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Has been promised for 10 years so will believe it when I see it. The 20b fare is really impossible because the capacity is not there on the main lines. There will be chaos if they move forward on that and the cost to the government (to pay MRT and BTS) would be enormous.

Would also cut down on unnecessary noise too. They love to rev up their “engines” while speeding down sois.

Trump is using a negotiation ploy to get other countries in the region involved to develop solutions for the (many) decades old Gaza problem. They (of course) objected to Trump’s proposal so let them come forth with their suggestions.

A good start would be to have one card covering BTS, MRT and Airport Link. This was promised 10 years ago by the Junta.

Check for Dengue Fever. My partner had this month and it included skin rash. They wanted to hospitalize him for 2 nights but he opted for 2 hour IV which helped. We are pretty sure he was bitten by mosquito in Pattaya. Blood test is available.

I see very little said about bringing in cash from home country and changing into baht here which requires presenting your passport. Do others think they will catch onto this just like they would see wire transfers from overseas into Thai bank accounts ?

At least they can have an intelligent conversation together whereas Poor Joe is lost in space. I think there will be some interesting books detailing how government has actually been run during the past 4 years.

Check out Magic Jack….you get USA number and can receive or make calls to anywhere in USA. All you need is internet. I have used this for years.

How difficult could it be for police to check for licenses for bars in their areas on a regular basis ? It seems these places are only discovered when there is a big issue. I guess the monthly brown envelopes are preferred.

The real Elephant in the Room is the possibility of income tax on Worldwide Income. This could be a game changer for many and would certainly discourage some from moving here and buying condos. My thinking is that they would have to announce something very soon or the earliest year where this could be applied would be 2026.

Is the mail in method of 90 day reporting acceptable if there has been international travel in the past 90 days ? I do realize that online method would not work.

The only way this would work is by adding a 5th carriage on main lines which will not happen overnight. Also the Silom Line is limited with frequency because of the single platform at Saphan Taksin. I wonder if the government has completed their long overdue payments to BTS too. The 20 baht fare would cost the government a fortune if all lines were included.

Can you submit 90 day report by mail (vs. visit to CW) if you have been outside the country in the past 90 days ? Actually I have been here since late May and took 2 overseas trips already.

They really opened the barn door with the low requirements to apply for DTV. Really ridiculous that one could apply for an 5 yr visa after making a dentist appointment. I think changes will be coming by early next year if not sooner.

Every day in the same spot there are negative comments about Trump. It seems so orchestrated I wonder if China or some other entity like USA Democrats are behind this. Very glad the election will be over soon. Neither candidate is ideal but Harris is totally incompetent and has done nothing since she became VP.

I wonder why (mostly) negative commentary on Trump seems to appear in every online issue in the same spot. While he certainly has his faults the idea of Harris running the country is downright scary.

I am going for Non O retirement extension soon. Have not received TM 47 for a year because of travel (before 90 days) and 4 month stay in home country. Also have new address here on current stay which started at end of May. I don’t have TM 47 slip from a year ago….is this a problem ?

There is no place in the RTP for a reasonably honest (by Thai standards) police officer at a high level.

The article in Pattaya Mail yesterday looks very credible to me and a 12/31/24 deadline for bringing in old savings was clearly given. I see this as closing a loophole.

It seems that the Savings issue has been clarified for 2024 with a time limit to get your old savings into the country by year end but the RD has said nothing about taxing Global Worldwide income possibly starting next year. Sometime I think they put things out there as trial balloons to gauge reaction which of course has been very negative ( Worldwide Income Tax). So we can just wait and see what happens.

Why would they negotiate with squatters living there illegally ?

Thank you…I got the Reentry permit at DMK. Very easy to carry 2 passports for a few months. Much easier than waiting in yet another line at CW.

Had a miserable experience at CW Immigration today- very crowded. Much to my surprise visa transfers to new passports are done in the same area as extensions (L1). I arrived at 9:30 and got my passports back at 12:02 pm. The officer doing final checks was busy with some ancient farang for the last ten minutes of the morning session and I think he might have missed my Re-entry permit. I don’t want to return to CW until my annual extension in Sept/Oct but I do plan to travel soon. I must say that going to CW is always a bad experience in some way no matter how well prepared you are and even if you have an appointment.

Supposedly I can get appointment to transfer visa extension to new passport but none of the options on the pop-up page for appointments seem appropriate. Am I missing something ?

Need to receive 2 so one can rescue the sailors from the other one