Bday Prang

I predicted that there would soon be a glut of anti cannabis news to go hand in hand with any new legislation, This could well be the start of it , the fact that it is pure fantasy is of no importance, it will be taken as gospel truth by the prohibitionists

depends what the job is

No mention in the OP that foreigners will be included in this. Foreign women marrying Thai men enjoy certain advantages that foreign men marrying Thai women do not.... https://www.thaicitizenship.com/thai-citizenship-based-on-marriage-to-a-thai-husband/ This will be open to abuse. Ie pretend to be gay , register a sham marriage, gain citizenship

I always thought that sort of "information" should be reserved for the medium of a facebook page, Isn't that where people traditionally post uninteresting cr@p Anybody else thinking of leaving needs to realise that the rest of us are not in the slightest bit interested,

That was the estimated value of the coke, I seriously doubt he was paid anything like that amount.

his health seems to have improved, dramatically

As far as I am aware western countries only offer single entry non O visas based on marriage, in the uk they want to see £10,000 , At least that was the situation 6 months ago things may have changed

best of luck trying to get a multiple entry non immigrant visa based on marriage to a Thai from the UK e visa website They stopped issuing them over 6 months ago. Single entry only now, ( unless things have changed again) What country are you from?

What part of "each to their own" do you have difficulty comprehending,? Furthermore you appear to be arguing purely for the sake of it, and on behalf of other imaginary, hypothetical people, "they" "some people" "other people" "somebody" "you" what's all that about ?

load of rubbish

horses for courses. neither are that expensive, I would buy one of each,as and when required

Finger prints and photos have been standard for quite some time, Boarding passes have been required to be shown at immigration at least since covid, although it only actually tells you this at the immigration desks. Many people , myself included, often discard their boarding pass once they have successfully boarded the plane so its not a bad idea that airline staff check one is in possession of it before leaving the plane. It would be even better if the requirement was mentioned earlier in the journey, something printed on the ticket to that effect for example' I can't see that anything in the OP is relevant to any crackdown on any foreigners entering Thailand, either long or short term visitors. Looks pretty much like business as usual to me

every time reports surface of alleged negative effects of cannabis the usual suspects intensify their calls for an outright ban. Now that there is some positive news it is either dismissed of deflected from, in this case even mentioning Donald Trump. Are there actually any threads on this website where Trump is not mentioned? Certainly not very many

what about the loan shark?

That's the way I see it. people can, under normal circumstances go where ever they want , however in the case of the UK if the foreign office issues a travel warning most insurance companies won't cover you, I have no ides how other countries behave but I would imagine it is similar. It normally happens after a natural disaster or some form of civil unrest, If the UK issues an official warning its likely others will have done the same. If Thailand were to declare a state of emergency its likely that the UK would repeat it to the general uk population, but I don't think they would necessarily have to wait for Thailand to do that before issuing any warning

Alleged drug dealers maybe , but we will never know now will we? Surely you are not in favour of extrajudicial killings by the Thai police or anybody else for that matter ? I am sure the death of ones son will sit uneasily with parents if he was murdered for selling cannabis, considering those imprisoned for that particular crime were all released when it was decriminalized. It not like they could be brought back to life is it

you maybe right but if it wasn't for the half dozen or so examples that have hit the headlines, nobody would be talking about this, not the Thais and not the self flagellators on here who think they can virtue signal their way out of it.

people overstaying or working without permits is of no concern to tourists whatsoever.

whether he declares it or not the UK government could still issue a travel warning, if they do insurance companies will react. It not really up to him even though he thinks it is

500 baht in Surin

Seems to me that the problem is not an overall increase in criminal activity by foreigners, rather a few instances of bad behaviour have been jumped on by mainstream media, and "gone viral" on social media ,so the problem they feel they have is bad publicity Now a crackdown has been ordered, in order for that to appear successful results will need to be seen, so there will be even more reporting of bad behaviour and more reports of the ensuing deportations as the media jumps on the bandwagon, every minor transgression will be headline news, resulting in even more bad publicity The more bad publicity they create the more likely it is to get picked up by the foreign media which is probably not what they want to happen. To be honest I doubt many prospective tourists would seriously consider changing their travel plans due to the few reports of bad behaviour by a handful of foreigners that have hit the headlines recently. A cursory glance at this forum might not encourage them much though, and god forbid if a travel blogger or u-tube influencer simply started uploading clips from Amarin Tv's nightly news show , showing the sort of things that happen here every single day I reckon their precious tourist industry would be decimated very quickly indeed. Just the traffic incidents would be enough to discourage most people, but what would the average "quality tourist" make of the daily reports of Feral teenage gangs, Incest, Rape, Murder, Perverted Monks, Horrible Taxi drivers, Corrupt police, Endless acts of violence, etc etc etc ? First impressions are lasting impressions too, there must be thousands of people already who were a bit disappointed when the first thing they experience in the land of smiles is a 2 to 3 hour queue at immigration after a 10+ hour long journey to get here,and the first actual Thai they meet is a scowling sour faced immigration officer who interrogates them as to why they have come here and reprimands them for not retaining their boarding pass. And to cap it all if they arrive on the wrong day , they can't even relax with a beer

I don't think they will be shuffling much paper, I'm imagining a relaxed day , probably arrive straight from the golf course around 10 am , review the papers and social media like you said, squeeze in a bit of "networking" or forge some new alliances , then an excellent lunch , and home before 3pm slightly the worse for wear.

Well as she refused to remove her shoes , taking a shorter backswing would be one option, a bit like a delicate chip , as opposed to a full blown drive when playing golf

Well i did say we all pay "one way or the other" pay them to come, or pay them to leave and stay away, its all the same in the end, Except perhaps for marriage when we end up paying twice, and it generally costs a lot more to get rid of them than it did to attract them initially

So are you implying that we should all remain silent , and not dare to offer an opinion, That would make for a really exciting and interesting forum wouldn't it