Briggsy

They were shooting each other in Bangkok in the late 90's. Metal stick, pff!

You're not in CNX now, Geoff. This here is Pattaya, yee haw! 🤪

There is no 'if'. My account is genuine.

Not necessarily exploitation of workers (but probably) but definitely exploitation of the the consumer by monopolistic dominance of the industries in which they operate. I am not a huge fan of government regulation but CP stifles any competition. This drives up prices, reduces consumer choice and drives down quality.

I assume you are asking if you can use a Pattaya agent whilst living in Chiang Mai. The Pattaya agents will work with you wherever you live in Thailand. So, yes. However be aware that your extension will be processed at Chonburi Immigration and you may have difficulty accessing some Immigration services like 'certificates of residence' if you go down that route.

The 331 is dead straight in this area, although rising. One wonders how this managed to happen. The van driver certainly would not have expected an articulated lorry to come barrelling over the median strip. As they were travelling in opposite directions, combined velocity could easily have been 150 km/h. Very hard to avoid.

The sentences are unlikely to be announced as a) sentences are rarely reported and b) the case will be heard by the Juvenile system. You will find in general that sentences in Thailand for juveniles may seem very light compared to, say, the US. Judges here are reluctant to imprison juveniles, relying more on the family and the wider community, teachers, neighbours, local police, village headman, to act as a restraining influence and eyes and ears watching over juvenile offenders.

Yes, once you have used an agent to start or continue an extension, Immigration is resistant to you switching back to doing it yourself. They will tell you you need to keep using the agent. The 'fix' for this is to leave Thailand and re-enter thus ending the agent-assisted extension.

If I had 50 Baht for every time I had heard this as reasoning for any kind of negative event........

It is very easy to get to Trat / Koh Kong by public transport. I have done it many times. Just get the bus to Trat and there are very regular minibuses and songthaews heading to Hat Lek which is the border.

If you are suggesting an end to annual extensions, that would require a change in the law. That is not down to civil servants but to Members of Parliament. If you are suggesting that extensions due to marriage be brought back to approval at the local level, then you have corrupt goings-on in the Nong Bua Lamphu Immigration office and some others over 10 years ago to thank for that.

I tend to agree with @DrJack54. Taking your vehicle to Laos gets easier each time you do it as you become more and more familiar with the process. However initially it is rather stressful as you are dealing with a minimum of 4 sets of officials, I could say 5 as you will need a Laos VOA too. Each official requires certain forms and you will need to find that official and provide the correct forms and that is not always obvious. So, to summarise, unless you like a good challenge for no apparent purpose, taking your vehicle to Laos and then immediately turning round and bringing it back is ridiculously hard to justify.

I have done this. A lot of document preparation required. It would be totally unnecessary for a border bounce. Sometimes if you have all the documents right and both customs and immigration on both sides helpfully guide you, it can be quite smooth. But sometimes it isn't. I have crossed into Laos 4 times using various crossings. Nong Khai going out was the biggest headache. The form you fill in to take your vehicle was initially designed for boats leaving port (I am not kidding) and the IO wanted it filled in in a very specific manner. He sent me away 3 times to do it again. Other places like Chong Mek were very straightforward provided you bring all the documents correctly completed.

Have you already purchased your air ticket? Given Dubai's history of arresting travellers with medications that are not approved in the UAE, I would transit elsewhere.

Back in the day, people tried that as a rather weird border bounce so they could fly back almost immediately. However it didn't work as Immigration in Thailand would not accept that. They needed the foreigner to clear immigration in Malaysia. In today's world of not stamping the passport, I am not entirely sure how they would check but I am sure they could access the information somewhere. Anyway, we are getting very off the point. The Israeli OP wants to do a border bounce from Koh Phangan. The easiest way is to use a service to Ranong.

I suspect there is more to this. For example the victims and attackers were known to each other. However for a group of five men to knock two women out is severe brutality. There is at least one particularly dangerous man amongst the group if not all of them.

So, when you see those businesses that seem to exist for years with a revenue that would not support a soi dog, ask yourself is this simply a front to hide proceeds from criminal activities.

I will take that as a 'no' then. You do not have another picture. Was there any need to throw an insult at me once you had answered my civil question?

Their faces are blurred out. Do you have another picture?

You have been consistently trying to link misbehaviour, drunkenness and crime to Thailand's visa policy with zero evidence. Thailand's tourism sector makes a massive contribution to its GDP. Thailand has had a visa waiver system for decades. Thailand has had a vibrant nightlife for tourists for decades. Some of those drunk tourists end up getting in fights, doing stupid stuff, getting arrested, etc. Real criminals set up front businesses and have lawyers and agents process their work permits and non-imm B extensions. You can keep banging on about this but until you find some convincing evidence you are just reading news stories and then concocting a fulfilment scenario in your own mind along the lines of, "Look there is a really drunk farang on the news, I bet there here on a visa I don't approve of." Evidence; Show me hard evidence.

Long jail sentence necessary for this. He might do 6 months but only if he can't pay off the family of the deceased. The police will encourage them to take what is offered. 😟

I think he got 0.9 grams of meth.

Viriyah also offer motorbike insurance and a cheap slimmed-down theft insurance too.

2 foreign concepts in today's UK. (working & personal relationships with banks) So won't apply here. She will become an overnight sensation both within her circle and on social media.