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2 hours ago, jenny2017 said:

He says many are masquerading as international school teachers and footballers to commit crime

Surachet said most of the suspects were "coloured" people working for football clubs or as English teachers, while some were Catholic priests.

 

   Even when we "long time stayers"are usually law abiding citizens, the whole story leaves a very bitter taste. 

 

      Be careful if you are a football player, an English teacher, or a Catholic priest. 

And if you are a priest, who teaches English and enjoys a game of football, then your time is up...

1 hour ago, HLover said:

The last foreigner tourist police I saw was last week, entrance of Walking Street at a traffic stop (helmets, paperwork, ect).

He was Arab looking, wearing a Darth Vader type facemask and a black T-shirt at least 1 size too small.

Didn't look like a friendly face at all, more like a gym freak with a hard on for other foreigners.

So, obviously I ignored him and delt with the Thai traffic police.

They were weary but ok.

Not sure how you could tell he was Arab looking wearing a Darth Vader mask!!

Tourist police seem allergic to Soi Nana where there are so many happenings indoor & outdoor. How to get rid if they are so allergic to this Soi?

2 hours ago, Russell17au said:

I do carry my passport

I suggest you get it photocopied and reduced to credit card size and laminated. Your passport , as you well know, is too valuable an item to be carrying around everywhere on an everyday basis.

11 hours ago, YetAnother said:

should we, long stay expats, be worried about efforts like this ?

 

No.

 

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i believe we should, simply due to the prevailing thai attitude that anyone not thai is a tourist; how can these tourist police make an accurate snap judgment that we are either tourist or long-stay expat ?

 

It isn't about snap judgments and a snap judgment would make no difference anyway if you're all legal.

 

We could without yet more paranoia, victimism, and fear-mongering around here, thank you.

 

Edited March 15, 20188 yr by JSixpack

Seriously folks, I thought they were only there to protect us.

Sooo confusing.

11 hours ago, webfact said:

while some were Catholic priests.

 

Huh?????

 

 

So What about illegal Thais like today u get hit in the rear of my Suzuki swift so hard it pushed me into a fortuna  who went into the back of a pick up . most likely on the i phone .  i have all the legal documents licence insurance ect . he has no insurance . after spending 4 hrs in the police station all i get is 10.000b he walks  and has 1 week to pay . 

So i ask is having no insurance illegal or legal any one know ? by the way the cars is a right off 

 

Just now, PEE TEE said:

So What about illegal Thais like today u get hit in the rear of my Suzuki swift so hard it pushed me into a fortuna  who went into the back of a pick up . most likely on the i phone .  i have all the legal documents licence insurance ect . he has no insurance . after spending 4 hrs in the police station all i get is 10.000b he walks  and has 1 week to pay . 

So i ask is having no insurance illegal or legal any one know ? by the way the cars is a right off 

 

how about cleaning up your own house first will only take an eternity  

well overstaying is illegal so i guess he meant all

CAmping out on that soi right...

 

1 hour ago, PEE TEE said:

So What about illegal Thais like today u get hit in the rear of my Suzuki swift so hard it pushed me into a fortuna  who went into the back of a pick up . most likely on the i phone .  i have all the legal documents licence insurance ect . he has no insurance . after spending 4 hrs in the police station all i get is 10.000b he walks  and has 1 week to pay . 

So i ask is having no insurance illegal or legal any one know ? by the way the cars is a right off 

 

You have insurance so you put it in their hands and it is up to them to fix your car or pay you out and for them to chase the offending driver. The only insurance that you must have is the compulsory 3rd party insurance that you must produce to be able to register your car. In Australia we call it TAC 3rd party insurance and it is separate to comprehensive accident insurance. It is not illegal to not have comprehensive accident insurance, that is to pay for the damage to your car but it is up to your comprehensive accident insurance company to pay for your car and for them to claim against the other driver

Edited March 15, 20188 yr by Russell17au

About time! Thailand needs a good cleaning....

16 hours ago, overherebc said:

So you arrive with a valid visa etc etc .

If stopped you can show it to the cops, where's the problem?

The problem?  More paperwork.  Invasive checks on where you are living.  Hassles on the street as police ask for papers and passports and visas, while you only have copies.  Many ways a proper person can be at the least inconvenienced

54 minutes ago, gk10002000 said:

The problem?  More paperwork.  Invasive checks on where you are living.  Hassles on the street as police ask for papers and passports and visas, while you only have copies.  Many ways a proper person can be at the least inconvenienced

The problem for me would be I don't carry my passport around with me in my day to day life here bumping over the rough roads of Pattaya! I fear losing it.... I keep some pics on my phone. But the reality is I have never been asked for it in the many years I have been here. Let us hope it doesn't get as bad as you envisage.

I tried the website of the Tourist Police to get an idea of what they envisage is their remit, but I can't read Thai.

On 3/15/2018 at 10:55 AM, mercman24 said:

well get rid of those *dark skinned* prostitutes in BANGKOK  for starters,(lower sukhumvit/soi 4 ) they aint no tourists, easy target, they are a bloody nuisance grabbing at you as you walk by.i forgot to add, that is a job a THAI  can do lol !!

I agree are the police so damned blind in Nana 

Police Cheif - What work you do, Suspect- Me no work.....Clearly, neither of them has obtained good English skills

7 hours ago, gk10002000 said:

The problem?  More paperwork.  Invasive checks on where you are living.  Hassles on the street as police ask for papers and passports and visas, while you only have copies.  Many ways a proper person can be at the least inconvenienced

USA, UK, AUS, Canada, Central & South America, would you be inconvenienced to a lesser degree? I think not and chances at a long term visa would be far more expensive and difficult if not impossible. Stop all the complaining and embrace the fact Thailand welcomes law abiding folks from across the globe while at the same time attempts to cull out those who do not abide and make problems for all of us, Thai and farang alike. It is a balancing act Thailand does pretty well compared to most other countries. Does " Build that Wall " ring a bell ?

7 hours ago, jacko45k said:

The problem for me would be I don't carry my passport around with me in my day to day life here bumping over the rough roads of Pattaya! I fear losing it.... I keep some pics on my phone. But the reality is I have never been asked for it in the many years I have been here. Let us hope it doesn't get as bad as you envisage.

I tried the website of the Tourist Police to get an idea of what they envisage is their remit, but I can't read Thai.

I must be from an alternate universe. If you are an immigrant from another country it goes without saying you need to carry and produce paperwork verifying you are legal. It also is required to understand and abide by the laws and terms of your visa . That's the deal from the jump, it is what you agreed to when you entered the country. If you no longer wish to abide to the agreement you made when you entered Thailand there are many international airports from which you can depart. I can't even understand the point you are trying to make. It's almost like reasoning with a 5 year old.

7 hours ago, jacko45k said:

The problem?  More paperwork.  Invasive checks on where you are living.  Hassles on the street as police ask for papers and passports and visas, while you only have copies.  Many ways a proper person can be at the least inconvenienced

 

3 minutes ago, JAZZDOG said:

I must be from an alternate universe. If you are an immigrant from another country it goes without saying you need to carry and produce paperwork verifying you are legal. It also is required to understand and abide by the laws and terms of your visa . That's the deal from the jump, it is what you agreed to when you entered the country. If you no longer wish to abide to the agreement you made when you entered Thailand there are many international airports from which you can depart. I can't even understand the point you are trying to make. It's almost like reasoning with a 5 year old.

 

On 3/15/2018 at 11:32 AM, gk10002000 said:

Long stay tourist or say, twice a year visitor with a valid 60 day Single Entry tourist visa that gets a routine 30 day extension.

What are you talking about ? these people are here legally and are abiding by Thai Immigration Law,yet another baffling silly Post.  

27 minutes ago, JAZZDOG said:

I must be from an alternate universe. If you are an immigrant from another country it goes without saying you need to carry and produce paperwork verifying you are legal. It also is required to understand and abide by the laws and terms of your visa . That's the deal from the jump, it is what you agreed to when you entered the country. If you no longer wish to abide to the agreement you made when you entered Thailand there are many international airports from which you can depart. I can't even understand the point you are trying to make. It's almost like reasoning with a 5 year old.

i could have applied for thai citizenship years ago. never bothered as don't want to be thai. you think that you should produce paperwork on the street? in 20 years not once have i been asked. keep photos of passport page and visa on phone but never been asked to produce. if they ever did, i would probably leave

**well use that as an excuse to leave with my mrs who can't accept that HCMC is soon to be home ; )

Edited March 16, 20188 yr by Happy enough
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8 hours ago, JAZZDOG said:

USA, UK, AUS, Canada, Central & South America, would you be inconvenienced to a lesser degree? I think not and chances at a long term visa would be far more expensive and difficult if not impossible. Stop all the complaining and embrace the fact Thailand welcomes law abiding folks from across the globe while at the same time attempts to cull out those who do not abide and make problems for all of us, Thai and farang alike. It is a balancing act Thailand does pretty well compared to most other countries. Does " Build that Wall " ring a bell ?

I never complained.  I simply listed some things that might happen.  And as for the build that wall thing, well, I didn't vote for Trump so don't generalized anybody else's behavior to anybody else

I remember the time tourist police was touted as help for foreigners. I guess they are helping the foreigners to get the hell out of Dodge now. How very nice of them.

14 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

I remember the time tourist police was touted as help for foreigners. I guess they are helping the foreigners to get the hell out of Dodge now. How very nice of them.

I remember doing a lot of stuff for them, of course on voluntary basis. Time to change the wording...

Time the police "cleaned up at home" first.

But there many posing as "tourists" that deserve to get busted.

16 hours ago, JAZZDOG said:

I must be from an alternate universe. If you are an immigrant from another country it goes without saying you need to carry and produce paperwork verifying you are legal. It also is required to understand and abide by the laws and terms of your visa . That's the deal from the jump, it is what you agreed to when you entered the country. If you no longer wish to abide to the agreement you made when you entered Thailand there are many international airports from which you can depart. I can't even understand the point you are trying to make. It's almost like reasoning with a 5 year old.

It is not a requirement of my life that you understand me. I abide by the laws of the country, and have the relevant stamps in my passport to make me legal. Whether it is a requirement to carry your passport at all times has also been discussed somewhat here and for me is ambiguous. I am quite sure I can produce it, when required, within 24 hours, and as stated have pictures of the stamps in my phone. What I do not understand are people like you who choose to go around making derogatory comments to strangers on an internet forum. And dear oh dear, not the old 'if you don't like it go home line' Get a life.