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9 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Yes. I wonder how they justify that, except on the grounds of racism. I wrote to them and asked, and you can guess the response I (didn't) get.

Yes, I have been using MRT elder card for years and it is 50% off . I originally got one from BTS and I topped up with 500 Baht. Went through the gate and security took away my card. No refund!

It'll be interesting to see if the new government get their "Flat rate of 20 Baht" through. Will this be for Thais only? 

Will there be dual pricing and foreigners charged 4 , 5 or 10 times the Thai rate as in National Parks?

On 9/16/2023 at 1:12 PM, bamnutsak said:

And the error with the mandatory (red asterisk) name field being the First Name. Pretty sure they mean the Last Name is required.

 

What do we use for check out date? Our current permission to stay date? 31/12/2039?

I don't know when I will die, so I don't know what to write.

Someone told me that this is at Srinakarinwirot University. 

There is a lot of construction going on there and some passage ways look extremely dangerous.  I am certainly very wary when walking through there.

Thaksin expects to be released in October. How convenient!

1 hour ago, Peterw42 said:

The whole point of the online system is "its in the system". There is no need for a receipt as immigration looks at their screen and sees the entry, if there is no entry it means it hasn't been done.

Immigration dont ask for a receipt to prove a tm30, they look at their screen.

You are wrong. 

When I renewed my visa last time, they asked for a copy of my TM30.  They said they could see that I had done it, but still asked for a copy.

5 hours ago, bob smith said:

i'm leaving for business, Frits.

 

I also said that I will always be keeping a base here in Thailand, along with my LEGIT visa.

 

Please do try and keep up!

You are leaving for business. Do you have your own company or business?

My friend is self employed and travels to Thailand regularly on a business visa. He has to produce a letter to immigration from his employer (himself) and he often stays 6 motnhs or so. Out for a month and then back.

He does do business here, before anyone asks.

On 4/4/2023 at 9:12 AM, 007 RED said:

A few members have indicated that it is possible to get all the paperwork done and married within a day, possibly with the help of an agent or fixer. 

 

Sorry but that may have been the case a few (10+) years back, but today there is no chance of getting everything done within that time frame.  I think that realistically you need to plan a minimum of 2 days, but to be more certain I would consider 3 days.

 

Firstly you need to get your Affirmation from the embassy.  To arrange this (if your British) you will need to make an appointment (online), and recent reports indicate that you could be looking at several weeks away.  If your lucky in getting an early appointment (e.g. 9am) you should be clear of the embassy in about 30 minutes.  Remember, that you may also need a certified copy of your passport (data page) for the Amphur and this will cost you extra in terms of both GBP and time.

 

Once you have your Affirmation, and if required certified copy of your passport, you will need to get both translated into Thai.  The British Embassy has a list of translators as per attached link below:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/thailand-translators-and-interpreters/list-of-translators-and-interpreters-in-thailand  But read the disclaimer first.

 

You will find that most translator service have 'templates' for the Affirmation document and for passport so it should not take them long to produce a translation for you e.g. a couple of hours.  The most important thing is getting your name correct in Thai, and it is this which often causes the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to reject the certification of the translation.

 

Note: some translations services will also offer to have the translation of the Affirmation, and certified passport certified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but obviously this will cost you extra.

 

If your doing it yourself, then the next step is to take the originals and translated copies to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Consular Office to have them certified.  The main Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Bangkok is in Chang Watana district, but they now have a sub office in Khlong Toei MTR station and in the MBK centre.

 

Up until Covid hit the world, you could walk in to their offices with your documents in the morning, pay a fee and collect the certified documents later in the afternoon.  Unfortunately those day are now long gone.  You need to make an online appointment as per link:  https://qlegal.consular.go.th/  Again, reports indicate that you may be looking for a date/time several days, or even a week plus ahead.   

 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs charges a fee for each document submitted.  There is a regular service = next day, or express service = same day (submit before 11 am collect after 2pm) at an extra charge.

 

Note:  If there is a problem with the translation e.g. your name is incorrectly translated, then the document will be rejected by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and you will need to go back to the translator to have it rectified which will take that much longer and incur additional costs to have the amended document certified.  Hence, using an agent, fixer or the translator to have the documents certified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs may work out quicker and cheaper in the long run.

 

Isn't life fun 

The most helpful and sensible posting here

We used to have about 50 or more (yes, I tried to count) flying around our house. The maid opposite used to put food next to our house to feed them and we often had big arguments about this.

Recently, some Burmese guys have been coming around with some kind of cage/trap on telescopic  poles. They capture the pigeons in the cage and carefully wrap a bag around the cage. I have no idea what they do with the pigeons, but they are very gentle with them.

Now, we don't have a single pigeon around here.

16 minutes ago, pomchop said:

 In fact, the stipulated punishment under The Hotel Act, B.E. 2547 (2004), Section 15 “without a hotel license” is one-year imprisonment and a fine not exceeding 20,000 baht. Plus, a daily fine not to exceed 10,000 baht for as long as the violation continues.

 

But as I said earlier, nothing happens.

ha noticed yesterday that our Chinese neighbours who have been away for a few days have 6 or 7 pieces of meat hanging up in their outdoor kitchen. I was wondering if they were lambs or goats judging by the size, but now I woner.

I find nearly all SCB and UOB banks foreigner friendly. Never have any problems.

Try calling SCB call center and ask  for advice

On 11/4/2022 at 3:01 PM, Aussieroaming said:

The irony being that Chuwit had to do the RTP's work and then hand it to the RTP in such a way that the RTP couldn't kill the investigation. The Chinese were very likely operating under police  protection until Chuwit made it a public affair.

And military protection. I can see the Chinese "family" near us have had soldiers walking around their property for the last week.

18 hours ago, Lorry said:

You are right they were not tourists. 

You may have noticed that the number of Mandarin speakers is going up again. And its not tourists you here speaking. Young strong tall men, short haircut, clad in black. The way they looked  when the Chinese took over Sihanoukville.

Of course these guys need Chinese food and Chinese KTV girls.

Orinoco and thailand49 are spot-on.

Spot on.

There is a "hotel" near us, owned by Chinese, run by Chinese. All food is delivered from the same Chinese restaurant. All prostitutes are Chinese and delivered by the same cars. 

The guests staying there all have luxury cars, Rolls Royce, Bentleys and so on. All very strong, short clipped hair. Sleep during the day. Wake up around 5 pm and do a couple of hours of heavy weight training and martial arts. Then they "do something" all night long. Cars coming and going every 30 minutes until 6 am when they decide to sleep.

10 hours ago, herfiehandbag said:

The "radar" needs calibrating - an operation this size, with this many customers, this much cash, this quantity of drugs held " on site" and even fronted by a white Rolls Royce with red number plates (!) is not exactly low profile!

We often have white Rolls Royces, yellow Bentleys, white RR Cullinans all on red plates and owned by Chinese parked in our soi. There must be hundreds of them in Bangkok.

1 hour ago, TheFishman1 said:

Interesting the casino new place recalled probably owned by the Chinese and the police TIT

You forgot the military.

22 hours ago, Neeranam said:

Like a limosine?

Actually, they are Rolls Royces, Bentleys, Mercedes, but they seem to be opening and closing the doors all night long

On 10/14/2022 at 3:03 PM, Dmaxdan said:

If it's shown on Thai TV (which in the past it always has been) you should be able to change the audio language by going into the settings on your TV (or TV box) and listen to the commentary into English.

Sometimes there is a button on your remote marked language.

That's if it is a private TV station sending it. I remember once before SAT sent something similar (World Cup or European Cup) but only sent with Thai commentary. Maybe they have learned from their mistake.

I watch via streaming anyway.

Already confirmed as fake news.

Why on earth do they still publish these figures?  Everyone knows they are not real.

My doctor said to me that you can multiply these figures by 10 to get a more accurate picture.

At least the death rates seem to be low. That is a good thing.

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

Immediate deportation would be the answer, but Thailand would not want to offend one of the tourist markets they have left.

The majority of Thais that I know fully support Russia. They get their news from some Thai channel that resends Russian tv. Anything from CNN or BBC according to them is fake news.

23 hours ago, Geoffggi said:

Additional information required here, for the interim it appears to be sloppy safety procedures as even if a connection failed there must have been some signs that would have been spotted following adequate equipment safety checks. - RIP

Errr wot's a safety check?

22 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

And the Gentlemen's Clubs in Thong Lor.

Don't worry about them.

They have moved to luxury hoses around here. I have noticed a tremendous increase in "parties" the last month. The super cars and Alphards line up to drop off people at the houses.