Dan O

People need to remember it's their country not yours and they set the rules like every other country. Very few countries consider 6 months to a year as a Tourist, even if you do. It has nothing to do with you being affluent. Look at most all countries and you will find very few that are as lacks as Thailand and people still think they can take advantage because they are entitled to as they have money. There are other visas available that are more properly suited for long stay. Just like most all other countries you need to qualify and if you don't then you don't get that visa option. The main reason Thailand is as lacks as they are is because tourist dollars' is such a significant amount of GDP and fuels the economy and labor market.

Tough situation and I feel for your dilemma. Being in her village makes it really tough to get her out if the guest house after divorce and that will probably continue to hound you in the future. If you do divorce and can't get her off the property that could be extremely awkward when she finds her next "king" especially if its a Thai man. If you can enforce the fact that you have a valid well written usufact and you do actually own the buildings and get a divorce then give her notice and tear down the guest house so she has no house on the property or conduct endless "renovations" to it and make it uninhabitable. Selling or renting your usafact rights and moving out to a healthy environment if you can would be what I would do but that is not an easy option here.

Hahahaha that's funny. Not sure they have a "clean hands doctrine" here since prostitute isnt legal to start with but ignored for enforcement. Then throw in the underage aspect and your pretty much guilty.

Or maybe if the imm officers sees you've been in country on numerous exempt entries and tourist visas for an overly extended period its obvious your not a tourist and since you can't legally work here there is no means of sustaining your visit financially. That's called using their discretion and making a judgment call. Tourist visits are meant to be short stays not year long or more adventures. Every country has imm officers with the same authority to make judgment calls on what the see. Many dont like it and claim thats not in the regs so the inm officer is rogue for doing their job. Not many countries willing let you come in and play the system like Thailand. Yes there are several countries easy and give longer stays but none want you using the visa system like many do here.

given you were just denied you may want to consider an alternate plan. Have you GF wire you money via western union. since you got 45 days you may want to consider staying in VN a while and get a visa before trying to head back or just go back to europe and get a retirement visa and start over again. Your over 50 and the correct visas arent that complicated. Then you could come and go without worry

I agree. I don't like it when they pull items out of thin air but its their game and you have to play by their rules. Its always great to know what the real regs say but you can put yourself at a disadvantage when you act entitled and start arguing about a extra piece of paper. You generally won't get to far and if you do it can come back to you in different ways

I know the regs so you didn't need to attach them for me. As you should already know if you live here is you follow the requirements laid out at your imm office. You play their game or you can take your ball and go home. Next time an imm officer request something different try quoting those regs and get back to us and let us know how it goes for you. You do know they can request any additional documents they deem necessary dont you?

Nope, its the same in NST and several others. Just their interpretation of the rules

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Yeah, option 1 is dont use latex or any glue, use the wall paper paste made for it. Option 2 is use the steamer on wallpaper thats been pasted correctly and it works? On glue not so much. Don't even think about the adhesive remover or wd40. Option 3 they make an extra thin gypsum board to cover the fiasco a glued wallpaper removal job leaves. Rather than waste days trying to remove it, put up new gypsum up over it and start fresh. .

do a whole wall thats been latex glued with that and get back to us and let us know how it goes. You wont be happy

you dont use latex glue or any glue for wallpaper. They make a paste for wallpaper and you need to use that. If you do it with a latex or any other glue you will never be able to remove it in the future with extreme difficulty

That's a bit of overkill as the pressure isn't high enough to blow off a glued cap or you'd have broken pipes constantly now. You can do it any way you like that makes you comfortable.

To answer your question on the water hammer, yes that would work. Cut in a T connector close to the end run to the water tank. On the vertical pipe make it a size larger than the water line your tapping into (example: main line to tank is 3/4" then cut in a 3/4" x 1' x 3/4" and 1" vertical pipe about 12" to 16") and put a cap on the end and its done. You may have another issue with your pressure switchr something else as it should still pump without cycling until the toilet tank is filled

True about the deposit because that went to the owner not the bank so I would consider it gone. As for the free two months I think he needs to get the answer to actually controls the condo. If it's the bank then that's who he needs to deal with if he wants to stay there without issues. If its that landlord then I would press for whatever I could and consider the remainder gone. If its still with the owner then I would also be looking to move out of there as the handwriting is on the wall.

Banks don't step away from a loan. If the condo owner hasn't paid he's defaulted on the loan and the bank owns the condo if they're enforcing the loan agreement. WHo put the vacate notice on the door? The vacate notice may have come from the bank as they hold the loan. If that's the case the rent money should not go to the "owner" if he's in default already. The condo management has no control over what the bank wants to although they will do whatever they can to "buy time" and not have it listed as foreclosed as it makes the building look worse. Banks here typically dont force you out until the last second because they dont like recording the default on their financial books as it looks bad and they have to list the debt with an offsetting reserve (typically). given how many people are probably in default it would overwhelm cash flow most lenders here. You need to find out where the loan status is and who issued the vacate notice and talk to them. If the loan is in default and they are "foreclosing" they may be happy to rent it to you as that helps offset there situation of non payment. THe owner you rented from may not actually be the "owner" at this point.

Part of this "new" security feature is to avoid spam and spoofing programs or automated programs to not easily access your account. It could be generated also if this system detects different IP address' or unrecognized machines being used from normal machine or access. One thing that apparently also happens when you click the "you are not a robot" button is they can download you search history. so good and suspicious at the same time

Common areas are hallways, entrances and exits and elevators. Areas where anyone living there has access to and can use. Exterior walls, and roof and sometimes exterior windows are considered master entity of the building as they support and protect everyone but can not be used by anyone specifically.

He, she, they, them, whatever. They have made so many claims that are bs and contradictory. Originally they posted that their intent was just to raise the number of post as quickly as possible. On another early on they made a comment referencing their husband liking something or other. They are just a troll posting nonsense to get replies as far as I see it

Do you actually know any real people ?

Yes you can forget continuing this discussion because you aren't the OP and your knowledge about the interview process is obviously limited. You also didn't read what the poster said about why he wrote the document.

You honestly believe they are going to accept a written documemt outlining a person's plan from someone that can't even read what's on the paper or explain it. Family ties here like younger children, owning land and/or a business, having a job, caring for your elderly parents. Marriage and fiancee visas are different category and they look at those separately with their own criteria.

Sorry if you dont like real life but its out there. You apparently didnt read or comprehend what I wrote. If you think it worked great but I can tell you they generally don't even take any accept any additional paperwork other than what they ask for.

key word is seldom and they generally dont accept additional paperwork and rarely look at it. I've been through it several times. If it works great but the decision is based on their perception of your credibility to return.

Great post. As you may remember I copied your layout with a couple minor charges about 1 year ago with similar results. I started with 4 - 450 watt 48 volt panels (Tier1) from Homepro because they would deliver which is a major stumbling block if your out in remote areas. I just started to add 2 more panels myself and have the mounting hardware, frames, panels, etc and I'll be up on the roof later today and tomorrow pending the weather. Only hiccup I had was a bad data logger that worked intermittently. I was sent 2 replacements from Sofar for free. 1 replacement was the plug in RS232 style which was correct and the other is a screw on version that doesn't fit my model inverter. (if anyone needs that one shoot me a message).