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2 minutes ago, Briggsy said:#Releasethecctv the full unedited version
Oops that might spoil the cops' extortion.
Channel 9 reporting that the police do have CCTV footage after all.
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16 minutes ago, djayz said:A good upbringing goes a long way.
This is very true and essentially part of the problem in countries like Thailand, I have lived in Thailand for close on 30 years and have seen very few examples of what most would call 'good' parenting, most children are left to their own devices, even when they are with their parents, it appears to be easier that way.
This is multiplied in the instances of young single pregnancies here, as 99 times out of a 100 the parents do not actually do the upbringing, this is done, as I said in a previous post, by the Grandparents, who tend not to be as bothered, the child will get an occasional visit from Mum only.
This certainly doesn't apply to all, but given the topic subject, a large percentage.
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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.
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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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Thai Criminal Code regarding self defense http://library.siam-legal.com/thai-law/criminal-code-criminal-liability-sections-66-72/
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12 minutes ago, AmericanSafety said:
Sorry ab out that. Yeah, we all left BKK. Wife & daughters live in Thailand; i flew in to meet them. Wife came up with daughters from Jomtien with only the US passports.
No worries, interesting though, as they must have flown out of BKK using their US passports then?
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Come on guys, it is 'Thai' human rights, you just don't understand............
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10 minutes ago, fxe1200 said:
I remember, shortly after he took over the Koh Tao double murder case, he bought shares for 7.500.000 THB. I can imagine, where that money came from.
If what you posted is correct, he actually bought 7.5 Billion shares at the cost of 208,333,333.333 Baht?
Mr.Somyot Poompanmoung 7,500,000,000 Shares at 0.036 Baht per share.
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20 hours ago, MaeJoMTB said:
Don't ever tell Thai immigration you have two passports.
Leave on the US passports .............. then return on the Thai passports.
For sure, as I have always said!
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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3 hours ago, samran said:
The IO may query how the daughter exited in the first place (there would be no computer record of the Thai citizen child exiting)
There have been several reports of the e-gates letting Thai passports enter with no record of them departing prior, so if their passports are biometric, then they should use this route first.
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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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1 hour ago, jacko45k said:
They certainly do not seem to be in fear for their lives.
In order to have fear, you first need to have rational thought and understanding, something that seems to get thrown out of the window once a lot of Thai's sit on a motorbike (or car).
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He is completely innocent, he 'borrowed' the panther and firearms from a friend..........
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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
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31 minutes ago, BritTim said:
The most reasonable assumption from the context is that they went straight from Thailand to Hong Kong, without making any intermediate stops, and then returned directly to Thailand. Nothing in the OP suggests any side trips.
Then how (or why) did the daughters depart Thailand without using their Thai passports?
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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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13 hours ago, The manic said:
Some have good inside contacts at embassies
I'm sure they have, still no guarantees though.
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The DPM has started something, any questions asked about wealth or possessions, just say xxxx is not mine, I just borrowed it / them etc.
I'm sure that the public in UK would believe the Met Police Commissioner if he said he borrowed 6.5m GBP from some rich nightclub owner, nobody would even question it!
American claims self-defense as patron says man murdered in Pattaya was "trouble-maker"
in Pattaya News
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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.