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Seems as easy as it was for me up here. Witness was my wife. First name of father and mother (and their nationality): if you have a birth certificate you could have it translated together with the passport. If one already has marriage papers: make sure that your name in Thai script is identical for the passport translation (there are no simple transcription rules, can vary).

Yes, over the years it proved useful in different situations. E.g. saves me from getting residence certficate for the DLT. Free vaccinations at the village health center registered on pink card. Also minor wound dressing etc. Recently I could register two SIMs based on the pink card data. First time at a shop, second time online at DTAC. At police checkpoint on the scooter pull it out before the license and the cop will make a sour face and wave you on. Not a tourist to milk

@scubascuba3 Is the topic still open for you? Or do you have your YB and pink card in the meantime? Asking before taking effort to dig out my old stuff.

Wrong. Never been the rule. Happy to shift responsibility. Can complain at this media outlet:

Or flee the dry zone. Never more than about 11 km/ 7 miles Funny law.

They still stick to open desk shops with zero safety measures. Thailand has changed and so they will have to. How would such a shop look in Detroit, Sao Paulo or Johannesburg?

Always eager to learn something new I looked this up. There is some indication that this terminal is still closed? Who knows more?

Happy to see some normality this morning. Students on the way to school. And I must admit I was surprised that not even a temperature check was done. I remember some short periods of opening for tests(?) where they did big protocol with temperature check, disinfectant, health volunteers at the gate etc.

"Other device" is the word. Mobile phone for a dementia or Alzheimer patient? Not useful. My father could not handle a five button TV remote. Like it or not, but aren't there "tags" with which you can locate people? Can't you have an alarm going if a person leaves further than xxx meters?

I hope so too. It's a general rule for elections by law (6 PM to 6 PM). But who knows. Maybe a Covid extra this time.

A bit further south where Pattaya ends ???? Indeed not a big task to flee the dry zone.

Same for Bangkok. Bangkok governor election on same day, Sunday 22. You have to cross the river for party ????

I have repeatedly ordered other BPH medication at "Medisafe Pharmacy" Bangkok. https://www.facebook.com/Medisafe.Pharmacy.Rama4/ Prices always better than at our local pharmacies. Finasteride is available over the counter. So no question they can ship it. You can contact and order via Facebook messenger. Pre payment by bank transfer.

Kudos to the wall. You don't need some hellfire ignited by an idiot van racer.

Come on! Full three months of the year without a single holiday: March, September and November (errors excepted). And still the wise leader might decide to sprinkle some extra holidays. Four so far this year.

Interesting that they (still) require the show money again in 3 months. Which other immigrations require that and how is it enforced?

Yes. Saturday 6 PM (18:00) to Sunday 6 PM. So look forward to Sunday evening ????

Never had an appointment at Khon Kaen immigration in ten years. Most often less than 30 min waiting. Only once had an unlucky day when the old office shack was stuffed with people in the afternoon.

Heard a radio report about it surfacing in Germany.

(hope it helps) British Embassy lists exactly one certified translation service in Pattaya. The embassy website is quite a joke, can't display it properly in any of three browsers. Link to translation company is erroneous, missing character... https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/thailand-translators-and-interpreters/list-of-translators-and-interpreters-in-thailand But at least you can extract: Siam International Translation & Visa Services 357/116 M.12 Phratamnak Soi.5 Road, Nongprue, Banglamung, Chonburi 20150 siamknowhow (at) gmail.com +66(0)38250016 https://www.facebook.com/SiamInternationalTranslation Prathamnak Soi 5, easy to find. Nice area

Tomorrow Sunday 15th, 2022: Buddhist holiday. Alcohol ban (officially) so expect entertainment venues closed. Monday 16th just a substitute public holiday. No ban. Government offices incl. immigration, banks, state enterprises etc. closed.

Never been asked (last entry in 2011 though). None of the friends/mates from Germany ever been asked to show cash. Bet you don't look like a beggar/hobo If you want 100% peace of mind you should have 500 GBP in cash. Easy to change for good rates, just NEVER change at the airport.

BTW: much of the Facebook content can be viewed without having an FB account/being logged on. This is a typical link to an FB post with a video and should be viewable without problems? https://fb.watch/c_TE91FyVu/

Countless other methods: do you have any "cloud" storage (Google drive, Dropbox, MEGA...). I use MEGA to be safe from any copyright sniffing etc. https://mega.io/

Countless different options. A very basic method for occasional transfer of large files is WeTransfer (and similar). It doesn't require more from the recipient than having an email address and being able to download from a link in the mail. https://wetransfer.com/ WeTransfer as the name implies is for transfer only, not for permanent/cloud storage.