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Oh please, take another xanax and call up the basement stairs for your mum to bring you down some milk and cookies. The OP is asking questions about a currently available, and legal visa that he would be eligible to apply for. He was just checking if there was a school offering it in Bangkok in preference to Chang Mai. Jeesuz there are some petty creeps on this forum. No wonder the bulk of long term members have left. If it wasn't for Sheryl's participation here I would be gone also.

It's not talk. It is reality. You can keep your head in the sand if you chose. Oh...and welcome to my ignore list.

Collapse really picking up steam now. Last chance to exchange at 23.

Coral has long since been entirely destroyed in that area. Divers in the photo are walking on stone not coral. Scuba diving in blue nylon rugby shorts...now that is a look I have not seen before...ah its good to have the Russian back.

Why is his reason for staying here any of your business? Jeesuz there are some creeps on this forum.

Wait till the nukes start flying over Russia later this year and all banking is switched off. Then you will see some proper ATM rage.

I don't live in Rawai. I live in a small coastal (Russian free) fishing village. But I have a mate in Rawai I like to visit.

Yes I picked up on the same issue a couple of days ago. AUD plunged in a straight line against the THB but not against the USD. BOT is definitely manipulating the baht. I suspect it is just profiteering to keep the baht high during the arrival of the Russian invasion.

It is much easier for governments to control the population with fear when climate change is the designated threat. Terrorism worked for a while but then the whole WMD debacle shut that scam down. Climate change is the new terrorism, it is out there, lurking, and you are required to be fearful, but dont expect any hard evidence, governments will make sure they don't have another WMD moment.

My office is 45 but some are 30 you need to call them and check. In Thailand there is always engineered uncertainty because that introduces more opportunity for tea money.

Pure lies. It is absolutely a done deal. I have been saying it here on this forum for years. You just need to google early photos of Anutin and see who he used to hang out with.

It is comforting to see things slowly getting back to normal.

I hope Putin passes laws that make it illegal for all fighting age men to be outside Russia. Then Thai immigration can collect them all and send them back to the front. Rawai is already unliveable due to their arrival.

No definitely not that because there are sudden and huge intra day swings in THB currency pairs. Definitely intervention by the BOT. Perhaps they are motivated to keep the baht as high as possible during high season...and that would be a very clear example of currency manipulation.

I saw yesterday and then again today the AUD plunged against the Thai baht. I thought it was a further collapse of the AUD, however upon inspection of other THB currency pairs it is clear the BOT is stepping in to buy the baht.

Oh...the AUD is heading a good deal lower than 21. The criminals at the RBA are not keeping pace with global interest rate rises in the vain hope that the Australian residential property market (the world's largest remaining bubble) will not burst.

Do the online tests include having a Thai as a partner as one of the life issues?

What about the 25 year marriage visa. That is streaks ahead of Thailand.

Long Covid? A mate of mine had covid about 5 months ago and after the initial symptoms cleared he was left with constant running nose and sniffling (spelling) which is only now starting to subside.

You were fed incorrect information by the seller. You can register a car in your name on a tourist visa provided you get a residency certificate from immigration. And you need to request the mods to edit the title of your OP. You do not own a car. Your ex girl friend does. You just paid for it. What are you options: Perhaps you can ask her if you can borrow it on the weekends.

Maybe same rules do not apply to me because I am an Australian. However I had been with Commsec the brokerage arm of the Commonwealth bank. They shut me down about this time last year. About 3 months ago I opened an account with interactive brokers. I used an old Australian address and my Thai mobile phone number during sign up process. Everything went fine and my approval email was received in literally a couple of minutes. I used my passport as ID and there was no request for further documents. There was no request for minimum funding requirements. I have started to trade and everything on that front is ok...However, the Trader workstation has a very clunky and poorly designed IX. I have the trade PRO account not the Lite version. For Australians one thing to be aware of is that IBKR is custodial, that is they hold your shares in their account (unlike most Australian brokers where the Chess statement for your Australian shares is issued in your name). This exposes you to additional risk in the event that IBKR goes bust. Positive flip side of this situation however, is that you are not bombarded with paperwork (chess statments) which the retarded ASX still sends out by mail. I am currently skim trading a junk bond fund that yields 6.6% with distributions paid monthly. If I get trapped in trade I still get 6.6%pa on my money. My goal is to skim 4% per month for a total return of 48% pa. First month I managed 2.5%, last month 4.2%, and I bought into a new position close of business 2022. I have a sell order for that holding in for Tuesday set at 1.8%. The fund goes ex distribution on Tuesday also, so if the planets align I will get my skim and also the December distribution. There is often (but not always) a kick in the share price on ex dividend day because mom and pop investors do understand how it works.

I am afraid of no man. And just a few women.

One last turn of the screw by the RTP to get the final tea money payment and then the charges will expire and the Boss can return to Bangkok as planned.

OP. Why the novella? Why didn't you just write: Chiang Mai is now getting busy at high season. Any tips for dealing with it?

Yes. Thailand has lots and lots of laws. There is just no way to enforce them. Judiciary is hoplessly corrupt and inept. Lawyers are hoplessly corrupt and inept. And the RTP....sigh....