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THAI E-VISA SETV UK passport holder/resident
VBF replied to damole's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
This is NOT a dig at anyone partway through the application process merely my advice for others: I just looked at my most recent eVisa and it was valid for 3 months from date of grant. I actually applied a month before travel I strongly suggest everyone applies as early as possible for their visas - ie don't cause yourself a last minute panic! I'll post this on the linked topic as well. -
Glad you finally got your visa @Chivas This is NOT a dig at you but my advice for others: I just looked at my most recent eVisa and it was valid for 3 months from date of grant. I actually applied a month before travel I strongly suggest everyone applies as early as possible for their visas - ie don't cause yourself a last minute panic! I'll post this on the linked topic as well. Didn't it used to be easy, before all the "improvements"?
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I can't spell persecuted either ????
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THAI E-VISA SETV UK passport holder/resident
VBF replied to damole's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Slight correction if i may: 6. Copy of a recent bank statement showing at least £500 in the account - think they want your name and address and OBFUSCTED bank sort code and account number on the statement. NO WAY am i leaving my Sort Code and Account Number visible!!!!! That worked in Jan 2023, by the way - if it hadn't i would have had to edit the statement. ???? -
Thai food’s bold blend of flavours: A culinary delight with a fatal bite
VBF replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Not doubting you as such, but I've always thought that meat is far more likely to be the culprit than veggies. Especially pork which, I believe, is where the Halal and Kosher laws emanated a couple of thousand years ago. Have you a link to this information? -
Travel insurance advice needed. Is there a plan that...
VBF replied to RickG16's topic in Insurance in Thailand
You could buy one that allows you to pay on a monthly basis, then stop the payments - but do write to the company and tell them you're cancelling it. -
THAI E-VISA SETV UK passport holder/resident
VBF replied to damole's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
For 8 I've used a Council Tax statement. Where appropriate, an obfuscated Bank Statement. And... I made a PDF file containing the phrase "Is this required for a Tourist Visa?" for those questions that are inapplicable to TV. As @Jaggg88 said, it's a poorly designed website that tries to cover all visa types at once. -
Thai food’s bold blend of flavours: A culinary delight with a fatal bite
VBF replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Tripadvisor is one good way, but then you're being deliberately contentious..... -
Thai food’s bold blend of flavours: A culinary delight with a fatal bite
VBF replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
At least offer her Marmite not that poor colonial copy! ???????????? -
Thai food’s bold blend of flavours: A culinary delight with a fatal bite
VBF replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Especially too much McD or KFC or Fish & Chips with all the fat content! (Just my and many medical experts' opinions, you understand ????) -
Thai food’s bold blend of flavours: A culinary delight with a fatal bite
VBF replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Given the choice of (cooked!) Thai food over Western rubbish like McD or KFC, give me spicy Thai food any day! I cook lots of Thai food in UK, Larb, or curries mainly and tend to make it as spicy as anything in Thailand. But then I like spicy Indian food too..... IMO, McD or KFC, etc are far less healthy than a well-prepared Panang Gai. -
Thai food’s bold blend of flavours: A culinary delight with a fatal bite
VBF replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Slightly but in UK almost no restaurants will serve burgers RARE. Why? Because a government ministry has advised (not instructed) that minced meat may not be properly cooked on all sides unless it's well done. Restaurants are therefore scared of being sued if someone gets sick after eating a rare burger! If Thailand is the land of scams (if!) UK is the land of OTT Health & Safety - almost a polar opposite to Thailand, in fact. -
On so many levels ????
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No Jumbo you missed my point - the projected prices for Dec 23-Feb 24 are lower than a year before so if you book now it IS cheaper both in Economy and Business.
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Did you get a trunk to carry them off in? ????
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Just looked at Emirates - prices down slightly from a year ago, but as you say not much under £1K (actually between £850-£900 before all the extras get loaded on!)
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Clearly one screw loose here!
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Thai women trafficked into Indian brothel seek legal action
VBF replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
I agree that the ladies in question are only "guilty" of naivety, probably brought about by lack of education and poverty. (I suppose greed must be considered too.) This sort of scam has operated in the Middle East as well for decades. I think (hope!) I managed to prevent one incidence of it back in the nineties: A working lady i knew in Phuket told me she was offered a "maid" job in Kuwait for big money. Knowing what i knew, I explained the implausibility of the offer and asked her some searching questions like: Do you know the person making the offer personally? and Do you know anyone else whose taken up such an offer? and Have you got a contract that can be checked? Having received the answer No to all the above, i told her my fears about the offer and suggested she re-thought it. I hope she did..... because like @Kerryd I don't know the outcome. -
I won't wear a helmet, makes me look stupid
VBF replied to scubascuba3's topic in Motorcycles in Thailand
My take exactly.. Wherever I am, not just Thailand, when i get into a car, the belt goes on. (Here in UK, the police do enforce the law rigorously.) I REALLY don't like motorcycles and try to avoid them at all costs - my choice. And that's the crux of it... I CHOOSE to wear a belt in a car (front or back seat) and it's become second nature. BUT I really don't think it should be law to prevent me from harming myself, unlike the anti drink-driving laws which set out to prevent me from harming other people. However if I want to be so stupid, enter me in the Darwin awards! -
Nobody else did, either ????