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1 hour ago, dick dasterdly said:

Not on my computer.....

 

It started off well, but earlier than normal went into 'go (VERY) slow' mode again.....

Same here.

8 minutes ago, 007 RED said:

I agree the airline should show due diligence but check in clerks are human beinings and subject to making miistakes. Hence if the airline or one of its employees or agents allows the passenger to fly when they have recieved a deny boarding code, the airline is responsible.

So, what you are saying is that it is possible for the APIS system to issue a deny boarding code and the airline somehow still allow the passenger to board and fly?

So the system isn't automated then?

A mere mortal like me would have thought that the whole process would be automated, i.e. if a deny boarding code is in the system, then it would not be possible (or at least simple) for the system to issue a boarding pass. 

1 hour ago, 007 RED said:

Sorry Tim... The airline is only responsible when they have allowed a passenger to fly after receiving a 'Refuse Boarding Code' through the Advance Passenger Information System.

This cannot be right by default, if the airline received a 'refuse boarding code', then surely that is exactly what they would do?

In reality, the airline has to carry out due diligence of all boarding passengers, i.e. visa or no visa, if no visa, onward ticket, etc. etc. and if Thai immigration can show that the airline did not carry this out with diligence, then they would make them liable to fly the person back.

5 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

That is pure supposition and nothing more.

The cabinet is the only entity that can declare additional holidays and that has not happened.

Whilst this is 100% correct, I do also think that those outside of main catchment areas such as Bangkok, Chonburi, Phuket etc. would be wise to allow a little more time, although they may not actually close the immigration office outposts, there is a possibility of staff shortages if a larger than normal percentage of staff take annual leave to go to Bangkok to pay their respects.

It doesn't harm to be prepared.

7 hours ago, welovesundaysatspace said:

One idea, in case she cannot raise the additional 20k THB needed, was that she leaves to a neighboring country where she can teach English to earn money for her flight.

And how exactly does she manage to depart to a neighbouring Country without paying the 20k overstay to get out of Thailand, plus of course, as she will then be banned, she cannot re-enter Thailand and flights to African countries from Laos, Cambodia etc. are pretty scarce.

On 29/09/2017 at 2:00 PM, sandyf said:

Any chance you can come up with some way to disable Skype from Outlook, that is more of a headache.

According to this link, then it isn't possible to do this!

https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA34705/how-do-i-turn-off-skype-in-outlook-com

Quoted from this page 

Skype is fully integrated with Outlook.com and cannot be turned off. We have received customer feedback that people would like the ability to turn off Skype and we’re working on adding this feature – watch this space.

1 minute ago, lopburi3 said:

Not good anymore.  Just wait until 1000 and it seem to go to crap every day and today is no different

Yep, same here and seems to get slower and slower as the day progresses, then around 16.30 odd speeds up again.

59 minutes ago, sinbin said:

No I haven't, but I've also never found anything that states a farang can be a POA to a, let's say in this case, a Thai wife who is medically incapacitated. I looked at your link. Not much use really.

It may well be that a farang may be able to get POA but it's strange that there's nothing even remotely suggesting it's allowable. I'm open to correction.

I have had POA for several things in a work situation, whereby the board of directors have issued me with a POA to carry out something on their behalf, I don't see where it would differ in civilian life, so long as the person being given the POA is legally allowed to be here.

POA's in the situation you describe are known a living wills in Thailand and governed by the Thailand National Health Care Act 2007

8 hours ago, welovesundaysatspace said:

And should leaving to Cambodia or Laos still be an option

Plus so far she hasn't raised enough money to even pay her overstay fine here, let alone survive anywhere but her home country.

I do not use Hotmail (Outlook) as personal email, however, found this link which seems to explain how to alter the way it handles attachments.

https://uit.stanford.edu/service/office365/online-and-onedrive/disable

1 hour ago, steve187 said:

someone who was not making full use of the 30 + 30 days could require more to stay full time.

I suppose this could happen if they were to use just a few days of the extension each time, in which case they are not really staying full time, far better off getting a visa of some type.

1 minute ago, chrisinth said:

I don't think 6 exemptions in a year is correct. It is 6 records that are in their computer system, not necessarily back-to-back to trigger the alert.

The OP asked the question 'maximum extensions in a year' as he was seemingly refused an extension due to 6 previous extensions, I was just pointing out that 6 extensions would be the maximum you could get in a 12 months period. 

1. I do not see why not and as early as she possibly can, basically as soon as Kenyan open check in.

2. There should be no problem at check in or at security checks, they will have seen ETD's before.

3. She will go to the immigration desk and will then be escorted to the overstay desk, where they will process her.

4. Once through immigration, then why not.

5. She will be in transit at NBO, so again, this should not be an issue.

1 minute ago, Aditi Sharma said:

It would be naive on The Girl's part to assume that they will pay. Assuming she has 20k baht, she will have to make sure their procedure does not take too long or else she would miss the Kenya Airways flight departing 00.35 hrs. It would not be the responsibility of the immigration department to ensure that she does not miss the flight because of the time taken by their process. I am sure they will be run off their feat by her overstay status. I remember only once my flight was delayed by two passengers who had already checked in at the airport but not boarded and the airline said they were obliged to wait for them. 

I totally agree in the OP's case, as she is not being deported in the true sense of the word, my point was more leaned towards those who are arrested and then deported, the advisory from ICAO does also state that States should adopt, rather than must, so it is a grey area.

Most Countries that are deporting somebody do arrange it, as they want the person gone, the UK for example, even goes to the length of chartering aircraft to send illegals back to where they come from, in the end, it is cheaper than keeping them in detention for an extended period. 

Regarding airlines being obliged to wait for late passengers, that is not correct at all, most airlines will attempt to locate the missing passenger(s) for a certain period of time after the scheduled departure, then if the passenger(s) have checked baggage in the hold, this will be located and removed, once that decision has been made by the Captain, then the passenger(s) will be refused boarding, I've been on several flights where this has happened.

This kind of thing costs airlines a lot of cash, miss a slot time at Heathrow for example and the plane could be delayed hours, waiting for a new slot time that not only gets them out of LHR, but also slots them all the way to their destination.

1 hour ago, BritTim said:

No. Under international law, only the national airline of the country where the deportee has residence can be forced to carry someone being deported.

Where is this actually written?

Under ICAO regulations, then it is perfectly possible for an airline other than the National airline to fly a deportee, annex 9 clearly states that the carrying airline will not be penalised should the deportee be refused entry in to the destination or transit state.

Granted it would be best practice to deport somebody on an airline that is flying directly to the destination country, which in this case, is not possible.

Interestingly, it does also state the following:

States should adopt as best practice the following ICAO Annex 9 standard 10, which reads:

”Contracting States removing deportees from their territories shall assume all obligations, responsibilities and costs associated with the removal.”

Which technically means, if Thailand chooses to deport a person, then Thailand is liable, as a member (contracting State) of the UN!

They will simply 'never learn their lesson' this driver, like 95% of them, has absolutely no idea that he / she is doing anything wrong or dangerous, the only thing in their mind is themselves and the fact they they need to go from A to B.

The total disregard for others on the road extends to most things, it seems that the word selfish was invented for here!

Education won't change this I'm afraid.

Yep, back to slow as dogs again, pages taking ages to load, notifications even longer and bad gateways.

1 minute ago, moegreen said:

If she did not lie and used her real name. It would be public record. No one has any idea where she is. She could be dead for all we know.

I do agree that her whereabouts are not truly known, she could be still in Thailand for all we know!

On the balance of probabilities, then Dubai is favourite, in reality it is useless information anyway, as there is more chance of it snowing in Bangkok than her ever returning to serve the sentence.

Future Thai PM's need to learn from Prayut and utilise article 44 to avoid prosecution.

Just now, moegreen said:

That would be illegal, And grounds for deportation.

Why would it be illegal, there are millions of people in the world with legal dual nationality, The UAE authorities would not have grounds to deport her based on her entering the country on a legally issued passport from another Country. Her brother has been there for years like that!

2 minutes ago, ChomDo said:

Now I can't turn the pumps on to test because the pool is half empty.

You should still be able to turn the pump on, unless you do not have the option to isolate the skimmer from the circuit?

Normally each outlet from the pool should have an isolation valve.

It is becoming increasingly likely that the leakage is through a cracked pipe, as the leak gets less as the volume of water decreases, i.e. the head of water decreases, so the pressure acting on to the leak decreases.

Hopefully the pool company can find a solution without have to disturb the pool itself.

23 minutes ago, moegreen said:

She is mot in Dubai. There would have been a record of her entering the country.

You are making the assumption that she entered using her Thai name / passport, not one of her many others.

3 minutes ago, Grumpy Duck said:

I have only overstayed once, and for only 1 day (actually <12 hours) my visa renewal date was a Thai holiday the following morning I mmig refused my extension as I overstayed.  I was fined by immigration when leaving the DMK airport for Cambodia. I had a 2 entry 60 day visa at the time so did not need to extend my tourist visa. It has been a couple of years, but I believe the fine for overstay is ฿2000 base plus a certain amount per day. Over so many days overstay one is denied re-entry for a set period. 

For an overstay of 24 hours or less then there is no fine if departing from the major airports, it is 500 THB for everyday after that up to a maximum of 20,000 THB, so for example, a four day overstay would be a 2,000 THB fine.

A ban on entry only applies for overstay of 90 days or more.

54 minutes ago, johnray said:

The immigration lady said I cannot keep extending the visa because I have done 6 times in one year.

Surely, in theory six extensions per year would be the maximum, based on 30 day VE entries and 30 day extensions of each of these, 6 x 60 = 360 days.

What you do not state is if the pool is an overflow or skimmer type and if the leak gets worse with the pump on or off?

If it is an overflow type, then one of the first things to check is the surge tank for any cracks or leaks.

If it is a skimmer type, then lowering the level can be dangerous, as the skimmer section is normally set so that the pump takes suction from there, if the level of the pool goes below the skimmer box in the pool, then there is a possibility of damaging the pump due to sucking air through the skimmer box.

As mentioned by several others, other possible causes are cracked pipes, you could try sealing them off one by one, taking care that the pump still has suction, or turn it off whilst carrying out the tests.

The other possible area (and I hope not!) is the join between the floor of the pool and the sides, normally there is a rubber seal inserted here when the concrete is poured and it is critical that the floor is poured in one go and then the sides as one pour after.

I'd go for sealing off each pipe individually pool end first and monitoring the result, not forgetting the vacuum pipe etc. best to just turn the pump off whilst doing this, to avoid any damage.

5 minutes ago, David Walden said:

So does that mean if you want to buy a new car not only do you have to pay for wheels as an optional extra but the engine you also have to pay for.

Put as simply as possible, you have paid for a non-immigrant OA visa, which is valid for one year from the date of issue, you can come and go as many times as you want to between now and the enter before date on the visa sticker in your passport, each and every time you will get stamped in for one year.

As a bonus (sort of!) so long as you enter Thailand on or right before the enter before date on the visa sticker, you will get, as near as can be, a further one year permission to stay, however, as the visa has now expired, then in order to keep that one year alive you MUST go to your local immigration office in Thailand, or one of the desks at BKK / DMK prior to departing Thailand and get a reentry permit (single is 1,900 THB), if you plan on more than a couple of overseas trips, then get a multiple reentry permit for 3,800 THB to keep that one year permission to stay alive, if you don't, then the next time you arrive without a further visa, then you will be stamped in for 30 days.

It is only the second year that costs anything in reality and if you just stayed put in Thailand, even that would be free 

Once issued, it is best to use the OA visa ASAP to capture as much time on it as you can, the longer it is not used, the less time it can be used for.

Note the reentry permit desk in BKK is in the outbound immigration area and in DMK it is after immigration.