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What I find strange about this is that both my Apps for Kasikorn and TTB both announced around 3 weeks ago they would need facial scanning recognition to proceed, but then a couple of days later both announced on the Apps that I had waived the requirement. I had not done anything except pressed "agreed" to using facial scanning.

After that, both Apps then blocked me from using the Apps until I disabled the "accessibility" function on my phone. This function on the Samsung S20, allows Apps to "watch" other Apps. In my case, I use it among other things for an antivirus App and a YouTube ad skipper App as well as around 5 other Apps. I did this a couple of times and the banking Apps worked fine as long as the accessibility function was off. There was no sign of any facial scanning.

Around a week ago, the Kasikorn app started working again without any demand to switch off "accessibility". The TTB App continues to demand that I remove the accessibility function (this would take around 5 to 10 minutes each and every time I switch on the TTB app, making it functionally useless should I for example want to buy a coffee by scanning through the App). 

I find this pretty bizarre since nobody has seemed to mention these extra demands of the Apps on Thaivisa, as well as the odd way the banks are working in lockstep.

3 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Your posts have been incorrect in many ways. 

Not correct in some ways.

If I state what I'm writing is incorrect, when it turns out to be incorrect, then my post is entirely correct. It follows the same structural homology as the liar's paradox.

57 minutes ago, farangbuffalo said:

You genuinely seem bewildered judging by the amount of incorrect information

There are a variety of ways to note my bewilderment. One is to notice the contents of my post where I state that I am genuinely bewildered. My bewilderment can also be inferred from the structure of my post. Thirdly, my appeal to others and my caution as to the accuracy of my post also display my genuine bewilderment. I'm glad that from that you are able to a certain that I am genuinely bewildered.

1 hour ago, Goodboybkk said:

they can apply post-study visa which allows them to stay and work unlimited hours legally for even several years.

This was designed by those countries as a bribe to get the students to pay the exorbitant fees for those expensive countries. The UK has become a great deal less generous to foreign students in recent years.

1 hour ago, Dart12 said:

from emergency to the official passport

I don't know about your country, But my recollection for the emergency travel documents is they can only be used to enter your Motherland. 

Not sure though...

If there is no bacterial infection, this is famously challenging and frustrating.

To quote the Merck's Medical Dictionary:

"Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome

Treatment is difficult and often unrewarding. In addition to considering any and all of the above treatments, anxiolytics (eg, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors [SSRIs], benzodiazepines), sacral nerve stimulation, biofeedback, prostatic massage, and minimally invasive prostatic procedures (such as microwave thermotherapy) have been attempted with varying results."

I quite admire this.

12 hours ago, andy said:

but the exit process is now done at an e-gate kiosk so there is no exit stamp.

My passport couldn't be read by the e-gate kiosk. 

I received the exit/departure stamp from the human. 

2 hours ago, bmanly said:

Due to the amount of fraud and scams going on in just about every country on earth I am thinking of letting my card go, in other words not renewing it.

Using the KBank App, simply set the daily amount limit of the account to zero. This will block all and every attempt by any means to deduct money. 

Since my last update broke the news before any news site on the planet, I should rename my updates, 'Breaking News!'.

Zipmex has submitted documents to the Singapore Court for a 2 months extension of the creditor moratorium.

According to the affidavits, they have found three different parties who might have various levels of interest. Party in which they might have the most hope is a Thai company listed on the stock exchange.

I suspect the court will give them an extension but not of 2 months. Probably a month.

6 hours ago, PleaseTypeSlow4me said:

Can I leave Thailand and get a new Non-B sometime next week without doing the steps mentioned above? 

No. Because your old employer must inform them that you are no longer working with them. Immigration will need that letter with a date on it to type into their computer when your work permission ended. 

I recommend that you ask your current employer to end your employment in 3 weeks time in the future (the maximum length of time in advance you may apply for a new work permit and visa with a new employer). 

Your new employers then have three weeks to get the paperwork together to make the application. Press them to put the paperwork together. 

My memory is, counter-intuitively, you need the visa before the work permit issued. This necessarily means there is a period when you are working without a work permit.

It follows you should apply for a re-entry permit with the current visa. Do not use leaving and entering the country as a way to deal with this issue.

(I would be interested in feedback on my suggestion)

The key moment of decline was when they all but abandoned trying to provide a serious cheese selection. It is 10 years+ since they stocked French Heritage Camembert, the greatest cheese to have existed. Now, a pack of processed cheese sandwich slices is the best you'll find.

Very expansive selection for detecting cancer.

Diabetes is simple enough.

And... for neuropathy, not so simple.

3 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

If they diverted even half of the funds siphoned off by the army

The military budget 2022 was 6,300 million dollars. 

The number of pensioners in Thailand is 12.11 million.

If half of military budget was given to the pensioners that would mean 21 dollars per pensioner per month. Around 711 baht extra. 

I guess better than nothing.

36 minutes ago, Menken said:

Wealthy Thai Chinese families have for generations sat on land paying a little or no tax. It's positively criminal

I can recall discussing the concept of inheritance tax with a taxi driver many years ago. Since back then there was no inheritance tax in Thailand and no discussion of it, there was a crashing noise as the scales dropped from his eyes.

Part of the reason why the Thai population is so placid, docile and pleasant is because the wealthy elite very carefully limit any discussions of welfare benefits and redistribution of wealth.

Buddhism, in contrast to the early revolutionary creed of Christianity, also encourages docility and acceptance of the social structure. Just accept your lot in life. Hope that you are reincarnated as a robber baron as a reward for your merit in this life.

3 hours ago, Gknrd said:

Same here in the US. I live in a huge city and older people are living on the streets.

USA is considerably more unequal than Thailand, coming in at the 47th most unequal in the World.

This is only possible because of massive levels of government propaganda to support the extreme neoliberalism.

This incapacitates Americans from noticing, by telling them how evil the alternative of  "socialism" is, or deflecting blame by pointing out Mexicans "r takin' r jobs".