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Ex-UK pilots lured to help Chinese military, MoD says
ukrules replied to Scott's topic in World News
Qualified people get jobs - that's the real headline. -
Will new XBB strain cause COVID to resurge in Thailand?
ukrules replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Don't rule anything out. -
Thailand confirms two Omicron XBB cases, neither are serious
ukrules replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Interesting, I was under the impression that quarantine was a thing of the past. I wonder if they're going to quarantine everyone going forward? -
Will new XBB strain cause COVID to resurge in Thailand?
ukrules replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Of course it is, it's everywhere. -
One question about Binance, I like the exchange but I've been put off by the verification thing as I doubt they will read Thai. When you verify your address with Binance, how do you do it? I assume you can use a 'certificate of residence' from immigration - but I seem to recall they only do them in Thai.
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3 Thais Found Infected With New Covid Strain XBB In Hong Kong
ukrules replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Sure, infections are up so hospitalisations will increase, but what they appear to be saying is that they're not going up in proportion with the number of infections - which is where I assume they're getting the '30% lower risk of hospitalisation'. If the percentage of the newly infected who end up in hospital goes down compared to BA.5 then it's a very good thing, especially when you take into consideration that the number of hospitalisations already plummeted with BA.5 compared to the previous variants from 2021 and 2020. It suggests that things are moving in the right direction. -
3 Thais Found Infected With New Covid Strain XBB In Hong Kong
ukrules replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Lol, it will always change, lets not assume that the situation doesn't change for the better, see my 'snippet' from the Singapore Governments response to the recent misinformation. -
3 Thais Found Infected With New Covid Strain XBB In Hong Kong
ukrules replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Yes, I read that, then I read this - the above is wrong. Someone is hyping XBB all over the internet and incorrectly so according to the Government of Singapore. Source of the following is the Singapore Government and published today : https://www.gov.sg/article/factually141022-a -
3 Thais Found Infected With New Covid Strain XBB In Hong Kong
ukrules replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Get ready, here we go. I wondered what would emerge as winter draws near, is this it? -
Security beefed up for APEC with Putin participating
ukrules replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Can't see Putin attending in person but who knows, I note it says 'participation', not attendance. My guess would be a representative in person and perhaps a video link from the man himself.- 134 replies
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PM orders urgent and sweeping narcotics suppression drive
ukrules replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
They made 'meth' illegal - problem solved as far as they're concerned. -
PM orders urgent and sweeping narcotics suppression drive
ukrules replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
The constant flood of 'yabba' and others that continues to come in from Myanmar could, in my opinion be likened to an act of war with plenty of Thai conspirators involved. Someone said something similar about the fentanyl crisis in the US, it's more of a weapon than a drug. -
You have no choice in this matter - in order for them to insert your visa when you arrive they will meet you at the plane gate and escort you to the 'fast track' area, this is the same area where the airline crew all seem to sign a book at a 'podium' and then proceed through immigration. There's a couple of couch type seats in a waiting area, you will be offered a drink while the TE staff take your passport and get an immigration officer to insert your visa. Then they walk you over to the immigration booth (there was no queue) and in my experience they accompany you when it's a new visa, the woman who did this was a senior immigration officer, looked like the one in charge of the whole place. They instruct the officer in the booth on what to do - in my case they then took the passport back into their little office to 'make copies' of the stamps, etc. After this you're on your way.......you're escorted back to the immigration booth and allowed to pass through to the baggage reclaim area. Depending on where you're going you may have the free limo, I was going straight to Hua Hin so I had a driver waiting for me anyway, the limo service is only good for the Bangkok area and as such I have never used it. The above was my most recent experience of 'airport visa insertion' towards the end of 2019. I literally got it done just a couple of months before the pandemic hit and I haven't left the country since then.
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Photos of a blood soaked floor covered with dead bodies of children and adults were posted to Twitter the day this happened. I saw them. They were posted by Thais. I think CNN are full of <deleted> but what happened here is irrelevant. I could believe that they broke in but as it turns out they didn't - so it's a non story.
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Yes, there is a letter issued when you make the appointment, I was asked about this lack of visa for a one way flight once and explained then showed them a print out of the visa insertion appointment at the airport and they accepted that. This was only in Phnom Penh though. What will you do if they take another 10 weeks to complete processing your application? If you still come to Thailand as planned then you need to consider your options, you can make an appointment to go and have the visa inserted at Chaeng Wattana immigration office using the concierge service which I think is now the only way they will do it (free on first usage) - I've done this a couple of times before and it's a quick process. They will phone you and locate you at the entrance prior to going directly to the desk that issues the visa. The last time I did this I stood right in the middle of the almost empty large clearing on the ground floor of Chaeng Wattana and started waving when the phone call came in looking for me just prior to the appointment time, the woman from TE saw me immediately. Of course this might not be so convenient if you're up staying way in Chiang Rai or somewhere else far away from the place they insist you report to for the visa insertion. I would also consider the possibility that it may take longer to get the membership approved and subsequent visa insertion appointment than your permission to stay duration, especially if you're forced to enter on a visa waiver.
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If the worse happens in the war, what happens in Thailand?
ukrules replied to Jingthing's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
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Covid patients asked to isolate for 5 days as quarantine rule scrapped
ukrules replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
I think you will find that once the number of flights increases the prices will go down. More flights = cheaper seats.