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3 minutes ago, transam said:

I would question that...

So would I, my vehicle is a 2 Litre T/C diesel with an aftermarket performance box attached and it will beat any petrol version of the same size / class off the mark and by some margin as well, get both on a motorway and see how the petrol stands up from say a 60 - 100 km/hr acceleration test.

Modern day diesel engines perform very well, all down to common rail systems and engine management, mine is reasonably quiet to boot, agreed a diesel engine will never be as quiet as petrol, but that is the mechanics of how the fuel ignites, i.e. higher compression.

On 1/24/2018 at 10:46 AM, mikebell said:

My friends arrived on Monday and I told them of this; they said there are no signs/information at Immigration to this effect

7 minutes ago, berybert said:

All tourists go through immigration when they land. Not many go to immigration.

I do not see anywhere where it was mentioned that they went 'to' immigration? Personally, I thought it was obvious what was meant.

It is actually a good point, as there is no mention of this requirement at the arrival immigration points, or at least not in BKK or DMK, although I do believe that some of the airlines (Thai Airways perhaps) show it on their arrival video prior to landing?

5 hours ago, Purdey said:

Read it and weep. 

Typical misinformation from a website, there have been several examples of dual, triple and even quadruple citizenship's in this thread alone. Under the Thai Nationality act, there is no mention that a Thai citizen can OR cannot hold more than one nationality, probably by design.

Under the latest version of the act, as has been mentioned, it is not possible for a Thai citizen by descent to lose their Thai citizenship.

1 hour ago, Mosha said:

Ah OK I thought the 40k/month had to be 2 consecutive months. I believe I'll be just below this month, one if the officers down here is a hard faced woman. She's tried to do me for overstay before, while waiting for an extension stamp. So I still want the 2 month so I'm not arguing with her.

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Surely it would be the British embassy that you have to show the actual monthly income to, so that they can then write in income letter for immigration. I'm not sure how much evidence that the embassy needs to provide the letter, i.e. number of months income.

They are diesel for the torque, simple as that, at the end of the day, a pick up is designed as a commercial vehicle, load a petrol version up to its max. payload and then try going up a steep hill.

I drove a petrol version of the Fortuner once, I could have walked faster!

29 minutes ago, sanemax said:

It seems that he is guilty and he is just awaiting his Court appearance for sentencing and for the Judge to confirm his guilt .

   But yes, until the Judge confirms his guiltyness , we should continue to refer to him as *guilty but yet to be sentenced*

I thought he hasn't even been arrested yet, let alone charged?

16 minutes ago, Timbob said:

I can't leave the following weekend as my METV is valid until the 28th February. 

Can't your GF take a day off, then time your arrival back on 26th February?

Normally one day of overstay is not an issue, but if you have been getting a grilling from immigration, then perhaps best not to antagonise.

1 hour ago, blackcab said:

100k in yearly income tax is about 98k salary a month, claiming only the standard 100k allowance.

Using the progressive rate, to pay 100,000 THB per year in income tax, based on the previous (prior to 2017) allowances, and if claiming as single, with no children or insurances, you would have to earn 85,500 THB per month, which would attract PIT of 100,400 THB per year.

Personal allowance - 30,000 THB

Expense - 60,000 THB 

Social Security (full year) - 9,000 THB

Total deductions - 99,000 THB

Gross Salary - 1,026,000 THB

Taxable Salary - 927,000 THB

3 hours ago, berybert said:

Why did your friends go to immigration when they arrived in Thailand ?

 

I'd imagine that it meant that they were at the immigration counters in the arrival hall of an airport.

7 minutes ago, John19780 said:

Yes, thanks. The question is do i send my certificate, or do they use computer records.

To use the government service, then I 'think' that you must send the original to them, I've never done it, so not sure TBH, however, if you start the application it does mention documents sent and returned by post / courier.

It also mentions that a PRINTED PDF copy can be legalised if it meets certain criteria.

Official government site for this: https://www.gov.uk/get-document-legalised

37 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Unless a person follows up on the letter of intent the UK nationality is not lost. Not sure about it never being lost if it is renounced.

If a British citizen goes head and renounces his citizenship and it is accepted, then they will have one chance to regain  their British citizenship again.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/417595/rs1_guide_mar_2015.pdf

I am not sure where the ECO got the 12,001 THB from, it must be on another page of the bank book, however, to an ECO the page that you scanned and inserted here does look very suspicious, as there were 3 deposits worth 19,500 THB in very quick succession (4 days), plus a carried on balance of 44,501.88 THB, suggesting that the previous page also had recent deposits, seeing as the ECO uses the figure 12,001 THB?

Which I suspect may have been the balance prior to the very recent deposits?

This raises a big flag to the ECO, as it looks like the account has been topped up for the sole purpose of the visit and this doesn't tally with the employment information given to the ECO, if your husband's friend earns a total of 20,000 THB a month and spends 10,000 THB, then it would be reasonable to show steady savings of around 10,000 THB a month being deposited.

The only thing the friend can do is reapply, but before he does this, the grounds for refusal must be addressed properly.

Did you and your husband sponsor him at all?

The most important things that must be proven during an application is that there are sufficient funds to support him whilst in the UK, this can be provided by himself or via a sponsor, if a sponsor, then this must be made clear and not money given to the applicant for the purposes of applying.

Importantly he must prove that he will return back to Thailand, often this is the difficult part.

11 hours ago, cat handler said:

I don’t get it, why would he need anyone’s permission to RENEW a passport, sure he may need permission to get one but he already has one, he is simply renewing it. 

Because under Thai law he remains a minor until aged 20, same as a British child could not renew their passport without their parents permission under the age of 16.

1 minute ago, charliebadenhop said:

Can't the boy go to Cambodia using his Thai ID card and then fly out of Cambodia as a Brit?

He would have to depart Cambodia using his Thai ID card, as this would be how he entered.

2 minutes ago, charliebadenhop said:

I know nothing about this specific problem,

 

But my daughter who is a dual national- Japanese and American, often leaves Japan using her Japanese passport, and enters the US with her US passport, all on the same trip. And then switches the routine coming back. 

 

No one had ever looked for stamps, to see where she has been. Neither Japanese or US authorities. 

This is the standard way for dual citizens, the issue is that the lad doesn't have a valid Thai passport to be able to depart Thailand with and he is too young to apply for a new Thai passport in his own right, he cannot depart Thailand on his British passport because he did not enter using it.

2 minutes ago, offset said:

Could he go to Laos and then go to the UK on his UK passport he has prove of entering Laos not come back to Thailand

I seriously doubt that, he will have to depart Laos using the same document he entered on, no different to Thailand.

His current options are severely limited right now, TBH, he may have to swallow his pride and talk with his mother, this is about the only chance he has of getting a new Thai passport, otherwise he is stuck until he is 20.

5 hours ago, Catoni said:

Accordingly, as of 11 July 2016, revaccination or a booster dose of yellow fever vaccine will not be required for international travellers as a condition of entry into a State Party, regardless of the date that their international certificate of vaccination was initially issued

Based on this and the fact that Thailand are a member state of WHO, then there should no problem entering Thailand using the 11 year old certificate, remembering that they must go to the health control counter for clearance prior to proceeding to immigration.

5 minutes ago, BEVUP said:

So why couldn't he enter Lao with a Boarder Pass (good for 3 day I think ) since he has no Thai passport ?

 

& then as suggested leave on english one 

I am not sure that this would work, as it is highly probable that if enters Laos using his Thai ID card he will have to depart using the same, when trying to enter Thailand on his British passport there will be no departure stamp from Laos, so they might refuse entry, I am led to understand that the Thai land borders do check for the departure stamp when entering Thailand?

17 minutes ago, hathairat2711 said:

Rather than complicate matters, I will use the current stamped single re-entry permit when I return to Thailand next week and obtain either a single or multi re-entry permit at either DM or immigration later this year.

 

Thanks all for the feedback.

 

This is the best solution.

3 minutes ago, generealty said:

How long does the process usually take from application to receiving new passport ?

I have not applied myself for a while, so not sure, from what I have read, usually around 15 - 20 days or so, but plan on the worse, i.e. 4 weeks.

There has been a lot of debate on here before as to whether you can or cannot use the passport after applying, in theory not, in practice people have, as the corners are not cut off until the new passport arrives.

3 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Just as well Britain has Polaris, or they would be as undefended as Monaco.

You are a little out of date, that went ages ago!

1 minute ago, generealty said:

Where to apply- UK Embassy or agency ?

All the information IS in this link: https://www.passport.service.gov.uk/overseas/information/thailand/renew/adult

3 minutes ago, generealty said:

ubonjoe- after reading and printing off from website you indicated earlier, nowhere doers it state that I apply in person or address to attend. I just states send by courier with supporting documents. Any help would be appreciated

use this link: https://www.passport.service.gov.uk/overseas/information/thailand/renew/adult

Don't forget that your wife must go with you to immigration when you apply.