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OP, do you consider yourself a genius on Thailand because you are here at the minute?

I know people who visit Thailand from the UK who have in all likeliness forgotten more about this country than you will ever acquire regardless of how long you have been here.

They once told me about buffalos, ladyboys and why girls wear numbers in night-time entertainment venues. Their knowledge of temples was somewhat vague, but there you go. I remembered most.........................

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OP shows an invasive species of snail. Giant African land snail I believe. Certainly edible, it's eaten in Africa. If you try eating it pls let us know how it tastes. Got lots of them in my garden but never been brave enough to try making garlic butter snails.

If you do eat one OP, please wait for 7 days before making your report.

Cheers..........................

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Just asked the GF as she has the Euro flag with DE underneath, told me her original holder was damaged so she bought a new holder for 300 Baht. Why that holder I asked...cos I liked it alt=whistling.gif>

Oh, that's a relief (for me anyway)

I thought you were going to say that she said that it wasn't actually her car but it belonged to her brother Hans.

Glad she didn't..............................

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So what happens if you just overstay for 3 days, due to travel delays or some unforeseen circumstances? Can you still pay 1500 baht fine and re-enter?

Or is a 1 day, or 2 day overstay deemed as a major issue and results in a 1 year ban?

Good question. I have asked this question on other threads and forums, haven't had an answer yet, despite all smug guys saying stuff like íf you can't do the time, don't do the crime. Easy to imagine an emergency situation where you can't get that flight on a Sunday or a Friday, I see no appeals process, and nobody has seen fit to answer this matter either, if there was I can imagine that if there were you would find yourself in an immigration cell for at least a few days, if you didn't have any money (which would be another reason why some people are on over stay) even longer, no bail. So some people on overstay will be in constant dread of betrayal, not wishing to get a 5 or 10 year ban obviously, leaving their lady, home, children, animals, life style behind from one day to the next.

I am thinking that more crack downs are on their way and that a lot of hitherto smug people aren't going to like them very much.

It's only a crime if you don't report in that you have overstayed. If you do report in, no "penalty" applies till you reach 90 days, when it's 5 year ban.

( According to post on Lonely Planet Thai forum ).

So, according to that (from what i can read) we have gone from a possible 5 year blacklist for being 1 day overstay if apprehended (taking the words literally) to a 90 day grace period for anyone who wants to overstay that long and doesn't get stopped?

I think i will wait for the fine tweaking of the actual procedure before commenting further.................

Providing a map is one thing, to actually put it into Google maps is something that is new.

If you don't understand Google maps, well, you can Google it.

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I think you must be having memory lapses already !! Where did you read 1 day overstay will get you banned for 5 years

Here, yesterday. New Rules.

Same rules that had this disclaimer?

"However, Thaivisa.com must stress that we are still awaiting official confirmation from the Immigration Bureau on this matter."

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From the OP:

Today, Thaivisa.com has been given access to a new Police order proposal that is due to be signed and released imminently, detailing tough new measures for foreigners who overstay in Thailand.

The new measures, which will see overstayers of more than 90 days blacklisted, are as follows:

To the many posters still concerned about going into overstay - be it through forgetting their exit date, accident, illness, etc - the title of the thread clearly states you will be blacklisted if you are exceeding 90 days.

If you are apprehended it still falls within the description of the law that you will only be blacklisted after 90 days. What they do with you before 90 days is anyone's guess...

You could be blacklisted if you are arrested for a serious crime but that has always been the case.

Personally I gain no pleasure in seeing people screw up their lives - not (as so many seem to feel) the Thai government screwing up their lives - but I find it difficult to sympathise as it has not been a walk in the park for someone who has stayed within the law.

I didn't read it that way. In the OP, is clearly states as below. You have decided that the introductory section also applies to the section about persons being APPREHENDED. Maybe it does, maybe it does ... but you don't KNOW that.

As this is written below, any person apprehended less than one year is subject to the draconian 5 year ban. Nothing in this text about less than 90 days getting no 5 year ban.

IF they had meant to communicate a different policy for those apprehended under 90 days, surely it would have / should have been included in this TEXT, yes?

Again seems a kind of of wishful, even magical thinking to assume a person APPREHENDED before the 90 days would get the same treatment as those exiting Thailand voluntarily with an under 90 day overstay.

In the case that the alien is being apprehended:

Overstay for less than 1 year > Forbidden from re-entering the kingdom for 5 years.

Overstay for more than 1 year > Forbidden from re-entering the kingdom for 10 years

JT, it also says clearly in the OP :

"However, Thaivisa.com must stress that we are still awaiting official confirmation from the Immigration Bureau on this matter".

Where I fully understand your point about the possibility of someone getting binned from Thailand for 5 years for a one day overstay, common sense would say that there would need to be a provision for the unknown/unavoidable circumstances that can and do happen.

Not saying you shouldn't believe all you read, but maybe look at it from a wider angle. IMHO, I don't think the target of the changes are directed at normal people with proper visas.

Still, that being said, perhaps I am being naïve trying to bring logic to the floor.

Without trying to be smart, have you checked out the status of your drivers?

Control Panel, System, Device Manager. (When you open Control panel, change the default "View By" to small icons from Category)

If you still have update capability on the pirate version, make sure you are downloading Microsoft as opposed to just Windows, and run an update. This will normally sort out most driver issues/updates. If not, right click on any items showing the yellow exclamation mark and click update driver.

As long as your mainboard is compatible (not too old).

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Hello,

For example, 1MB = 8,388,608 bits (1 megabyte)
so 1MB does not = 1,000,000 bits!

AND, your common internet connection actually uses 10 bits for every "byte", 8 data bits, plus start/stop bits. So 8 Mbps is about 0.8 MegaBytes per second, or about 800 KiloBytes per second.
if the server you are watching from is in Asia it should be no problem to watch 2 streams with 720p simultaneously.

YouTube recently made a page for Thailand, YouTube.co.th you could try if the stream is working better there, but 8mbps is fast enough to watch 2 streams and surf the internet on the 3rd screen

i also agree with JeremyBowskill, On a good day yes, no problem. On a bad day, not so easy it depends a lot on how much bandwidth you really get from your 8 mbit go make a speed test here:http://speedtest.adslthailand.com/ you can choose the server location and you will see the difference in speed to overseas or Asia etc.

good luck have a nice day.

Agree with Crazy88's comments above. Another speedtest you could try is:

http://www.speedtest.net/ This is the Ookla one. I admit, I'm not a great fan of the speedtest sites but sometimes they are good for a rough benchmark.

I recently changed my home package (not True unfortunately) to a 13Mbps connection from 3BB (900 baht a month), the thumb below was the result. I was downloading at an average of 1.5 megabytes a second during a 4.07 GB download. OK, I was using a download manager, but the results were better than that on the box.

This is "up-country" in Phitsanulok.......................

My travel iron could present a problem if supply isn't available.............................

And even if it is, its not proving that it works, but cooling the thing down again.

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You might want to fast forward and look at May 2015............... width=32 alt=coffee1.gif>

Any month that has 31 days and begins on a Friday has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays, and 5 Sundays.

Just so you know......................

Maybe they will resuse this bs proverb when May rolls around next year as well...

Can be sure of it.

(I had it noted already for August this year & May next but firefox beat me to it............................ )

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You could also get one of these for the beach and instead of looking for buried treasures surreptitiously record the girls' conversations.

I'd just want the hat, don't need the metal detector thingy.

Wouldn't necessarily need a beach either.........................

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I read that (in the US) a name change in the court costs $200 and a new passport costs $120. Problem solved?

... until they start doing fingerprinting.

and rectal scans........................

(Spell check playing up)

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Yes, the extension was based on my job, the work permit was issued during the last 30 days of the multi non-O, which was originally issued for the reason of dependency (support Thai wife). I'm not sure what got changed and when, the original visa is in my old passport, so not sure what the notations were.

Anyway, cheers for the clarification. I think i have wasted enough time off-topic, sorry about that.

Double post

Ooooops

How much do I drink?

Any given amount...........................

At least that would have been my answer 15 years ago when I last had an alcoholic drink. Thailand can do many strange thing to many different people.

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If you are doing any business here you do need to have a work permit. Maybe you need to set up a representative office here and get a work permit for yourself from it. An O visa does not give you any permission to work. Esentially it just gives you the right to apply for a work permit.

O visa ? I must have missed something here but I didnt think we were talking about the non-Imm O visa - mine specifically forbids me from working in the Kingdom.

I was going to reply to Harry's last post, but will answer here to address two points.

Harry, I don't understand the wording that a non-O only gives you the right to apply for a work permit? I have been in country working for the last 9 years on a non-O visa, rather extensions based on that non-O. At the time, mine didn't have any stamps forbidding me to work. We have had a position filled last year with the employee on a non-O as well, no change to the visa required and extension based on the non-O.

To my knowledge the reason the non-B came into existence was for the convenience of travelers visiting Thailand, enabling them to conduct work at irregular intervals. The non-B visa has evolved somewhat since that time.

Your WP will be granted dependent on your extension basis, if you are already on an extension, not the visa that you entered on 9 years ago.

'B" is the norm, but many labour departments will issue WPs based on non immigrant 'O' entry stamps, provided there is no exclusion clause against working (often put in if the applicant has applied for retirement purposes).

In fact the non immigrant 'O' is the generic catch all visa - 'O' stands for other.

The 'B' visa has always been, certainly during the 14 years that I have been here, the first stop for some one wishing to either apply to work in Thailand or to 'do business' here.

I initially entered Thailand with a multi non-O with the reason as dependency (support Thai wife). I was offered work, issued with work permit and the reason on the non-O changed to work (I presume). Perhaps not in that particular order.

Point being, the extensions were based on the original non-O multi entry which at the time I wasn't on an extension.

Not arguing about it, just commenting.

"The campaign was organised after it was found that there are about 80 per cent of smokers in the total population in Thailand"

If the above statement is true, their anti-smoking campaigns don't seem to working that well. Why don't they canvas the government (?) and make it illegal outright, as it should be, if all the facts about it being the cause of all the diseases it is claimed to be responsible for are true?

Or would the tax generated with the sales be stronger than the welfare and health of the population?

Anyway, we know this isn't going to happen.

At least the anti smoking people are sticking with the right ratios for a democratic country, the minority making decisions for the majority.

Jinky, I'm sure you will be answered correctly soon by people in the know, but just to prepare you for what is coming, I can't see how your work permit is valid/legal if you are using it alongside a tourist visa.

As said, I may be wrong, but be prepared........................

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If you are doing any business here you do need to have a work permit. Maybe you need to set up a representative office here and get a work permit for yourself from it. An O visa does not give you any permission to work. Esentially it just gives you the right to apply for a work permit.

O visa ? I must have missed something here but I didnt think we were talking about the non-Imm O visa - mine specifically forbids me from working in the Kingdom.

I was going to reply to Harry's last post, but will answer here to address two points.

Harry, I don't understand the wording that a non-O only gives you the right to apply for a work permit? I have been in country working for the last 9 years on a non-O visa, rather extensions based on that non-O. At the time, mine didn't have any stamps forbidding me to work. We have had a position filled last year with the employee on a non-O as well, no change to the visa required and extension based on the non-O.

To my knowledge the reason the non-B came into existence was for the convenience of travelers visiting Thailand, enabling them to conduct work at irregular intervals. The non-B visa has evolved somewhat since that time.

Bin the phone. Bin the Sim.

Get a new phone and sim and don't call them.

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You think she's crazy? I heard normal Thai girls don't get Tattoo's on themselves

If she can do an 80% back tattoo on herself, she has talents.

Truth..........................