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I am afraid I cannot understand what you are trying to say. Did you breach the border and just enter on your own terms?

Chonburi minimum wage = 361/day. Parcel guy 1 day rounded up to the next 10 Baht = 370 Baht. Doorman 0.5 day rounded up to the next 10 Baht = 190 Baht + 1 bottle of Lipovitan. With a clear explanation that it is for Sawatdee Pee Mai

I imagine there may be other drivers at play. One could only guess at what they were.

2 2-year licences obtained from Sri Racha DLT (which is in the district of Sri Racha but actually in Ao Udom near Laem Chabang). The tests were perfunctory. Only colour blindness and peripheral vision were tested. A lot of sitting and waiting around. Total time around 2.5 hours. When the 2 years is up, I will go back there to convert to 5 year licences, if I am still residing in Chonburi province.

Is the name of the company your full name with jamgat at the end? @churchill

This is rapist behaviour. I hope he is arrested.

He did not obscure the lights or plates. They would have got him with the old vehicle modification, 500 Baht per modification gig.

Don't forget the neck brace.

How did this one sneak on to the list? Do you have anyone in mind? 😋

I love the way the report includes Ittiphon's perspective and subsequent actions. Well done Petch Petpailin for digging out the key facts.

Checking for nits?

This seems to happen every day. I know the death rate on Thai roads is off the chart but speeding into the back of a parked lorry is exceptionally careless.

Yes, it still exists but appears to be on life support.

I think @Upnotover was helping you out as your initial post has gone wrong or you used white font, not sure.

From where I live Bang Lamung DLT 14.8 km. Sri Racha DLT 20.4 km. (It is actually in Laem Chabang and really easy to get to.) I am not sure if you are referring to a brand new 2-year licence from scratch application. Where did you get the 14-day wait at Bang Lamung from? Are you possibly referring to a 5-year renewal which is a different process. So, yep, Sri Racha definitely worked for me.

If by "bad entry point" @Rob Browder means that entry may be denied and the announced rules ignored, then, yes, that possibility exists at Suwannaphum. It denies on your history of stays and what you used to obtain permission to stay.

The crime reporters will only print stories that the police have given them approval to print. The police generally don't provide updates. (It might lead to criticism! You can't please all parties!) Thus we very rarely get updates.

Starmer does not have to call a General Election till 2029. That is a long way off. That is the reality.

Kaphrao Tee Phung (Belly-punching Basil) On Sukhumvit, 6 km North of Pattaya, Southbound side XWMC+43 Pattaya City, Bang Lamung District, Chon Buri They do khanom jeen and stir-fries. 50 Baht for a stir-fry. Very clean and a lot of care taken to make sure everything was done well. Open 7:30 am to 4:45 pm

This theory comes up again and again. However I don't really buy into it. For example the recent story of the Brit stealing gold chains on Walking Street in Pattaya revealed he entered Thailand on a "60-day visa". I think we can assume that is visa exempt. I don't think that will have any effect on visa exempt entries. I suspect financial gain is a far bigger driver. Typically senior police officers (Immigration are a branch of the police) have to make payment for promotion even when they have demonstrated they have the ability, may have to keep making monthly payments to their patrons and will definitely have lifestyles that cannot be funded from their salaries. A few will hail from wealthy families with their own businesses. The rest need extra income or the whole system breaks down. The decision to deny entry at certain points of entry is made at high but local ranks. This is while other entry points do not deny entry. What are the drivers behind this local decision-making? I do not believe a few unrepresentative tales of DTV-holding foreigners working illegally drive such major policy change, it is a myth. You only have to read the news every day or talk to foreigners here to come across illegal working. These people are on a wide range of visas. What drives change is usually much more tangible. One thing for sure is that there has never been any public comment from Immigration on the difference in policy between the different points of entry. So we will probably never know what is truly driving it.

No, the visa remains on the A4 and never gets entered into the passport. The only thing that goes into the passport is a small entry stamp along with a hand-written date 180 days in the future. (I don't think my IO had a 180-day stamp! 😀)

Verbally : "Get a proper visa" (Background : I was spending over half the year in Thailand on METV's) Stamped in passport : Section 2 "No appropriate means of supporting oneself" and Section 3 "Suspected of working illegally in the Kingdom". (Background : Neither allegation was even mentioned, never mind investigated.) The 2 untrue allegations were counter-intuitive as to successfully obtain the visa, I had to prove both employment and considerable savings in the UK. So, going back to the point of the discussion. Immigration most certainly will deny holders of valid visas entry to Thailand if they feel they have "stayed too long". One poster refused to believe that had ever happened. I guarantee it happened not only to me but to many others.

Me! 2019. Brand new unused METV issued in the UK. I was immediately denied entry and sent back to the UK. I was one of many.

Go back to 2017 - 2020 pre-Covid. Reports were daily of TV holders being denied entry for "not having a proper visa". Don Meuang probably out front but other airports too. These crackdowns are cyclical. They will come round again and I expect DTV holders to be questioned and denied entry at some point in the future.

I think this is Vietnam War rather than WWII.