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Mind boggling; any passport holder entered Thailand with a valid passport, got stamped and could manage to the a one-year visa (as this seems to be the regulation). 

Along comes the municipality office insisting on a translation of a passport, legalized by the respective Embassy and notary-stamped by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. So, what is good for the permit to enter the country as well as to obtain a one-year stay visa .......... is not good enough for the municipality.

Maybe Srettha or any other goon in the government might want to wonder, if this is the most efficient way to deal with (mostly) NET spenders like retirees. 

What a farçe and reconfirmation of the absolute brainless operation of these government offices where left does not even know of the existence of a right. Bureaucracy seems to get worse than all those loose cannon states in central Africa - well done! 

Interesting times ahead ...... getting the popcorn ready! 

The Swiss ....... again in the news 😞 

They came to witness, how people can kill themselves with smog and haze. Bees are equally affected and hence those giant bees are on a study trip - me thinks! 

Well, Thailand belongs to the Thai people Shinawatras and hence let them do as they please. If the people of this country are fine with it .....

After all, it does not affect the non-Thais for a change ....... 

Given, that the trains would have run 24/7, the average occupation per each single hour, throughout the entire period, would have been 39,000 passengers. 
Given the sad state of the rolling stock, the notorious heavy delays of the SRT's services, someone should go and replace the batteries on the calculator as there is no way these trains could have handled more than one third of the quoted number. 

Who are they trying to blind this time?

For decades, the PATA Department store in Bangkok with its "Pata Exotic Studio" it also calls a "Pata Zoo Company Limited" burps up in the media regularly - without any action whatsoever.

The way the owners flatly refuses any correction in how to handle all those caged animals - the gorilla tops the list - would book him a oneway ticket into a slammer in the West. As long as the authorities are turning a blind eye to it (against eventual "licensing fees"?) and visitors go there, pay for access and find it funny ........

Educational disaster to the gruesome reality of those animals, what a disgrace! 

When will Thais understand the implication of burning all their fields? It enriches the feed mill operators and benefits all those using animal food, and that's a handful in Bangkok only. 

What will have to happen until this is brought to a screeching halt? With helicopters the burning plots can be identified; there is fantastic software on the internet (https://landsmaps.dol.go.th) to identify the title deed = the land owner = the culprit. Slap juicy fines of five and six digits and this madness will stop - overnight 😉

3 hours ago, PJ71 said:

Unless it's changed since December then this is totally incorrect.

 

Have you seen how many people drive throughout Thailand? Have you not noticed than since 1985?

No, I have been completely blindfolded since 1985 by all those people driving throughout Thailand and expert advice of how to refuse a most likely justified fine. 

Well, the alternative is being jobless or working for a meagre payout which does not allow living but existing only. The army feeds, dresses and keeps 'em busy. 

Not the first time you see an increase in voluntary conscription and possibly also not the last time 😞

On 4/13/2024 at 11:45 AM, PJ71 said:

Coz you can get away with it here.

Well, since me driving here as of 1985 I can tell you, that the last pit stop is the department of motor vehicles/land transport. You cannot extend the tax with open fines; getting caught without a valid tax square will cost you ....... a fine again. 

So - quite simple - avoid fines, and if you did wrong, pay up. Compared to Europe the fines are ridiculously low as they are based on the Thai CPI - and in many cases - are settled non-receipt able 😉

Provided the article is complete, then the TM6 still applies (along the Thai-Laotian border) at:
 

Ban Huak Border Checkpoint - ด่านพรมแดนบ้านฮวก
Huai Kon Border Checkpoint - ด่านพรมแดนห้วยโก๋น
Phu Doo Border Checkpoint - ด่านพรมแดนภูดู่
Nam Hueang Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge - สะพานมิตรภาพน้ำเหือง ไทย-ลาว
Bueng Kan border checkpoint - ด่านพรมแดนบึงกาฬ
Nakorn Phanom Third Thai–Lao Friendship 3 Bridge - สะพานมิตรภาพไทย-ลาว แห่งที่ 3

It also applies to all crossings with the Kingdom of Cambodia except Aranyaphratet, it seems ......... 

On 4/13/2024 at 11:49 AM, ChaiyaTH said:

Pause it, why not just terminate it permanently, it is nonsense in the first place and by air you don't get it too.

Face saving step-by-step; they cannot simply abolish which they were cherishing for decades. Hence "temporary" in Thailand has a completely different meaning and, in many cases, can mean permanent. In six months nobody will talk about it anymore. 
Remember the customs declaration slip you had to fill in aboard aircraft arriving in Thailand? Disappeared also on a temporary basis as customs officers collected them after baggage collection and threw them into a big empty cigarette transportation box which they got from the duty free shop just next to them. 

18 hours ago, BigStar said:

 

Our posters with educations of much higher excellence than yours have already rejected the term bribe in favor of settlement.

Well, I would have to disagree; settlement is certainly not covering bribing ....... You settle a dispute amicably (or not), you settle a bill, i.e. it is the end of something when you "settle". A bribe can and is more often than not reoccurring and does not explicitly have to be based on a dispute or an open bill; it can be a "token of appreciation" which would not be covered by "settlement". 

As a non-native English speaker I am always amazed, how diversified and to-the-point English can be; for good measure throw in idioms and Bob's your uncle! 

2 hours ago, sandyf said:

Depends where you go. At my hospital it is 100 baht to see a doctor and when I needed to see a dermatologist they made appointments for same day as cardiologist, still 100 baht so saw one for free or 2 at 50 baht.

After a while the dermatologist referred me to the plastic surgeon and that consultation was also 100 baht. He took one look and said the lump on my ear was cancer, just a question of which type. He removed about one sq in from my ear a few hours later, turned out to be BCC.

Have to say he did excellent job, very neat, just a bit lop sided now. Go back and see him for a check up every 3 months, has a good look around face, neck and arms taking photos of any spots/lumps.

 

Excellent news, can you kindly name the medical facility by name, location or phone number please? 

No other problems for the country's CEO; lovely, well done! 

The railway stock of Thailand is on par with Burma or India, albeit those countries' fares are even below the Thai ticket tariff and the losses clocked by the State Railway of Thailand are mind-boggling. The land they were given donkey years ago is being leased out at jokingly low rents; just check on Central Ladprao which had a 30-years lease at THB 8 million .... a year that is. 
Staff though is forthcoming, helpful and competent - the fish tends to start stinking at its head ....... 

What the fuss? You are wrong, get fined, pay the ticket and get on with life. Keep your papers in order and Bob's your uncle. 

Why should Thailand be more lenient than Europe, Australia or the US? Just because the locals have their means and ways it does not mean, that their wrong make it your right! 

When I went to school, I was taught to keep it short and sweeeeeet. 

As a proof of this excellent part of my education, may I suggest to shorten "amid circulating rumors that an individual had attempted to influence the case’s outcome through financial means" into one word which could read "bribe"? Just asking as I left school more than 50 years ago already 😉

When I went to school, I was taught to keep it short and sweeeeeet. 

As a proof of this excellent part of my education, may I suggest to shorten "amid circulating rumors that an individual had attempted to influence the case’s outcome through financial means" into one word which could read "bribe"? Just asking as I left school more than 50 years ago already 😉