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It's very simple: never answer the phone unless you were expecting a call at that time.

About 4 months back, I got around 4 calls a day from "Malaysia". I didn't believe for a minute that they were actually from Malaysia. Around half the numbers were identified as scam numbers by the caller id I use.

Each and every number was different and each and every number I blocked and reported. I could also block via the first few digits. Since the number of calls did not calm down, I simply blocked all international calls for 3 or 4 days. I then turned back on and I've received no more scam calls.

8 hours ago, ricklev said:

Mine was rejected even after I transferred my visa extension to the new passport.

You'd really think the counter which moves the extension over to your new passport would be able to stick your passport number onto the system for the other counters. 

It's interesting that it did work for a mail-in. I wonder if you had tried again via the electronic again whether it might have worked. It might have just been a coincidence. I guess I'll find out soon enough.

I've got a new passport. Does anyone know if the online system at CW will accept it, or for a new passport do they require a walk-in? (I'm not looking for speculation)

Just to be clear, I have already visited CW to move my visa and visa extension over into the new passport. They have the number somewhere on their records.

Here is the answer:

Settings> Accessibility > Installed Apps 

... And then switch off all Apps that are currently on.

The bank app is worried that these apps which have advanced accessibility to your phone are able to read your phone screen even when you're using the app. It's obviously is a security danger.

The banking app refuses to function unless you switch off those advanced functions. You'll have to do this each time you use the banking app. Yes it is annoying but it is the only way for the banks to be sure that a third party is not watching you stick in your PIN number or read your fingerprint.

The apps with this function are things like antivirus apps and apps which change your screen presentation or apps which block adverts in YouTube etc. . That is, any app that needs to be able to "see" the screen.

On 1/8/2024 at 2:18 PM, haston said:

I have all of the relevant documents but

Follow the answers to this linked page. HMPO will tell you exactly what they'll accept in a lovely table and application form they provide. It is very precise and very easy to understand. You'll no the answer with certainty within a couple of minutes.

I am sure this story won't get much traction among ThaiVisa users; they'd probably prefer to discuss the difficult transitional period of romantic Akha poetry in the late 19th century.

In Europe I'd get 3 or 4 a year with nasty sore throats. In Thailand, never had a cold in 10+ years. The only sore throat I've had was for three or four hours when I had Covid. Glorious.

I rinse and gargle with the special saltwater (you can buy in 7/11), so my nose has never felt clearer. 

17 hours ago, scottiejohn said:

Do you have to sign up to it

You'll increasingly need to use 2FA for lots of things. There is no escape. I use it for 6 or 7. I use one. And have made sure that I always can recover. 

I am being vague because not making public this kind of info is part of a personal security setup.

Make sure you understand how the backup of the authenticator works.

If your phone goes missing, once you've set up a new phone and are setting up the authenticator app again, you'll need to be ready with that backup reset system. It might be a password or an access e-mail account.

It will be very strict and everything depends on you getting it right. There is no recovery to that backup. It is the very last line of defence.

Having cereal is just about the worst thing you can wake up to in the morning. It will give you a quick sugar high followed by a long episode of fatigue, it will make you feel hungry and moody. Stop. 

5 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Notifications still not picking everything up, but no one else seems to have noticed

Just tried with Brave got the same Cloudfare error message of the host server.

Please could you let the IT support know as I have literally no way to contact them. If I attempt to send a message via contact support, that also fails!!

I have a major problem. I am not able to go to the forum landing page or any of the pages of each of the forums. That makes it impossible for me to create a new topic and the reason why I am posting it at the end of this topic. I also cannot send a message to the support since it also fails to send!

I have deleted site settings in order to be rid of any cache and the problem remains. Bizarrely, it remains whether I use Opera or Chrome or Google as the browser.

Apparently the fault is on the side of Aseannow:

A point that I'll keep making every time this comes up: every case that resulted in death in Thailand (according to all the newspaper articles that explain the trigger cause) was after they took aspirins or NSAIDs to lower their fevers.

If you must insist on lowering the fever (which is a silly thing to do because a fever is your body's way of fighting the infection, and only becomes an issue if it gets out of hand) then take a paracetamol tablet.

1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

Reentry permit desk at DMK immediately behind (past) passport control 

I wish it wasn't positioned there, simply because so many passengers, particularly from India, confuse it for an extension of visa service. Last time I was there, three separate groups of Indian men were there trying to get visa extensions for their tourist visas. They simply couldn't understand the difference between a reentry permit and a visa extension.

If you accidentally enter via the wrong zone, then the immigration will stamp you through to Departures, and then you need to make you way through to the correct zone to find the reentry permit desk (they are separated by around 150 m). You must make sure you tell the immigration officer that you plan to get a re-entry permit. 

I have a question in regard to the new automatic computer departure gates. How do they operate with the reentry permits? Can people with reentry permits use them or must they still go via a human?

The accessibility functions are things like being able to read your screen. I have around 5 Apps running these functions. Such as my Youtube Ads blocking App and my Powershade App. 

And for months and months my banking apps have not worked unless I turn these off. And that's exactly what I do. Each time I use the banking apps I simply go to the accessibility menu and switch off all the other apps. I then finish using the banking apps and turn back on the other apps.

I'm so used to doing this it only takes around 10 seconds now. But it does mean that I cannot instantly access the banking Apps. So, for example, I don't use them for cardless withdrawals at the ATM etc.

Relax. It's not a big deal.

13 minutes ago, mokwit said:

To me nothing rings true about this. Sorry.

Correct.

Generally, corruption in Thailand is the sort used to grease the wheels of bureaucracy or to soften its obstructions, rather than the negative type which simply blocks your path.

My suspicion is he hasn't understood what they said at BKK, to the extent of being even paranoid to answer the phone. 

It typically takes 6 weeks.

It states clearly that you did not comply with the Lazada return procedure within the required time.

Lazada is now warning you to not act outside their procedures.

Lazada is unlikely to assist you further. 

Your best hope is finding a way to contact the seller.

If you can't spell out coherently to us what happened, then I'm not sure how the Thai justice system could be expected to solve the matter.

How exactly did you lose the 200,000 baht? If you can't explain that, let's start even more simply: how do you know you lost 200,000 baht?

What did you tell the authorities originally? What progress have they made? What other third parties are assisting you or aware of the situation?

Just to add to @Chris Daley 's comment, I'll set out here the key path for a bilingual kid in Thailand. I set it out because many of the fathers here are working class and are not familiar with the middle class games that have to be played to get that high earning job in Bangkok.

Firstly, as they are growing up you need to always speak to them in English, and always make sure they read English books. Then you submit them to an international course at a top Thai university (i.e. one where the course is conducted in English). 

Then you make sure they have a goal of at least 3.5 GPA. And then with that, they can almost always get a scholarship to the British universities, and it is not unusual to get into Oxbridge as a foreign scholarship student.

From that, the world is their oyster. Thailand desperately needs bilinguals who can think. And at the age of 24, they've had a very cheap education from which they can make serious money.

This opportunity does not exist for working class lads back in the UK. It is a massive privilege to have such a large number of scholarships thrown at you. And then also to benefit from being bilingual... it is ridiculous to then fail. It is basically life on level easy... so long as you understand the middle class games that you have to play.

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