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  1. biggles45
    Over the years I have met many Thai teachers of English, their understanding of the language is terrible. With the Thai education system tho their livelihood is NOT dependent on it!
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    Didn't daddy Thaksin do some shady tax moves when he sold his company years ago?
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    How can you do that when it doesn't take effect till 1 May and the article says you can't complete it less than 3 days before your flight ?
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    I can't see this ever happening to the Teflon bureaucrats. I am just amazed he got a jail sentence, tho whether he serves the 5 years is another matter
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    I would have thought that his actions make him well qualified for the job. He probably couldn't find the right person to pay off as he did for his previous promotions. The story will disappear into the journalistic black hole and he will be fine.
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    Wasn't it a condition of his parole/freedom that he stayed out of politics? He just wanted to play with his grandkids he said. Liar!
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    Nice move guys. People make international travel plans well in advance. Today I booked a return ticket for 16th May, giving my partner and I 35 days in Thailand. To get a visa we have a 2 hour + trip to Manila, and pick it up 2 business days later, not an easy or cheap process. Hopefully they will give this change their usual effective implementation.
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    You want to give ladyboys a 30 day visas! The tourist was not aggressive, but that wonderful Thai culture can't handle criticism. If you are going to get on the 'ban 60 day' bandwagon at least pick a relevant thread
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    That would have no effect at all. Corruption is so entrenched in the police force (indeed in all of Thailand) that they will just continue to collect. It's what they join up for!
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    No it's not! Dogs around me bark at anything and everything they see. Happens all the time, at any time and everybody just ignores them because it means nothing!
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    There are no 'free visas', they are 'Visa Free' entries. A Tourist Visa requires an application, providing data on the tourist, which can be verified. These folk just turn up at the airport and are let in.
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    Or superiors at work. The guy who really knows how things work, and all the reasons why the latest idea from management won't work, just keeps quiet.
  13. biggles45
    "and enforce mandatory leash and cage. They lack common sense. " Which is exactly why any such law would not work, plus the BIB would ignore any reported violation of that law. Same here in the Philippines. We live in a private sub-div with those rules. Of course the dogs are bored and bark at anything that moves. Dogs wander around unchecked all the time, I do fear for the little ones.
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    The actions of many Monks over the years should have done more damage to the religions image than 2 kind foreigners giving them a lift. What a ridiculous complaint.
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    I doubt it was ever checked by anyone. There must be a huge stockpile of meaningless paperwork in Thailand.
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    I recall some years ago BKK came up with a brilliant solution. Flags in holders, at the crossings, which people could wave as they walked, stopping the traffic. Unfortunately they had to abandon the idea as a truck wiped out some tourists! Not stopping for pedestrians is part of Thai Culture and would be hard to change without serious enforcement and big penalties.
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    Many would remember the world-wide negative publicity when Thai immigration threatened the Volunteers who came to help after the Tsunami.
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    Many years ago a new directive was issued for baht bus routes and it included a service down 3rd road. Of course the baht buses ignored it, as they did with a few other directives, the police did nothing and it was just forgotten TIT
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    Yes, if you get detected at the airport, as most do. However, if you are detected in another way like an accident, random stop eg then you will be detained at a police station and eventually sent to IDC. So many people just pay at the airport that some have developed a casual attitude to it. It can have serious consequences tho
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    You can use the Priority lines if you are over 70.same as Families, disabled etc. When departing you bypass the regular security and immig checks as well
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    '. A proper entry visa should be obtained in their country of citizenship prior to entering Thailand: What a stupid idea! I have a British passport, a country I left with my parents aged 11. I now live in the Philippines but you want me to head to the UK to get a Thai Visa? Think before you post stuff.
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    The Swedes had the benefit of brown paper bags rather than brown envelopes........ they hold more!
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    Not sure how the introduction of a digital version of an arrival form they scrapped 2 years ago and obviously didn't need, is going to enhance the tourist experience or speed things up! The TM6 data was mainly used by TAT to justify their jobs and they don't need it...... they just make the numbers fit their targets
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    A few posters have mentioned PROBATE. One said it can take 3 months! Under what circumstances is Probate required? Is it on every will. Does it depend on the value of the assets? Does your heir have to show Probate granted to withdraw monies from your bank account, transfer your car to their name etc etc. All valid questions as part of the process I think. Any actual experience on here?
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    I have used Wise for many years from OZ and, Iike Farma, got the same message from them after a transfer a few months ago. I changed the original BSB account number to the one given in their message and have made several transfers using it since. The message was from Wise and would not appear to be a scam, but you are Wise to be cautious.

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