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All the reports of questioning at airports by Immigration SO FAR have related to those obtaining DTV's in the ASEAN region rather than in the home countries. I have not come across any denials of entry SO FAR. I have been following this closely. So not too bad SO FAR but there is only one way this is going to go as the entry stamps stack up. If I can get 18 months out of my DTV (obtained in London), okay I have got my money's worth.

The U-turn bridge connects the two parallel frontage roads rather than the motorway itself. In order to use this U-turn, you come off the motorway and then shortly after take the U-turn flyover or you take it directly from the frontage road.

Don't get many farangs entering illegally. From Laos in this case it would seem. Much easier just to come in and then overstay which is what he essentially did. The 1.5 million in a brown envelope which the Hungarian just happened to stumble upon all sounds very suspicious. Must be more to this but we will never find out.

Why not do this in China?

Is this all part of the theatre for the public? Did he commit suicide? Was he murdered? Were any authorities at any level complicit in wrongdoing to these events? Is he still alive? Any combination of yes/no answers is possible. I believe a deal was struck to let him out and this is the cover story. Powerful people do not spend years in prison in Thailand UNLESS somebody even more powerful feels wronged and wants them to.

Thanks. Got it at Big C. (I actually find Shopee and Lazada quite problematic but that is clearly a failing of me since so many use them happily. Perhaps I just need to use them more to fully understand the ins and outs.)

"Committed suicide" and then has some cosmetic surgery and goes to live incognito somewhere but not in prison.

Because they don't stop! (Thai police only do checkpoints.)

Given his penchant for slapping those he perceives as below him, will he be giving the PM, a woman half his age, a whack? Let us hope he can restrain his baser instincts.

"Overcome with emotions", "Overcome with alcohol" rather.

Usually the HR at the company will provide the necessary documents for the overseas visa application and also advise you which embassy to go to as they have previous experience of which embassy will provide a positive outcome.

There was something about no further subscriptions will be taken but we will see. Hopefully they will allow existing subscribers to keep using the service.

62-year-old, pissed up just before midnight, aggressive towards bouncers in a volatile red light district. What could possibly go wrong?

From memory they want pdf files (except for the photos) and limit them to a specific size. The London Embassy insisted the selfie photo is 4 x 5. Annoyingly, each section of the UK evisa application only allows 1 pdf so ensure you have a pdf combiner program and keep a constant eye on how big each combined file is. The site will tell you if the file is too big. They will probably ask for further documents after the initial check (which I suspect is done at lower level). Don't worry about this. It is to be expected. With the second submission, I included a covering letter in each of my combined pdf's to assist them.

Private Bonespur talks tough but never walks the walk. Gave away Afghanistan, giving away Ukraine, will give away Taiwan. The CCP have realised this. Sadly it is game over for Taiwan. The CCP have almost 4 years to launch their invasion. The CCP shills will be all over this thread.

I call UK landlines about 200 to 300 mins per month. I am watching this thread avidly. Skype still works for now. I am not sure when it will stop working.

I have to call landlines (in the UK) frequently and Skype has been very useful and good value for me. I am disappointed it is ending. It is much cheaper than using DTAC's "cheap" international number, a fraction of the cost. When it ends I will try one of the companies suggested in this thread. Thanks to @scubascuba3 for keeping this thread focused on calls to landlines overseas.

The freezing of personal allowances, the reduction of the personal savings allowance, the reduction of the dividend allowance (and the increase in employer's NI for 1 million IR35 workers) are increases in income tax by the back door. Most of these were announced by the previous Conservative government. This is a very strange conspiracy to disincentivise work and incentivise either idleness or working in the black economy. Both major parties seem to be fully in on it. I can only explain this failed and illogical policy as cowardice stemming from the election cycle.

Putin chuckles, "This is nothing compared to what I have on Trump."

I bet Solar had been planning his attack from his cage for months just waiting for an opportunity to attack.

The management committee does not sell units. One would assume they are all already sold. The management committee does not care if a room is occupied or not. That is not their business. The management committee certainly cares about the views of the long term residents as they can vote them out! Are you confusing condominiums with apartments?

Come back to me the next time you have had to deal with a murderous unhinged psycho. I bet you would do some "premeditating".

The police may have used the fact that the victim was wearing a school top as evidence the corpse was that of a child. However, they may have jumped the gun.

Offend? Probably not. Reinforce Thais as lacking in critical thinking, excessively ethno-centric and parochial and incredibly ignorant of world history? Probably Lead me to instantly come up with a few ad-hoc T-shirt ideas that would immediately set off every Thai within 200 metres? Definitely. (Don't worry I won't do it)

There is no place on the evisa application for this. It is not asked about it. Give them specifically what they request and nothing more.