Still waiting for Lovethailandelite to come give us poor slobs the real lowdown. Wonder why he is so quiet all of a sudden?

They don't like sharing the limelight, karaoke microphone or money. 

22 minutes ago, rexall said:

Err, yourself.  U.S., UK, Canada (?), Denmark (any more?) do not issue income affidavits.

Only US, UK & AU.

 

22 minutes ago, rexall said:

// Actually a very clever move on the Part of BJ; apparently much easier to get the embassies to stop issuing letters than to change the Thai policy about accepting or not accepting them. //

B.J. was not Head of Immigration when Embassies talked about that...

 

And in the case of UK, Bangkok UK Embassy clearly said it was a decision from London (relative to Private Data Protection), not a decision from Immigration.

Pretty spectacular fall, but he most likely broke someone's rice bowl. It appeared that he was trying to clean up corruption, but I'd be willing to bet he is just as corrupt and just ran into a bigger dog in the feudal society that rules the kingdom.

Well that one crazy racist less, just need get rid of buck banana and general rolex next ...

Big Joke had his fingers in lot of money pies, he far from mr clean or a nice guy .

Made the RTP look more like mafia scum than ever seems he the poster boy !

Well ,well

probably stepped on some toes he shouldn't have and as they "overzealous" does not bode well .... with the normal people??!!!??

  To have been transferred to an inactive post means that you have been found guilty of some wrongdoing. Normally the powers that be have one month to hold an enquiry to determine your fate, you could be kicked out of the force with no pension rights or just reinstated with apologies!

  Who knows what happened. 22 pages of speculation already, this could end up to be a record.

What the hell this big joke are? What do you mean? 

18 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

And then all of his changes where reversed and we all woke up like it had just been a bad dream.

It could happen, lol

All pig's fed and ready to fly, then?

18 hours ago, phuketrichard said:

does this mean all the crazy new rules regarding extensions will be reversed?
 

To think these were due to this policeman is rather naive.

That fits with all that the government does, the best cop in Thailand on inactive duty

5 minutes ago, BuckBee said:

Well that one crazy racist less, just need get rid of buck banana and general rolex next ...

Big Joke had his fingers in lot of money pies, he far from mr clean or a nice guy .

Made the RTP look more like mafia scum than ever seems he the poster boy !

Right, most foreigners I speak to don't know the truth about big joke.

 

He is used by general Timex for extortion around the country. 

Speaking to policeman, I hear that they hate this guy as he is acting way over his rank, outside his own territory.

 

They had enough of the army and made him an example.

7 minutes ago, BuckBee said:

Well that one crazy racist less, just need get rid of buck banana and general rolex next ...

Big Joke had his fingers in lot of money pies, he far from mr clean or a nice guy .

Made the RTP look more like mafia scum than ever seems he the poster boy !

You know nothing, you write this crap and and really have no idea, you may be right but tell your story when you know something not badmouthing someone just because you do not agree with him.

21 minutes ago, rexall said:

Err, yourself.  U.S., UK, Canada (?), Denmark (any more?) do not issue income affidavits.  So, in that case, it doesn't matter what Imm will or will not accept. Actually a very clever move on the Part of BJ; apparently much easier to get the embassies to stop issuing letters than to change the Thai policy about accepting or not accepting them. Love to have been a fly on the wall and learn how BJ got the embassies to comply.  Did he just send them an e-mail "Guys, please stop issuing income affidavits," and they quickly responded "Sure, no problem. Anything for you BJ!" ???

Actually, Immigration told the Embassies that they would not accept any income letters from them unless they were able to verify that the information in those letters was accurate. They told the Embassies that they may be held liable in the event Immigration found out the information was false.

 

So some embassies decided to stop issuing the letters rather than go through the enormous hassle of trying to verify each and every person's statements (or leaving themselves liable).
But of course, TV members not having a single clue about most things, figured that all embassies have this "magic button" that any clerk can simply push and have all their financial information displayed in an instant so that the clerk (that may actually be a foreign national) could simply stamp "verified" on their letter.

 

Completely oblivious to the fact that even the police in their home countries would (normally) need a warrant in order to see that same information. They expect that some low level clerk at an Embassy could access it and when the Embassies (some of them) decided to stop issuing the letters - they get their knickers in a knot and whine about how the Embassies don't care about them.

And has been mentioned, this came into effect before "Big Jok" (or "Joke" to Westerners) took over Immigration.

 

Have they suddenly realised that the loss of all the £ $ & €'s that us ex-pats contribute to the economy might  move somewhere more accommodating & friendly ??

6 minutes ago, jewell49 said:

That fits with all that the government does, the best cop in Thailand on inactive duty

 

6 minutes ago, jewell49 said:

 

You are either joking or not living in the real world.

To paraphrase Bob Dylan: "Something is happening here but you don't know what it is, do you Mr Joke". 

1 minute ago, andy8017 said:

Have they suddenly realised that the loss of all the £ $ & €'s that us ex-pats contribute to the economy might  move somewhere more accommodating & friendly ??

No, and it is a meaningless amount.

15 minutes ago, Pattaya46 said:

And in the case of UK, Bangkok UK Embassy clearly said it was a decision from London (relative to Private Data Protection), not a decision from Immigration.

And you really believe that professional liars are actually going to tell the truth. 5555555

 

17 minutes ago, Pattaya46 said:

Only US, UK & AU.

And Denmark  

17 hours ago, Pattaya46 said:

He is not the one who was in charge when your embassy decided to stop LOI.

He just extended the seasonal period for the 800k. Not such a big deal.

And BTW, not most of us have been impacted by that.

The embassies only decided to stop the letters when some jumped up self aggrandising official flexed his muscles. BJ's orders dealing with the aftermath was ill thought through,poorly drafted,ambiguous and caused confusion and uncertainty with expats and IOs both. The alteration of the seasoning period was a later knee jerk afterthought with vague 'leniency ' directives causing further confusion still lasting to this day. The post visa 'seasoning' makes no sense ,achieves nothing, other than maybe preventing spending of those funds in the economy.

1 minute ago, Surasak said:

All pig's fed and ready to fly, then?

 

3 minutes ago, andy8017 said:

Have they suddenly realised that the loss of all the £ $ & €'s that us ex-pats contribute to the economy might  move somewhere more accommodating & friendly ??

Absolutely not - sadly ???? 

2 minutes ago, andy8017 said:

Have they suddenly realised that the loss of all the £ $ & €'s that us ex-pats contribute to the economy might  move somewhere more accommodating & friendly ??

If I were them I'd react in the same way as the airline reacts to a hysterical passenger after a bad flight (no lemon in their g&t perhaps) who loudly proclaims "I'll never fly with this airline again"

7 minutes ago, davehowden said:

Why do we need two parallel threads on this subject ?

So you can ask the question in both threads, lol

18 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

I was going to be the only one in line at immigration in July when I get my extension.

 

Now there will be long lines again of Nigerians getting their education visas.   

NCC170A Please keep writing. We need some relief from the daily TV grumpy complainers, critics, and know it alls. You are funny, witty, and contribute something useful. ????????????????????????????

Reading the Thai news, all I see is " the law of karma" at work.

 

 

18 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

And then all of his changes where reversed and we all woke up like it had just been a bad dream.

It could happen, lol

 

16 minutes ago, Surasak said:

All pig's fed and ready to fly, then?

 

If it can happen in Dallas, when Pammy woke up and found that Bobby wasn’t dead after all, and it had all been one big dream, it can happen here in Thailand too I’m sure! ???? but I guess some of you are are too young to remember Dallas 1986

 

 

6 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

So you can ask the question in both threads, lol

And get different uninformative answers !

18 hours ago, mickymouse1 said:

Reasons are: Auditors discovered the numbers of foreigners arrested and supposedly removed did not match the numbers announced by BJ.

BJ always stated that there are no more overstayers in the kingdom, fake info.

The Big Boss has been reading TV on regular basis....555

Reasons are his job against corrupted immigration officers is reaching some influential family.