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Why would I need to inform myself about VE. Not being a US citizen I wouldn't need to know as it is not something that interests me. As for quote "business, ED, teaching, marriage, retirement visa" they are brought up regularly on ANN which is where I read the information and learned something about the subject. I have also held both a retirement and currently a marriage visa and its extensions. My business visa and extensions were handled by the US international company I worked for and also the Thai company I worked for. I just turned up where and when I was told with the documentation I was told to bring. For the retirement and marriage visa and its extensions, I have always done those myself. It is easy and called experience learned over the years. I have never had the need for on and YOU are the one that brought up the subject of VE

But of course it is NOT political. Nobody forced the voters of New York to go to the polls and vote for any political party. If you think that it is political then look here. https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/ny-special-election-santos-02-13-24/index.html Democratic victory: Democrat Tom Suozzi won the special election in New York to succeed disgraced former Republican Rep. George Santos — a result that will further shrink the House GOP’s narrow majority. What this means for the House: Democrats now take back the seat Santos turned red in 2022, a huge win in a race that focused on immigration. While the victory won’t affect control of the House, an even tighter GOP margin could prove critical in upcoming legislative battles. The election could also offer clues for the fall races. How about a former Republican Mayor of New York? Once a Trump lawyer and now a bankrupt. Rudy Giuliani? Perhaps the people of New York (who are the voters) are fed up with Republicans.

I will also send a donation to Trump just as soon as I can find change for a 25 satang coin and of course if Trump pays all the financial transfer charges. After all, every little helps.

And so did you with your first post on this topic.

Would that be the same world that Trump gets to pick his own judge?

But only when and if they break the law.

No I don't think that at all, so please stop putting YOUR words in my mouth. I asked a simple enough question on the length of a visa exempt (which you still have not answered). I asked simply because never having had a visa exempt entry, I have no idea. If you have no idea either, then just say so. So, on what grounds would a person be allowed to change from a VE to a different visa and what would the requirements be? She would be unable to get a business visa without extensive paperwork and a confirmed job offer from a Thai company, she would be unable to get a married visa without being married to a Thai, she is too young and appears not to have enough money for a retirement visa, so what does that leave? An Ed visa and she could become and ESL teacher, IF she qualifies and has a job offer. There is no sign in the OP about ANY type of visa. There is possibility of Muay Thai training or perhaps learning to speak Thai, but still no sign of ANY type of visa. You seem to be an expert on visas, so what kind of visa could she get, if she can get none of the above?

Thank you for showing your ignorance about expats and people from all walks of life. Apart from the fact that you seem to be unable to spell marriage and call it a "wify" visa, thank you for calling me a refugee. I am sure that both my Thai wife of 24 years, and my dual nationality 19 year old son would like being married to a refugee. And FYI not everybody fled their homeland to live a refugee life in Thailand. I was an expat who was in the RAF for 25 years and spent the last 20 years of my working life as an expat, living and working in 38 countries across the world. I retired to Thailand in 2009 after being married to my Thai wife for 9 years and having known her for 7 years before that. No we do not live like refugees, unless the refugees that you know live in a 4 bedroom house on 15 rai of land, and I doubt that you actually even know any refugees anyway.

But you did not answer how long a visa exempt entry is valid for. How can you make arrangements NOT to be on overstay, unless you have the correct visa to begin with?

More importantly, how did she get from Japan to Thailand with only a one way ticket and USD$7.

And that is the best that you can come up with? Something which has nothing to do with the topic?

How long is a visa exempt entry for? 30, 60, 90 days or unlimited? According to the article, she was in Thailand for 5 months so unless visa exempt is for 6 months, she would be on overstay. Also, according to the article, she had a job as a hairdresser which IIRC is a job for Thais, and she would also need a work permit plus the correct entry visa, so a visa on arrival would not be valid.

It may well be cheap, IF you are legally a tourist in Thailand. It might be, IF you have a visa for ,ore than 30 days, IF you have a return air ticket, IF you have a confirmed hotel booking, IF you have travel insurance, IF you have 20,000 thb that you can show Immigration, IF you are not homeless or begging on the street.

Do you really think that will happen in the USA? It hasn't happened in the last 250 years and it won't happen now. How will you take them? Just knock on the door and say please give me all your guns? First you need to pass a federal law which cannot be superseded by any state law. That won't happen either. So how would YOU collect all the guns?

How did she even get into Thailand without a minimum of 20,000 baht, no return air ticket or any sort of visa? There was no mention in the Thaiger about that. They did mention that she had a partner and also that "she received an outpouring of support from her online community". She also spent 4 months in Laos. All this on USD$7?

Instead of whining about politics, democrats, republican and poor gun laws, why don't YOU come up with good viable options to control guns across the USA?

And how would YOU keep weapons away from the bad guys?

They are not in the extremely well paid job of senators and representatives to play games. They are there to run the country. If they want to play silly games, quit their jobs, give up ALL their perks and see if they can find a kindergarten that will accept them. Give their jobs to sensible people, who want, and need good secure jobs.

How, when and where did the. using your term "gutless west" start this war?

Obviously you have never heard of the Red Army Faction in Germany, AKA the Baader Meinhoff Gang, or the Red Army Faction group in Japan, which then split into the Japanese Red Army and the United Red Army. There are hundreds of terror groups operating across the world if you spent a little time researching them. Many terror groups are Muslim but many are not.

Common sense 101. The only problem might be, if the batteries are permanently fitted and rechargeable from the mains.

Why do you say that?

Perhaps somebody at the very top of the pile said so, and nobody lower down dares to disagree.

You are absolutely correct. Now try looking sideways through your blinkered vision. IMHO you speak out and what you say is only your opinion. Do you truly have ANY insight as to what went on with in any discussions? You can't even spell his name correctly, yet you expect that everybody believes what you say. You are not even Thai, and therefore, like me, and every other farang on this forum, it means nothing to the Thai people who do have a voice and a vote and at the next election will be the ones who decide what will happen, unless the powers that be decide to ignore the vote like they did this time.

In the same place that justice is meted out to ALL the generals who make a military coup against their elected government. And if you are really bad then you get punished by being sent to join the Privy Council. After all, that is what happened with Prayuth.