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Received an approval a few minutes ago for a report due on the 26th (Bangkok). Originally submitted on the 14th but remained pending and resubmitted on the 21st. Fortunately I didn't go in person today but was planning to do that tomorrow. At least it shows they will go with the date submitted even if dealt with past the due date, as they should. Happy days!

ศรี (sri) is a prefix that can be used as praise of excellence or along those lines.

I did something similar, submitted on the 14th. Nothing by the 21st so tried resubmitting. Until now no response at all either way and still showing pending. It's due tomorrow so looks like I'll end up having to go in person next week.

It seems things may not be running too smoothly at the moment? My report is due by the 26th. I received the email reminder and then submitted online on 14th November. I'd had no response by 21st and was starting to wonder if it had been overlooked as the previous approval was received in just a couple of hours. I resubmitted on 21st but no response since then either. And I've noticed a few posts with people saying they've been waiting. I guess if there's nothing today or tomorrow, I'll have to go in person next week.

In the past, I was successful on a fourth attempt after three rejections. The final approval was given to exactly the same submission that was rejected the first time. I'd keep submitting if you've still got some time. But if you were due on the 14th and submitted then I guess it's too late.

I've had pending from the 14th and just tried resubmitting it in case it was 'lost' in the system. But now I've seen others like yourself having a long wait on pending, I guess I've put myself back to the back of the queue. Due on 26th. It was approved within hours last time.

They've both been all over the media for a few days, including live on the same TV show. He bought the ticket.

Samut Prakan is part of the Bangkok Metropolitan Region.

Yes. Including both of the current Home Secretary's parents.

A group of private companies will come up with the 1 billion. There are four on board at 200 million each and probably a fifth one coming in today and then they'll announce it.

Yes, sorry. I shouldn't have replied.

My wife got a mortgage without any work record or income based on me as guarantor. I was working here though.

My เข้าใจป่ะ post was from Google and correct. These days Google is much much better at translating Thai than in the past. The sheer amount of input that Google has means that it is constantly improving. I think you'll be surprised at how well it can do if you delve into it and play around.

You didn't include the ป่ะ that was the point of the OP

Update: No problem taking the bus last night. I'm not sure if this was a Covid regulation or even more ancient decree that they haven't removed from the website.

Just helping the GF's brother book a ticket on the bus back to Vientiane after a week's visit to Bangkok. There's a warning on the booking site that citizens of Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar are not tallowed to travel on the 999 บขส buses. He got a flight from Udon down so didn't run into this. He could just book with another company to Nong Khai but would like to get the international bus if he can. Does anyone know if this is a real thing?

I call BS on this. You can find people who've been there going back years who say that place is awful. Read through some of the other stories published on this over the last few days and you can see comments from people who are actually there. People like Edwin Wiek have never actually been to see for themselves?

There are official transcriptions set by the Royal Institute. However, they're used inconsistently even by government agencies. Also, English-speaking foreigners often object when they are used because they don't understand the system accounting for Thai sounds that aren't distinguished in English. For example, I think the official Royal Institute transcription for Pattaya would be Phatthaya, with the 'Ph' and 'th' showing the use of aspirated sounds. The aspirated-unaspirated distinction doesn't affect meaning in English but it does in Thai.

Here's a few links I've just googled up that should start to give you some idea of how things work: https://www.moneyguru.co.th/financial-tips/articles/เบี้ยวหนี้บัตรเครดิต https://www.bangkokbiznews.com/social/938753 https://www.moneyguru.co.th/credit-card/articles/หนี้บัตรเครดิตมีอายุความกี่ปี

So many young Thais do that when they get their first job, get all the cards they can and max them out. I think it's actually best to engage with the process rather than just ignore. If a court date is issued, then there's a chance for negotiations. There are limits on the period credit companies have to start the process of recovering the debt but they usually seem to start action just when the limit is up. I know a couple of people now in their 30s who ignored all documents that were sent to their home address in the provinces and it's caught up with them eventually. Though they'd missed out on the court-mediated negotiation, they've still had offers of deadlines to make fairly lowball final payments. One works in a bank, and she just couldn't even afford those payments, so the court eventually ordered salary deductions, which was dealt with through her company and she found out from her HR people. There are some protections. I think, for example, that total deductions are not allowed to leave her with less than 20,000 baht a month. So it becomes a queue, with the credit companies having to wait their turns. There's some very good information online in Thai, which I went through with my friend in the bank because she had no idea of what should happen. But it's gradually working out for her. Not quite as much as your wife has run up but not far off.

There certainly used to be a law. Do people have the option to opt-out nowadays?

I kept trying up to the last possible with my one before last report. Starting with the automatic fill from the previous report it took four attempts. I was making very minor tweaks but I think the accepted one was the same as the first one. My last report went without a hitch.

Thanks, good to know. Think it's getting misreported on some of the Lao social media. Edit: Possibly not though? Just found this: https://image.mfa.go.th/mfa/0/zE6021nSnu/เอกสาร/VOA.pdf

They don't have to pay anything at the border. They just leave and then make a new entry. 1000 baht for the van.

The Covid extensions seem to be done for Laos nationals like everyone else now. Most of those we know are now going back to the Cambodian border runs, which will at least give them 45 days now instead of 30. One friend is going on his first border run since Covid next week. He's managed 7 years without returning to Laos through border runs and then a couple of years on Covid extensions. It's annoying having to go every 30 days so 45 will be a little bit better but not many other options if employers won't follow the MOU rules and get them a work permit.