100% standard case with no justification for any additional charges. The Law Council guy agreed the 210,000Baht figure was outrageous, but he shared they have no standard charges, individual law firms can charge what they like. Law council guy also mentioned they had removed the name of the 210,000Baht law firm from their 'recommended' list and had informed the 210,000Baht firm their membership of the Law council had been permanently cancelled. 700Baht a month retainer sounds like a fantasy story to me.

"I guess these women gave him all the information how to contact these other people. Very odd" Point taken but maybe over time he had perfected clever methods / dialogue to trick people into slowly providing such details. "I met your sister yesterday but now I can't remember her name. Please tell me and I'll write it down now so I don't forget...'

In other words marriage is a flexible term meaning that 2 people have committed to take care of / support each other. As said 2 people.

Did she say 500 and time limit is 1 minute?

Hope we see some details, could be interesting.

A little oversensitive.

Always surprises me when I read negative reports / comments about bum gun / sprays. So easy, so quick, achieves good level of cleanliness, no paper to dispose of. Years back my oil refining employer at Map Ta phut brought in 20 specialised western engineers, all on 2 - 3 year contract, all provides with close to new 3 - 4 western bedroom style houses all with several bathrooms. All new engineers arrived within about 2 days, taken straight to their houses then taken to Foodland in Pattaya for a big shop up all paid for by the company. All bought several giant packs of toilet rolls. Within 48 hrs a big deputation of wives of the new engineers arrived at the company HO at Map TA phut. Their demand was that all the disgusting spray contraptions be immediately removed and taken away. All attempts by the longer-term western staff to explain that the bum sprays weren't disgusting and were in fact very practical, easy to use and produced very clean bottoms totally not accepted by the new wives protest group. A Thai English speaking engineer joined the discussion and mentioned that 99% of the houses, condos, apartments owned / occupied by Thai people across all of Thailand had these bum sprays and Thai people saw them as useful and produced good cleanliness. His comments not accepted. Another Thai employee then suggested that the company quickly create a team of people to very quickly replace all the sprays with new, also not accepted. Thai manager then mentioned that the company didn't own the houses involved and the rental contracts mentioned that house occupants / the company paying the rents were prohibited from making any type of alterations to plumbing or anything else. Thai engineer then suggested the company buy a large quantity of black plastic bags the right size and put each hose and spray into a black bag and tie it to the existing wall plumbing fittings so as to as much as possible put the black bags out of sight. This was agreed. But it was discovered later that some of the farang wives had demanded that their husbands remove the hose and spray, and they did.

Actually quite easy to remove the spray head and the hose, just a solid twist and in many cases not that tightly fitted.

So what are his measurements?

Because customers steal the bum gun spray and/or the bum gun spray and the hose.

Regional workers (Myanmar, laos, Cambodia, Vietnam) work under different WP rules, and many do have work permits specific to their nationality / jobs etc. Cannot compare to work permits for EU, US, German, Australian and similar foreigners.

Tax on state pensions transferred to Thailand, and the only income of the foreigner seems to be the area where there's very few / zero answers. It surprises me that none of the new 'gurus' have addressed this specific scenario. But I'm guessing these new 'gurus' can't see any potential fees / commissions etc., for themselves in this scenario (Tax on state pensions transferred to Thailand, and the only income of the foreigner) so seems to be the area where there's very few / zero answers. No fees available for the gurus, so it gets ignored.

I'm wondering why there's safety incidents. The vast highly successful, fast, cheap monorail system in Kuala Lumpur (started at least 2+ decades ago) has an excellent safety / service record and is very popular.

"I know a lot of foreigners working in the nightlife industry, the majority of the cases they would love to become legal, but the company they work for does everything to avoid and delay sponsoring their visas." What actual jobs do they do? Are they barmen, waiters, or ???? I'm wondering if you believe that management / owners can support work permit applications for any job. That's not true, there's a long list of jobs / professions which can only be performed by Thai nationals.

I'll add another point. I've heard PR holders say that 1 day over the 5 year requirement to update the Red Police book will bring cancellation of PR / will mean the local police cancel your PR status. This is not correct. PR status is 'controlled' by a special team within the RTP - the Thai Immigration Bureau. Other police (e.g. local police including a policeman who does the red book update at selected police stations) do not have the authority or responsibility to cancel PR. Also the local police including a policeman who does the red book update at selected police stations doesn't have any official line of communication with the Thai Immigration Bureau. I asked about this when I returned to LOS well over he 5 year period after the Covid- 19 situation had reduced and travel in and out had become much easier. The local police guy indicated clearly that late update of the red book (regardless of Covid- 19) was not reported to the Thai Immigration Bureau and there is no process to do that. As already mentioned he also told me and my adult Thai son that the police who handle the red book update are well aware that there's several very old farang who are always very late to do the update and/or haven't done the 5 year update for many years. He said clearly, 'this is not a problem, we don't follow up on these cases, they could be fined (very small fine) but I (police guy) have never done that, and it has no affect on the PR status of the foreigner. He did also mention that he was aware that foreigners must get an exit and r-entry stamp in their passport before they travel abroad but that was an Immigration office function and not a police matter.

Are you talking about getting Thai work permits or the specific visa which is issued after the foreigner has received a Thai work permit? And are you aware of the requirements to gain a Thai work permit?

Just your opinion, nothing more.

Is her weight gain worrying her or worrying you?