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3 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

A non immigrant visa allows a 90 day entry since it is not a tourist visa.

He can get single entry tourist visa when his 90 entry ends.

His intention is to stay another 3 months as he usually obtains a 6 month visa but this time due to time constraints and a change in Munich they were no longer able to issue the 6 month visa and for that he would have had to apply to the embassy in Berlin. So what I need to know is can he get another 3 months visa to take him through to April and would this mean leaving the country and obtaining it at the Thai embassy in Vientiane for example?

Just to clarify having now seen the visa that was issued by the Thai consulate in Munich. It states it is a NON IMM Visa and gives a date by which it must be used but no duration. The immigration officer at Suvarnabhumi has stamped the date admitted as 27 October until the 24th January. Does this mean a visit to an immigration office at 60 days or can he just leave for Vientiane on or before the 24th January and apply for another 3 month visa at the Thai embassy in Vientiane? 

Many thanks for those replies I will pass that info on and check exactly what visa he has. I assume he has the 60 days with a possibility of an extension to 90 days.

My German friend has a 3 month multiple entry visa obtained in Munich which expires in January. Normally he has a 6 month multiple entry but these days only the embassy in Berlin can issue that and not the consulate in Munich so as he was in  a hurry he settled for the 3 months. Can he obtain another 3 month extension to this if he travels to Vientiane and applies at the embassy there? If so how long does that take? With the 6 month visa he returned to Munich in April so there is no question of extending it any further.

I think it worth mentioning that when you transfer money in the Bangkok Bank to a third party they send an sms to your registered mobile number. If you change your mobile you have to also inform the bank of the change so that they can resume sending the sms to your registered mobile. As usual they require to see your passport etc and fill in a form, confirm your signature before making any such change. Then takes up to three days for the number to take affect.

Setting up new transfers to a third party also requires a OTP to your mobile to confirm the arrangement and another OTP for the first transfer you make to a new third party account. Following that you get the sms every time a transfer is made from your account.

I use Google Chrome and found it impossible, switched to Microsoft Internet Explorer and completed with no problems.,

I cancelled my Truevision subscription for much the same reason, programs being cut off or starting halfway through because numerous channels being commandeered for other purposes.

Many thanks for that I will pass it on

This is on behalf of a German friend who normally obtains a Non Imm 90 day multiple entry visa in Munich. He has now been informed that the Munich Office can only issue a 90 day single entry visa and that if he requires the 90 day multiple entry it will have to be sent to Berlin which will take much longer, he was hoping to depart as soon as possible. (delay due to medical complications etc.). If he obtains the 90 day single entry visa in Munich is there any way of extending this while he is in Thailand, border run etc? His normal visit usually entails about 90 days in Thailand a break in Laos or some other country and then a further 90 days before returning to Munich around April. 

Man dies after condom machine explosion

A young man from western Germany died in tragic circumstances on Christmas Eve after blowing up a condom machine with a homemade bomb.)

The 29-year-old from Münster was hit by a steel shard from the condom dispenser which was positioned on a quiet street, local police disclosed on Monday.

Along with two friends, aged 27 and 29, the man had attached a homemade explosive device to the machine in an apparent attempt to get at the goods and money inside.

But he was unable to make it to safety in time, with the door of his car still open as the device detonated. The shard of metal then struck him in the head, leaving him unconscious.

His two accomplices took the man to hospital but he died of his wounds shortly afterwards.

At first the men claimed their friend had injured himself after falling down the stairs, before one later admitted to the connection to the exploded machine.

seeing this stuff make me question mans/womans stupidity in gobbledy gook nonsense and a whole nations enforced "devotion"

Well it does provide another picture opportunity for the tourists. Think what Europe would be like without all those marvelous cathedrals to take pictures of. However it doesn't bare thinking about the suffering and deprivation that went into their construction..

I still recall the sight of an elderly American lady in a German restaurant in Bangkok pouring the remains of her glass of water back into the bottle so she could take it away.

You will find lots of Thai people on Interpals.net who want to learn English and offer Thai language learning.

Japan did the same with Scotch whiskey slapped something like 400% on it so that locals would favor the inferior home produced stuff. We see the same with wine, Thailand does not produce wine or very little anyway that is drinkable so they slap almost 400% tax on wine. Time to reciprocate on any country that levies penal taxes on any imports just because they do not produce it themselves.The Scots one they are independent for example could slap 400% on Japanese cars and bikes.

I think Barry Humphries summed it up well, "I was born in Melbourne with a precious gift. Dame Nature stooped over my cot and gave me this gift. It was the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others."

I am surprised that Gulatis can not help. I thought they could do anything. What's so difficult about a safari jacket. If you want it for Europe then you need a Barbour jacket

Yep I don't understand either, I just need it for a month or so in the summer. Its just an ordinary jacket with a couple more pockets I wouldn't have thought it was a difficult assignment. If you have Roger Moore's address I will try him.

Telephone Gulatis

Alas Gulati's are unable to produce Safari jackets. Maybe I will just ask Dr Livingstone who tailored his Safari jacket. I cannot imagine that he would have gone into deepest Africa in anything but the finest tailored Safari jacket, he didn't strike me as the vest, shorts and flip flop type.

They can make anything. Draw it or show them.a photograph

Just got a reply from Tailor on Ten they are unable to make a Safari jacket so I guess I will have to try some other places.

Just to update this I tried two more tailors Perry and Nickermann neither of which replied. Full marks to Tailor on Ten for at least having the courtesy to reply to a customers request.

They can make anything. Draw it or show them.a photograph

Just got a reply from Tailor on Ten they are unable to make a Safari jacket so I guess I will have to try some other places.

I am looking for a Safari jacket that I can use on a holiday in Europe in a couple of months, is this the sort of thing that some tailor could make in Bangkok? I have been to the department stores and cannot find anything suitable.

I have just emailed Tailor on Ten with a picture of the type of Safari jacket I would like made while at the same time having two trousers and about 4 shirts. Asked for an appointment anytime after I arrive on July 1st and that should leave sufficient time before my departure at the end of July so I will see what sort of response I get.

I am looking for a Safari jacket that I can use on a holiday in Europe in a couple of months, is this the sort of thing that some tailor could make in Bangkok? I have been to the department stores and cannot find anything suitable.

And yet there are those who often complain about the nanny state. After all experience has taught us that you can always rely on manufacturers or any form of employer for that matter to voluntarily spend money on workers safety its just something they would do anyway.

My Thai GF would promise anything until after she got the money.

Is this any different.

Once Sanctions are lifted it is really difficult to take back the money and stop trade.

OK they are not Thai....just sayin

Sanctions can be put back as easily as they were the first time.

Only problem is then it may be too late.

I think those that negotiated this appreciate that if work continued on developing a nuclear bomb that such actions would not go unnoticed. It would still take the Iranians some considerable time to reach that stage. The Iranians tried to keep Fordo a secret and that didn't last long.

What difference does it make what promises the Iranians make? They could have promised to send chocolate Easter eggs to every American child the problem isn't the hardliners in Iran but the hardliners in the American congress. This deal has been negotiated in part by the Americans (Obama) and we all know that anything that Obama does must be wrong. So standby for the usual nonsense and probably another Benghazi inquiry after all to date there have already been thirteen its about time for one more.

Indeed the hardliner American congresspeople are a problem, but you are naive if you think the Iranian hardliners are not a problem also. Fortunately the more moderate on both sides seem to have prevailed.

Not for one moment and that is why it took so long to hammer out the details. It has nothing to do with trust, I wouldn't trust the hardliners in Iran further than I could throw them. This whole agreement is about making sure they never proceed to having a nuclear bomb. I should think that this treaty goes a few steps beyond just accepting the word of anyone in much the same way that treaties were concluded with the USSR. The Iranians tried to get away with it at the Fordo underground site but these days that doesn't remain a secret for very long.

Those who oppose this are the hardliners in the GOP and their unlikely allies, the hardliners in Iran.

The Iranian president can promise anything he likes but he's not the Supreme Leader. Ali Khamenei is the Supreme Leader.

Do you think for one moment that makes any difference to the hard-line response that is going to come from the Congress? The Supreme leader along with anyone else can give whatever support they like to the deal it will never satisfy the extreme wing of the GOP.