Isn't that strange, I can get a Visa/extension with my yellow book as proof of residence, yet your place won't renew a simple thing like a licence with one.
Just goes to show how petty some offices can be.....
I renewed both my licences at the same time last year in Ubon, they wanted an original medical cert for each licence, they sent me away with one I had copied at their establishment.....
If a Thai has a PP they can use it, if not they pay, I think, 40bht for the waiver/entry paper, that's what Mrs.T does...
At Mukdahan there is a small building before the bus ticket office to get this waiver paper. printed off.
Most Thai's haven't got a passport, they enter Laos on a waiver, procured by their I.D. card. Anyhooo, the wife does not have to attend at the Savv-Consulate with you.
I have been to that consulate about 10 times and never been asked for a copy of Loas entry visa. Bit of a dilemma if you can't get a copy done nearby, plus, a glance in the passport, which they do, will show the full page entry visa.........
I would think that anyone working in a Pattaya 7/11 soon learns a nationality by their speech characteristics, just by the number of farangy's they deal with daily...........
You were lucky, in Ubon I was turned away for a copy of the useless medical certificate but not for 2 copies of my yellow book resident page....
Very handy, those yellow books....
I don't think kids mind masks, I don't think it harms them one bit. My mum had to carry one around in an army shoulder bag, so did all the siblings, they all lived to a ripe old age....
C19, in one form or another, is still rife in LOS, so I still use a mask in every shop I go into, or anywhere where staff are masked up.
I haven't had C19 yet, and I don't intend dropping my guard at this time..
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