Seagull Sam

In case nobody noticed Hamas has already agreed to stand down in favour of a government of technocrats. Regardless, the genocide continues and the world sits on it's hands.

Trump is a bully and has zero knowledge of economics. Destroying the economies of countries supplying cheap labour to greedy US consumers damages both parties.

This is the 21st Century and an economy relying heavily on tourism. It cannot be impossible to organise sensible laws that retain cultural norms and still allow your average falang to go to a bar talk to a 'lady' and generally lounge about with a cheap bottle of lager in his hand. Meanwhile out in the sticks 7-11 won't serve you. It's not rocket science.

It's wonderful how the Thai authorities take such a robust attitude towards selling sex. It really is extremely difficult here to find young and attractive women who are prepared to engage in such reprehensible activities. Thailand's reputation remains a gleaming beacon of light.

Is that where I am then?

Is it just me that cannot see past the vast sex trade which is Pattaya's life blood. I simply can't see what is there for anybody outside of single male falang.

Not very hahaha at all. As Trump rules by dictat aka Presidential Decree the make up of Congress is immaterial isnnt? It may not be too early to genuinely call Trump a fascist.

Let's all have a good laugh at the crazy nutjob the dumb ass Mid West put in charge of the world economy. It will all end in tears before bed time and the Chinese will think all their birthdays have come at once.

Pass me the quill

More corporate propaganda

Can I be rude about the king of wherever or whatever he's from or of please? Will this then present a threat to the king and have me disciplined under lese majeste rules applicable here.

Not unkind, only realistic. Brokenm hearts are easy to find here. I'm not a hippy.

PS I am a seriously old raspberry (note to non-English speakers raspberry ripple = cripple). To say I have bought a house, car and carer is only a bit simplistic. (And yes she was a bar girl, a far easier 'courtship'). It suits me fine and it's better than the neglect I suffer at home in Blighty.

if one is at poverty level income in america , will a thai woman accept him as a husband? No

Hold this bucket would you

Somebody at least should be making some noises about abuse of human rights using mediaeval laws in Thailand and kow-towing to Asia's local bully boy. It does the EU no credit that it isn't prepared to do the same with bully boy Trump.

And the moral of this story is don't buy in a busy tourist area. We arrive from our cold, cosy western homes where the authorities do everything by the book. Governments everywhere tell us all what we want to hear. But... Will there ever be effective enforcement? Are the resources available? Are the wardens, police and local authority officer paid sufficiently well to avoid topping up their wages with a backhander? Answers on the back of a postcard please.

It doesn't get much better or as they say in LoS 555. Poor old Plod.

Thanks to all contributors here. It sounds like it should be relatively easy. It's a bit belt and braces on my part but I know the smiles can be somewhat absent in the immigration offices of LoS.

Thanks very much to you both. The previous thread I began dealt with the difficulty of getting a multi-entry visa. This enquiry is simply to check whether I would have any issues entering the country on a non-O without an onward flight. I have resigned myself to keeping at least 800kB in my personal BKK Bank account at all times. Assuming I will need an up to date bank book for this task. The book I opened the account with may well be lost unfortunately. Also the branch I used to open the account has closed. I assume my Thai gf will be able to sweet talk another branch. Apologies my vocabulary was a bit loose. I hope to obtain a multi entry extension to my visa after 60 days. Will this give me a year following the application (ie one year + 60, 70, 80 or so days), perhaps one from entry or even one year since visa issue?

I will be travelling soon with a 90 day Non-O visa and hoping to transfer to multi entry year long visa at Immigration Office. Can I travel on a single ticket as I don't have firm plans about precise return date? Will it raise eyebrows as I enter please? (I normally travel business class if that makes any difference). On both my gf's visits to UK she was held up for questioning for just this reason. Is this likely to happen to an old farang travelling in the opposite direction? Thanks in advance for any useful information.

A light hearted tone for a serious subject. How many reading this thread have a Thai gf? Get your affairs in order. A Thai will and a will from your home country which are consistent are required. Taking a sem-idetached somewhere in Surrey all the way to the way to the High Court is risking the judgement of Solomon. A suicide is a tragedy for all concerned. Are you comfortable with the inevitable cross cultural friction back home of a relationship with a younger Thai woman? It's not as easy as it looks from LoS.

Am I allowed to make any comment on the lese majeste law particularly in respect of its place in a democracy with free speech?...No, thought not, sorry.

The level of racism displayed by the comments here is appalling. People born in Britain have British passports and are British. The country would have collapsed many long years ago without immigration from the lands it previously colonised. When Brits like me travel to Thailand we are the foreigners. Bloody bleeding heart woolly liberals like me shouldn't be allowed visas, only those with the St George Cross hanging from their Pattaya balconies.

O-A doesn't seem to make sense. Why two insurance policies? A very small list of their buddies on the make for one policy. Their website is full of irrelevant twaddle about the very excellent king (who we all love BTW), a message from the ambassador etc. Do they actually want us to come to Thailand? It makes you wonder 🤔