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Some of these recent overstays date back to before the period when the golden boy of the immigration police declared that there's nobody on overstay in the country any more. It's a big joke really ????????

Agree 100% on the above, the people (conspiracy theory believing nut jobs) who think someone wants to control them could be compared to worker ants. Nobody knows they exist, 'they' never will and certainly don't care about controlling them, what they think or anything they do. There's nothing to control, they're mindless workers, even more so once retired.

Sounds a little cryptic, what gives?

China ????

Yeah it took about 3 months when I did mine last year, good job I did it about 9 months before I really needed it - because I know just how lousy the service is.

It is pathetic that it takes 6 weeks to renew an essential document. This level of service is simply unacceptable.

Nope, if you look into it (which I did before I posted my 'question') you will find as others have pointed out since that the statute of limitations does apply and murder cases are closed in Thailand after 20 years.

Some kind of dental work might be in order ????

My mother got some Tramadol once for an issue with her back, something to do with inflammation between two discs. After a few days she threw it away and vowed never to take it again, she said she was 'all over the place' with it - it messed with her mind and she would rather have the pain than continue to take it. A bit extreme I thought - surely there would be a lower dose to try instead of rejecting it outright but she was adamant and to this day has never touched it again even though she still has back pain issues.

Don't you think the statute of limitations applies here?

You're right, I just looked at the envelope from the latest bill and it does say 'nt' on it - I've never heard of them before (the mrs takes care of the bill payments) - still good though ????

As to this I would suggest one thing - make sure you have the full 5 years validity remaining on your passport - if not then renew it in advance - or the visa expire when the passport expires resulting in 2 trips to wherever you get your visa inserted. For me this was Chaeng Wattana which must be very handy for those living in Bangkok and the surrounding areas, but not so much when you're further away.

I have 2 fiber connections into the house. One is from CAT and the other 3BB. I find CAT to be mostly excellent and rarely need to swap over to the 3BB 'backup' connection due to slowness or outage, etc. I am in Hua Hin though.

You speak too much

I don't like the way this is proceeding. What's the limit? When will they be hanging around outside immigration offices waiting to arrest people turning up to correct accidental 1 or 2 day overstays? This might sound far fetched but I absolutely believe it will happen.

Out of those I have a feeling that heart attack is the most likely.

This merely demonstrates that 'they've done it before, maybe they do it again' at some point in the future. It's the most short sighted legislation change I've heard of since the sex ban was announced a few weeks back. Why would anyone with say just $250k sign up for this scheme when they might double or triple it at any moment and kick everyone out. Unless they permanently 'grandfather in' all existing retirees then I suspect Indonesia will become a no go place for retirees due to irrational rule changes. Nobody who's doing their due dilligence can fail to notice this. To sum it up - once the mass exodus begins they will either revert this change or suffer the consequences.

If immigration make a mistake then believe it or not it is your responsibility to get it corrected. So get it corrected or you will be on overstay by then and deported and banned from returning.

You didn't miss much at night, most of the regulars had gone home long ago by the time I got there - there might have been one or two people left in the bars by about 10pm. It was a dreary old dump of a place at night. I didn't go during the day but I did go during the last year or two of its existence so perhaps that's why it was so quiet.

Correct

I'm hearing things about some news which may break today which will apparently sadden the nation. More of a rumor but Thai language social media is talking about this. The subject is unknown at this stage, or they're not elaborating deliberately. Just thought I'd mention it.....sounds l like something big may have happened but it hasn't been announced yet and nobody knows what it is yet.

In Thailand, in most of the rest of the world this would not be a problem at all. There are countries that actively encourage gambling operations, fully licensed and legal. My guess is that these groups make a huge amount of money and then become slack, once they have such riches they could incorporate anywhere in the world and literally move there to run their company online and legitimately but they don't seem to bother - well, at least these low hanging fruit type operations don't seem to bother. I'll bet that there's a load of western corporations targeting the Thai and other Chinese type markets which have the gambling gene.

All they had to do was move to another country and run their business from there and nobody would care. Are these people stupid or are they just sacrificial pawns served up by the big guys in charge?

Worth checking to see if this guy is still around - old post but if he's there and it's still possible I would be that he's still at it : Pick up the phone and see if he's still working : Adress: Preah Sisowath Quay, Phnom Penh, Kambodža Telefon:+855 12 767 401

Yes, I agree, they were very helpful in the branch as well.