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37 minutes ago, Joe Farang said:

No need to worry. China will built the plant for them.

But no one will sell them a reactor. Maybe it will get lost in translation and they will spend the budget on tractors.

Like submarines without engines sort of thing..........

15 minutes ago, PJ71 said:

The 'shoulder' months are the best time to go, April and October.

 

No way is Tokoyo cheaper than BKK as a tourist, no comparison IMO.

 

I stayed at the Godzilla hotel in Shinjinku, very cool.

 

Food is fantastic everywhere.

 

Hope you enjoy it.

First trip, staying Roppongi area unless I make a change.....cheers. 

25 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

 

They know where the checkpoints are🤔

A Russian neighbour 6 months ago ( conscription runner ) told me the "Russian community" here have an APP and all tune in and see where road checks are throughout the Island...... ain't that rich !!  don't see Russians on the list.. lol 

Booked for August, loading up on Yen, great time to be buying..........

Big money for the men in Brown......carry on

No big deal, he probably rented his bike from a Russian fronted bike rental business and like most ( foreigners ) doesn't have a license to lose........pay the fine and drive to your favourite watering hole tomorrow......... 

6 hours ago, Lopburikid said:

I know lots of Foreigners that have taken their Thai girlfriends to England for a holiday and stayed there and got work. one is teaching English in a public school another is a waitress in a country hotel and another one works in a bakery.. I speak to them most weeks on FB. they used to by my students in a private language school years ago.

Sounds like the UK is on top of things...........

3 hours ago, sungod said:

Make it visa free for most of the world and complain crime goes up.

Spot on, they have not caught on quite yet..........

Bottom line - the Thai government does not know how to run a country based on tourism...........

2 hours ago, HampiK said:

But only in some small offices.
if you want to do this in Bangkok (CW), then you spend only for this small "hello i'm back" half a day. (about 2 hours wait for the queue and drive to and back....

 

In Bangkok it's always recommended use some non physical method.

my best guess would be after comming from outside... do the first report by mail (for BKK). take some time, but at least this should work. and then the ones after you can do again online.

Completely understand the CW hassle for a "hello I'm back" could be 6-7 hours correct. Mail a TM47 with your new arrival date could work I have no idea, as long as they assume you returned to the same address they have on your file - should work .....

Wonder if the Haka was performed prior to the assault,  Fools.........

It's a good idea after returning from abroad to whip into your Immigration office to tell them you have re-entered and are at the SAME address and they will re-set your 90 day cycle..... all good !

8 minutes ago, Kalasin Jo said:

You will need to produce a printout of it on entry at the Immigration desks in my experience. They return it to you. You also will need it if applying in country for any extension in my experience.

Yes indeed, Phuket immigration requested and retained my Non O e-visa copy for a retirement extension, I guess the Non O Suvannabhumi arrival stamp wasn't good enough or the older O-A visa stamp in my passport made him nervous.....or he was having a bad day........

As above print off several copies will be needed for Airline, Arrival Immigration and possibly any Immigration visit in country.....

14 hours ago, NativeBob said:

Something is very wrong with those kids running business in Thailand against local laws and regulations.
Even those days when overstay was 200THB/day we were more cautious. Nobody heard the word "ban" and "thaivisa" was a "company" 

But now? 

There's something very wrong with those or they are extremely desperate. Or neither...

Utter desperation......starting October 2022...

Looks like the Crackdown is for real this time......be relentless and clear em ALL out !!!!!! 

1 hour ago, aussienam said:

I've met a few expats who have invested into a bar and their partner manages it.  They just sit and build rapport with customers to generate repeat business. So technically not working but just drinking and customers buying them drinks plus the bar staff. 

I've been told they need to be very careful to never lift a finger to help, in case they are deemed working.  Answering the phone to acknowledge a room is available, picking up a dirty ashtray to give it to staff, anything that a bar staff employee could do.  But recommending a drink is deemed working?  I hope there is more to the story than that as this sounds truly lame. 

Imagine you are sitting in a bar you invested in that your wife runs.  A regular comes in and says, "Mate, what do you recommend for something new to drink, I'm sick of beer?"  "Mate, how about a Sangsom and coke?" Thai undercover police swoop in.  Evidence of working!  No way.  

Sounds like you are likely pounding your liver while investing and building a rapport..........

6 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Yes, I was whimsically thinking along those lines......could they go to any country where there are more displaced Chinese and Russians?

The US Air Force must know there are security flaws here, I'm sure they are looking after it...........

What's the penalty for working without permission ?

Chinese spies are in the area to take photos of the cockpit.........