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A British newspaper claims "The pair have spent every penny they own trying to clear their names". Just how much is a lawyer for a simple criminal case costing them. What on earth are they doing? I'd think it would have cost so far no more than 20,000 baht, and the trial itself would be no more than 30,000. Am I disconnected from reality?

I'm not even sure that it applies to CW. I can certainly remember CW changing it so the question arises when did they change back to the old way of doing it. I worry that this belief is one of those strange untested myths that have cropped up on this forum. Certainly when I applied at the last minute I have always received an approval. The problem is I can't remember when I last did that.

Your dispositional attitude of suspicion seems similar to the couple in the story. You can tell they don't trust the process, Thai law... or something. I get it. It's foreign, odd, unfamiliar, exasperatingly different, but it creaks along. Looking at many of these cases it is this attitude which leads so many people to just give up before the argument begins. They sign some piece of paper admitting guilt or don't fight the case. My uncle is a Thai judge. He has that same cosmopolitan air as British judges I've known. There is nothing alien about his idea of justice. And since there is no jury, the judge's attitude is what matters. This couple needs to relax.

The court case has yet to take place. How can this be a miscarriage? This tiresome hyperbole is unhelpful. If they only did what they said they did then it seems very unlikely to be a prison sentence even if they are found guilty. This displays such a high level of illiteracy towards the functions of political interventions. Putting all that aside... They need to calm down, meditate a little, prepare themselves for a strange court environment, make sure their lawyer has clearly briefed them, and ensure their lawyer has a full grasp of the case, and simply tell the truth.

In 2023, I used my Thai debit card. I just made sure to increase its transaction limits for international transactions for the time they told me the debiting would take place. It went smoothly.

I thought this was such a normal part of everyday knowledge that I didn't think anybody could not know this.

What if the tax rate at source is 0%. Is that "tax paid" under Thai regulations? Or must there be some tax paid? If so, is 0.1% enough?

This was already revealed several weeks ago. We even have had feedback from major casinos about this high deposit threshold. It is obvious that the big casinos, The ones you see in las Vegas or Macau will be extremely reluctant to invest since there just will not be enough footfall. Instead, the same dodgy casinos you can find on the border with Cambodia or in the Three Diamond area of Lao or just in Burma. This all but ensures corruption and criminality.

It is literally the case in the UK. If a foreigner is illegally resident in the UK for 20 years (it was 14 years until just this month) then they have a right to indefinite leave to remain (ILR).

Until February this year, if a person is illegally resident in the UK for 14 years then they are entitled to Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR). This was changed this month (!) to a 20-year requirement. Perhaps Thailand can extend the same humanity to British citizens as Britain has so kindly done to Thai citizens.

Because of this comment I did the same for CW. Interestingly the website invites you to leave a comment as to why the cancellation, so I left a note pointing out the lack of action on the original submission. I then resubmitted and the next day it was accepted.

It has been observed by many commentators on Thailand, the English language newspapers love to use the word hub (as in "the hub of...") for some catchy new initiative by the Thai government. But what word are they thinking of in Thai when they write this? What is written on the PR leaflet given out by the Thai government? Has anyone spotted a word frequently popping up in the Thai newspapers that could explain the overuse of the word hub? My guess is the word ที่ตั้ง . Any thoughts?

I've never experienced this. Presumably it only arises on accounts that display behaviour indicating the user has changed status.

I'm worried about moving them into the recovery position after a motorbike accident because of the extremely high risk of neck damage. Just when is it safe?

I agree largely with the author but I have sympathy for the behaviour nevertheless. The progressive tendencies have built up an enormous extra constitutional framework that constantly pushes change. We can call this "the deep state". These vast bureaucracies are obviously not mentioned in the constitution and would never have been imagined by the young founding fathers. So what was added can just as legitimately be taken away. We can see a similar situation in the UK with Tony Blair's massive expansion of Quangos, removing power from politicians and giving it to a Byzantium complex of half- understood organisations that often work against the government in power. Ultimately power derives from the mandate of the people. And if they seek extreme change to the government then that must be largely legitimate and by definition democratic.

This is like banning someone from pouring mineral water into a sewage ditch. The Chinese market is infamous for food adulterated with chemical or biological poisons. Nothing can be trusted. It's so bad that not only can food from China not be trusted but even the clothes they export frequently lead to chemical poisonings. China's behaviour is best explained as a form of displacement. They did the same thing with Japan's controlled release of radiation into the Pacific from the Fukushima plant. Those radiation releases didn't even come close to the annual regular leaks into the sea by China, but the Chinese government still got their population to scream about Japan's "reckless" behaviour, without noticing their own government's far worse behaviour.

That company has partnered in the past with Everton FC, Alan Shearer, Warwick & Edgbaston Cricket Club, among many others. Strange to see them associated with dodgy Chinese-Burmese activities.

I suspect you could, but you'd need to use it very quickly before you lack the energy/air to use it.

The Lifevac is more highly rated than the Dechoker. It is also easy to purchase on Lazada. I might get one. One time I can close to death in Thailand was choking on some stringy meat. Nobody helped despite sitting in a busy shopping centre. I had to just pull the meat out, causing quite a bit of blood loss from a tear. The restaurant owner later said he thought I was reacting to the food being too spicy. Now I've experienced people's indifference I want to be better prepared. I've heard people, especially women, out of embarrassment from the choking, will head to the toilets, and then there will die.

You diving over cars and jumping over roofs to escape the Immigration Police will probably be the best footchase on 9Gag in its history. And for that, it would definitely be worth you not getting a new passport.

My Burmese friend, an INGO worker, relies on the UK's FCO map of Myanmar to understand the current situation of the frontline. So here it is: You are right on the edge of the area described as 'advise against all travel'. These travel advisories are really meant for the naive traveller so I don't think you have to follow their advice and flee. But I would suggest you have a bag packed and ready.

The issue might be the problems of aging and the logistics involved in conforming to immigration law. You can usually do the 90 days online now, so you can limit having to visit the Immigration Office to (1) once a year for the extension, and (2) every time you travel you'll have to do a 90 days notice in-person. The laws occasionally change, and that is generally harder for the elderly to handle. But as long as you keep watch on this forum it should be fine. But if you reach 90 years, then I can imagine that it will become a struggle. But then life is always a struggle.

One should be aware that His Majesty's government has first choice on Greenland. That jolly cheeky Yankee orange chap will just have to wait in the queue. One hopes that The Empire does not have to burn down their beautiful Whitehouse again.

That's interesting. I'm not a teacher, and my immigration is Bangkok, but I've been asked for at least 10 years to provide the tax receipt. It is a condition of receiving the work permit.

The average IQ in Thailand is 85. They are quite able to cope with the world and appear fairly normal, but at high stress situations, and in the application of complex rules, they will struggle. Their frustration and annoyance at being unable to deal with the world presents itself as violence.