Bday Prang

If these figures are to be be believed it points to a relatively modest accumulation of wealth for somebody who held that position for 10 years. It almost points to financial incompetence when one considers that he allegedly had investments of over 60 million baht yet only saw a return on that of 1.5 million in 10 years, Seems to have a very modest land holding too I'm pretty sure he's got a bit more stashed away somewhere, but I seriously doubt it amounts to anything like what some of his predecessors managed to get their hands on

If the kid learnt anything that day it was that colouring is useless, but nevertheless That drug addict mother is so lucky to have you around,

Well "Dr Freud" have you considered the possibility that the kid might not have actually "learnt " anything and might actually just be genuinely sad and possibly a little distressed , as a direct result of being interrogated by officers about the recent death of his mother? What" free candy" are you talking about It appears that you have not fully understood the op

Have you been drinking? Your posts are non sensical . Please indicate where I have used, what you consider to be, "gutter language and where i have caused any offence. Exactly what do you know of my background or where I come from ? you are starting to make me worried lol

But that is not the case, as gun crime is significantly lower in the UK. It does occur but it is not yet" the norm" for criminals to carry guns. However those that do, can expect a strong and often lethal response, if and when armed officers become involved

Sorry, I'm not into your gutter language👎 Exactly which part of the above do you consider to be "gutter language" ? I think you may be a little oversensitive Thailand might not suit you

exactly what brings you to that considered opinion ?

unfortunately it will probably not be possible to deport him from the UK. Might be able to lock him up for a bit though, didn't the UK change their laws to allow this a few years ago. I think the original intention was to catch pedo's

probably depends how they behave themselves with regards to carrying guns etc.

so what respect, exactly, would you like to see extended to this wannabe gangster piece of trash? An Idiot is caught with a gun and you are more concerned about a bit of "discrimination" !!

Apparently it doesn't count as litter if its been carefully placed in the locations you mentioned

An official added "Of course as 99% of rubbish is left behind by non drunk tourists, the litter reason is nothing more than a distraction, basically this is merely another way of stopping a considerable number of people from enjoying themselves, orchestrated by a group of people who have issues with alcohol

So now we won't (theoretically) be able to enjoy a beer together around a camp fire! It seems to me that over the past few years not a single day passes without yet another enjoyable aspect of life being banned as a result of "concerns" by the usual killjoys. It won't be long before life is not worth living if some of these people get their own way

The rights and wrongs of what is happening over there, what ever they may be, now count for nothing The "woke" overlords have decided who the victims are, and the usual woke enforcers are as usual, doing their level best to vilify Israel, Its a little bit difficult for them baring in mind the atrocities committed by the "victims" which started all this. Interesting that they use the word "queers" and do not refer to the "homosexual community" or "gay people" to me that is an indication that these are not your average "run of the mill" gay people, rather they are firstly and foremost members of the growing number of hardcore activists who seem to spend their entire lives looking for excuses to cause trouble, Other known trouble makers have also come out in sympathy, BLM and the Socialist Workers, to name just two, on the the other hand, as there are only so many unemployed idiots at large, there should be a slight reduction in "just stop oil" type protests as their manpower may now be a bit stretched, as no doubt some of their activists along with other professional trouble makers start to gravitate to this brand new cause

No not yet, but as time is getting tight I applied for a METV as it will just about fit my needs. If I remember correctly they used to require a letter from an employer/ tax return and bank statements showing £5000 in ones account for six months. Those visa specific requirements seem to have disappeared as does the more general requirement to take a photo of oneself holding ones passport I was expecting to be asked to explain why I needed a multi entry, as I only provided an invite letter from the gf as proof of accommodation but 5 days later it was granted, no questions asked Based on comments both in this and other threads I'm pretty sure that the MENO's have , at least for now, been withdrawn from most western countries, and a reply received from the embassy by one member saying "have to get get single entry and extend at immigration in Thailand" not only confirms this but is pretty much, word for word, exactly the same as a reply I received a few years ago which was the last time these visas disappeared without notice For some reason the MENO visas based on marriage, have always continued to be available from Savannaket when withdrawn from consulates and embassies elsewhere although I believe these now have a 400,000 baht "money in the bank requirement" and I have no idea if they issue MENO visas based on retirement

That was "then" its different "now"

one of my favourite films, and one of just a few that I have watched more than once

They actually were "the good old days" dealing with the local Thai Consulate in Liverpool was always painless, I was on first name terms with the staff there. Far better than dealing with a faceless, and presumably Thai, official via an unreliable and badly designed website Imagine having booked a 3 month initial flight last week with the intention of applying for a multi non o and now having to change it to a 2 month flight in order to change ones application to a ME. TV. More unnecessary expense and disruption ! Even inquiring about the requirements via email is now more challenging bearing in mind the slow response times from the embassy, During the good old days all it took was a quick phone call or one could even pop in to the consulate for an instant answer and that was at Liverpool, Hull was even better

Well i sent a short polite email yesterday, just waiting for the reply

What is fake about it? Seems right enough to me

Not a case of thinking to much, more a case of reporting some changes, which as usual have not been formally announced anywhere. It might actually even be of help to a few people. Luckily I have just bought a return flight which gives me 59 days in Thailand as I was pretty much decided to limit my stay and would only require a tourist Visa, I was considering increasing my options by getting a ME non o and thought about getting a 90 day flight. That would have had to be changed to a 60 day flight for a tourist visa and god knows how much that would cost,or if its even an option with my ticket

No wish to start a TVF panic its just that , the more I think about this, the more I begin to suspect that this could be something to do with the (much discussed on here) new tax legislation, As strangely there is now no requirement to show any bank balance details (or tax return if in business) for any tourist visa , even multiple entry type. Yet I noticed there was still this requirement when applying for the non o's I'm thinking maybe the holders of tourist visas will be deemed to be outside of any new pending tax scheme ( if there is one) but holders of all non o's might be subject to some further tax related unpleasantness . Multi entry non.o's are a little different and the people who use them are often a little more transient in nature than full blown retirees on 12 month extensions. so they may have suspended the multi entry visas whilst they are trying to work out how to deal with these people. They may of course have stopped them altogether Lets now see if tourista are to be limited to 180 days per year

i believe there were always some differences between the requirements of the UK and Australian Thai consulates

I have received similar letters from them in the past, the fact that you received this one quite recently ( before yesterdays site update) makes me think that there just maybe cause for some optimism. But I can't help thinking that my experience today might indeed be evidence of a deadline having just passed, and some sort of overhaul of the vias on offer has taken place. possibly affecting visas issued after the 1st of November maybe? I hope not, but it wouldn't be the first time I have been inconvenienced by last minute changes to visa regs, just prior to a current visa application and looming departure date Anyway I have now sent an email to the embassy asking them to clarify the situation, I'm just hoping I get a reply reasonably promptly. In the meantime I intend to keep an eye on the visa website to see if anything changes

Had you already applied? You may have just beaten the deadline, or as i said there may be an error on the system