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  1. 21 minutes ago, Briggsy said:

    However, if this complicates a huge bung or even a small one, it won't be released.

    It certainly is very suspect, especially when you add in the 'friendly' press coverage from certain Thai media.

     

    One thing is for sure, the truth, regardless of what it is, will never come out, likely this will be like most cases, loads of noise to start with, then total silence.

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  2. 15 minutes ago, pumpjack said:

    every bar in pattaya must have CCTV covering all areas inc outside on roadway

     

    where to hell is the CCTV  !!!!!  

    Agreed, as it IS law for every bar / entertainment venue to have CCTV, despite what others have wrote, however, we are all speculating that the CCTV was not working, or has been erased etc. 

    There may be perfectly good CCTV coverage that captured the incident and has been viewed / retained by the police for all we know, the fact is, we simply do not know, they do not release all the available information to the general public, unless it is of some sort of benefit, i.e. needed to identify suspects etc.

  3. Both of my ex. wife's sisters were pregnant by the age of 15, both did what a lot of them do in this situation, dumped the children on to Mum & Dad almost as soon as they were born, both sisters went on to produce a further 2 each before they were 20, all different fathers!

    So even though the first ones may have been due to a lack of education, the following ones were certainly not, as they had already seen the consequences!

    A lot of the time the issue is it is just so easy to dump the babies on to Mum & Dad and just carry on, harsh but true.

    To be fair, my ex. wife did have to look after our 2 sons, but think that was more because she knew that was what was expected and I was there to pay for it all!

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  4. 3 minutes ago, wealthychef said:

    Roger that, thanks for the help man, sorry if I sound a bit grumpy after hours of chasing this down.  I should mention the price they quoted was 12,000 baht.  Plus the application fees. 

    To be honest, I do not see the advantage of you using an agent, apart from them perhaps assisting you to get the application correct, I do not think it will save you that much time really, a retirement extension is the easiest of all to do.

     

    I extend my stay based on working here and this is handled by an agent employed by the company, it still requires me to be at CW before they open, as they will not issue a queue number without the Farang being there and also have to be present when the IO checks all the paperwork (there is a lot!) plus wait for the passport after that.

    The only advantages (aside from documentation) I see from my side are the fact the agent gets there very early and gets in to the queue, which even by 7am can be over 150, the other advantage is the re-entry permit, they normally let me just show my face for a minute or two, then the agent does the waiting for that part, but that probably only saves 30 minutes or so.

    As a percentage of the year's extension, then it isn't a lot of time in the big picture.

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  5. 20 minutes ago, Hupaponics said:

     

    I honestly don't think your son is on overstay on his US passport. When he got the Thai passport, the record of him entering Thailand on the US passport was deleted/erased [EDIT canceled (was the word I was looking for) ]. He stays legally in Thailand now.

    However, exiting Thailand on the US passport would make a problem. Not because overstay, but rather for not being registered in the system.

    This does not happen at all, if a Thai with dual citizenship enters Thailand on their foreign passport, then this will stay in the immigration system regardless.

    What could not happen is that they get banned for an overstay, as they would be a Thai citizen regardless, it is debatable regarding if they would have to pay a fine for overstay or not.

    There would be no way for immigration to link an entry in to Thailand using a foreign passport to the issuing of a new Thai passport by MFA, they may well be able to make the link at the departure point, but given the use of e-gates for Thai's now, then that is highly doubtful.

    At the end of the day, as has been stated several times already, a Thai dual citizen should only use their Thai passport for entering and departing Thailand, it makes absolutely no sense not to do this.

    Basically, if a Thai enters Thailand on a foreign passport, renews their Thai passport and then departs Thailand on their Thai passport, the overstay on the foreign passport would remain in the system, however, so long as they never use the foreign passport to enter Thailand again, then it is extremely unlikely that this would ever come out.

  6. 3 minutes ago, Koratjohn77 said:

    Wait you're using the Chaengwattana immigration office no wonder that's not the right office they only handle Bangkok immigration downtown only.  You can still use TSL at Bangkok immigration

    There is no downtown immigration office in Bangkok, this closed years ago, everybody in the Bangkok catchment area must go to Chaengwattana immigration office.

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  7. 1 minute ago, Koratjohn77 said:

    Isn't either income or savings?  A minimum of 40,000 baht a month or 400,000 baht in the bank?  For me the monthly income requirements is no problem at all I make a lot per month but my account balance fluctuates so I'm only using my monthly income.  Can you go by monthly income for a retirement visa?  What is the monthly income requirement if so?  

    Retirement is 65,000 per month or 800,000 in the bank OR a combination of both.

  8. 22 hours ago, wealthychef said:

    need to extend my permission to stay as well as permission to exit and enter at will.  You have just made things more confusing for me.  Definitely the visa expires at end of Feb.  Are you saying I don't need to renew that

     

    22 hours ago, wealthychef said:

    Thank you for the clarification.  You are incorrect about one thing:  I am renewing my visa, as well as applying for an extension of stay.  I'm actually doing both because yes I have plans to leave the country.  

    Thankfully the OP does now understand the terminology.

     

    If there was ever a shining example of why people should understand and term things correctly, then it is the two quotes, had the OP not posted on here, then there is a very good chance that things would have gone badly wrong for him.

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  9. 7 minutes ago, Koratjohn77 said:

     If that's true about extensions for retirement visas man I want to switch visas as soon as I can!  That would be awesome.  Can you please confirm that because I honestly never knew that being on a marriage visa.

    As Ubonjoe has clearly stated, a retirement extension is normally completed in one day if all the paperwork is correct, you MUST be 50 years old or above to apply, there are no exceptions, so you can swap in another 5 years.

  10. 5 minutes ago, The manic said:

    Traffic flow at 2am?. Never once in 28 years have I been on motosai  taxi driving on the wrong side of the road.  This seems an odd story.

    Thai's do this regardless of the time of day or traffic flow, it is habitual for them and therefore perfectly normal.

    Many excuses as to why, who knows what this particular one was, maybe because the Soi he wanted to go down was near and on the opposite side of travel for him.

    I've lost count of the number of times that I've seen motorbikes on the wrong side of the road, I've even nearly hit folks as I come out of my estate, they are turning right in to it and find it impossible to do this without coming in at about a 20 to 30 degree angle.

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  11. 4 minutes ago, BritTim said:

    Most likely because she had never previously left Thailand, though other possible explanations exist.

    Maybe some other explanation, as if they were dual nationality with Thai passports issued, then in theory it is unlikely that they would have been allowed to depart Thailand on their US passports in those circumstances, as the birth certificates would have to be produced and immigration would only allow a non Thai born in Thailand to depart on a non Thai passport for the first time, again in theory.

    Hence my question and confusion :smile:

  12. 11 minutes ago, eisfeld said:

    Does the ban only apply to their foreign nationality?

    Yes, a Thai citizen using a Thai passport cannot be refused entry in to Thailand.

     

    I have to admit that I am a little confused by the OP, as last year they went to Disney HK using the daughters US passport, his wife did not take the Thai ones, where did they fly to HK from originally, if it was from the US, then where are the Thai passports now and did they all fly in to Thailand directly from HK?

    I ask, as it is not immediately apparent where the Thai passports are located.

    Shame really, as they could have used their Thai passports to enter HK without an issue.

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