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I think the reason is more likely that they have an arrangement with local law enforcement.

Definitely not. Premium Bonds are not a bank account. They do not issue bank statements. You can only print off a 'bond record'. (Premium Bonds are a form of government-backed saving/lottery covered under their own specific legislation) They will initially reject this as it clearly does not match the specified criteria. They will "request further documents". At that point, you could include a covering letter asking them to reconsider as you have the funds, just not in a bank account.

This story needs to be read in conjunction with the knowledge that, in the UK, if you can get "on the PIP", you get up to £10,000 a year tax-free off the government in addition to any other benefits or any wages or any other income. And then you can use that to then claim more money off utility bills, etc. It has become a massive problem as every body is getting on it and the country can't afford it. There is a huge financial incentive to exaggerate or even invent medical conditions and their impact on your life.

They save you a ton of fuel too. 🤪

23 vs 45

Despite the doubters on here, this is largely true however there can be exceptions. Wealthy families already have the money to buy further promotions for their scion (Is this just a twist on the corruption you detailed?) Mentors and Patrons who are high up in the police can give a leg up to those younger and lower. (The trick is for the client or client's family to have or develop the right connections) Some areas as seen as too important for national security to have incompetent officers in charge. (Competent and corrupt are not mutually exclusive though). It seems odd for a police colonel to switch careers to a judge. However we don't know his role in the police. It may be a thing in Thailand too.

They will (initially) insist on it being shown on a recent statement. UK current accounts issue monthly statements so they are more likely to be 'recent'. Most people don't keep £13,000 in a UK current account. If you have time to prepare, whack the dosh in your current account for a month to get the statement. After I wrote to them, they accepted a savings account statement from several months previous. I did say I would put the £13,000 in the current account if they insisted. They didn't insist.

Total stitch up. After remorselessly bombing Ukraine's infrastructure, Russia agrees not to for 30 days (having achieved its aim) thus putting the pressure on Ukraine to agree to stop retaliating. In addition, how can you have peace negotiations between one side and their best mate, completely cutting out the other side.

The hospitals that the police use to do DNA tests will say anything that are paid to. The murders on Koh Tao established that. If as I believe, the body is not his, the police will have no problem producing a "DNA test result" to say it is.

Do you have a pension? Do you have any savings? If not, you will find that many other people, not just rich people do. Perhaps you have a nice safe public sector pension protected and guaranteed by the government. But for the rest of us, Trump's irrational and aggressive policies have clearly caused great concern amongst investors leading to a very significant loss in will to invest leading to stock values dropping like a stone.

Or if re-entering by land, use one of the border bounce companies from Pattaya or Bangkok.

I don't think political persuasion is a prerequisite to investing in the stock market. In fact, investors with funds tend to be more right-leaning than the average Joe.

You will have the same problem in the UK. The tax residence and tax ID questions are mandatory. Once you change your address to a foreign address, the issue becomes much bigger. The banks have no choice. They have to comply with legislation regarding mandatory disclosure and reporting. Easiest fix is to change your address back to a German address. Alternatively, you could explain to the bank that you are not resident in Thailand for tax purposes and have no Thai tax ID.

CNX entrants are perhaps more likely to have got DTV's in the region which attracts suspicion (although they could have got them anywhere). I am re-entering via BKK soon. This is going to go badly sooner or later.

Are you able to contact the embassy regarding the status? I understand there is no Thai embassy in Georgia. Perhaps your being in Georgia and not Turkey is the issue. Only the Ankara embassy will be able to tell you. With your plan, if you do obtain the DTV, do you intend to do a border bounce to, say, Laos, and then return using the DTV. I would say that carries some risk as the visa will show it was issued in Ankara but you were not there, you were in Thailand at the time of issue and then you popped out to Laos. If you want to use this risky plan, I would use an agency to facilitate your entry. However, there is a good chance you will get an answer from the embassy in the next two weeks.

You would be better off starting a thread about extension requirements. This thread is about denial of entry.

By threatening and imposing tariffs, he has severely dented business confidence causing a significant market downturn. I am approximately 9% poorer (on paper) so he has "upended" my life. Everything he touches turns to excrement.

Your document is not legible and seems to have no relevance to this thread. You might be better off typing it out in a new thread.

Pre-emptive strike

Pre-emptive strike

It depends what passport you have and how far you wish to stretch the definition of 'tourist visa'.

The source of the information seems to be Ms Matthews herself so some common sense and scepticism required when reading the story.

Putin is very familiar with bonespur-types as Russia has many of them (often found hiding out in Phra Tamnak and other areas in Thailand). He knows Trump is a blowhard coward and he owns him any way. So threats will have no effect. This is all very sad for the people of Ukraine who simply wanted freedom from Russian tyranny. like all their neighbours to the West and like Americans. Unless the West ups the ante, Putin will win the hand.

He will threaten to declare martial law and then wind it back less than 24 hours later and then threaten it again later that day and then wind it back the following day and then hype some crypto and threaten New Zealand, Western Samoa and Bermuda.

With Putin's puppet in the White House, this sadly is just a temporary reprieve for Ukraine. Trump will gradually withdraw all support from Ukraine whilst pretending to be an honest mediator. When Russia makes no compromise, he will demand more compromises from Ukraine. The only option for Ukraine is determined military support from other nations, primarily Europe, which won't happen and almost suicidal defence from Ukraine as Russia pushes it back which will. How many more years of Putin do we have? And what will come next?