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Well, as architecture is a "Thai only" profession as stipulated in the Alien Business Law ........

Alternatively go for a permanent resident permit (TM17); doable and not quite 100K if married or not quite 200K without Thai spouse - official fee against receipt. Once you have that, Bob's your uncle and the only thing you require is a re-entry visa (usually valid for one year). No more visa, 90-days, TM30, TM47 and whatever else the mother-of-all-bureaucrats come up with. The IO will not visit you either as there is nothing to check.

Explain that to a tourist who is not fluent in Thai by crooks in rent-a-cop-uniforms 😉

a) Prawatch did not move an inch despite various calls of stepping down from his napping sedan chair b) the military is not here to think but to execute; the thinking is done by the government under which the military serves on the behest of the voters who put the government into power. But maybe he napped during those basic classes of democracy as well 😞

The Men of the Cloth and their relation to donations ............. The only thing which is most likely is, that the bank is not at fault. The bureaucracy of this medieval banking system here does simply not allow such "deviations" to happen. Maybe some brethren in saffron robes residing in the same temple might be able to shed some light onto the subject, who knows ..........

Put Premchai in shackles please ........ he apparently has a certain history on this particular subject

Just another example of American arrogance, marred with ignorance to the disadvantage of that particular bookstore. If that rule would apply, most shelves would be empty. Anyhow irrelevant as the Americans are not know to be a reading nation to start with!

A retired friend of mine got fined at Jomtien Beach for sipping a stubby after 2pm, during vacation, by some "officers" who creamed him for 2,000 Baht. Prior to that he spent up to six winter months between Phuket, Hua Hin and Jomtien as he loves the beaches. After that incident he moved on and now we meet in Bali or Sri Lanka - where there are no such questionable laws without any substance nor intention to lighten USD 60 from a beach vacationer.

The National Anti-Corruption Commission probes a private phone conversation and confirms a complaint being lodged prompting preliminary initial fact-gathering and transcript investigation over a 10-days timeline? Do everybody, from affected persons to the tax payer who finances such silliness the huge favour and just shut down this commission, will you please? What has this conversation to do with corruption? The novice PM walked straight into an open knife of her father’s “close” friend she trusted. No Thai entity can touch Hun Sen apart from lodging a diplomatic note via the Cambodian Embassy to Thailand and the Thai Embassy to Cambodia …… where it will sink into eternity. She goofed up, no argument about that, reprimand her, run a non-confidence vote, but get on with real issues this country is facing and it is a HUGE mountain of unfinished problems. But no, it is being grossly misused by Tom, Dick and Harry for personal gain, political tug-of-war, slandering and insults all add to the tremendous loss of face. Carrying on through an NACC makes not only the prima-inter-pares having lost face already but turns entire Thailand into a ridiculous joke which is, again, run by a bunch of greedy, self-centered clowns. How sad; Thailand and its people would deserve so much better 😞

Children, come fast and have a look, the pudding can talk ............ Go back to nap, old geezer, focus on things you understand something. Sure she got lured onto thin ice which broke in but what does one expect from an inexperienced "politician"; Thaksin and Hun Sen, both are to blame for having thrown her under the bus. The old toad geezer now puts up his unsolicited frat while Anutin with glossy eyes thinks "knives out". All this has nothing to do with governing a country, Thailand would deserve soooooooooooo much better than this concentration of clowns

Praise the Lord, two id10ts less on the road. One for sure and the other one .... well, future will tell!

Moral questions and Somchai - contradictory in the same sentence 😞

Well, while I certainly agree on that point, my fear is "what's next"? Anutin is equally power-horny like a small poodle and would also throw anybody in his way under the bus. Most of these MPs are there for the money and little interest in running the country, as long as the uneducated electorate is controlled with 500 Baht/vote against being able to do afterwards, what they want. What has been going on over the last few months has absolutely nothing to do in steering Thailand through murky waters, looking professionally into how to tackle economy, tourism and investment. This here is nothing but a tent of seriously professional circus clowns. Paetongtarn with zero experience fell nose forward into a nasty trap by Hun Sen - a despicable Khmer Rouge relict who should have been locked away while throwing away the keys. The MP is puppet mastered by her father who already sacrificed his own sister for pure personal power gain and maintenance. So is this, what Thailand is in 2025; nothing learnt since 1932? Seriously?

Who threw who under the bus this time?

a) how do they know the nationality; my (Thai) driving license does not say b) only one of the two IDP International Driving Permits is recognized by Thailand c) can it be taken that many Thais (as seen countless times myself) settle the "inconvenience" with one or two red banknotes while the police officer is bending into the car on the driver's side? What is the purpose of this editorial in the first place - do I interpret more "farang bashing"?

Your TDAC code is linked with your passport and once the passport is scanned, the TDAC pops up - simple as that...

Where were all these protesters, when the present rulers just threw out 14+ million votes of the Move Forward party which allowed the present composition of government in the first place? 14+ million votes in the garbage and now 150,000 apparently want to demostrate against the outcome of the last rigged election?

How nice that all the voters needs are so nicely wrapped up professionally to advance Thailand as a whole and the individual voter in particular.

And who woke up the old goat this time? Before this human manured brain opens his mouth again he might undergo some lengthy lessons in behavior in public as well as how to treat women respectfully. He prefers men - quite obviously - but this is not a free pass to mistreat female journalists in particular and women in general the way this old spineless geezer has behaved in the past. Also make sure that he wears slip proof slippers to avoid, that anyone would have to clean up after he falls again 😞 A disgrace to army and country!

Makes perfect sense so at least SOME drivers have a genuine driver's license. I used Bolt drivers without a license, I bought cars from showrooms which included a new driving license and had a "lifelong" license reissued (the old one got stolen) against a 5-years license. It can be safely assumed, that more than half the Thai drivers would fail any test anywhere else; no minimum driving lessons by authorized/licensed driving instructors required, the video show is used for napping or smartphone games at the DLT - in short - just another governmental joke of the finest order. Having said that, you're well advised to have a license which is valid in the holy land as, in case of an accident, it is (normally) anyhow your fault and without a valid license the insurance will throw you under the bus as well. Living in urban areas; use Bolt/Grab or any other form of taxi; cheaper and zero headaches. No parking, no maintenance, no fuel/tires/service/insurance, no bureaucratic headaches like driving license and you're safe until they will ask the farang for a license to sit in a taxi. You're welcome!

Sick buffalo alarm going off again!

I went to talk to the international department; the short wrap-up is: - nothing changed - four withdrawals/transfers of not more than 50,000 Baht/transaction are possible - if you need to move more than 200,000 Baht within 24 hours, contact the bank 02-777,77,77 and take it from the horse's mouth; they will open a higher transfer limited for an agreed time slot during which the client can move/withdraw whatever (s)he needs. - all this is not affected if personally present at a bank counter with necessary documentation like passbook, identification papers (passport) SCB is, like all the other banks, a dinosaur club with medieval procedures - live with it or move elsewhere ...

Well, Thaksin fell, then he threw his sister under the bus followed by his daughter, also ending under the bus. Maybe a oneway flight anywhere outside Thailand might bring some changes and, if you are at it, pack all the rest of those crooks as well; a fleet of 50 - 60 A380 aircraft might do the trick - without baggage of course!

Well, beats even the "sick buffalo tip box" ...............

So online selling can be done but online buying not? Puzzled!