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Tourist Visa to USA for Thai GF
ChicagoExpat replied to trav2021's topic in Visas and migration to other countries
You seem to be completely detached from reality on this issue -- both in general as your assertion that "in the last 20 years third world people don't want to live there -- and specifically when it comes to Thais. Just to take Wikipedia's figures, in 2019 there were 350,000 Thais in the U.S. You REALLY THINK they all arrived and stayed legally? -
Tourist Visa to USA for Thai GF
ChicagoExpat replied to trav2021's topic in Visas and migration to other countries
It's not just the "basic assumption" -- it's the law. Section 214 of the INA. -
Tourist Visa to USA for Thai GF
ChicagoExpat replied to trav2021's topic in Visas and migration to other countries
1) The law assumes that a person will overstay unless they can demonstrate otherwise and 2) wouldn't you err on the side of caution most of the time? -
Why is the Thai Countryside full of discarded rubbish?
ChicagoExpat replied to stix40's topic in General Topics
Even the nicest restaurant, resort, or hotel will have piles of garbage laying around in plain sight -- old furniture, sinks, etc. Thai people themselves have such good hygiene, weird that they tolerate so much rubbish where they live and work. -
Austrian Man Detained for Overstaying Visa by 920 Days
ChicagoExpat replied to webfact's topic in Isaan News
3 years? What an amateur. Not long ago I met a guy who was stationed here during Vietnam, was discharged and visited his Mom briefly, and came here and never left. Literally a 50 year overstay, and never renewed his passport once. He could hardly speak English anymore and would've died out on the street. The Embassy sent him back to Iowa to his sister, who was in her 80s. -
Tourist Visa to USA for Thai GF
ChicagoExpat replied to trav2021's topic in Visas and migration to other countries
Not in the least. The visa officers would have to be mind readers to get it right 100% of the time. -
This is all such nonsense. Yes, of course she was discussing strategy and plans. She would have been negligent in her job as a diplomat if she didn't. Again it's the constant references to WW3, and nuclear war, etc -- all right out of the Kremlin's talking points. The only party in this conversation that started the war is the one saying "Allow us to invade whom we please or you'll provoke conflict." @jas007, you and other Russian simps are the only ones who take this seriously, if you actually do. Russia doesn't. They know exactly what they're doing.
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One of the most wonderful aspects of the pro-Putin camp is how they continuously claim that the world is in great danger... but NOT from the country who actually has started the biggest war in Europe since 1945 that has cost the lives of hundreds of thousands. That country somehow doesn't even come into the conversation, and in the rare occasions it does, it's to justify their invasion by claiming they had no choice.
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And yet, somehow this exculpatory knowledge is available only to Russians and the useful idiots who so loyally support them. It's almost as if Russia hadn't invaded it's neighbors over and over again before this latest invasion. The wonderful part of it is simps like you would hate living in the world that Russia is trying to create, and would if they could.
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I think I've discovered a new insect species
ChicagoExpat replied to scubascuba3's topic in General Topics
My vote is for your escaping crabs. -
First visit to this thread. As expected, there are plenty of pro-Putin simps here, or course all arguing that they just want peace in the region. These are the same guys who would be arguing in 1939-1940 that we should just give Adolph what he wants. After all, his victory is inevitable, and the U.S. and UK supporting France, Poland, the SU, etc is terrible, costs lives, and is useless in the face of the unstoppable blonde supermen. Supporters of fascists never change, and they rarely argue honestly.
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Thai doctor offered bribe to drop lawsuit in Swiss scandal
ChicagoExpat replied to webfact's topic in Phuket News
Well, to be fair, most stuff here IS settled by a cash payment, that's part of the social/legal culture. I wouldn't have called it a "bribe".- 245 replies
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Cherry picking from what I'm saying to continue your bizarre crusade is... bizarre. It's the video. And witnesses. And his apology (and presumed admission of guilt). It's not the one thing -- his apology -- as you keep implying. All of it points to the fact that he likely physically assaulted. Go ahead and respond with your next version of "But an apology doesn't mean he did it" or "He's my best friend" or whatever. Who cares, you're talking to no one but yourself. I'm done with this stupid back and forth.