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Only Thaksin himself can sort this mess out, what's the odds he leaves the country for Cambodia in the next couple of weeks on an emergency mission to save the day?

Nothing about the 'reversal' has changed yet. Until it's published in the Gazette it's just civil service waffle. When it gets published it will be major news.

Did any go with the less than 180 days a year route?

Not gonna happen. Many Thais in Cambodia too.

These people are earning far more money in Thailand than they can do back home in Cambodia and most of them literally won't give a crap about some border dispute that their lords and masters have. I'm in Phnom Penh now with the Mrs and she often speaks to Tuk Tuk drivers and other Cambodians who can speak Thai because they learned it long ago while doing such work. They were very happy with the outcome of their time spent in Thailand and the extra money they earned allowed them to purchase tuk tuks, open small businesses, etc, etc. There will be no exodus no matter what happens.

Well that didn't take long, completely expected. Lets not forget the reason why he's there - the coalition.

I had the same issue when buying a car - they wanted me to have a tint so dark I wouldn't be able to see through it Coming from the UK I don't generally need a tint of any kind really and simply turn the AC on if I want the car cool so I insisted on the minimum - this guy really did not want to sell me the car without the maximum tint but I insisted as I could hardly see through it in the day and there's nothing wrong with my eyes - no wonder they're killing each other on the roads every day. I'm still not entirely sure he didn't ramp it up a notch on the order before delivering - still I've had this car for some time now (10 years or so) and it's ok but could do with being a shade lighter. I often drive in the evening as well, a lot more than during the daytime.

I'm in Phnom Penh right now and can confirm that the Mrs was watching the Thai 'Channel 3' earlier today and then it suddenly went offline with a 'No Signal' error. She then went shopping for an hour or two and when she returned Channel 3 had been replaced by some Chinese TV station on the same 'channel number'. Also my 'Cellcard' internet service is very bad today but the apartment internet is good.... lol

Yes, and he announced only a few days ago that he will be staying in his current job. So he's been fired and quite publicly. I wonder if it will break the coalition apart and force a new election

I buy a load of these and use them until they run out which can be like 5+ years. Haircuts change a bit but that's about it really. Losing or gaining weight can be a bit of a give away as well!

The fact is you can be walking down the street and some random psycho or a group of them can attack you and you're expected to pay the resulting bills. This sounds like a crime problem to me. Another thing that annoys me is when someone is knocked off a bike or run over while crossing the road - the driver flees and the foreigner therefore must pay millions of Baht or die. Zero accountability.

Report it to facebook and get them banned - they will act - also how did you pay, was it through facebook or some direct payment and also where is the recipient based (what country) ?

I don't care

With a blurry face like that surely someone will recognise her

I don't use it

Always has been, makes you wonder why after all these decades it still continues 🙄

Indeed, especially as the Royal Decree has not been published. The first time you will read the Royal Decree is when it's published in the Gazette unless I'm mistaken - they are kept secret for some very good reasons. Just realised that you're talking about the LTR visa Royal Decree aren't you - and yes that was never clear - but despite having plenty of money it would be difficult for me to get one of those as I refuse to invest in places which offer only a derisory return on investment, ie - Thailand.

If they reject all visa runners from Cambodia through the airports then there's going to be mayhem as I have a feeling there's quite a few.

I heard it only applies to people who are physically inside the US at the time of the transfer and has been criticised by many due to this being a huge gaping loophole.

In other words, nothing happened.

So the military have 'taken over' the running / management of the border but have they closed it and which border crossings or is it all of them?

Indeed, I was just considering what it is they might be attempting to distract us from

If you got the passport while inside the country I'm pretty sure they move the 'paper passport insert' over to the new passport when you transfer the entry stamp to the new passport. I did this once a while back. If you get the new passport while out of the country then my guess if that you need to do it again with the new passport in order to get the 90 day report and if I were doing this I would take the old passport along with me and say 'nothing changed'....then see what they say.

It's almost like they're deterring you from submitting this, I'm doing the less than 180 days thing at the moment until the dust settles which may or may not happen this year - then I'll give it another year just for good measure. I've already got a place to live in Phnom Penh so that suits me just fine.

Yeah, now that makes sense.