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7 minutes ago, thecolonel said:

Sorry to be dim, but how does one tell that that's a Tourist exempt entry and not a proper Visa ?

Number of days that are allowed to stay, i.e. 30 on a VE

6 minutes ago, jerojero said:

A 10% increase in visitors from SAfrica is not an obsession. Sheesh!

Probably all from Cape Town and coming for a shower.............

1 hour ago, webfact said:

She says that during an argument last year, Rujira violently attacked her son slashing him across the face, leaving a scar from the top of his forehead to the bottom of his nose.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Rujira would often tell Amaury how her Italian husband would beat and put cigarettes out on her, although there is no way of substantiating the claims.

Doesn't add up, she (though I'm not sure of this...) can slash a 34 year old man with a knife (I assume) and yet a 61 year old man would beat her.......... hmmmm

36 minutes ago, Russell17au said:

4: in countries with which Australia participates in the Regional Movement Alert System

Regional Movement Alert System

1. The country specific information will be removed from the list of persons to whom information may be disclosed for the purposes of implementing the Regional Movement Alert System (RMAS) with all foreign border agencies.

The purpose of these amendments is to support the operation of RMAS between Australia and participating countries; an APEC counter-terrorism initiative designed to strengthen the capacity of participating economies to detect lost, stolen and invalid (including counterfeit) travel documents.

Amending the Determination in the manner proposed will enable Australia to enter into new agreements with APEC members as they seek to join without the need to amend the Determination on each occasion to provide for disclosure to the particular new participant. RMAS does not involve countries directly accessing or transferring each other’s passport data. Data is not exchanged. Through the RMAS electronic broker system, passengers’ passport data is verified prior to entry to a participant country. The response is limited to a “Y” for a valid passport or a “N” for an invalid passport. The US, Philippines and New Zealand are already participants in the scheme. This is reflected in the current Determination.

The Department of Immigration and Border Protection has been working for some time to implement RMAS with Thailand.

Source: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2014L01194/0c3db335-7496-478e-be8d-2cb3eed68d90

See also: https://www.icao.int/Meetings/TAG-MRTD/Documents/Tag-Mrtd-18/TagMrtd18_ip05.pdf

This appears to work in conjunction with APIS, an enhancement if you like.

It is seemingly intended for counter terrorism.

11 hours ago, wgdanson said:

Two 7 hour flights gives you 2 x 3 hours kip. Direct gives you at least 7. Last time I went thru Abu Dhabi on Etihad, we had to go thru security check between flights, and prove we were MAN CITY supporters!

This is all down to personal preference, I've been lucky over the past 15 odd years, as all of my UK flights were on business class, even then the chances of me getting 3 hours sleep are virtually none, been flying most of my working life, yet still never managed the fine art of getting a good sleep on a plane.

AUH airport is not really different to any other transit hub, don't know of many that you do not go through security checks between flights, flown EY loads of times, luckily have yet to prove I'm a Man City supporter, thank god!

11 hours ago, wgdanson said:

You mean FORTUNATELY

Not in the context of the OP, i.e. flying QR out of UTP!

4 minutes ago, ZeeshanY said:

Second, taxes on Non-B are lesser than Non-O as my HR explained. Is it true?

Your personal income tax liability will be exactly the same, no matter what visa or extension of stay you have.

The biggest advantage of being on a non o or extension of stay based on marriage is if you were to ever lose your job, then you can remain in Thailand, with an extension of stay based on working, then the permission to stay is cancelled on the day that the work permit is cancelled and you would have to leave the country and start the whole visa / extension process again.

I'm sure that ubonjoe will reply regarding where you can go to obtain a single entry non b visa, last I heard this was available in Penang for sure, although you will need all of the accompanying documentation from your company, this would apply no matter where you were to make the application.

33 minutes ago, ZeeshanY said:

Now, as you said ''leave the country to apply for new visa''

As Ubonjoe has stated, you can legally work whilst remaining on your current extension of stay based on marriage, you do not have to change this to a non b unless you really want to.

15 hours ago, steve187 said:

would also depend on your final destination in the UK

Absolutely, when I go to visit the UK, then it is to Manchester, so a direct flight to LHR doesn't appeal or work that well, much rather fly via DOH, AUH or DXB to MAN, breaks a long flight in to two medium ones and the connections times are usually OK.

Unfortunately the location of my house means that there isn't a huge difference in time to travel either UTP or BKK.

4 minutes ago, Faeton said:

 

Do them have same no. or different ? It's says some where in passport about another one ?


Sent from my iPhone using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app

 

Completely different numbers and no mention in either one of the other.

I traveled for years using two British passports whilst working offshore, entered Thailand using one or the other over the years, I was asked more than once if I was using another passport, agreed it wasn't every time, but they were certainly aware of me holding 2 valid passports.

4 minutes ago, Russell17au said:

Sorry but that is incorrect.

My brother worked at a dance hall called "The Beach House" in Sydney back in 1962 and he was only 18. There was some trouble there one night and he told someone he was a police officer to try to stop things and someone reported him to the police and he was arrested and charged with impersonation and it cost him 20 pound fine in court and when he went for his security license in 2000 he had to supply a police check and it was listed on that. So all convictions remain on the police data bank.

This from the AFP website regarding spent convictions.

Convictions covered

The scheme applies to spent convictions where a waiting period has passed and the individual in question has not re-offended.
The following conditions apply to convictions for a Commonwealth, Territory, State or foreign offence:

• it has been 10 years from the date of the conviction (or 5 years for juvenile offenders)
• the individual was not sentenced to imprisonment for more than 30 months
• the individual has not re-offended during the 10 year (5 years for juvenile offenders) waiting period
• a statutory or regulatory exclusion does not apply

The scheme also covers convictions that have been set aside or pardoned under Part VIIC of the Crimes Act 1914. An individual whose conviction is protected does not have to disclose the conviction to any person, including a Commonwealth authority.

Exclusions

There are some exceptions which require you to disclose a spent or protected conviction.

The Act includes specific exclusions for some positions of employment. The Attorney-General has also granted exclusions from the scheme for several categories of employment.

This means that people applying for such positions must declare all convictions, or any convictions for specific offences, as required for the specific position.

Details of exclusions should be provided to you by the employing organisation before your consent is sought to obtain a criminal history check.

8 hours ago, Zam said:

Hello Seniors,

 

For Thai citizenship is singing the national anthem a prerequisite to approval.

 

I see that if one can speak and understand Thai well this should not have any impact right???

 

Finally does it require 5 years post PR to apply or can we do this earlier.

 

Advise much appreciated.

 

 

Everything is contained within to answer your questions.

5 minutes ago, 007 RED said:

Nothing very new or revealing in these documents.

What did interest me was the fact that this agreement is not that old and the way that the information can or cannot be used.

2 minutes ago, Will27 said:

You have to declare if you've had any criminal convictions on your incoming passenger card.

It's an honour system.

Yes, after I did further research then I do think this is the case, except in serious cases and where somebody has applied for a certain visa type or migration, where this info may be requested.

10 minutes ago, Bartman1369 said:

Applying at his local embassy first should clarify if he is ableto enter the country or not.

Unfortunately this doesn't seem to be the case, the Thai embassies / consulates issue a visa without any external checks.

1 minute ago, partington said:

Yes they can, but this does mean you have to go into bank  on the day of the application, and wait for your letter/update and some days at CW there are 70+ people waiting before the doors open to get numbers for the extension counters.

 

However I am tempted to try this same day update/letter at CW.

Yes, this I can see as an issue, others will know better, but I would have thought that there would be no problem to have a bank letter dated from the day before applying with an update passbook or ATM slip showing the actual balance on the day of applying, especially considering the usual long queues in CW and the percentage of those there early would also be applying for an extension and therefore have to provide the same info?

14 minutes ago, chang50 said:

I'd like to know that as well,I always thought they had to tally now I'm not so sure.

I honestly do not know myself, logic says that it should not matter, however, given how pedantic some IO's can be, then who knows!

The important information to satisfy is that the account exists and has a balance in excess of the required amount and that it has been for xx amount of time. 

Is it a requirement that the bank letter is actually dated on the day of the application, surely K Bank can write a letter that is dated on the day of the application, with the balance stated from the previous day, with either an update of the passbook or an ATM slip that shows the balance on the day of application?

Some interesting reading here regarding PNR (Passenger Name Records) sharing agreement between the EU & Australia, seems this was only agreed and introduced relatively recently.

https://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/information_on_pnr_agreements#incoming-588

Would it actually matter if the balance in the passbook and the letter are different, so long as the balance is above the required amount on the day of applying and has been above for the needed length of time??

42 minutes ago, crazygreg44 said:

go outside and withdraw 500 Baht and show them the slip, which will state the up-to-date balance of the account.

Why not just request the balance and print out, there should be no need to actually make a withdrawal?

23 minutes ago, Seanbhoy said:

If whatever crime you have committed could be deemed serious enough to be a constant threat to minors or vulnerable people then I think its due diligence that your home nation informs which ever country you are visiting.

I would agree with you, the trouble is this is not happening.

Countries will share information on persons who are on a watch list, especially if it involves a security threat, this is most likely done via an organisation such as Interpol.

There have been numerous reports of folks getting caught here for messing with children whilst teaching etc. etc. and then it comes out that they have served time, or are still wanted in their home country for similar.

A recent example was the Brit accused of the death of the girl who 'fell' off the balcony in Pattaya.

Lots of people have been found here who are wanted murderers / rapists and other heinous type crimes, very few are found entering the country though, mores the pity.

It is possible that the guy in the OP may have made a petty mistake years ago, paid the price and has been clean since, everybody does deserve one chance to rehabilitate.

12 minutes ago, midas said:

I've been asking for years why they don't have this system already? I mean it is hardly rocket science to link a few databases to keep out all these people that escape here and seek refuge here even when they have outstanding warrants and are wanted in their own country.

I actually do not disagree with your sentiments, the issue would be one of data protection and privacy, especially regarding EU countries etc.

Although I'd imagine that it wouldn't be that easy to implement TBH, a lot of data involved.