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49 minutes ago, Liquorice said:

Curiosity, but what visa type did you have whilst working.

Non B with extensions of stay + work permit, or Non O based on Thai spouse with a work permit.

Non b with extensions of stay and work permit. None showing in my current passport. The only visa in my current passport is the used non-o from last year. 

8 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Visas are not cancelled.

You had a single entry non O.

It was "used" upon entry to Thailand.

The stamp you were given was a 90 day permission of stay.

The subsequent 60 day extension to visit wife was another temporary permission of stay.

Nothing more to state on this topic.

Also a new passport does not erase any history. 

According to immigration there is no history to erase, so we all agree on that part. It’s just that according to them BOI will not forward the application for an extension of stay to immigration when they are aware there is an old uncancelled visa (although I’m guessing they’re actually referring to the subsequent extension of stay). So the proposed solution offered by immigration is for me to get a new passport in which case BOI wouldn’t be aware. 
That said it’s true that some extensions, for instance for reason of employment or education, do need to be officially cancelled by immigration before leaving the country.

A trip back to the homeland it likely is. 

6 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

You are being told nonsense.

You entered Thailand on a single entry non O.

Then obtained a 60 day extension. Subsequently exited and reentered visa exempt.

There is nothing to cancel. 

That’s my assumption as well, and Bangkok immigration also says the non o is out of their system, but it is claimed that per official rules it should have been canceled and BOI  apparently is super strict, so they won’t process the extension request to immigration on a non-ib in a passport showing  an uncancelled prior visa. So I was told by immigration to get a new passport so BOI isn’t aware, as their systems won’t show anything wrong. So weird. 

I’ve traveled to and worked  in Thailand for 2 decades having had work permits, extensions, visas, etc. The past 4 years I was not employed in Thailand but am married to a Thai national. I arrived in Thailand last year on a single entry non-o on the basis of being married. I subsequently received an extension of stay for 60 days for visiting Thai family. After that I left Thailand to return later on a visa exempt entry.

Now I am being offered a job for a BOI company. Their liason at immigration told them I will need to get a new passport and then apply for a non-ib visa, because I didn’t officially cancel my non-o visa from last year. I was told that BOI won’t issue the extension of stay if the passport shows a non immigrant visa which hasn’t been officially canceled before leaving the country. Is this a thing? First time I ever heard about this. 

3 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Zenni IS available here. 

I recently got a pair but was not too happy with them. I chatted and was told to adjust the nose pads, which I did not want to do as it would invalidate the warranty. They agreed and sent me a full refund, and told me to dump the pair.

I had a similar positive experience. First got a proper prescription from an ophthalmologist then ordered from Zenni. Multifocals in a titanium frame, top quality lenses for under 6000 baht. However when they arrived 9 days after ordering I found them a little too wide for my face. One email exchange and I got a full credit. I offered to send them back but didn’t have to. So I immediately ordered a new set with the same lenses but a narrower frame. Go zenni!

24 minutes ago, mr_lob said:

Very good points made here. Thank you

I quickly checked the Airbnb guest rating system, and as default anyone logged in can read the reviews from the hosts about the guests. The sharing and search engine results can be turned off though in the account settings. So it’s not as straightforward as I first thought. However, only the first name, home city and a guest uploaded profile picture (which isn’t required) are identifying details. And it’s not that you can publicly search for someone’s guest profile. So the claim that the losses are being unable to book with other hosts is correct, but his losses won’t go further than that, and it’s exactly how this part of the rating system is designed to work.

My suggestion to the op is to escalate this to the Airbnb legal team, as this could have a profound impact on their rating system.

oh, and check if other hosts have made similar comments about the claimant, and if the claimant ever made negative statements about hosts on the Airbnb platform, as it cuts both ways. 
 

1 hour ago, FruitPudding said:

 

Thanks for finding the link to prove what I said

 

"Whoever, imputes anything to the other person before a third person in a manner likely to impair the reputation of such other person or to expose such other person to be hated or scorned, is said to commit defamation, and shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding one year or fined not exceeding twenty thousand Baht, or both."

 

Even if what he said is true, it's still defamation. 

Read the next sections 329 and 330.

I don’t think the claimant has a very strong case. The defendant made his remarks on a platform which is not  publicly accessible and the remarks can only be seen by the Airbnb hosts with which the claimants wishes to make a booking. As such, providing the defendant can prove his statements were true, there is a legitimate interest according to section 329/1, because the Airbnb rating system is designed to warn other hosts about a potentially troublesome guest. Neither the general public, nor hosts which the claimants has no interest in booking a stay with can see the negative remarks.
If this is considered defamation, then any negative information about customers shared between companies in many branches would be considered defamation, which would make it impossible for banks, insurance companies, airlines, etc to protect each other against malevolent actors. 

16 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Do you have any link to a website with information about this in country Non-B procedure?

Why does (almost) everybody go out of the country to do that?

I don't know how many farangs I know with Non-B visa, but it might be 100. I don't think I ever heard anybody talking about getting that visa inside of Thailand. The exception might be BOI approved companies. I know there are lots of special regulations for them.

The process and documents required to obtain a non-b within Thailand is very similar to those for the 1-year extension of stay based on employment. For a lot of companies the extension application is too much to handle themselves so they hire an agent, accountant or lawyer to handle the extension, with 50k would be considered cheap. An agent would charge the same rate for the non-b conversion, so sending a new hire abroad to get a fresh non-b saves the company a lot. 

Also only the main regional immigration offices will do a conversion. 
 

20 hours ago, KhunLA said:

I do intermittent fasting, 12-15 hrs a day.  Usually stop eating between 2100-2400 hrs, then first meal is around noon the following day.  So half of that while sleeping.  Have morning coffee, and read, walk at park w/dog.   No food cravings at all.  If busy, might not even eat till 1500 hrs.

 

Eat anything I want, and best thing so far that's worked.

Same here. I don’t eat breakfast and then am not hungry for lunch and only in the evening do I start to feel hungry. So I have a dinner and supplement it with a large variety of <deleted>ty snacks during the course of the evening. I’ve been on the same weight for the past 25 years with a bmi of 20. I rarely drink alcohol though. Even when hungry I find it’s a feeling fairly easy to ignore. 
However, I recently visited my elderly parents in a cold country for 6 weeks, and in those six weeks I gained just over 10% in weight. Purely from having 3 ‘healthy’ meals a day. I needed the food to keep warm, and starting every day with bread rolls and a croissant would just make me extremely hungry again within hours. Now back in Thailand for 8 weeks and I’m almost back down to my weight from before by going back to one or 1.5 meal a day. If I feel hungry during the day I take a spoon of full fat mayonnaise and the hunger feeling will disappear within minutes and be gone for hours. No amount of carbs can do that for me. 

It depends on the labor department office. There were times in the past when the company I worked for was down to only two Thai employees due to loss of revenue for the company. Explained it to the labor department when my work permit needed renewing and they were fine with it, providing it wouldn’t take too long. But that was an established company, not sure how flexible they are with new companies and specifically nowadays that there are so many new companies with loads of virtual employees just for the sake of foreign work permits. Social security has been actively checking if people are not just on the payroll but are actually working and are receiving salary.

The difference comes mostly from excise tax, which is levied on both imported and domestically manufactured vehicles. It’s the same with alcohol and cigarettes.

2 hours ago, YaDongImproved said:

The kind of letter they are sending and the constitution of Thailand. Petition should be in court in two weeks and could be interesting for dual pricing later. We will refuse a compromise.

Not a lawyer, but I am quite sure that you can’t just pick and choose a section from the Thai constitution (or any other countries’ for that matter). Section 27 is part of Chapter 3, and the first section 25 clearly mentions it is about the rights and liberties of THAI persons. Any subsequent sections when mentioning persons should be read as Thai persons. Of course non Thais cant have all the same rights and liberties as Thais, eg working, entry to the kingdom, voting, etc etc. Yet none of the sections in the constitution detailing those rights specifically mention Thai persons either, just persons. 

11 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Not sure what it is but the less power the military has in internal affairs the better.

ISOC appoints the senate, so have enormous power. 

Hat Yai - Phuket - Utapao

OP, please read this.

https://www.samuiforsale.com/family-law/thai-marriage-and-contracts-between-husband-and-wife.html

Are there any updates on when service is expected to resume?

21 minutes ago, dingdongrb said:

Why have a paper bill come to the house for local services? 

 

Hopefully some day PEA will step up to the modern times and submit monthly billings online.

PEA smartplus app. Usage history, bills, payment process, notification of planned outages, report problem, and many more features in one very handy app. 

It won’t help you now, but some very promising research could result in a cure against excess mucus in a few years.

https://stanmed.stanford.edu/neurotransmission-connection-mucus-hypersecretion/

2 hours ago, SamuiGrower said:

Doubt that! And, where is that statistic? Dubious supposition at best.

 

Dispensaries in Samui are all too proud to tell you about their ‘Cali’ imports. If this wasn’t so, they would be importing from Bangkok, Pattaya and Chiangmai.

 

“And it is illegal to IMPORT cannabis into Thailand. (yes, there is a loophole for "scientific research")”

 

This is also NOT true. I have seen valid import licenses. Many. Yes, it is illegal export it out of the US and Canada. Trust me, that in and of itself will allow the US DEA to pressure And influence Thai legislation in the coming round of regulations, that you all know is coming.

The import licenses you refer to are for the seeds. The plant and buds which are sold as exotics are from imported seeds but grown indoors in Thailand. Tourists are willing to pay more if they think it’s foreign. 
I’m not saying illegal imports of buds isn’t happening but at current market rates it really doesn’t make any financial sense to ship from abroad and pay the 40k baht per kilo under the table fee at customs to look the other way.