Dr B

I am not quite sure what "gives residency to foreign women marrying Thai men" means. In what way is it "given"? When I was married to my Thai wife, and we had children, I applied for, and was granted, residency on the basis of supporting a Thai family. That is how I am here now, with no reporting, no annnual extensions, just living here except when I need to go overseas.

Most of the comments above are correct, although some may be sarcasm. 1 Tiles are not fixed down, they are held in place by gravity only. 2 Leakage will then mainly depend on the pitch of the roof, and the angle of the rain. If the pitch is < 45 degrees, and the wind is low, they will leak as RocketDog suggested. 3 In the OP you referred to if "these roofs were on houses in Taiwan, with the Typhoons, and SUPER TYPHOONS, typical of Taiwan....then....the would be gone...in a... NEW YORK MINUTE." Probably true, but we tend not to have such strong wnds in Thailand, depending on whereabouts you are. But with much lower wind speeds than Taiwan, don't even think about trying to tie down a large sheet of plastic sheeting as illustrated. That would be doomed to disaster. 4 My roof is a traditional Thai roof, very steep (> 45 degrees) and slightly curved. The individual tiles hang over wooden battens and are held down by gravity. It is steep enough to not leak, and the tiles are heavy enough not to be disturbed by wind. I did have a layer of rockwool fitted under them to minimise heat in the bedrooms, which works.

Sorry "many" not "amy"

Those were my thoughts, but only assuming that the "letter of premeditation" was genuine. I recall that, not amy days ago, there was circulation for one day of a sworn affidavit by an ABC employee that the Harris/Trump debate was fixed, but that seemed to die as quickly as it arose, so now I assume was fake news.

Where have you read that a male "marrying a Thai male gets a green card?"

If you mean "scam" so as to purchase land, I see no reason for that as being married to a Thai does not give you any rghts to own land.

I have a British colleague on Koh Samui who specialises in this. He tells me that an English will, once translated into Thai, can be registered at the "local Government outlet" and it then becomes binding here. I am guessing that you offered the local Government outlet a foreign language will.

I got married here properly well over 20 years ago, and when we bought a house I had to sign papers at the Amphoe that the house was not considered property of the marriage, which would be disposed of 50/50, so that I would not acquire land. The best wat to deal with your problem, for you or anyone in a less secure position, is to sign a 99 year lease from your wife on the house. That should continue even if she deceases.

"However, the Act did not fully address their needs, as it did not grant the same rights as those afforded to male-female couples." If you read the OP carefully, you will see that "the Act" referred to here was "the Partnership Act" proposed by the MFP member, where as the new one is "the Marriage Equality Bill", proposed by Pheu Thai.

But they do. November 2022, Melbourne.

It is interesting that TAT always talk about how much the country is going to earn from tourism, Bt 3 trillion being the current long term objective. How on earth do they know how much tourists actually spend, apart from airfares maybe, which presumably don't count anyway, and probably hotels in some rough calculation. I cannot see any way that ll of the rest, on food, local transport, entertainment etc can be traceable, so they must just be doing the easy thing and multiplying the number coming in by some notional spending sum. Simplest wat to increase the amount foreigners soend is just to increase the notional spending sum. No one will notice. Job done.

What nobody seems to have commented upon is this weird arrangement here where two government departments are vying for issuing visas, here the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (LTV and DTV) and the Ministry of the Interior through the TAT (TPV). This is what happens with coalition Governments, with snouts fighting at the trough, and no-one talking to the Ministry of Finance who are licking their lips over taxes. Don't worry though, the Prime Minister will bnang afew heads together and get it all sorted out at the next Cabinet meeting, if she has finsihed playing with her Barbie dolls.

If you can maintain your attention span enough to read to near the end of the OP, you will find that the report is about those released undedr the old, Tory, scheme, as Keir Starmer's scheme has not even started yet.

It's actullay a small rat. They couldn't get any mice!

It is not actually a crane, it is a piling rig fitted with a hydraulic diaphragm walling grab. There has been a failure of the working platform, which maybe was never provided in order to save cost.

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has voiced concerns over the severe flooding that has wreaked havoc in Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai, with a death toll currently at 6. Reports from the Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR) pinpointed heavy rainfall as the primary cause, Brilliant! The highly experienced and knowledgeable Prime Minister "has voiced concerns over the severe flooding". Remarkably, "the ONWR (has) pinpointed heavy rainfall as the primary cause." I wonder how long a committee meeting it tok to work that one out? Good to know the country is in safe hands.

I assume that the photograph of automatic control gates within the Main Passenger Terminal with an article about " a new Customs Service Centre ... Covering over 4,872 square metres" is a clear indication that Puntid has absolutely no idea what she is writing about. Great journalism Thaiger.

You might find that, if you arrived on your Australian passport, then that is what you will need to leave on. Your UK passport will not show that you entered Thailand.

That should mean there were at least three.

I am surprised that noone has noted that there is no mention of how many red shirt supporters gathered to celebrate, other than "Sompoch and 'others'". That should ean there were at least three.

If it requires soical media to teach you that, you must be a VERY slow learner.

If you check the Vanautu website, as one example, a passport is available for an "investment" of $130,000, or CNY 950,000. If he billboard offers them for CNY 70,000, are you sure that they are legal?

As pointed out by the earlier post, Vanuatu passports are available but they require an "investment" of $130,000 for an individual. That is nearly CNY 950,000, a lot more than 70,000. To my simple mind that would suggest that these are not genuine Vanuatu passports. She is seen holding two passports, and at least one of them appears to be a male. Wouldn't it be worth Immigration Department checking if they are genuine or not. If she refuses to disclose the identity of whoever asked her to place the advert, then she must take the punishment that would have been meted out to such a person, becasue she becomes solely responsible.

I have watched both videos over several times, and read the baht bus driver's report. What seems to me strange is that nobody has suggested that the deceased passenger was actually trying to get onto a moving vehicle, not getting off at all. He was always facing in the direction the vehicle was travelling, and seems to be trying to step up onto the back step and grtab the handrail, but sadly missed. There is no indication whatever that the vehicle had stopped as if to pick up a passenger at any stage. I know that the police reports say that he was getting off, but that is not what the videos show.

There is quite a lot of confusion here. I do not believe there is a thing such as an "Acadmeic Title of Professor". Professor is a position, and one ceases to be a professor when one resigns or retires from that posiiton, unless elevtaed to Emeritus Professor or Professor Emeritus, which can be retained. On the otherhand Doctor, as in one who holds a Doctorate and not a physician or General Practitioner, is a title, just like the one that I hold, and that does not disappear on retirement or resignation. I held a position as an Adjunct Associate Professor for 6 years, but am not allowed to use that position anymore.