isaanistical

Northrop, Saab, Boeing, BAe, Rostekh, knicker-rustlers, etc, etc…….

It's about mines and (in my comment) about mine clearance. To make it really simple for you, I suggested that certain English nobs (I am euphemising to stop AN getting prosecuted,khao chai mai?) could usefully take an interest in this part of the world too. Still not au fait? See: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crenllxwj8wo geez, mate.

True what it says, but what it means is not "restricted" (ie limited access) but "closed".

Irrelevant? Tell that to the soldier who trod on the mine. The only real casualty of this nonsense. Clearly no need to instruct you about illogical, etc.

This daft Preah Vihear issue has been bubbling for more than a century and sometimes boils over, conveniently at times of strife for one or both "governments". It usually coincides with explicit or implicit threats of military intervention in said "governments". Not funny for the lad who lost his leg, of course. Perhaps they should make some chinless UK aristo walk the border to see where the rest of the mines are (cf Angola).

Yeah, I am more concerned about logistics in this case. Much bureaucracy (surprisingly much) can be done online or via local amphoe/offices in Thailand; land things being so entrenched in tradition appear to lag. I am just trying to avert a pollutive 1500km round trip!

er,no. Never even heard of it, but I've only been here 70 years............. Thanks. It could provide a very good solution.

Sorry, I may have put it wrong. I may take a break fromone-years, because we are considering moving out of TH within a few months, so thinking about a visa-exempt for 2+1 months, perhaps repeated once, before - if we don't move - going back to a marriage visa (financials well understood). But it's also a general question about border-bouncing. Your sample itinerary as above, for example, has just an hour or two in Lao (or Cambo when it's open).If anyone bouncing has some kind of expiring permission to stay, how to end that without overstaying into the first day of no permission? Does that make sense?

I seem to be asking stupider questions as I get older.But how to handle the end of a current visa extension (marriage or retirement)? I'm looking at maybe switching from one to the other. EG: "extension of stay permitted up to 16 September". If you leave AND return on 16th, your extension hasn't actually finished (until midnight). If you do it on 17th, you have one day's overstay. I don't understand how "bouncers" can do this wthout staying OUTSIDE TH for a night. Or, if your extension is single-entry, does it just cancel itself once you leave TH? So the clock resets, as it were, when you get a new visa-exempt on return?

Aware of that problem, but in fact there would not be any money changing hands! Do you mean a lawyer could handle it with POA from both involved?

My wife wants to gift a small piece of land to a close relative (both Thai citizens), so it's just a name transfer, not a sale. Does anyone know if the name change can be done remotely or by proxy since neither of them now lives locally to the land itself? I hope there is an alternative to trekking to the Land Office in the changwat!

Perhaps I wasn't clear. We know a lot of IOs make a song and dance (or worse) at airports for those seeking a 60-day visa exemption. I wondered if local IOs ever make problems with requests for a 30-day extension of that exemption.

Not wanting to hijack the thread but: I assume these various bounce options generally mean a 60-day exemption with option for another 30 via an IO and B1900? Question is, does an IO ever cause trouble over the 30-day extension - as they often seem to do at airports on issuing the innitial 60-days? Or is the 30-days always automatic?

Interesting - never heard of it. Is it a zoo, like Nong Khai has become, or civilised? And is it 7 days a week?

after all, it's not rocket surgery.