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I have to agree with another person who posted here.... He said air-conditioning makes it harder. Very true. I read about something called Acclimatization before going to Thailand.

With time, the body can adjust to things like hot climate like in tropical countries such as Thailand, higher altitudes like in the mountains of Nepal and Tibet.... but you need to do it gradually......

And going in and out of air-conditioning every day, simply is not giving your body the chance to adjust.

I made it a point of avoiding air-conditioning when I came to Thailand, and made do with just a fan in my residence..

For about the first three weeks... I sweat like a stuck pig... almost as wet as having a shower with my clothes on..... I drank bottled water almost constantly and had just a touch of salt now and then...

Wear loose, light colored clothing... some of the modern sythentics made for the tropics are very good...thin lite linen and cotton are also good. You want loose and thin clothing to allow maximum air to flow through and heat and moisture to escape...

Let your feet breath and be exposed .. don't cover them up in shoes and socks... I switched to a good pair of sandals and no socks. My feet felt much better for it. And easier to quickly remove when entering a Thai home or visiting Temple.

After about three weeks.... my sweating slowed down to normal... and I could back off of drinking so much water.. I still felt the heat... but now it seemed okay.. and did not bother me like the first three weeks.. and my clothes now stayed much drier... I noticed the heat.. but now could ignore it and consider it normal... even during the hottest part of the Thai year..

So much nicer when you are acclimatized to the local conditions... . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acclimatization

Rubbish re. the emboldened part!

It depends on just how hot it is - and the locals are also suffering nowadays. Its way too hot for all of us and aircon is a godsend when temps are so high.

Some may be happy sweltering in the heat, and believe it is acclimatising them - but in my experience this is not the case.

So anyone's experience that differs from your is rubbish.

Sit in the aircon all day if it suits you...but do not discount the experiences of others.

You're right, and I apologise - I never intended to imply that my experience makes everybody elses' viewpoint rubbish. I only intended to say that living with nothing but fans (when its unbearably hot) will not toughen foreigners up to deal with the heat.

And I only rarely use aircon during the day - its way too expensive .

I hear you there...I cannot imagine paying aircon bills here. I did in USA, and that was a well-insulated home.

I have to agree with another person who posted here.... He said air-conditioning makes it harder. Very true. I read about something called Acclimatization before going to Thailand.

With time, the body can adjust to things like hot climate like in tropical countries such as Thailand, higher altitudes like in the mountains of Nepal and Tibet.... but you need to do it gradually......

And going in and out of air-conditioning every day, simply is not giving your body the chance to adjust.

I made it a point of avoiding air-conditioning when I came to Thailand, and made do with just a fan in my residence..

For about the first three weeks... I sweat like a stuck pig... almost as wet as having a shower with my clothes on..... I drank bottled water almost constantly and had just a touch of salt now and then...

Wear loose, light colored clothing... some of the modern sythentics made for the tropics are very good...thin lite linen and cotton are also good. You want loose and thin clothing to allow maximum air to flow through and heat and moisture to escape...

Let your feet breath and be exposed .. don't cover them up in shoes and socks... I switched to a good pair of sandals and no socks. My feet felt much better for it. And easier to quickly remove when entering a Thai home or visiting Temple.

After about three weeks.... my sweating slowed down to normal... and I could back off of drinking so much water.. I still felt the heat... but now it seemed okay.. and did not bother me like the first three weeks.. and my clothes now stayed much drier... I noticed the heat.. but now could ignore it and consider it normal... even during the hottest part of the Thai year..

So much nicer when you are acclimatized to the local conditions... . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acclimatization

Rubbish re. the emboldened part!

It depends on just how hot it is - and the locals are also suffering nowadays. Its way too hot for all of us and aircon is a godsend when temps are so high.

Some may be happy sweltering in the heat, and believe it is acclimatising them - but in my experience this is not the case.

So anyone's experience that differs from your is rubbish.

Sit in the aircon all day if it suits you...but do not discount the experiences of others.

I just did it last week. Make an appointment at the US Embassy and go there with a photo and completed application you can get on the Embassy sight download.

The have $120 US for the passport.

They say it takes 2 weeks but I had it back in 9 days so I guess an allotment fort delays.

Anyways its very simple I will then transfer my visa over to the new book at Thai Immigration

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i applied for my new passport om 26 May 2015 zt the embassy in Bangkok......and it the new passport was ready for pickup at the same place on 5 June 2015.....tem days processsing time

Actualy only 9 days if you condider the 12 houts time difference beween Bangkok and Washington D.C.

According to what is says in my new passport the "Place of issue" is Massachusetts U.S.A.

The "Authority" for the three USA passports I have had:

1) issued 19 May 1992, applied for in USA - Passport Agency Seattle

2) issued 04 Jun 2001, applied for in USA - National Passport Center

3) issued 23 Dec 2010, applied for at US Embassy in Bangkok - United States Department of State

But that wise grand old man and imperialist fighter Mugabe and worked a miracle.

He's tuned the once proud and prosperous bread basket of Africa into a bankrupt economic disaster.

But, hey, he's been democratically elected, despite the naughty opposition and their nasty tricks, has become massively wealthy along with his family and cronies and now watches as his family squabble over the spoils before his death.

And the world watches and smiles.

"Uncle Bob" and his family and friends have done quite well for themselves, to the detriment of an entire nation.

IF you have a valid visa (obtained from a Thai embassy/Consulate) there is nothing to do.

Just travel with both passports while the visa remains valid

Visas are never transferred from an old to a new passport.

Depends on your nationality.

For a U.S. passport, when you apply for and recieve a new U..S. passport they also give you a form lrtter from the U/s. embassy that requestsThai immigration to transfer the DETAILS of the old visa into your new passport.

You take this fprm letter to your local thai immigration .....and alyhough they o not drectly transfe yor visa the thai immigration copies the relevnt detils from your old passport to your new passport.

i did this in June 2015 when i recieved a new U.S passport here in Bangkok.

Only for those with extensions of stay ! Such people do not have a valid visa in their passport.

Valid visas are never transferred.

And yet another example of why it is important for people to understand what is in their passport, and to use the proper terminology.

Zimbabwe will have two currencies, one that is pegged to the US Dollar...big deal.

If you are currently on an extension of stay, and do not have a re-entry permit, when you return to Thailand you will find that your extension of stay has ended.

Start over again.

I find it hard to accept anyone who says "locked, loaded and ready to roll" is an expert on anything apart from Hollywood B movies.

Why?

The guy was making a speech and trying to emphasize a point...hyperbole is a well-know technique for doing just that.

Iran is the country threatening to close down the Straits of Hormuz and, suddenly, it is the fault of the US?

You folks, in your blatant hatred of all things American, are an amazing group.

Slag off the US Military until you get your collective tits in a wringer and then call the US to get you out of the mess you got yourselves into.

This isn't about Trump. He has absolutely nothing to do with the US position in the Arabian Gulf nor the power to do anything about it.

You want to blame an American?

How about the guy that has occupied the White House for the last 7+ years?

He is the policy maker now.

Try reading the article again. There was no mention of general blockade but only one targetting US interests, AND only in the event of Iran being threatened by the US.

The current POTUS has worked hard to undo the decades of damage that self serving policies from previous Western governments have caused, but clearly there is still some way to go. I think most posters are suggesting that The Donald is not the man to be trusted to continue along the path to normalisation of relationships.

Obama's "what we inherited" nonsense played well the first few months...at some point he has to own it. As every US president before him has had to do.

The hoops you gentlemen have to jump through for the privilege of living here. It's unbelievable.

No one 'has' to live here!

Anyone not able to negotiate the 'hoops' is welcome leave.

I have lived here for a long time and have never experienced the problems described by the moaners !

Please be kind and enlighten them, as it truly can be complicated to deal with most visas. IMHO, a marriage visa should be cut and dry, no hassles. If you can prove you're married, that's it. The rest is nonsense.

All told, I probably spend 2-3 days per year working on "visa" (extension of stay). I would hardly call that "truly complicated".

A good share of the bitching comes from those who are not sufficiently prepared.

Yes, there is an arbitrary nature to some of the visa requirements. Fortunately that seems to be somewhat localized to a few offices.

Would I like the Extension of Stay based on Marriage process to be simpler? Absolutely. To me, history/longevity should count for something. One should not have to fill out the "family story" sheet every time (by the way, that seems like something the officer should fill out during the interview process, not something my wife should fill out). Ideally, the process (after the first Extension of Stay) would go something like:

- Give the officer my passport and tambien baan, and the wife's ID card and tambien baan

- The officer pulls up my/our profile on the computer and verifies our IDs

- The officer asks if any of the "facts" have changed since the last extension

- If so, the officer updates the information online, and scans any documents needed to support changes

- The officer does a scan of my passport photo page, current entry stamp, and TM6

- The officer prints a form that contains all of the relevant information for the application

- My wife and I both sign the application form

- Come back for the second visit to get the approval

I cannot imagine what the hell they are doing with all of the paper that is generated with the current system, or who the hell would ever read all of that, or slog through it for any historical purpose.

You say "here"...so what basis do you use to stay in Thailand? I guess it could not be those "truly complicated" visas.

I've been getting the bank letter from SCB here in Chiangmai for Immigration for years and have never had a problem having them understand what I've wanted. Just tell them you want the bank letter for Immigration - they'll very likely immediately understand what you want (they have a template form on their machine).

One weird thing, though, is I can only get that bank letter from the branch where I opened the account (the other branches won't do it for me). They also (like other banks, I'm told) charge about 200 baht for issuing the letter.

That is a strange thing about banks here in Thailand...they almost seem like franchises rather than branches.

Many things you can only do in "your bank", not in another bank with the same name.

Look into how many Thai elders are in old folks warehouses nursing homes, then consider which "civilization" has the better sense of family.

Soya (What the hell is "soja"?) is not milk...it is a food product

I lived in a village in North West Thailand,i moved into my girlfriends house and her older son did not want to work so one day i said to him do not think i am going to support you,next thing he gone crazy( HE WAS ALREADY ON JABA) he came at me i shut the door so i could get out into the street,thats when i see a crash helmet thrown into the street next minute he had 2 machets in his hands saying i want to kill you,i hid in a house down the road, my girlfriend called the police i was told by the police i must move out of the house,which i have done.

What do you expect, exactly?

You are living with somebody else's kid and that kid is on drugs. You live with that situation, yet are somewhat shocked when the drug addict turns on you.

Would you move in with a drug addict in your home country?

This guy's story confirms my assumptions that most westerners (except the relatively young and the ones well known in the Thai-expat business community) tend to go out with the dredges of Thai society, bar girls from broken marriages with drug addicted kids, no income and little education. Is this what western altruism is about, going out with the lowest of the low, the types that no respectable Thai man would get into a relationship with because you feel sorry for their situation?

I would rather be alone for the rest of my life than subject myself to the humiliation of being in a relationship with a woman who is a loser in her own society.

There should really be minimum qualifications for Thai women to be in relationships with foreign men (especially westerners) as follows:

Minimum education: Bachelor's Degree (Master's Degree preferred)

Minimum income: 25,000 Baht a month if under 35, 35,000 Baht a month if over

Comes from a middle class family

Has been overseas to at least 2-3 countries

Owns a car

Lives in a house or nice condo

Something like that

According to a large share of the posters here on ThaiVisa forums, that is exactly the type of Thai lady they are with.

Source please (maybe there is).

The rules have already been changed (was it this year or end of last year?) to 50 questions, 45 to be correct, 90%.

I had to sit for a whole office day in a morning and afternoon session to listen to lengthy lectures and watching a boring video.

So the 8h sit in does not sound like new to me.

Theory test next morning.

Had 47 correct, passed.

That was in July this year (2015) for motorcycle license.

100 questions, 95 correct? The Thais already have to struggle hard to match the 45 q. (90%) limit.

And the test duration would reach an unbearable length.

As far as I remember they have already up to 2 (!) h for the 50 questions?

Just checked: the last change to 50 q. with 45 correct was on June 1st, 2014.

BTW: for Thais there is a pool of 1000 (!) questions from which 50 are selected for the test.

In English the pool consists of only 90 (!) questions.

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Like a say from January 1. 2016. NEW ROULS. They tell every Farang and Thai last day (when we se this movie we se every time we want new license) , from next year it`s be more strict and difficult to take Driving license in Thailand, and if you forget to renew you must take the school and new test, what more can a say.

In English please?

Use of a mobile phone is not going to increase your chance of being struck by lightning.

Do you have any idea how long it would take to complete such a project here? The pork barrel tunnel is scheduled for 3 years; and I think we'd all bet on the side of it taking longer. A subway system project here would require at least 10 years of total chaos, as it was built. It would make the pork barrel tunnel chaos look like an open road!

Sorry, JT; but this is as close to a troll post as I've ever seen from you.

Because something will take "too long", that is a reason not to do it?

The US Interstate Highway system was started in 1956, and proclaimed "complete" in 1992. Thirty-six years. And more expansion will come in the future.

I guess that never should have been started, since it took "so long".

If I was in your position, I would arrange a meeting with the head. Very politely explain that you believe this to be unfair and then explain that unless your son is allowed to take part in this competition, you will go to the newspapers. if this happens, the whole school will lose face. It would be interesting to see their reaction.

making threats will not get you anywhere here, if you let the head know they will lose face you will likely be attacked on the spot.

Nonsense

A year is not that long...especially if you are taking positive steps to improve your position, rather than agonizing over the one-year ban.

Blackmail only works because the victim believes they can keep things under wraps, and perhaps do a one-time payoff and be done with it.

Of course, the blackmailer is going to take another run at it, if they got paid the first time.

Mr Gaston should have never paid the first time. If anything came out, the he could have just owned up to it and been done.

Now it will all come out anyway.

Another great headline...makes it sound as if the pickup overturning and the young driver dying were independent events

The OP is in an unfortunate situation, due mostly to the unethical actions of others.

He is looking for a "workaround" where none exists.

Ok thanks. I seem to remember being offered a condo with a 30 year lease and option to renew twice equalling 90 years

Perhaps that was the offer...but it is not a 90-year lease.

It would be three separate 30-year leases.

I would guess the owner had the option to not renew your lease also.

They can say anything in front of the cameras and reporters..

They are not obligated to return, and I doubt that they will.

I am familiar with artesian wells, having grown up in an area where that type of well is common.

An artesian well does not necessarily bring water to the surface without pumping. If it does, then it is a "flowing artesian well".

An artesian well is under positive pressure, bringing water in the well bore to a level higher than the aquifer.

I am not familiar with the concept of "filling artesian wells"...what the hell is that?