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41 minutes ago, Sheryl said:
I don't think so.
Out of hundreds of officers, quite possible that a handful understood it that way.
The one described in this post seemed to.
Information becomes corrupted as it is passed down...
Unfortunately named "Chinese Whispers"!
Legend has it that one message passed from mouth to mouth in the trenches of the first world war, initiated as "Send reinforcements, we are going to advance" ended up as "Send three and fourpence, we are going to a dance".
Yours is not an entirely incredible suggestion.
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54 minutes ago, BritTim said:
If immigration officials should have the power to make such a decision, surely the law should be changed such that it does not explicitly forbid them from denying entry other then pursuant to Section 12 of the Immigration Act. At the very least, any policy to ignore the law should be publicly announced. Trying to claim that Section 12 (2) was intended to give officials the power to arbitrarily deny entry to those the officials believe should not have been issued tourist visas does not strike me as reasonable.
An Immigration Officer's prerogative to refuse entry to visa holders is by no means confined to Thailand, it exists in many/most countries, including the UK and USA. There is I believe an "on the spot" appeals procedure (form TM12?) which can be used to challenge the refusal.
Perhaps the law should be reviewed, although I am not sure how we, as expatriates, could lobby for that, and if we did it may well be counterproductive!
The arbitrary nature of these powers, and how they are exercised are I suspect more a result of a culture of keeping power in the hands of uniformed individuals, for reasons of face status and self esteem, an unintended if welcome consequence rather than a legal intention. Probably not reasonable from a Westerners perspective, probably untroubling to those in authority here. Not fair, yes, but as my father used to say (in a Lancashire accent): "it's not fair (fur) it's rabbits wool!"
It results of course in the sort of occurrence described by the OP. I imagine we all feel these occasional twinge of insecurity - I am shortly to make my annual (well 15 monthly) trip to Savannah to renew my O visa ( based on marriage); there should be no problem but you never know! Similarly, when taking my quarterly stroll across the bridge at Mae Sai, (I only live 40 minutes drive from there so it is "sabai sabai"), It does occasionally cross my mind...
Thailand maintains a visa system which allows them to control the categories of people that they are prepared to allow to live in the country. It is being more rigourously applied of late - because of some significant abuse, which has often been boasted about here and elsewhere, principally in the area of proving income for retirement and education visas. I don't think changing the law will make a difference.
Good luck "Tayout" at Nong Khai
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7 hours ago, yuiop said:So, to sum it up for the new comers:
someone with a tourist visa and 200K baht (yes, no typo) cash on him gets rejected on entry because, according to the IO, he doesn't have enough money to support himself during his 60 days stay.
Perhaps the real reason - if we are summing it up for newcomers - is because the IO noticed that he had a succession of visa exempt entries and extensions dating back for some 4 or more months, and deduced (not entirely unreasonably) that, now presenting with a tourist visa obtained in an adjacent country (not his home country) that he was effectively living in Thailand on inappropriate visas!
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18 minutes ago, ezzra said:If the father is a terrorist and the mother terrorist supporter, what kind of education would they give their kid? and why the UK or any other sain country will aid in caring for the sons and daughters of would be future terrorists?...
Whatever you think of his parents, and my opinion of them is as low as you can get, the baby was an innocent.
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7 hours ago, Baerboxer said:Suggesting people who have a different political view to yours equates to stupidity is indicative of a narrow low intelligence driven mind.
And is something of a "leitmotif" running through a great many posts on this forum, posts commenting on or disparaging those who voted to leave the EU.
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Where did Peugeot build them?
Locally or imported from France?
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3 hours ago, car720 said:
How's this for paradox.
My wife, who is Chinese, and most of our Chinese friends absolutely love him. They are all praying that he will do something to get rid of the CCP but I don't think he has ever had any balls.
The only people that will get rid of the CCP are the people of China.
Should/when that happens the rest of the world, however great Mr Trump makes America again, will merely be bystanders.
Worried, interested, enthusiastic? That will depend upon our political view of, and economic entanglement with, China; but mere bystanders.
Meanwhile, the North Korean regime exists simply because it suits China. Essentially I suggest because they do not want the USA's sphere of influence to come up to the Yalu River. If that worry ever subsides for any reason, then I should imagine that Kim III and his gang of psychopathic thugs will be dead inside a week.
That would be a shame wouldn't it now?
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Given that most of the stuff sold in Robinsons seems to be 40%+ more expensive than elsewhere, the discounts don't really mean much do they?
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There you are - not all zealots have beards and black turbans...
And before the "can't you manage for a day without a drink brigade" chime in; I am not particularly bothered by bans on selling drink on Buddhist feast days, or polling days, but I am annoyed by swivel eyed zealots preaching that I should be going to a temple and making merit on days which he deems to be reserved for that. If I ( or my wife) want to go to a temple and make merit that is our business, I will even go with her to support her, although I am not of that faith. If we choose to have a drink because it is Songkran, that too is my business. If I drink and drive that is the business of the police and courts, and there is no excuse. It's neither his, nor his foundation's bl**dy business!
Grrr. This end of term exam marking and gradings makes me bl**dy irritable!????
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Well now, with Thai Raksa Chart out of the running, how will that affect the mathematics?
Since Pheu Thai weren't standing against them, I wonder where their ( Thai Raksa Chart) votes will go?
Future Forward?
Is it a case of one down, two to go?
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Out of interest, what proportion of that sentence would she be likely to serve?
In the UK, for example, I imagine she would be unlikely to actually serve more than half in prison. How does it work here?
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2 hours ago, ratcatcher said:The government will illustrate their real concerns about water usage and wastage in about 5 weeks time when the annual Songkran celebrations break out
I doubt it, all available stern-faced bemedalled paragons of uniformed virtue will be deployed to lecture us against the perils of spaghetti tops, wet tee shirts and excessive twerking, the campaign will climax with an often repeated warning about the cathartic apocalypse which could result from combining any two of those three phenomena. No time, resources or interest available to worry about drought!
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1 hour ago, Vacuum said:Will the drivers be less prone to lose control of their vehicles whilst using these devices?
I suppose it will help the authorities to discover which hospital they have been taken to after the accidents...
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14 hours ago, Thakkar said:
How did it go?
"Lock her up! Lock her up!"
"Drain the swamp! Drain the Swamp!"
Still, at least he is white, (well, a bit orangish I grant you), and in certain circles (where there are some very good people) that is all that matters after the horrors of the preceding two terms!
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4 years in, 1 down, 69 to go!
A lifetimes work!
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Incidentally, why does he have a portrait of Elvis Presley on his shirt pocket?
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11 minutes ago, z42 said:It matters not. Both entities are mud in the eyes of many.
This is just another own goal fuelled by incompetence and downright cowardice. They will fare horribly in the election
The electoral arithmetic, explained earlier, tells us that that he will need 375 seats to become Prime Minister. 250 of them are senators, they're in the bag. Then he will need 125 MPs. Whilst Phalang Pratcherat and it's allies may or may not achieve that, there is 60 days for: verification, authentication, recounts, petitions to the EC, disqualification for many reasons and so forth. I imagine that he already knows that he will achieve that magic figure of 375. Why should he bother with going to rallies?
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7 hours ago, EricTh said:
China is already using AI for face recognition, it is most likely that Thailand is buying their software.
Well I can see a problem - after all we all look the same...
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1 hour ago, Psimbo said:
Yup, sports definitely take priority over a 'minor event' like an election, don't they!
Well, the results of the sports competition are probably significantly less predictable than those of the election!
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2 hours ago, digger70 said:
What a load of rubbish this is ,Do they really think that's going to make any difference? If they want Alcohol they will just buy before or go to the corner shop that will sell it anytime Ban or not.
It's just another opportunity for some bloke in a uniform, Mickey Mouse medals and para wings, to strut his stuff and tell people what they can and can't do.
Most of the locals ignore them. Do the same.
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1 hour ago, Baerboxer said:
I think you have a point about a cadre of influential elites who might want to influence (and always have) exchange rates to take advantage.
But I doubt your example. More than enough in foreign currency earnings to maintain substantial investments in various currencies to hedge against forex movements.
Yes, to blame the Red Bull fellow is probably an exaggeration. That said, in the "Alice in Wonderland" world in which the most influential echelons in this country live, such behaviour (on the part of all of all of them) is both likely and credible!
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2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:
Congress is supposed to make the laws, and the president approves or vetoes them. I don't understand how it became the presidents job to run the country, and it should stop.
The best presidents are figureheads, like the Irish president, who has no power.
I'm not an American, but it is my understanding that there are three parts to the Government of the USA: the judiciary, the legislative branch (Congress) and the executive (President and his Cabinet). They are supposed to be independent of each other, although obviously the executive and legislative branches should work together to make government happen.
The President is therefore more than a ceremonial figure, as in many European countries; more than the monarch in a constitutional monarchy.
When one of the trio overreaches him/her/itself, an upsets this balance. Key indicators of such an overreaching may be selecting judges based on their known political leanings rather than their judicial qualities, and attempting to arbitrarily override the decisions and deliberations of another part of the trio.
Ego and personal traits play a part in this, anyone who aspires to be The President will of course have both of these, lots of them. But sometimes...
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1 hour ago, AhFarangJa said:Spot on Smedley.
I have friends in the markets in U.K. who tell me they will not touch the Baht until it goes back to where it should be, which, apparently is around 65 to a pound.......
Hmm, that would mean a 40+% rise in the cost of the school fees, university fees and the property in the West End!
There are some jolly influential people who won't like that.
Let's face it, if your son and heir is having to reside in London for the time being, until a little contretemps over a traffic accident is resolved, then the cost of maintaining him (and his "court") needs to be considered. A word in the right ears here and there...
I'm sure that is only one example - there will be enough others. I believe that there is quite a community of free spending well funded young Thais in the UK.
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Most voters still undecided: survey
in Thailand News
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Most voters are possibly waiting to see what voting options actually remain open to them come the actual poll...