MikeandDow

it is called sin nam jai to westerners it may look like corruption but to Thais its normal part of its culture lot to learn !!

The IO has Discretion to grant a extension with or without money and thats how agents can get a extension

From police order 5. In the case where an alien applicant does not meet the full qualifications stipulated by the criteria herein or in other cases not specified in this Order but a competent officer equivalent to or higher than inspector is of the opinion that the alien has legitimate reason for staying in the Kingdom of Thailand, the application shall be forwarded to the Commander of the Royal Thai Police or an authorized competent officer for further consideration of the alien's application.

Asumptions !!!

Big mistake by Thaskin !!! these people will have his card marked !! would not pisX these people off

One of Many !!!!

What you are talking about in the western world would be corruption, in Thailand the culture is behind corruption, Officials were traditionally not paid salaries but were entitled to retain a 10 to 30 percent portion of the money involved as a fee for their services. Even at these times wrong-doers were around and were called ging maung (“eating the state”). Further explain that in traditional Thai value system merit is derived from power and in this way forms a basis for patron- client relationship in the political society. There is also a tradition of presenting gifts to high officials. In this context you see that some things used to be legitimate under the traditional patronage system but are clearly to be considered problematic in modern legal system. A survey concerning people’s attitudes towards corruption. This study showed that many Thais still accept paying fees to officials as sin nam jai, the 'gifts of good will' and do not see that as a form of corruption. Much more they see taking things, even small ones like pencils, home from office corrupt. An other thing they found out was that there is a growing group of middle class people who oppose the corruption in its all forms. Still people expected the corruption even grow rather than disappear. One other culture based area concerning corruption is existence of influential provincial businessmen called Jao Pho (“godfather”). These men must be very similar to the heads of traditional Chinese business networks, and have often raised them selves above the law. There is still one important feature in Thai political history that needs to be discussed. Between years 1932 and 1997 there has been 15 constitutions in Thailand, mostly invoked by those near the military juntas that took over the country from time to time. Of course, in those eras a sufficient amount of open discussion could not take place and due to this it would be unfair to say these constitutions were democratically invoked. It was also considered honorable among those in power to protect any state information, so it has been mostly impossible to retrieve information and criticize any decisions that had been made by the government officials. So Corruption, is very diffrent in the western world that it is in Thailand, having said that, corruption is still corruption, but it is harder to stamp out in Thailand, as it is part of its culture.

That was 1 reason but the main reason to stop kids. Interior minister Purachai's social order policy in the early 2000s to 2007. To stop school and tech college kids drinking and fighting. Was incredibly popular at the time, but as always, enforcement is/was spotty. Can't sell within 500 m of a school or hospital too in theory

What has this topic Immigration Biometric System Fails to Record Data for 17 Million Travelers to do with the 90day reporting website ??????? the 90 day reporting website is not a Biometric System

There is one born every minute he is joking !!! duh!!

No !! The year 2000 software problem, known as Y2K, turned out to be a nonevent. That has led to a widely held view that it was a kind of manufactured crisis, a vastly overstated danger inflated by a self-interested cabal of alarmists, journalists and technology companies. And today, Y2K is enjoying a sort of cultural moment for its place in 1990s nostalgia,

its off topic the mods will delet it and so they should

you think immigration would have thought of that !! they would sell the data to make a few baht!!

Does not matter what other countries Immigration policys are !! this is about Thailand, in a Thai forum

No !! some stop working yes but most downgrade the options so the program works but not fully and this is what is happing here, plus all databases require maintanace old data deleted ect thai do not know what maintance is

Hot is working on a Pipeline in the OZ outback !!

lots of Thai nut jobs out there

thanks for the info

What has the Erawan bombing got to do with the Topic?? i belive the bombing was domestic sabotage

You need to read the artical He is a she !!!!!

You wont find me defending the Thai males untill they grow up

grease palms is inbuit into Thai culture In traditional Thai value system merit is derived from power and in this way forms a basis for patron-client relationship in the political society. There is also a tradition of presenting gifts to high officials. In this context you see that some things used to be legitimate under the traditional patronage system but are clearly to be considered problematic in modern legal system.

Surly you have been here long enought to know Thai men are cowards, have a lot of repressed anger and are wife beaters that is one oe reasons Thai woman like foreign men. Respect !!

It goes to the regional commanders office Thai Bureaucracy

From police order 5. In the case where an alien applicant does not meet the full qualifications stipulated by the criteria herein or in other cases not specified in this Order but a competent officer equivalent to or higher than inspector is of the opinion that the alien has legitimate reason for staying in the Kingdom of Thailand, the application shall be forwarded to the Commander of the Royal Thai Police or an authorized competent officer for further consideration of the alien's application.