Dan O

Haha your response shows how how pathetic the govt money is, if they can even get any which most do not. I have a family here with a farm and employ laborers so I'm more than aware of their plight and stand by what I wrote.

And how much do they get from the govt, next to nothing? I challenge you or others to live on that or the minimum wage most get and then write a post on how well you're doing

Not sure the need to PA ic if you applied on the 12th. It's not an immediate approval upon Submission. It generally takes about 7 to 10 days. You can always fallback on traveling visa exempt and applying here.

Not showing up on tax rolls and wage calculations amounts to exactly nothing in value to the average agro worker or typical Thai trying to survive and live. This is what corruption and nepatism have given to thailand, a substandard of living that's un-escapable while those up the food chain steal the benefits of those at the bottom.

Boy now there's a generous employer.

I'm always amused at how many on here talk like, Bkk, Pattaya, Phuket, the north east and north west are all that exists. But I guess that's just because a large percentage of expats are up there. As for average salaries many of the quotes on here of salaries over 80k baht are few and probably centered around their close friends. Even in Bkk most are below that amount unless your a true business owner which are not the average. 9 to 30k are more typical for the average worker. Agro salaries which is a large portion of the general population is closer to 9 to 15k. 30 to 100k are closer to mid level for the majority. Above that your pressing to upper level, which does not include the extreme upper class or corrupt.

It's been reported ( I believe it was in BP) that there were a couple calls that went to the police.

Hmmmm, This does not sound correct. They have been using e-visas for about a year or more, so for no one there (one of the heaviest trafficked airports) to know about them sounds pretty off.

I would hope these police are not still walking around in public, but I suspect they are. It seems that all the deadly conflicts happen when the bad guys are out on bail and go crazy. Thats part of the loop that need to be closed

It sounds like you used the older on-line system to register for your visa . The E-visa system is completely on line with no visit to Embassy to bring paperwork and pick up the visa. Once complete and approved they email a visa page to carry with you.

As long as we're guess I'll jump in here. The articles seem to imply he was in germany without her, just based on whats written. He leaves the party without saying where he's going or telling anyone but the wife starts looking for him 30 minutes later and "they" go out to find him? Wife goes straight to grocery store and asks to see cctv video, why ask for that video and not just ask store has he been in??? That seems very odd as there was nothing up till then that indicates something bad happened was there? Seems the wife had an idea something was not normal here. Thats the lead I would chase.

Again another senseless and completely avoidable crime\killing committed because no one enforces the laws against a known repeat offender. You could not make these stories up if you were writing an article on how not to enforce the law. Shameful actions that do not change

It should be easy to resolve now as the police narrowed it down to being either personal or business issues that cause the shooting.

He should decide asap and act on it rather than continuing to wait or delay. That's probably why he's on overstay for 3 years, lack of attention to resolving the problem. They just picked up a Russian woman on a 2 year overstay on Samui and one of the statements made was they are cracking down on overstays. I would put virtually no faith in the "volunteer" from imm helping or resolving the issue, if they really do exist.

And perhaps someone got talked to about why CNN was on the site without "supervision"? Again none of that excuses their Poor Judgement in conducting themselves like they did. Its just all too "acceptable" in Media Coverage now. Its not news anymore its about viewer attention, right or wrong.

I suspect that three thai police or health dept staff did say ok you can go in but they didn't have that authority as usually happens in thailand. Everyone speaks or comments on areas or issues outside their responsibility. I would be surprised if CNN didn't have the camera rolling when they were told its ok to go in. Now the top officials are back tracking to save face as it is a horrendous crime and pressure is on them about how the crime happened and what anyone knew ahead of it With that said it was in Extremely Poor Judgment to go inside and film by CNN and also by the thai's people that took pics and posted them on line. There is no privacy anymore and too many feel they are entitled to know all and see that happens in situations like this

The noise and high volume of traffic could be complained about but the smoking meth is a guess at best unless you actually see them doing it. I would not mention that without concrete proof as that will come with instant retaliation if it is going on. Let the authorities deal with it if anyone actually shows up to deal with the noise\traffic issue.

Possibly, but not always. There are very few options as I mentioned and that's one of the lesser ones versus going to the police which will definitely be conflict resolution. The juristic person for the building has no responsibility to the renter to do anything but the owner does pay condo fees. In the end it may be back to live with it or leave as I pointed out.

Soft power is promoting food, culture, travel while the National Parks are starting to raise fees for foreigners to use. Hmmm, I guess Parks aren't part of the soft power mentality or somebody isn't talking to somebody else

Complain to the owner of the condo you rent from and explain you may be forced to move if it doesn't stop. Let him take the heat with the juristic person of the building. Bringing in the police yourself will not end well and probably have it disclosed to the offender. Other than that not much you can do other than live with it or move.

Its usually the British or the Aussies that pull USA into the threads but if it makes you feel better blame the US

I seriously doubt it would happen. If putin was that stupid he may try a tactical nuke in a remote area rendering it off limits for quite a while. I don't see the US responding in the same manner as there are enough high tech options available to cripple putin without escalating to a nuclear war as that would be a last choice and not end well for anyone. I think most all countries, except a couple middle eastern, NK and China would step back if at all possible while those mentioned may weigh their chances and roll the dice depending on who's involved and if they felt they could pull it off. As to impact the radiation would spread worldwide eventually and the damage would be proportional to the level of nukes deployed.. crop disruption, animal contamination, water contamination, weather impacts would all be on the table. Govt tensions and conflict could also arise again proportional to the level of nuclear usage and certainly the responses

What if they don't have beans to give you cos the brits took them all? Will you take your guns and go home never to return again?

Expanding visa exempt time ( and VOA ) has nothing to do with not allowing some to not enter if imm feels it's not appropriate. Its was extended as a way to allow for a long stay and more money to be spent for those categories. You push visa exempt to everyone but a lot of people feel better with a visa and the longer stay it allows. Visa exempt is an easy option for some but not the end all be all for everyone.

They make electronic float switches and pressure switches for this purpose. Go to the pump store and they should have what you need.