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I use my chase credit card regularly on Lazada including a few times today. It gets declined only on rare occasions and then works again after. In the times it gets declined I use Bangkok Bank account transfer to pay.

I make over 100 purchases on Lazada per month. My default payment method is my US credit card from Chase. Occasionally the card gets declined and then I use bank transfer. 1-2-3 Service using Bangkok Bank mobile app.

They got grabbed at about 5pm

I have lived in Udon for 11 years. Here bars had closed before the emergency decree and businesses that were 24 hours (7-Eleven, McDonalds, etc.)  were ordered closed 10PM to 5AM before was a National curfew. Anyways.. Now Alcohol is banned 11-30th. In the city everyone wears masks. Temp gets taken to enter almost everywhere; social distancing set up at banks etc. Most restaurants are takeout and delivery only. Is still a few markets where stands are near each other, and a few places to eat that are not distant (only a few). Many of the big hotels have been ordered closed. Some are set up on govt. contracts. For example, Prajaktra Design Hotel is being used for any medical workers that require quarantine. Curfew STRONGLY enforced.

8 hours ago, Dogmatix said:

 

Brilliant. And the patient went to the hospital on public transport, probably infecting people along the way and in the hospital. All for nothing.  How sad.

You are VERY wrong!

I did my annual marriage extension today at Udon Immigration. Everything same as past years. I was extended for 1 additional month and told to comeback then to get my one year stamp. There was no mention of bringing back my bank book or anything like that.

They will need an interview appointment. It is required their parent or person accompanying them attends the interview with their passports. They are not required to attend themselves. 

In the process of getting my wife and stepson green cards. Earlier today the Thai police clearance arrived in the mail, but I'm just looking at it hoping it is the right letter. It is addressed to US, and has case # on it, but it doesn't really say they don't have a criminal record, more just haven't been a threat. Just wanting to make sure this is the right thing as it looks pretty simple/basic. If someone who has done this can just lightly describe the letter they got, and used that would be appreciated. Just trying to confirm in advanced that this is the correct one.

To the guys saying along the lines of "when come to X country you X" 

True of False: Over half the Muslims in France were born in France? 

The Nong Sim location is now a pile of rubble, with a sign indication the new City Lodge location.

Went there twice recently. The signage (several of them) is for sure there, indicating it is the Bookhouse and is same cook (Nok). Menu is same and food is amazing as always, with big portions too. Mexican, Indian, Spaghetti, Thai food, traditional western dishes, breakfast, it is all great. The hours are now different though. Breakfast and lunch from 10AM to 2PM, and Dinner from 5PM to 10PM. I didn't ask but did see a sign saying Sunday 10AM to 6PM for a promotion. I'm not sure if that's the full Sunday hours or the promotion hours. I super recommend this place for the diverse menu and great food. The service is sometimes slow (or was in past) but the food is so great that if the case it is always well worth the wait.

Did my fifth annual extension of stay based on marriage application today at Udon Thani Immigration.

Most significant thing to report is I was questioned extensively about notarized income statement from US Embassy. Same officer that did my last few had to check with someone else. I had both talking to me when the other said a new rule since August is the US embassy needs to stamp a document that shows income: "this letter.... can't use anymore". But then after a few minutes she asked if I had anything else could give her. She wanted either the receipt of having paid for the notarization or the appointment slip. I didn't save either so no go on that. She printed something in Thai (I don't read Thai well) and told me to sign it (I did but no idea what). Then said "okay, next time bank book." and that was that. Proceeded as normal.

I was in and out very quickly. Same officer seems to look at me each time I walk in door and is always friendly but we don't really talk. She called me next even though I had just walked in and appeared to be a queue in front of me (not sure why). She went through the application very quickly other than that one snag. This time I just put 2,200 baht in the clip at the end when signing the paper instead of normal 1,900.. I was charged 100 baht for copies once like 4 years ago, also another time during 90 day report asked to do a temple donation (was in envelope to seal and stuck 20 baht in it and put in the box) but other than that never been overcharged. I felt like she was doing me a favor taking me ahead of everyone else, and was very impressed with how fast it was. I was out of there about 30 minutes after walking in the door, exciting considering I had trouble even finding a parking spot.

Some added info:

- brought a witness who was used. This was new three times ago they needed a witness. Take their ID, tabien baan, ask a few questions, print them out and have them sign. Have read other reports of people not needing this and see many others go in without one, but for some reason three times ago was requested from me, thus have brought one ever since. Immigration has never visited my home before. Maybe this saves them the need.

Documents needed:

TM7 completed twice w/ photos

Passport - copies of all pages of the passport (in past was only certain ones, this time they photo copied and had me sign the ones missing as needed them all).

Marriage Certificate

Marriage Log - forget what this is called, the other form given when doing the marriage.

Wife's name change document

Wife's ID

Wife's tabien baan (house book)

Children's birth certificates

Income letter from embassy - which again this time was questioned, told not valid, but then used along with something else in Thai they had me sign.

Map to House

Photos with family - (1. Outside home, 2. living room, 3. bedroom)

Everything signed in advanced makes it faster. That's it. Was very easy. Feels like it took me longer to write this post than it did to do all that.

I'm not sure on embassy letter issue. Using the money in bank is no issue for me and will just do that next time. But just more a heads up for others going this route, I have no idea really what that conversation was all about.

The sad part is she'll be out in a couple years and if has money will be very easy time served.

You're behind on the story. Turkish Uighurs have been the leading theory of foreign media for a long time, and was mentioned in all these threads many times.

Edit to add: In fact, if you wanted to scapegoat someone, having it be Turkish Uighurs would be the perfect choice. The Thai authorities had been saying all along it is not them while foreign media, social media posters etc. have kept it a leading theory. If needing a scapegoat finding someone of eur-asian appearance and connecting them to Turkey would be the ideal choice. (I don't think that is happening here. I'm on the side I think this is all legit, just am responding to your post).

I also don't think it is unusual to the extremes often suggested, regarding terrorist organisations not taking credit.

Passport Photo (of) <---> Guy they Caught

Have noticeable differences, but those videos of taksin bridge suspect are very low quality and is at night. Is similarities too.

^ to the above. Comparing many photos similar cheek bones, similar build, similar hairline, similar nose. The sideburns part of hair growth isn't same, skin color appears different (but again low quality at night - and a couple weeks passed).

I could buy that maybe the guy they have now is taksin (not Erawan) bomber. And the photo on the fake passport they are holding belongs to the Erawan bomber. The photos of guy they caught today don't look like the photos of Erawan bomber, but the photo used on the passport looks much closer.

Hairline similar, nose similar. Don't have much to go on with just that one passport photo though. Age doesn't seem to match. The Erawan bomber came off as very young and I would guess younger than whoever this passport photo is of, but is still possible.

Only tossing out the idea, is still room for this to be two people, not 3 or more.

Have noticeable differences, but those videos of taksin bridge suspect are very low quality and is at night. Is similarities too.

Others with Turkish passports have already commented is no issue with the expiration being same calendar date as issue. It has multiple forgery errors, but that not one of them.

Richard Barrow ‏@RichardBarrow 2m2 minutes ago

Passports found at apartment

these are old Turkish passports, and they are out of use since 2010 in Turkey

If the issue date was 2009 would they not be valid until 2019?

There are some that might have a printed expiration date that has not yet passed, but they are no longer valid. 24 November 2014 was the final date to change the passport by. They are useless for entry into any country after that date.

Edit to add: they were also useless for many purposes long before that date too.

RT@W7VOA: Police display one of the passport seized in room of #BangkokBlast suspect (no confirmation if real identity). http://t.co/yJCvVWKvaG

Why does it say date of expiry two times?

Someone with same passport let us know if Date of Expiry is listed twice on yours.

It forgery (low budget). Thai media already reported this.

They have now but pretty sure they hadn't when I questioned it. I caught that on the live TV stream shot while reading this forum, and twitter live feed, and was like ? and asked. It unfortunately took about 20 minutes for them to start mentioning fake passport, initially saying were looking to get confirmation from Turkey, and about 40 minutes before was consistently called that. Foreign media including CNN posted a Turkish National has been arrested, going off the initial report. Much foreign media still hasn't even corrected that.

My first thought about the passports being the older style was these would be easier to use when forged. But upon research it seems the last of those had validity ended on Nov. 24, 2014.

Passports found at apartment