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Agent told me the same, my passport is full of tourist visas mixed with a few one year visas, I went on my own, had Triple entry from the U.S. They just want you to go in person so they can question you, but nothing was said to me. I was not ask anything, got single entry no questions ask, and uber made the trip to and from the Embassy cheap

I think the OP was shafted but ohh well nothing new Agent told me same line, they count doubles and triples as seperate Visas. I had 2 years of tourist visas, plus a few one year visas before that. Anyway next year I will get the retirement visa if I stick around but in the mean time I am one of those big bad evil forginers staying in Thailand on tourist Visas, next month back to the U.S, get the METV then I am good untill I get the retirement visa

Thanks for the tip on using Uber to get around Penang. Cheap as chips.

The Thai Embassy in London have advised that my (Lao) wife can only get a Tourist visa and not a Non Imm O. They said that she can change the Tourist visa to an O visa at Immigration in Thailand and then, presumably, be added to my Extension as my wife/dependent.

This is what they told my sister over the phone in England.

Any idea why a Non Imm O cannot be issued? And is it possible to convert a Tourist visa to an O visa in Bangkok, or be added to my Extension while holding a Tourist visa?

I can think of no reason for her not to be able to get a single entry non-o visa at the embassy. It they are willing to issue a tourist visa they certainly can do a non-o visa.

It is possible to do a change of visa status to a non immigrant visa since you have an extension based upon working or teaching. If you are using IE or an extension to emulate it you can find the requirements by clicking on change visa here. http://bangkok.immigration.go.th/en/base.php?page=service

Thanks. She's going to apply in person at the Embassy, with me, so I'll try to persuade them to issue a non-Imm O, but if they are adamant I'll go for the Tourist visa.

One more question, my wife wants to make a "quick trip" back to Laos, after we get back from England. Would doing this mean she has to get another visa to return to Thailand, as the Single Entry tourist or O visa issued in London will have been used? Can re-entry permits be used for single entry visas?

Yes she can get a reentry permit.

Exchange rate of .43 ? Do you mean 43?

Leave it to Americans to refer to a minced, uncased meat product as 'sausage'.

It originated in Scotland

Don't give into the 50K. Offer them 10K and then let them take it to court... call their bluff.

Hong Kong all the way

That sign on popup was not the forum application user login. Don't enter your username and password into unfamiliar login screens on any website

While sounding a bit cold, if the family wants life support terminated,then the article text about wanting to bring the dying person home does not make a lot of sense. While I can understand the family's desire to bring the dead body home for whatever funeral or burial service they are looking for, I think they should consider the realities of the situation. When why worry about the hospital bill? As the saying goes "they can bill me", and good luck to the hospital collecting on the bill.

You missed the point.

They want the hospital to pull the plug and release the body. However the hospital won't release the body until the bill is paid.

When I was advised to take Azithromycin at a local clinic the Doctor casually mentioned being sure to drink enough water but made no dire statements as to consequences such as kidney failure. He did specify to always take it in conjunction with a meal and to avoid prolonged direct sunlight, especially around mid-day.

Was a bit shocked to hear it myself

Was given Azithromycin/zithromax for 5 days by a doctor.He mentioned I need to drink a lot of water or it can lead to kidney failure. Google didn't return anything on this. Wonder what he was talking about? He said I could die if I don't drink enough water.

If the razor indeed is contaminated and you got a deep cut, the risk of transmission is:

Hepatitis B 30%

Hepatitis C 3%

HIV 0,3%

But in your case the blade was new, but you suspect there might have been contamination coming from the cotton? I think that's pretty far fetched.

That said, i would never aloud a barbershop in Thailand to use sharp blades on my skin.....

I have had the Hepatitis B vaccine course so that is why I only mentioned C.

I would give it 2.5 hours unless flying business class

I got a haircut and the barber used a razor to 'clean up' the back of the neck and the sides.

It was a new blade however she did 'clean' it several times on a cotton like substance that had been used before and had someone else's hair on it.

I had a small cut on my ear when I got home. Is this a risk for hepatitis C?

How long do I need to wait to get tested?

Can dividends and interest income be used to satisfy this requirement or does it have to be an actual 'pension' ?

Agent told me the same, my passport is full of tourist visas mixed with a few one year visas, I went on my own, had Triple entry from the U.S. They just want you to go in person so they can question you, but nothing was said to me. I was not ask anything, got single entry no questions ask, and uber made the trip to and from the Embassy cheap

How long ago was this?

Did they put any red warning stamp in your passport or on the visa?

Too bad he his dead. Would have loved to have seen the draft dodger suffer some more in his illness. A disgrace to Americans.

I would of loved to have seen you face up to the man and make such a suggestion and then watched his left knock your buck teeth half way down your throat........would of been a real hoot.

Having watched people with Parkinson's I wouldn't wish it upon anyone but you DEFINATELY deserve your illness, you daft dodger. Chao.

I would never face a draft dodging racist Muslim you are right.

Changing your religion to Islam to avoid the draft...piece of trash and and insult to veterans worldwide.

You need to understand that the only way for the store to see that a pack of water has disappeared is doing a full inventory, in which case a small thing like this would be nothing out of the ordinary, completly natural, a cost of doing business with hundreds of thousands of transactions.

I think you would be surprised.

Many years a go someone I know bought a microwave, some other stuff, and a case of beer at Tesco.

The microwave and the groceries were in the trolley and the case of beer was on the lower level of the trolley.

The cashier didn't notice the case of beer, and the customer also only noticed that it wasn't on the bill when he arrived at home.

A few weeks later he received a phone call from Tesco to ask if he maybe forgot to pay for a box of beer on that day.

They had noticed from the camera above each check out counter who had failed to pay for a case of beer, and of course they had his details because he had filled in the microwave warranty.

They have my credit card number from the transaction and also my phone number from the points card that was used.

Penang consulate has always had a limit of 3 visas and then no chance of a repeat. Just saying, if it helps the OP out.

3 in a row? What if I have three and then come back 5 years later will it be refused?

Maybe the crackdown on in-outs is gradually easing.

My guess is people with a lot of visa exempt stamps that stay a few days or a week don't have a problem. It's the ones that stay the full 30 days and extend for another 30 several times have the problem

There's no way to link this tiny indescrepancy to a single cashier. It's simply not possible in a large store with many cashiers.

Do yourself a favour and forget about it.

If you walk in there with your receipt and tell them she <deleted> up her job they will probably just fire her. How will you feel then ?

They won't tell you they're going to do this but for the purpose of arguments sake you should assume that they will absolutely 100% fire her if you do this.

Surely the receipt has a link to the cashier.

I was at a major supermarket yesterday. The basket was full of several large items such as cases of beer and water. I held up one of each item for the cashier to scan and she asked how many of each before each scan. On some packs of water I told her two as this was what I thought we had however i later realized it was three after reaching home

My initial reaction was to go back to the store and pay the 49 baht to the customer service counter today.Will this get the cashier in trouble? My friend said I should just forget about it going back to pay will just cause confusion.

What do you think?

It is not stealing at all. You can download Kodi at the App Store. No VPN needed.

It's not the app that's stealing it's the contents of the TV shows and movies. No different than walking into Big C and buying a DVD player but stuffing DVD discs into your pants.

Why not cut the cord with Netflix and cable and get Kodi. Totally free. Every movie and tv show from USA and UK. TOTALLY FREE. Commercial free and no ads. Watching YouTube videos will show you how to set it up. I originally had it on my laptop and connected the laptop to the TV to watch it but now have a smart tv and bought something called Mimix ( like Apple or Roku ) with Kodi pre loaded. Simple and easy to use.

It's called stealing that is why. It's not free.