Liverpool Lou

Really, you have access to what goes on in immigration do you? Of course, I do not, there's no need for me be in that position to know that there have never been any reported cases of that happening, if there had, you could be sure that it would be all over the internet.

Of course it doesn't but foreigners who's passport was found to contain the fake stamp faced prosecution. That's because he had a fake stamp in his passport, visas/extensions issued by the IB are not fakes!

Husband and wife can use each others tax allowance. That would be the Revenue Department's business, why would the employer need his passport details?

I understand how unlikely your bizarre suggestion was, you seriously think that he's a dependent of hers? Even if he was what business would his passport be of her employer (unless her employer is the Revenue Department!)?

Trump says some undocumented immigrants are ‘not people’ What he actually said was, "In some cases [undocumented immigrants who are accused of crimes] are not people, in my opinion. But I’m not allowed to say that..." ...but there's no point in reporting accurately, is there, WaPo?

Why? What have his passport details got to do with her tax liability?

Have you been to Chiang Rai? Have to be 1/3 Aussies there. So the vast majority are not Australian and wouldn't be wanting AUD! Q.E.D.

Look again No need, I did that before this exchange. Which Section of the Act are you claiming covers it?

Well the guy is a goose. That is life. I see a lot of Thais and I can't figure out how they make money. Maybe they just settle for cheap life. You're saying that he's a "cheap goose" just because he didn't have any AUD at the time the OP wanted it? Maybe he was overflowing with other real currencies that there was more of a call for?

Would you think it reasonable if you went to the same shop, with the GBP listed, and he told you he didn't have any? It's a money EXCHANGE shop, how would anyone make a living if they had nothing to exchange? It is not about GBP, it is about you wanting AUD and his not having them. I think that its unreasonable of you to assume that he has to have a stock of cash for every currency that he shows an exchange rate for. Perhaps his last customer took the last of the AUD and you were just too late. "...how would anyone make a living if they had nothing to exchange?" He told you that he had no currencies, at all? Really? You're making the ridiculous assumption that, just because he didn't have Aussie pesos, he didn't have any other currencies to trade!

agents providing "fake" bank accounts because an extension seeker doesn't have 800K or 400K to keep in his account is illegal Is it...have you anything empirical to back that up, except your view of it? The Immigration Act doesn't say that it is, neither does the Thai Criminal Code and all IOs have discretion when it comes to the usual requirements. Where did you get your information? Agents do not provide" fake bank accounts", they only assist when there is a genuine bank account.

How the hell is that a reasonable question? It has to be assumed that you're not the only customer they have, lunch or no lunch, and serving you, or not serving you, will have no effect, whatsoever, on their bottom line. "Australian dollars? Mai mee. This despite a big sign in the window, listing AUD, among other currencies". Did the sign state that he had AUD or did it just provide an exchange rate? I've never heard of currency dealers advertising the currencies that they have in stock!

I don't think you have considered all angles in that statement. If it can be proven that money has changed hands to facilitate an I.O.s 'discretion' as you put it, that is corruption and all parties involved can be prosecuted. Unless the extension holder could convince a court that he/she was unaware of the situation (unlikely), they too would wind up in court. The highly likely outcome would be that the foreigner would be ruled complicit and be punished accordingly. Such punishment would almost certainly include revocation of their visa. Do you not remember the fake passport stamps fiasco? "I don't think you have considered all angles in that statement". I don't think that you have considered that there has never been one single case reported of that hypothetical happening so it's not worth considering in view of the massive agent/IO industry that exists, and has existed, for many decades. "Do you not remember the fake passport stamps fiasco?" Yes, I do but using an agent and Immigration does not result in having a "fake stamp".

The don't have discretion on granting extensions for people who do not live in their province, that's strictly illegal Is it, really? I don't believe that it is "strictly illegal", it is certainly not stated in any section of the Immigration Act B.E. 2522.

What YOU fail to understand is honesty, by using an agent to put up fake monetary accounts for an individual to obtain an extension is still ILLEGAL by any standard. What YOU fail to understand is "discretion". IOs, as competent officials, are granted the authority to use discretion when it comes to issuing extensions, so the exercising of that discretion by IOs is not illegal. It's similar to police officers exercising their discretion, for example, when it comes to ticketing errant motorists, they have the discretion not to prosecute an offence if they choose, that would not make that decision illegal.

Is that the Amphur where she lives or where we got married. We were married in Bangkok somewhere but I have no idea where. Does the marriage certificate say where it is? I still don't know how I get her to go the the office if she simply ignores all communication. I believe that it has to be where the marriage was originally registered, which is detailed on the marriage certificate, that's where mine was done. You have my sympathy, it sounds as though your wife doesn't want the actual divorce; although separated, my ex did not co-operate with me regarding our divorce for twelve years (even though I was with someone else and we had two more children) until she met someone else and suddenly our divorce was a matter of urgency.

Wrong! If one does not have the monetary means to meet the criteria and hires an agent who "ghosts" that monetary means then that is illegal! Just because an agent has some kind of agreement with the IO and the IO allows the extension, does not mean that the ex-pat is still here LEGALLY. Seems that you don't understand the meaning of "competent official" in the context of Immigration law, nor do you understand that IOs have discretion when it comes to IB regulations. Those who have an extension granting them permission to stay, issued by an Immigration Office, are here legally.

Correct.Kbank app works a treat. They all work a treat!

You'd be wearing two prescriptions that clash with each other, wouldn't you? Maybe you can get a new driving prescription done while you still have the contacts in?

That post made sense...stop it, it's not like you at all!

If one does not meet all the necessary criteria for getting an extension and uses an agent who ghosts the necessary criteria to enable on to extend, then that is not legally following the immigration rules. Extensions are granted by the IOs who, as competent officials, have discretion about requirements, legally.

That is not the purpose if the law, the purpose is to prevent foreigners from owning land, foreigners can own as many houses as they want , that is legal.

A foreigner buying a business is the same "crazy" as what? It is not illegal.

Using agents for extensions is not illegal, foreigners using Thai companies to circumvent the law on owning land is.

Good gawd...