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24 minutes ago, Swiss1960 said:

They bring money to these groups, yes, and the difference is that these groups are individuals that profit from individual tourism. But that is not all.. they also spend money in Thai markets, in local restaurants, in Supermarkets, in hotels and guesthouses, for Bahtbus and motorbike-taxis, for Thai massages and so on.

Exactly correct, some people are very narrow minded, in that they only look two dimensional.

The loss of large numbers of tourists has a massive affect right down the chain and not just on those directly involved with tourism.

The government stand to lose 1 Billion USD through airport tax alone, not mention VAT, corporation taxes etc. etc.

20 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

He is good to go to apply for his extension based upon being the parent of a Thai but he was asking what would happen if he had to go back to retirement if his ex wife snatched his child.

I am not so sure this would be the case, without knowing the OPs full circumstances it is not possible to know if he can get an EOS based on being a parent of a Thai, I do know that when I had to do this a couple of years back, Immigration (Jomtien) required to see the K.R.6 proving I had custody of my children after the divorce, without this the EOS would not have been approved, based on the OPs fears, he may not have legal custody.

Obviously different immigration areas have different attitudes.

7 minutes ago, audaciousnomad said:

They could allow you to stay only 7 days with no possibility of further extension.(This would be worst case scenario). 

Without being dramatic, worst case could be IDC and deportation.

17 minutes ago, Brunolem said:

As far as my limited understanding allows me, you go on visa runs to avoid 90 day reporting, even though you have a work permit that dispenses you of said reporting.

 

Then, you need a multiple non B because you want to enter and leave Thailand as you wish, even though you can do that with the work permit and a re-entry stamp in your passport.

A work permit and EOS based on work doesn't stop the 90 day reports, although you can allocate a staff member to do those, no bother.

I must admit, I have no idea why anybody would get a non-B when it is easier to extend based on work, normally this is done when immigration won't issue an extension, due to missing documentation, salary not enough etc. ME non-b visas are becoming increasingly difficult to obtain and I would not be surprised if they abolish them altogether in the not so distant future, with the aim of making people get an EOS.

On 9/12/2020 at 2:08 PM, pixelaoffy said:

Because of Thai mentality! They believe all the b*** about infection and are scared they might be infected but don't believe they will have an accident despite driving like idiots!

Unfortunately this is very close to the truth, it is all about the perception of risk, there has been so much hype around COVID-19 that the average Thai is scared of it and they perceive that THEIR risk of getting infected is lowered by wearing a mask.

I don't agree with those that say you cannot compare the two, absolutely you can, as it is a purely a perception issue, the wearing of a mask has, unfortunately, very little to do with caring for others, in reality the chances of dying from COVID in Thailand are extremely remote, as opposed to the chances of dying from a motorcycle accident with no helmet are high, in general this is not how it is perceived.

If the government put as much effort in to creating the same level of risk perception in to road safety, hundreds of thousands of lives would be saved over the years, which in turn would save untold heartache and grief for the surviving family members that lasts for years, there are very few families in Thailand that have not been affected by a road death.

Those that say it is different are not in the real world.

I am not saying that wearing a mask is a bad thing to control the virus, what I am saying is that the virus and associated hype has proven that you can change peoples perceptions and that the government should apply this logic to road safety with the same vigour, it would pay dividends.

Just now, Kenny202 said:

Oh please. The Thai government are the law as far as Thai citizens go. 

Things such as this could be challenged in court, it also would be very unpopular.

What people have failed to mention is the fact that most of us can hop on a plane to our country of origin without being tested, very few countries require tests for arrivals, especially their own citizens.

In reality the pre-flight test means nothing, there have been several cases of quarantined people testing positive on either the first or the second test after arrival that had a negative test before flying.

IMHO the best way at the moment is to quarantine and test, so no pre-flight test for all.

2 hours ago, jojothai said:

So you would advocate letting people on a flight knowing that they have an infectious disease??

Its nothing to do with nationality and whether you are returning home.

Its simple common sense. However, i think its likely illegal to do so under conditions of travel, but will be against covid regulations,

unless maybe you isolate the person.

I guess there would be a lot of trouble with all the other passengers and flight crew if they thought that people known to be infected were boarding.

You are missing the point, the Thai government probably cannot legally force their citizens do do a test to return home, whereas they can for foreigners, whether the airlines require a test is a different matter altogether and some airlines do require testing for all.

1 hour ago, jojothai said:

For the DJ tested positive the reports indicate they are checking over several hundred contacts.

What confounds most people is how he got it considering there is no covid here.

Why does it confound people? There are hundreds if not thousands crossing the land borders illegally daily.

50 minutes ago, jojothai said:

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If a thai is not tested, then they are potentially allowing infected people on the flight for others to get infected which does not make sense.

So what do the authorities do if they force a test on a returning citizen prior to boarding a flight and said citizen tests positive, stop them returning home?

The percentage of people testing positive in quarantine really isn't that great, what it is showing is that, unfortunately, quarantine upon arrival is necessary at the moment.

4 hours ago, Trujillo said:

A foreigner friend of mine (married to a Thai) just renewed his work permit and visa. They automatically gave him a FOUR YEAR VISA.

4 hours ago, Matzzon said:

As for your envy that a person with a WP can get a 4 year visa. So can you!

The person that gets a 4 year visa is employed by a Thai company or working under the rules of BOI on contract for a minimum of 4 years. They also have a salary that reaches the minimum limit allowed to work in Thailand depending on which work and country they are connected to.

BOI extension of stay is maximum 2 years, there is no 4 year option available.

https://osos.boi.go.th/One-Stop/faq-group/7/Work-Permit-for-Foreign-Expat/

I have had several EOS & WP under BOI & IEAT, all were two years validity, literally just renewed one and it is valid up to 31st August 2022.

7 hours ago, Puccini said:

According to the news story, the law under which the attacker was arrested and prosecuted in Australia exists since 1995, hence it is not a new law.

 

Correct, this has been in force for many years and was enacted originally to catch pedophiles,

2 true events:

A friend who used to drink in a long standing Aussie bar in Walking Street and was a very frequent visitor to Thailand was arrested upon arrival at Perth airport, where he was presented with photographic evidence of him walking hand in hand with a young girl on what was then the new pier at was also then the Siren bar complex, which was infamous for young girls.

He explained to the arresting officers that this young girl was in fact his daughter, he was in custody for close to 2 days before they confirmed it was indeed his daughter.

Second one involved myself (British), from the period of 1994 to 2001 I spent a lot of time working offshore Australia and flying in and out every 6 weeks, normally never an issue at immigration / customs until one day flying in to Perth and I was pulled over for a customs search, nothing totally surprising in that, until the search, the customers officer went through everything with a fine comb, including speaking of a strip search, eventually and begrudgingly he let me go out after finding nothing, OK I thought, just a one off, wrong........ 12 weeks later we entered Australia via Darwin airport, again I am pulled over and given the thorough search treatment, this time another guy who lived in Pattaya was also pulled and searched, with loads of questions referring to me..................... upon arrival back to Thailand for a break, myself and Roundy (ex. owner of Jan / Roo Bar) contacted a mutual friend Bob who was the Attache at the Aussie Embassy in BKK, turns out there was a marker on my name to be checked, when I asked why, I was told that the most likely thing was that I had been observed in the company of a known drug dealer or smuggler and was marked for check because of that (edit, I will add observed in Thailand) the marker had been removed after two clean searches.

Moral of these two is that you never know who is watching you, or who you are talking to..............

I recently sold my property and have moved in to a rental house for the time being, pretty much ever since I moved in I have been having issues with the water pump.

The pump is fed from an underground tank, with the suction being roughly 2m.

When I first moved in I noticed that the pump was dragging a lot of air along with the water and didn't sound like it was working properly, as a test, I removed the check valve and spring from the suction side (items 3 & 4 in the drawing, thanks to Banana 7 for that, as I 'borrowed' it from his recent post, not the same pump, but believe they all are very similar in the design).

The pump worked flawlessly for about 6 weeks, with no air and sounded like it was working as it should do, then, for no apparent reason, it lost suction, the only way I could get it to get suction again was to put the check valve and spring back in, yesterday I tried to wash my car and the outside hose was just pulsating between water and air, so once again I removed the check valve, which immediately solved the air problem, all was fine until this evening, when it lost suction again, so back in with the check valve..........

Does anybody know whether this check valve should be in or out given the setup and suction distance? (in my old house it was out and worked perfectly for years, however, that was fed by a 2,000L above ground tank)

I do suspect that there maybe an issue with the foot valve in the tank, which should be checked out, the tank entrance is tiny, so not sure how yet, to be honest, I do not know if there is even a foot valve on the suction pipe!

There is also no non-return valve on the suction pipe, toying with the idea of fitting one, can't see any reason why it would not work? (to clarify, I mean a NRV just prior to the suction pipe flange on the water pump tank)

Can the NRV be fitted both horizontally and vertically?

Any advice would be appreciated.

43 minutes ago, Yinn said:

Lot of member cry “thailand the most road death” 

is not true.

Depends on how the others count, Thailand only counts those that are declared dead at the scene, actual deaths are 3 fold.

Oh and Thailand is amongst the elite in the list you posted.................... ????

23 minutes ago, Yinn said:

Problem is idiots. 

 

Speeding is number one problem.

K. Yinn, I agree 100% with your first statement, the second statement is debatable, the number one problem is:

24 minutes ago, Yinn said:

Thailand have motorbike a lot.

80% death is motorbike. 

Of the 80% death rate for motorcycles, at least 80% of those were due to no helmet.

Vietnam has FAR more motorcycles on the roads than Thailand, every single person wears a helmet.

The only way to reduce the number of accidents and deaths is an attitude change, both by the Government and by the road users, so road safety training starting at an early age, major campaigns, police enforcement of the rules, changing the design of the roads with safety in mind (junctions, u-turns, road furniture etc. etc.)

There seems to be a perception problem here, I see it daily, for example, (one of your favourite subjects) my next door neighbours will not come out of the door of their house in to their garden without wearing a mask, as they perceive the risk of Covid as a threat that can harm them and yet several times a day jump on their motorbike masked up but without a helmet on, I can guarantee that the risk of harm is over a 100,000 times greater with no helmet, but they have been told that the mask is important............ very strange IMO.

One of the other issues here that contributes greatly is the pure selfishness of the people on the roads, most drive or raide like htey are the only person on the road, few look in their mirrors, the lack of spacial awareness is appalling.

You are very correct to say every country has road deaths, however, the developed world recognises that and actively tries to reduce the number of vehicle incidents, there seems to be a lack of the will to do this in Thailand.

30 minutes ago, thailandroadblock said:

what was the death toll in your country 40 years ago ?

 

Unequivocally less than here is now, not that it excuses the death toll here, you seem to suggest that it is acceptable?

17 minutes ago, Tropicalevo said:

I think that the current government is the master of that trick.

100% right.

I wonder if they can blame the internet on the past student protests, 1976, 1992 etc. there have been many, unfortunately none have ended well as they threaten the (same) ruling powers, who ain't giving up anytime soon........

19 hours ago, bwpage3 said:

If she has a video of you doing drugs, that is not going to end up good.

Why?

IF she has a video it would be of no evidential use to the police other than alert them and give them a reason to search the property etc. Now whether they then plant incriminating evidence is a different subject.

1 hour ago, treetops said:

The official site shows over 30 hotels "approved" for state quarantine, including the two you mention with 380 and 362 rooms respectively.  I reckon they mostly have been going elsewhere given the amount that have returned. ????

 

The original reason that the numbers of Thais repatriating was restricted was due to the number of rooms available, Ambassador City Jomtien used to the biggest hotel in Asia with 4,000 rooms.

2 hours ago, kingofthemountain said:

Let me correct you, it's exactly the opposite way

Thai people stay in state own facilities for free

if they have money and if they want pay for it, they can up grade

for a better accomodation in a private quarantine hotel.

The foreigners on the other hand have no choice, they pay for the private hotel.

Repatriating Thais have been mostly going to Ambassador hotel either in Bangkok or Jomtien, depending on their arrival hotel, this is paid for by the State, the option to upgrade has only been available since 1st July and the introduction of the ASQ locations.

34 minutes ago, bristolgeoff said:

My friend is happy he was struck in cnx,now the extension is happening.his plan is another mth then he is ready to leave for home. many  I imagine would be thinking the same.a good result for people who are struck there

Why is your friend stuck? (or for that matter anybody who actually wants to leave for their home country)

There are flights out of the country with seats available daily, anybody who WANTS to get to Europe for example can.

True, there are folks stuck here from more local countries, Vietnam, PI etc. that do have a problem getting home as they must get on a repatriation flight (to their country) and the wait lists are long, anybody from Europe does not have those flight issues.

@smokieladdoI would ask VFS why they require proof of address?

This comes up often and it is NOT a requirement to show proof of address, the documentation requirements in table A are very clear.

I have made the relevant parts bold in the quotes below, the first one being that it is and/or

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All applicants must provide one document showing photo identity and one document as evidence of name and address and/or residency dated within the last year.

The guidance goes further with:

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If you are applying for a Child First British Passport the following documents are also accepted. The document provided should show a link to the
parent applying and show that the child and parent are resident where they are applying from.
• Parents’ identity cards
• Child’s school records
• Medical/hospital records (birth records)
• Mother’s antenatal records

The requirement that UKPO are asking for is that the applicant is legally resident in the country that they are making the application.

Your Child's Thai birth certificate provides this by definition.