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I'm on a DTV, literally went to apply in Cambodia, came back in on a 60-day, and they contacted me when it was done got my e-visa and bounced to activate it. Of course, I did have an agent help me do this. I couldn't just go for a random period of time they couldn't confirm due to dogs and needing secure connections for my job.

Amazing that this has to be explained to someone

"Visiting her Mother" sounds a little suspect, like possible trafficking. I've never been to Pattaya, but isn't the usual that the grandparents keep them up in the village while the mother works, then they go home to visit the child every once in a while not send them down for a visit? Anyways, sounds like the accused is in for a long stint in one of Thailand's finest hotels.

oh no, this one doesn't sound like it's going to finish with a happy ending

Personally I think it's because the option to come earlier in life was not available to them, every older chap I've met who built successful businesses over here like there's more expats who still earn a western wage (to sell their services to I imagine) and these are the guys who generally came over in their 30s and 40s. I think it's the ones who came once the pension hit are a little resentful seeing the younger men arrive competing for the same apartments/villas and women.

DTV is a proper visa.... I already have a bank here anyway but what exactly is your issue with digital nomads getting a bank anyways?

I don't think anyone applied for a DTV just for a Thai bank account, I certainly didn't.

Non story, there are no Thai prostitutes I've been informed of this many times. Vietnamese just offering a service Thai's have never provided.

you got evidence he's doing it out of love for Elephants? Bet you fall for the I'm different from other bar girls lines too

It's a great way to scam money from good hearted people donating, like most animal charities/sanctuaries these days, massive villa on the beach in Phuket is a testament of this

I left school in the 2000s and grew up on a council estate. I know quite a few women from my high school who have never had a job, and the same goes for their parents. My mum was a single parent. She worked full-time from the moment I started school, and before that, she worked part-time while I was in nursery. Yes, we received child benefits top-ups and lived in subsidised social housing, but I was still raised seeing someone get up and go to work every day. That made a difference.

Not saying this isn't true to a degree but single mothers on welfare in the west have been jumping on OF at a massive rate, lots of people are greedy and want more. Welfare generally becomes the family business, pump out kids every few years to ensure the money keeps flowing and you don't have to interview at the benefits office. Where is Thailand going to get this money from? It seems like barely anyone pays taxes over here, so join the mass debt spiral of the west by being in huge deficits every year? Now you could say the government could do more to enforce that Fathers pay their way if they leave

This is what I don't get, like fly into the EU, at least if you are caught you'll get a nice cell, an education and meals etc

Then Thailand would jail her, dealing with the court case, the British Embassy, etc. It would be easier to let them get caught on arrival. If I was in charge it's what I'd do, nice export deal.

Also she was a former air hostess for TUI, the phrasing makes it sound like she was a British Air (ways) hostess, she's still British but a former air hostess

The generation of women brought up on Instagram is doing anything to keep up with the Kardashians. Onlyfans and escorting aren't covering the lifestyle for 99.5% of them, so drug smuggling is the latest profession. So dumb

what are you on about, I'm talking about the original owner does not receive the land back it gets gobbled up by the state

There was a report around the start of the year that they were reworking the 99 year lease bill to have the land transferred to the government/land registry department (not sure the official language which was used) who then issue the lease (or something like that) then reverts to the state at the end of the lease, this was privately owned land. It was long term land grab language.

As someone who would like a 99-year lease (I'm under 40) over a 30, I love the sound of it, but the previous rumour that the owner(well, descendant of the owner) doesn't receive the land back, and it goes to the state, is terrible. Land grabs, no way I would participate in that.

Tourist visa I understand, you are physically going to apply for something which already needed this (last time I was on a 60+30 TV I had to show 60k baht at Georgetown), visa on arrival free entry is dumb, after booking a 14 days all-inclusive in Phuket who's going to want to print out 3 months of bank statements to show at the airport....

The gaming ones were smart, the clubs were too, charge a membership and not relying so much on the weed sales

Considering there's more weed shops/cafes/bars than massage shops on the island these days I'm guessing most of the <deleted>ty ones who sell very low quality weed (because they don't have a clue about it) etc are a front for illegal narcotics.

It's crazy these days, 21-year-old girls look mid-30s, and 28-year-old men look 15. We know men on average have far lower T levels than previous generations, but the women, I'm completely guessing, are due to a vast majority going on the pill at a younger age than previous generations

Let's guess her defence - I'm going with she lost her money/ran out, needed a way to get home, and some man offered her some money to take a case, which she didn't know what was inside, to Georgia, then to head home. I imagine she was getting smashed by some flash Georgian in Pattaya and was just offered straight cash to do it.

It's very common in KPG, perhaps not around Haad Rin where the Full Moon party is, but Sri Thanu, Bantai and Tong Sala it's almost all fully enclosed restaurants and cafes