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4 hours ago, Why Me said:

I am not sure why Thais are obliged to echo Western sensitivity to the swastika. It's a Hindu/Buddhist religious symbol that's been part of Eastern culture eons before Hitler's shenanigans.   

Also with the same colors as in the photo?

I expect airline ticket prices to skyrocket. Especially if the term is not extended and the borders to neighboring countries remain closed.

I pass out when I see a syringe with needle . I always try to get vaccinations lying down, because otherwise I will fall. Even seeing it on television is bad, I always try to quickly look the other way.

It is the result of a traumatic experience I had as a child. Your daughter probably has something similar. It's an "Anxiety Disorder".

I once inquired with a doctor. There was a therapy that could help (cognitive behavioral therapy). 10 times to a psychologist. Could be extended with 10 extra sessions if needed.

Because I would have to pay for it myself and there was no guarantee that it would help, I decided to learn to live with it.

10 minutes ago, lobsterman1954 said:

I really have no idea about my legal status.  I have no way of finding out either.  I found out the hard way about getting too drunk in an unfamiliar environment, I guess.  Maybe I should just go to Da Nang and forget about it.  

In many countries fines and even prison sentences can expire. 20 years ago is a long time...  You could ask a Thai lawyer.

But maybe going to Da Nang is easier ????

My daughter was born in december last year. I am not married with the mother, but I was in the hospital when my daughter was born.

The only thing we needed was a copy of my passport. We wrote my name in Thai letters on a piece of paper.

The hospital registered the child. A couple of days after the birth the hospital gave us the birth certificate.  The child has my last name (family name) on the birth certificate. And I am on the birth certificate as the father. The information I read about this was confusing and contradicting. Some people said that the child could not have my family name because we are not married. 

But...  Your name on the birth certificate means almost nothing if you are not married.  You have no legal rights, completely nothing. If you want to be legally the father you can do several things. Marriage will solve all problems. The second possibility is to go to court. Court can ask for prove like a DNA test. There are more ways to do this. If the child is older and can agree that you are the father you do not need to go to court. There is a lot you can find about this online. It's also not important now, because there is not much you can do about this when you are not in Thailand.

The only thing you have to do now is to give her a copy of your passport. Probably a scan of your passport by email will be enough. She can print it here. She has to make sure that the hospital understands that the child must get your last name, and that you must be registered as the father on the birth certificate. It is also important to use a good "translation" of your name in Thai letters.

I read in a previous post here about "certified translation of the front page of your passport". But we only had a simple copy of my passport, not certified and not translated. My passport does have English descriptions for all fields like "name", "birth date" etc. So maybe that is why we didn't need a translation. Maybe you can ask her to call to the hospital, and ask what they need. 

37 minutes ago, Alotoftravel said:

no longer allowing access to your accounts via the internet...

 

You can only access via their new mobile app on your phone...

 

The app on your phone doesn't use internet ?  What does it have to do with traveling?

50 minutes ago, Nordude said:

an online business in Europe

if it's possible for me to hire a Thai person

Your online business in Europe can hire a Thai person. It's not relevant where you live.

All the people I've ever heard about hiring Thai people don't recommend this, by the way. Better to hire someone in the Philippines.

12 minutes ago, Oldie said:

Why not? What is the difference?

There are expats working for multinationals who rent an expensive condo in the city center, send their children to international schools, and do their shopping for food at Tesco. And there are normal expats who do not do things like that. They live cheap.

But to be part of the first group you really have to work for a company that sent you to BKK to work here. And not a normal company, it must be a multinational.

Do you now understand? ????

Are you sure about that?  I never heard of a phone company charging money for receiving texts, even not abroad.

11 minutes ago, Traubert said:

Detail the changes in HK, prior to this.

Hong Kong was a place with freedom of expression.

Thanks to Chinese influence, laws and meddling into their politics Hong Kong is now a place where you can get arrested and put in a concentration camp for saying the wrong things.

Are you Chinese?  I am only trying to understand your motive to defend a criminal organisation here.

9 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

The security law is to fulfill relevant duties to safeguard national security in accordance to the law. Yoj making things up. No mention in the law about difference in opinion or concentration camp. Why the need for such intense distraction to make a simple point. US has a long list to security laws. Are they also a criminal organization. The support from local citizens show how they feel about the security law. Stop meddling in a domestic issue. 

"to fulfill relevant duties to safeguard national security"  ->  To put people with a different opinion in concentration camps.

"No mention in the law about difference in opinion or concentration camp"  ->  There is no law in China talking about concentration camps. It makes no difference. They put people there having the wrong religion.

"US has a long list to security laws"  ->   We are talking about China and the CCP, a criminal organisation. Not about the US.

Are you Chinese?  I am only trying to understand your motive to defend a criminal organisation here.

On 5/30/2020 at 5:47 AM, Logosone said:

This is actually key evidence. Many had argued that school closures made a difference. Since Denmark, Norway, and Sweden have open schools but no Covid19 hotspots in schools whatsoever it would appear that school closures are not the super-lockdown measure they were touted to be. 

 

Wholly unnecessary in light of the experience in Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Sweden.

This is only key evidence for people who make the wrong conclusions.

That opening the schools now doesn't lead to an increase in coronavirus infections does not mean that closing them in the past wasn't necessary. It also doesn't say anything about the number of infections caused by opening the schools. The numbers country wide are maybe the same. But how would they have been if schools were still closed ?

13 hours ago, stupidfarang said:

you can open an online account with Monzo or Starling (two very good online banks) you will need a UK address (daughter, son or friends address)? you will also need to aply online using a VPN so it shows you are online in the UK. Good luck

And he can try Revolut.com and Monese.com, both will give you a UK bank account number.

When I opened them I received the debit cards on my address in NL. But don't believe anything else was needed. 

And I am sure that when I opened my Transferwise account a verification payment wasn't needed. Probably things changed.

I think you have to follow the BTS line further south to find something in that price range. You picked the more expensive places.  

This is why you should always have more than 1 bank account each with an own credit/debit card. An ATM checks with the bank before giving money. You only need 1 small interruption, a small error in how data is transferred and the ATM will do nothing. While a bank card from another bank may work without problems.

54 minutes ago, stupidfarang said:

they cancelled the flight

Depending on the airport where your flight was leaving from you can have a legal right for a refund. The EU is very good in this regard.

I had a flight with Etihad, leaving from Brussels to Abu Dhabi, and back. The flight back is cancelled. If I go to their website and you follow the steps they ask where the flight originated. If it is the EU you can ask for a refund, if not you can get a voucher...